Written answers

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of the local government fund general purpose grants which are being allocated to local authorities...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received further communications from local authorities regarding the electoral register; the local...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the substantial increases in charges at local government level for local...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 8 November 2006, if he has given further consideration to the...
    • Library Projects
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support his Department has given for the provision of library facilities over the past ten years; his...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way Ireland compares with other EU member states regarding their progress towards meeting their targets...
    • Strategic Development Zones
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will identify strategic development zones suitable for industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the amount local authorities can pay to landlords under the rental accommodation scheme...
    • Electoral Spending Limits
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make regulations increasing the spending limits for the 2007 General Election; the amounts to...
    • Land Rezoning
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of acres or hectares of agricultural land that have been rezoned for development nationally; and...
    • e-Government Projects
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on e-Government within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Service Charges
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to charges for water meters for farmers who have land holdings in more than one...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans to publish a National Sustainable Development Strategy; the matters that such strategy will address;...
    • Road Network
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the strategy in place to ensure the network of roads where new housing estates are developed can accommodate...
    • Wildlife Act
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has not given a commencement date for section 36 of the Wildlife Act 2000, six years after the...
    • Electoral Fraud
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the threat of electoral fraud at the next general election due to inaccuracies on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made towards implementing his report on the regulation of puppy farms; and if he will make a...
    • Public Service Charges
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the significant increase to local authorities of wage costs, chemical costs and energy costs he...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people incorrectly removed from the electoral register in the recent drive to update it; and if...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the level of grant funding from 30% to 35% of the cost of capital funding to local...
    • Election Management System
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when he expects electronic voting will be used in elections here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase significantly the provision of recycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the primary legislation he will publish between now and the end of the current Dáil; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the guidelines for planning authorities on residential density will be reviewed and updated; the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste shipment verifications carried out by each local authority, in accordance with Council...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself with the level of co-operation on planning decisions and environmental impact...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for local authorities to meet the expected cost of flooding due to the effects of...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the National Spatial Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42541/06]
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy advice he has received to date from the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he proposes to address the issue of long waiting lists for social and affordable housing, having...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount by which motor taxation will be increased in 2007; the estimated increase in revenue which is...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the development of recycling facilities here over the past ten years; the increase...
    • Waste Management
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location and expected cost of remediating existing landfills; the funding that will be provided in each...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the distribution of his Department's leaflet Safeguarding Ireland form Nuclear Accidents to all...
    • Climate Change Strategy
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a national plan to deal with the expected effects of climate change; and if he will make...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the market development group will publish its report on markets for recycled products before the end of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether more could be done to provide seed capital to voluntary housing bodies; and if he will...
    • National Water Study
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated volume and cost of water lost through leakages in the water pipe network nationally; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Government's commitment to provide 4,000 voluntary housing units will be met; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his proposals regarding the essential repairs grant scheme and the special housing aid for the elderly...
    • Homelessness Policy
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who have been deemed by local authorities to be homeless; the number of persons who are...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on the report entitled Urban Sprawl in Europe the Ignored Challenge from the European Environmental...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to extend the closing date for special area of conservation appeals; and if he will...
    • Air Quality
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on the fact that environmental air quality as monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in operating the Private Residential Tenancies Board and the operation of a national...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the European Commission has agreed to meet with Ireland's international legal team on Sellafield in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the social housing design guidelines which are currently being reviewed by his Department will be...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself with the monitoring of environmental threats to human health; and the discussions...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make the European Communities (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations; when the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste water schemes built since 1997 to date in 2006; the expenditure involved in providing...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that local authorities are often unable to provide funding to manage, maintain and...
    • Waste Management
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the general location of each of the municipal waste incinerators, that it is proposed to build in the State;...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the fact that the local authorities of Fingal, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and Wicklow have agreed...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the framework for joint action in implementing the cross border aspects of the National Spatial Strategy and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the maximum loans that local authorities are approved by his Department for social and affordable housing...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take over the next year to enable the State to meet its Kyoto obligations and to reduce CO2...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he will fund local government in view of the predicted shortfall of €1.5 billion by 2010; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the impact of development contributions on affordable housing; if he has given consideration to...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a planning application which has been submitted by Ballina Town Council...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the targeted 35,500 local authority housing units envisioned in the National Development Plan 2000...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when legislation to regulate property management companies and agents will be implemented; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding provided by his Department to each local authority for each year between 2002 and 2006...
    • Property Management Fees
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken to implement the recommendations of the National Consumer Agency relating to...
    • Fire Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on involving the fire services more closely with local communities as outlined in the Farrell Grant...
    • Development Plans
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proposed guidelines for planning authorities on development plans will be finalised; the matters...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the measures currently in place to combat noise pollution are sufficient;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of extra housing units that will be completed in 2007 on foot of the 10% increase in the local...
    • Playground Facilities
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to support the provision of playgrounds and skateboard parks; the progress to date in rolling out...
    • Waste Management
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received estimates for the amounts of municipal, household and C and D wastes which were...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consultation he has had with the voluntary and co-operative housing sectors, regarding the possible...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Listowel Town water supply scheme will receive approval to proceed to contract document stage; and if he...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy of his Department regarding littering and the dumping of household refuse and waste on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the establishment of an all-Ireland environment protection agency in view of the OECD...
    • Constituency Boundaries
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the correspondence, which he has received relating to constituency boundaries, arising from the publication...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a waiver system for local refuse charges to people on low incomes; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take on foot of the publication of the European Pollutant Emissions Register; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on providing funding to overcome the deficiencies in group water schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of charges in each local authority since their introduction; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous situation contained in the Building Control Bill 2005 as...
    • Water Quality
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in responding to concerns regarding Ireland's water quality, as expressed recently by the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities who are now operating the rental accommodation scheme; the number of tenants who have...
    • EU Directives
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the parts of the Aarhus Convention Agreement and its associated EU Directives 2003/4/EC and 2003/35/EC which...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to tackle anti social behaviour in public and private housing estates; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measure of provision of social housing on an individual local authority basis for each year since 2000 to...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of research, correspondence or advice that his Department has received relating to the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support his Department is giving to each local authority by way of the local authority fund in each year...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vacant local authority dwellings here on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the Irish Wheelchair Association and Disability...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding sought for recycling and recovery infrastructure from the Environment Fund in 2006; the amount...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the next report on the 42 national service indicators for local authorities; the plans he has...
    • Waste Management
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a regulator for the waste sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42589/06]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Barron Report
      Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the latest Barron Report and the issue of collusion; and if he will work with the British Government on this matter. [42298/06]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 178: To ask the Taoiseach his views on whether it is necessary and prudent to engage opposition parties in formal briefings with regard to any plan B that may be initiated in the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 179: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the position arising from the 2006 Assistant Parliamentary Counsel (Grade 2) Competition where only three Irish lawyers out...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 185: To ask the Taoiseach in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private office and their constituency...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Child Protection
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanisms in place to protect children from offensive, age inappropriate or dangerous multimedia...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be given on an application by a person (details supplied) for a visa to enter the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has read the log as submitted to him on 21 November 2006 from a person (details supplied) outlining the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community Gardaí in Donegal; the number of juvenile liaison officers; and the details of Garda...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will re-assess the application for funding under enhancing disability services project funding for the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if personnel from the Defence Forces at the nearby McKee Barracks, Dublin 7 will be utilised to provide...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds in the name of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the waiting time for the processing of naturalisation applications, in view of the fact that applicants must...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of hours the Garda station at Burnfoot Garda Station, County Donegal opens per week; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in towns (details supplied) in South Tipperary; the number of extra Gardaí...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations in South Tipperary that have lost their allocation of a full-time Garda presence...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the decentralisation of sections of his Department to Tipperary Town in the past twelve...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that all relevant documentation has been submitted in relation to an application for a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be processed. [42426/06]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received representations from a centre (details supplied) who provide accommodation for up to 15...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a visa application for a person (details supplied). [42446/06]
    • Prison Staff
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently employed in the information technology section of the prisons headquarters in...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will invoke Section 40 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and instruct the Garda Commissioner to provide...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to reports of an increase in the level of anti-social behaviour in the area...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue on a visa application submitted by a person (details supplied) who wishes to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long term residency for a person (details supplied) who had been told to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision regarding the application for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of young people below the age of 18 currently in detention in the State; the number in each adult...
    • Road Safety
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when will he announce the candidates listed for pre-qualification status for the provision and operation of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent on the refurbishment works at Burnfoot Garda Station, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish rates for crèches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42470/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contract for the building of a new Garda station in Finglas has been awarded; if so, when it is expected that construction of the station...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to clean, drain or upgrade various rivers or waterways throughout the country with a view to alleviation of ongoing flooding; the number...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance when offices (details supplied) will be opened in a town in County Mayo. [42245/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax allowances and reliefs currently allowed for the building of park and ride facilities; the maximum allowed per building project; if a rate...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance if the group established to review the powers of credit unions in respect of loans and mortgages has reported to him; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Ennis flood relief scheme; the finances he has provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42376/06]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for tax relief in relation to vehicles purchased for use by...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to arrange for the cleaning of a section of river (details supplied) in County Mayo to alleviate the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide more funding to an organisation (details supplied). [42511/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if, bearing in mind the significant risk that tax revenues may have to be increased to reflect changes in the age structure of the population...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been spent by the Office of Public Works in replacing, upgrading and refurbishing Garda stations in County Cork in each of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private office and their...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 5 December 2006 the number of visits the Flood Policy Review Group made to the Tramore Road while the...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the various drainage schemes in County Kildare in respect of which he has been in contact with Kildare County Council or...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction a staffing grant to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42296/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if publicly funded speech therapy is available to children with Down's syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42706/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the persons who were appointed as a review group in relation to the examination of the Leas Cross Report from the date it was first...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the significant adverse nursing home inspection reports received by Bedford House and Leas Cross Nursing Homes, she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene and have a persons (details supplied) in County Sligo called for their angioplasty in view of the fact that their...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments from her Department to general practitioners in respect of the medical card scheme and practice support payments, by GP on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will complete the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 28 November 2006; if she will give an undertaking that the medical...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is committed to the provision of sheltered housing as an option for older people to remain living in their community despite her...
    • Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42301/06]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the report of the international panel of experts on the Irish Blood Transfusion Service published in September 2002 was not...
    • Health Services
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a long stay bed. [42322/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason children with autism are not automatically entitled to a medical card; the reason people with autism and on gluten free diet...
    • Health Services
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support The Irish Chronic Pain Association with proper funding in 2007; and if they will be given them the maximum support....
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will invest in new beds in the health service here as a strategy to end the patients on trolleys crisis; and the number of new...
    • Health Services
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment to see an occupational therapist. [42347/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a unit (details supplied) in County Donegal will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42371/06]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen in Carlow as a matter of urgency; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the speech therapy service will be available in Baltinglass as children from west Wicklow have to travel to Naas for this service;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will consider having this person referred...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in assessing the application for domiciliary care allowance for the parents of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the issue of additional funding to secure the future of the Osteoporosis Society of Ireland, in view of the fact...
    • Youth Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 26 April 2006, if she has a recreation policy for young people in place; if a proposal...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if general practitioners sending specimens for smear test should be charged by the Cork University Hospital. [42433/06]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of a letter from this Deputy's office of 9 October 2006 (details supplied); when she will be in a position...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the instruction she has given to the Health Service Executive in relation to the appointment of a nephrologist for Sligo; her plans to...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to provide new public elderly care beds for Limerick in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the proposed private hospital co-location plan for Letterkenny General Hospital and Galway University Hospital will not be...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects radiotherapy services to be made available to public patients at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the housing aid for the elderly which was submitted on 17 May 2006 by a person (details...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to introduce the legislation required as a matter of urgency for the independent inspection of residential care...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the National Disability Authority Standards will be implemented as these standards were presented to her in April 2004; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the child and adolescent psychiatric waiting lists as forwarded to RTÉ under Freedom of Information. [42670/06]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork admitted to hospital in order to undergo eye surgery. [42685/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients from the south east who received radiotherapy treatment each year since 2002; the number of patients that will be...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for repayment of nursing home costs in cases where the person cared for is now deceased and the claim is being made by...
    • Health Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the provision of a place at the Wellstone Clinic, Kilkenny for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an appointment for a hearing test for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the number...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the situation whereby all people over 70 years with a medical card have to in some cases pay a general practitioner...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of each Minister of State within her Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private office...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all staff employed by private ambulance services are vetted through the Garda clearance system as per the public service; and if she...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint an occupational therapist to Kerry General Hospital. [42758/06]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the oncology services at Naas Hospital; the level of funding being allocated for such services; the level of staff...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when construction will commence on a bedded unit for a hospital campus (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application to the Health Service Executive to grant a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be provided to ensure that the age limit attached to BreastCheck screening be removed and that all applicants can have...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Laois to meet the cost of nursing home costs; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to provide support for early arthritis clinics in the Dublin area; if so, the level of funding proposed and the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the autism team co-ordinator has not responded to a request for help from a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in...
    • Health Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a response issued by the Health Service Executive on 10 October 2006, the reason local officials have not met with the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding provided for ambulance services in County Mayo in each of the past five years; the amount by which spending in...
    • Health Services
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 7 November 2006. [42830/06]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients living in centres for people with an intellectual disability are charged for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an 18 month waiting list for children waiting to see an ear and throat...
    • Health Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding her Department provides to cancer hospices in South Tipperary on an individual basis annually; and if she supports...
    • Cigarette Smoking Statistics
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of young people by gender below the age of 18 who smoke; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42936/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children below the age of five who have not been inoculated against each of the diseases for which inoculations are...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children nationally in need of secure care; the number of such children each year since 2000; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Ministerial Taskforces
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will establish the Task-Force on Bio-Energy to develop an integrated national policy on the area of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will consider the request from the Donegal County Council Islands Committee to allow islanders to...
    • Multimedia Activities
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mechanisms in place to protect children from offensive, age inappropriate or dangerous multimedia...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress made on the report to review the security of access to oil here and the all island study assessing...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide the estimate as to the potential for co-firing of biomass in the Moneypoint power station;...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to publish an action plan on energy efficiency; and the main components that would be included...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fishermen who had lost their licences before drift netting was...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of his Department's recommendations of June 2005 regarding non idonian radiation; and if any of the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the research on which the EU report recommending further cuts in Irish quota for hake and monkfish was based....
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the State has jurisdiction over the operation of mobile phone operators based in the State and operating...
    • Broadband Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the applications for group broadband schemes received in the first phase of funding in County Westmeath; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the person who bears the cost of television signal disturbance caused by a wind farm; the way this compares to...
    • Broadband Services
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will arrange to substantially extend the availability of wired broadband in West Cork and in particular...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas University Courses
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish consul in California donated funding to a course on revisionist history run by...
    • Dual Citizenship
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria which apply for US citizens to obtain dual citizenship. [42432/06]
    • Irish Overseas Aid
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has responded to the request of Irish Aid to assist in the retention of the Comhlámh office in Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Undocumented Irish
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made representations to Senator Charles Schumer and Mr. Bruce Morrison, who are leading the plight of the undocumented Irish in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private office and...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the plans by a college (details supplied) for the development of sports facilities at their...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there are sanctions against travel companies that do not live up to their responsibilities in relation to people with...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to media reports claiming that the National Library had paid €1.17 million to buy certain James...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department received an application for a lottery grant from a club (details supplied) in County Carlow; if his attention has...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to errors in the drafting of S.I. 405 of 2006 which means that offences are not...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections that have taken place in the retail sector to ensure that established pay rates are not being...
    • Work Permits
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits which are currently outstanding and their distribution across the main sectors of economic...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts made in 2006 to attract investment into South Tipperary; and the action taken in relation to finding a tenant...
    • Property Disposal
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 30 November 2006, if he accepts that premises (details supplied) in County...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Bills he expects to publish before the end of 2006; and thereafter the Bills he expects to publish before the general...
    • Work Permits
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position, in relation to a work permit, whereby a person from Tunisia wishes to come here with their partner who is an...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their...
    • Work Permits
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the application under highly qualified and skilled category and subsequent appeal for a...
    • Company Closures
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that former employees at a company (details supplied) in County Limerick have...
    • Work Permits
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits that have been issued in each of the past five years to non-EEA nationals for chefs. [42948/06]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has satisfied himself with the present arrangements for the supervision of occupational pension schemes and analogous...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will abolish the means test for the carer's allowance; if eligibility will be determined on the basis of the amount of care...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount in relation to pensions schemes for which the Pensions Board has oversight provided in recent years to finance the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to restore the full adult dependant allowance to pensioners on reduced contributory pension rate who had initially been...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason child benefit is not awarded to families who are affected by habitual residence status; and if he will make a statement...
    • Child Poverty
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children estimated to be living in poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42934/06]
  • Department of Transport
    • Rail Network
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the context of the positive submission made to the Department of Transport and to his Department, in relation to the reopening of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Transport the persons against whom penalty point offences committed by a driver with a foreign driver's licence driving a commercial vehicle owned by their...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria used to assess applications for the catering contract at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42325/06]
    • Company Licensing
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the situation in relation to a person (details supplied) who is unable to obtain trade plates as they do not pay rates on...
    • Public Transport
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent to date on integrated ticketing; the parties that are subject to integrated ticketing; the measures he proposes to take to...
    • Rail Services
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to deal with the excessive overcrowding at peak times on the northern Drogheda-Connolly rail line; the service and safety...
    • Road Safety
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce laws similar to those that pertain in the USA which require motorists to stop when a school bus stops to off-load or pick up...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Transport in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private office and their...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pension scheme for Aer Rianta employees and pensioners is not adequately funded; his plans to...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance he, his Department or other Departments have given or will give to aid the European Parliament's...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the assessment and approval for a club (details supplied) in County Mayo seeking funds from...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of funding in 2006 for the community development programme; if he will give a breakdown of the level of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the brief, role and structure of Area Development Management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/06]
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main schemes and programmes in his Department being provided to the offshore islands of County Cork; and if he...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Coillte Teoranta
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the process involved in relation to Coillte lands being made available for recreational ground for a local community in Donegal...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in processing the single farm payment for persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will be...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will revert to the EU Parliament Committee on Petitions in relation to problems with the early retirement scheme; and when...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the hardship and exceptional circumstances...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to farmers with joint herd numbers with their spouses, parents, siblings and so on who received correspondence...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly under the single farm payment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide this Deputy with copies of Ireland's reports to the EU on the administration of the meeting standards part of the...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 247 and 248 of 23 November 2006, the reason her Department did not issue a statutory notice...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food in respect of each Minister of State within her Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to ensure that their single payment application is...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Academic Appointments
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a position (details supplied) was advertised; if so, the location where the applications were placed; the number of applications...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of young people below the age of 18 currently in detention in the State; the number at each centre for young offenders; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is her Department's policy to compel autistic children to attend special schools for mental disability when this is deemed not...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding that is available to schools for the provision and upkeep of bicycle sheds; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation of person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if her attention has been further drawn...
    • National Schools
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools broken down by patron as per the latest available figures. [42303/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet the parents and friends of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo to discuss their need for funding; and if she...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been to the situation whereby students access to higher education is severely penalised for non-EU students whose...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans for the future use of a school building (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a grant does not exist to assist a developing school (details supplied) in County Kildare to equip their classroom with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take against second level schools that discriminate against special needs students and not just to leave it up to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school building (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will change the terms governing educational grants to introduce some flexibility in cases where a person has qualified for the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an increase in the general allocation hours for learning support will be made to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made regarding the establishment and recognition of a Gaelcholáiste in Buncrana, County Donegal. [42368/06]
    • School Transport
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide details following her response to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 7 November 2006; if transport is being...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is discriminating against voluntary secondary schools by not providing equal funding to that received by community...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Laois for a minor works grant; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if iniquitous funding in insurance payments is contributing to a situation where assistant principals in voluntary secondary schools...
    • Public-Private Partnerships
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of public private partnership costs as laid out in the Revised Estimates 2007. [42383/06]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for permanent recognition; when a final decision will...
    • Gaelscoileanna
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Gaelcholáistí within her Department's control; the placement area or position of each school; the number of pupils...
    • School Transport
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm receipt of an updated report from Bus Éireann on the case referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 11...
    • School Staffing
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the avenue for self development and preparation for promotion is denied to voluntary secondary school teachers adding to the...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the purpose of her visit to a school (details supplied) in County Cork in June 2000; if she will confirm that she turned a sod for a...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding given in each year from 2002 to 2005 and in to date in 2006 for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to meet the current and future needs at primary school level of Ashbourne, County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions she has had with the Department of Health and Children regarding a proposal (details supplied) to fund a youth worker...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the construction of a new secondary school for the Castleknock area, Dublin 15 as a matter of urgency. [42422/06]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if income from a VTOS course is fully assessable as reckonable income for third level grant purposes in view of the fact that it is...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application, in relation to the small schools scheme 2007, for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals for a much needed primary school in Skerries, County Dublin; the priority it has in her Department; the proposed...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she has taken or will take to resolve the difficulties surrounding the move of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Transport
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a problem with the school bus which ferries children to and from a school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given to relocating a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20, to allow for its expansion and provide...
    • School Transport
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the preschool transport difficulties in a school (details supplied) which results in pupils being...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that her Department has concluded its examination of the needs of gaelscoil education in the Ballymun area,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the definition of a unit in the context of classes for autistic children; the number of classrooms required to constitute a unit; the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for the increased principal's administration time initiative; the reason special needs assistants are not included in the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs education organiser will be appointed for south Kerry; the number of SENOs countrywide at present; the numbers of...
    • School Equipment
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the information communication technology programme for a school (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science in respect of each Minister of State within her Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; when work will begin on this...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will deliver on her promise to purchase a site and build a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make this...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on introducing an allowance to support trainee primary teachers in undertaking the six week placement which is a part of...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will prioritise an on-site technical assessment of needs of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, in view of the present...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that mainstream primary school teachers do not have the specific training needed to teach...
    • School Transport
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school transport application (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all appeals regarding the DEIS initiative have been determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42789/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the huge population growth that has taken place in Carlow town on both sides of the...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received to date by the new school advisory committee in relation to the application for a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post-primary children with serious reading difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of young people leaving school without a qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42933/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average waiting time for a psychological assessment for a child at primary and at post-primary level; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children for whom neither English nor Irish is their first language who are enrolled in the education system at both...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the provision of a larger gymnasium sufficient for the playing of basketball in the building programme she has...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Defence the acreage of a property (details supplied) in County Cork in the ownership of his Department; the townlands this property occupies; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed within their private office and their...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Property Purchases
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of people who buy homes off plans and pay a deposit at...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements between local authorities and his Department in relation to local authority loans and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when sanction will be given to an application made by Cork County Council for funds for the connection of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the guidelines for local authorities on the taking over of housing estates based on the Local Government...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a licence was not granted to Kilkenny Borough Council allowing the council to provide public...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to combat the destruction to the natural environment taking place in County Wicklow...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Part V of the Planning Acts applies to houses built on unzoned land (details supplied) where 60% of houses...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received details from Dublin City Council regarding the number of their local authority dwellings...
    • National Parks
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the €700,000 deer fencing programme in Killarney National Park is not in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has made progress with local authorities and financial institutions to enable affordable...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Milltown, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has any plans to amend Section C of Part 4 of the Private Residential Tenancies Act as there is a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in respect of each Minister of State within his Department the number of staff broken down by grade employed...

    • Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the responsibilities beyond the management of the park of the Wicklow National Park divisional manager,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a new sewerage scheme (details supplied); if all of the funding has been drawn down in regard...
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers of meetings he or his officials have had with the Health Service Executive in seeking to finalise...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the various sewerage treatment or pipeline facilities throughout County Kildare in respect of which his...
    • Road Network
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate specific funds to carry out urgent remedial works on the minor roads throughout County...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will authorise, approve and fund the proposed Balyna group water scheme in County Kildare in the near...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if planning permission is required for a well; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42896/06]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 20% social and affordable housing requirements anticipated in Part 5 of the Planning Act 2000 refers...
    • Residential Density
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that adequate numbers of family sized homes are being built here; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the quality of all modern apartment blocks or affordable housing meets the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval has been given by his Department for the Edgeworthstown sewerage nutrient reduction scheme; if...