Written answers

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the end of year expenditure on the CLÁR programme for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42917/06]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the services available to local communities under his Department's new community services programme; the funding that...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on Estimate 2007 for his Department; if he will account for the failure to increase funding for the drugs...
    • Fostaíocht Gaeltachta
      Question 48: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó post a cruthaíodh i nGaeltacht Chiarraí le cabhair ó Údaras na Gaeltachta i ngach bliain ó 2002 go dtí 2006,...
    • Irish Language
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received submissions from Conradh na Gaeilge on the draft regulations in relation to signage, stationery and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date on the decentralisation of his Department's headquarters to Ireland West Airport, Knock,...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way he will allocate the additional €5 million to be provided in 2007 to further support volunteering; and if he...
    • Drugs Seizures
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from a senior member of the Garda Síochána that heroin is so...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will introduce measures to ensure that Údarás na Gaeltachta follow best practice in relation to its...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of moneys available to approval groups or companies for installation of security in the homes of elderly...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether there should be a review of the capacity of senior civil servants to lead a cohesive drugs...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 60: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i leith chur i bhfeidhm Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 i rith 2006; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will continue the RAPID programme in the Ballinasloe RAPID area beyond the end of the National Development Plan...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for an increase of 13% funding for the Western Development Commission Estimates 2007. [42914/06]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of places on the rural social scheme that have been filled in the Galway Rural Development Company's...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the end of year expenditure on the RAPID programme for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42916/06]
    • Drug Use
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the widespread availability of illegal drugs his views on whether a trend is emerging whereby people believe...
    • Walking Routes
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the supports provided through his Department in the development of the Nore Valley walking route which passes through...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has examined the findings and recommendations of the report on social care and drug users here, recently...
    • An Coimisiún Logainmneacha
      Question 69: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé sásta go dtugann an tOrdú Logainmneacha (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) 2004 stádas oifigiúil agus oibre do...
    • Travellers Rights
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the supports provided to enable Traveller communities access employment through his Department's community development...
    • Rural Development
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures being covered by the €5 million allocated in the Estimates for the Leader rural economy sub-programme...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the introduction of a UK style drugs classification system would assist efforts to combat the...
    • Rialacháin um Shábháilteacht Dóiteáin
      Question 76: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an dtuigeann sé go bhfuil deacrachtaí á gcothú ag na rialacha nua maidir le sábháilteacht dóiteáin i dtithe...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding from his Department that has gone to supporting social options for those who choose to socialise...
    • Rural Development
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of participants in the rural social scheme and the success of the initiative in combating poverty in rural...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding in 2007 to the RAPID programme will not keep pace with inflation growth; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Use
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide an estimated number of cannabis users here; his views on whether this figure is in the region of...
    • Charities Regulation
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide the proposed charities regulatory authority with powers to facilitate and advise charitable...
    • Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge
      Question 82: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn ata déanta leis an bhFoclóir Béarla-Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [42859/06]
    • Rural Development
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the supports that have been provided from his Department's vote to Ireland West Airport, Knock since 2002; the role...
    • Drug Use
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent 2006 annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction; his views...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the working group on the rehabilitation tier of the national drugs strategy has completed its report; when the...
    • Community Development
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the local authority areas and Gaeltachta where unified structures have not been fully agreed in regard to local and...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from the secretary of the Irish Association of Suicidology that...
    • Community Development
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures in place and the measures under consideration to assist in financial supports and grants available for...
    • Irish Language
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the new Irish language scheme agreed with the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the areas of County Tipperary included in the 2006 extension of the CLÁR programme; the measures and schemes that...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on recent comments on restoring the Ulster Canal; the progress made to date on this project by Waterways...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures he has taken to advance the roll out of confidential anti-drug dealing phone lines in local drug task...
    • Teorainn na Gaeltachta
      Question 97: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil an tuarascáil faighte aige go fóill i leith theorainn na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Contaminated Heroin
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on reports that cheaper, less pure heroin imported illegally from Afghanistan is currently widely for sale...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 101: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé sásta na Rialacháin um Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 (Alt 9) 2006 a leasú maidir le síneacha...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on a new study from the National Advisory Committee on Drugs that states that though there have been...
    • Countryside Access
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in relation to opening up the rural countryside to walkers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Peace and Reconciliation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding in 2007 to the Programme for Peace and Reconciliation has been cut by 55%; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the findings of the linguistic study of Irish usage in the Gaeltacht areas presented to his Department; the...
    • National Drugs Initiative
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a new drugs initiative launched in Blanchardstown, West Dublin, that aims to limit...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether it is pivotal to include specific renewable energy enterprise measures and targets in the list...
    • Western Rail Corridor
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding provided by his Department for the preservation of the right of way of the western rail corridor from...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach the situation regarding the delays in the McEntee Report. [43014/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 112: To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43231/06]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 113: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in the Office of the Attorney General with a breakdown of the number of barristers, solicitors and non-lawyers. [43237/06]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will furnish the crime statistics for the Clonakilty Garda District for the years 2000 to 2005...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 6 December 2006, if he will review this application and approve...
    • Courts Service
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of District Court judges in each district from 1997 to date in 2006. [43011/06]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a holiday visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding Garda patrols and anti-social activity in the vicinity of a club (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are systems in place to counter foreign intelligence agencies infiltrating An Garda Síochána; and...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of assaults and burglaries committed in the Carlow and Kildare division over the past five years;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans for a temporary Garda station in Monasterevin in view of the fact that the current station is...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 16 May 2006, the number of additional Gardaí appointed to each...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43229/06]
    • Witness Protection Scheme
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of proceedings commenced and convictions obtained in each of the past four years under Section 40...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has permission to remain in the State...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the provision of a new Garda area headquarters at Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a report which was promised to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo over two years ago still has not been provided by Mayo County...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the purchase of a site for the transfer of the Department of Defence to Newbridge as part of the decentralisation programme;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if approval from the European Commission for a VAT exemption on private companies providing home care packages is necessary; if so, when he obtained...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has contacted the developer who built without planning permission on a riverbank (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the decentralisation of Revenue Commissioners jobs to Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42965/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the acquisition of a site for a new Garda station at Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance when the C2 for a company (details supplied) in County Wexford will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42994/06]
    • Tax Code
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation of a first time co-buyer with two friends who had switched their mortgage to a lower interest rate; and if they will qualify for the...

    • Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the cost of a child care tax credit of €10,000 against personal income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/06]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the two per cent insurance levy in 2006; the revenue he anticipates in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the home carers tax credit to the same rate as the PAYE tax credit in 2007. [43029/06]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the purchase of a site for the transfer of his Department to Kildare as part of the decentralisation programme; if a site has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43226/06]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on funding the provision of a hepatitis B inoculation for the staff of a school (details enclosed), in County Clare; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the existing Health Service Executive health centre in Listowel will be replaced by a new centre due to a lack of space and other...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will become available to Kerry women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42967/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if refunds under the health repayment scheme arise in relation to disabled persons maintenance allowances being taken by residential...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [42974/06]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of young people who attend the out of hours crisis intervention service in Dublin on a nightly basis; the number of beds...
    • Telecommunications Masts
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to investigate the circumstances of the failing health of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the first floor of a building (details supplied) in County Mayo will be refurbished for use as a health centre; the long-term...
    • Departmental Communications
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department's website press area is not regularly updated on all topics; her views on the lack of press statements on all...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision relative to an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in view...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told that they can not obtain a wheelchair which was recommended by their...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason that people with a mental illness received very little contact or follow-up with counsellors and psychiatrists after...
    • Primary Care Services
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding being provided for community and primary care in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43031/06]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on introducing a Dublin weighting allowance of 10% for doctors and nurses; the expected cost thereof; her views on whether it...
    • Health Services
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason despite a foundation's (details supplied) best efforts there is a substantial shortfall in funding required and no certainty...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department has not provided funding to a mental health association (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in relation to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with Merlin Park Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for their...
    • Health Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and other supports will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5;...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are clear guidelines dealing with alcohol advertising in residential areas (details supplied); and her views on this kind of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical card and doctor only card income guidelines that will apply in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43088/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to upgrade the health centre at Monasterevin, County Kildare in view of the increase in the population of Monasterevin as of...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 16 May 2006 the waiting time in the accident and emergency department of Naas General...
    • Health Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inspections carried out of private nursing homes by the Health Service Executive in the Kildare and west Wicklow in the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she has received a number of requests for a meeting from the Parents for Justice group; the date she will hold...
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are still elderly patients in hospitals waiting for nursing home places; and if she will act on this matter urgently....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding attempts to end the waiting lists for people with an intellectual disability where 1,906 require a residential...
    • Health Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will urgently invest in both reform and providing more beds the health system in 2007. [43179/06]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information in respect of the introduction of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of national directors, assistant national directors, Health Service Executive LHO and network managers in receipt of extra...
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 22 June 2006; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her strategy in relation to mental health; the progress being made regarding the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if she will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43228/06]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a number of beds at St. Joseph's Hospital, Longford which are currently vacant due to a failure to...
    • Community Care
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rates for domiciliary care allowance that will apply in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43307/06]
    • Foster Care
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2007. [43308/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure that non-contributory old age pensioners who avail of the disregard incentive on their pension to take...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home residents who are entitled to repayments, or if deceased, whose families are entitled to repayments, under...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if special arrangements are in place to address the problems experienced in Naas General Hospital's accident and emergency department,...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the interests of adult children of nursing home subvention applicants, who reside in their parents' home and act as their carer...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a party has expressed an interest in setting up and developing an ethanol business in south Kildare in view...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the policy changes he is considering in conjunction with An Post to reverse the decline of rural sub-post...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43220/06]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the present status of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, Section 45 (1)a and b(2)(3) with...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call in the British Ambassador to deal with the collusion issues raised in the Barron Reports. [43013/06]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify Ireland's position regarding the US harbouring persons (details supplied). [42997/06]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action his Department is taking in conjunction with Bulgarian officials to investigate the illegal trade of bodily organs as referred to...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the report from the sub-committee of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights that British Forces...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43227/06]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Roads Projects
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the meeting or correspondences that his Department has had in relation to the purchases or exchange of lands or other compensation...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grants available to persons and organisations involved in the sport of racing pigeons; if this is classified as a sport here as...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43219/06]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Grant Payments
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant aid available to garden centre or nursery owners for extending their business; the agencies that give grant...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the recently published Economic Indicators for Kerry, which was issued...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money allocated by his Department or by agencies under the aegis of his Department to a group (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of an extra 5,000 places on community employment schemes in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Employment Service
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding allocated to FÁS local employment services in 2007. [43022/06]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of providing for the payment of three weeks' statutory redundancy payment for every year of service; and if he...
    • Job Creation
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to establish a task force for the Naas area in view of the recent closure of a factory (details supplied)...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of vacant IDA factories in County Kildare; the number of visits to these factories over the past...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43224/06]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the British Government to extend child benefit to pregnant women from the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the complaints lodged to the Ombudsman regarding the conduct of his Department and the Pensions...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of increasing the cap on rent allowance by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43033/06]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has plans to treat women who have worked only in the home as being independent of their spouse when being assessed for the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if qualifying persons using home heating oil obtain the same supports as those based on units of electricity and gas. [43149/06]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43230/06]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances in which an exemption from rule five can be obtained by a person immediately after they are in receipt of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that non-contributory old age pensioners who avail of the disregard incentive on their pension to...
  • Department of Transport
    • Rural Transport Initiative
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will take initiatives to address the issue of rural isolation with particular reference to transport in areas lacking in public transport;...
    • Road Safety
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the number of inspections carried out by the relevant vehicle inspection authorities in the United Kingdom on...
    • Road Network
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the meeting or correspondences that his Department has had in relation to the purchases or exchange of lands or other compensation paid to...
    • Public Transport
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the names of the company or companies granted public transport licences, both for new routes and existing routes, each year since 2002 to date in...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43232/06]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he will improve, enhance or extend the funding or activities through the various schemes...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will increase support for community groups involved in the fight against drugs and drug rehabilitation...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding under the various schemes operated by his Department from County Kildare in...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his intentions for expenditure for 2007 of funds accruing from the dormant accounts fund; if this is expected to be...
    • Community Development
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he will increase his spending under the RAPID programme; if he will initiate new schemes; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent on consultants in each year between 1997 and 2005 and to date in 2006. [43221/06]
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the provision of a comprehensive, integrated, environmental monitoring programme as recommended under the Strategic Environmental...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for payment from the 2005 single farm payment scheme national reserve; and...
    • Horseracing Industry
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is a list of the names and addresses of thoroughbred breeds available to members of the public who might wish to market such...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43218/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo submitted their application for REP scheme three; the length of time it has been with...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Third Level Places
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase places for Irish students wishing to study drama and theatre studies at University College Cork. [43001/06]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • School Transport
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a student (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with school transport; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy of her Department relative to an application for a multi-denominational school for Carlow Town; if a timeframe of September...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in filling posts for educational psychologists in the mid-west region; the number currently in place;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent by her Department on the renting of prefabs in 2005 and to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding being provided for improving literacy in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43015/06]
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers employed; the cost to the Exchequer of such employment; the additional cost of increasing the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists currently employed by the National Education Psychological Service; the cost of increasing the number to...
    • Strategic Innovation Fund
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the strategic innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43018/06]
    • Detention Centres
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding being allocated in 2007 for the provision of spaces for young offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Courses
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the demand for PLC courses in 2006; the extent to which demand exceeded the cap on places on the courses; the additional funding...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of claims that have been awarded by the redress board; the average amount of each award; the number of remaining claims;...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can get grant assistance for their third level studies in view of the fact that they...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary on behalf of which applications have been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to students with dyslexia, she will impose notation on Leaving and Junior Certificates in 2007; the reason her policy is...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if as a result of extra information supplied by a committee (details supplied) in County Galway parents will be guaranteed that their...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial assistance that will be offered to a person (details supplied) who wishes to commence a PhD in the UK; and if she will...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to discussions with primary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding a possible rationalisation...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building programme for a post primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average national school class size in Kildare over the past five years; the average national school class size in the Republic of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make public the inquiry established by her for the County Clare Vocational Educational Committee; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new school in Ennistymon, County Clare; if a site for the school has been purchased; and when the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43223/06]
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 7 December 2006, if she will confirm that a person (details supplied) will complete their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the application for major capital works from the management authority of a national school (details supplied) in...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in view of recent media reports which reveal that a seven-month UCC governing body sub-committee investigation into allegations of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application to extend a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when she will be in a position to approve...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that of the 9,727 persons in receipt of pensions under the Defence Forces pensions schemes approximately 3,630 of these are pre...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43222/06]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme in Finuge Village, County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the survey work undertaken in both 2004 and 2005 for the mapping of special areas of conservation...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Circular IPPP 12/2006 was circulated to county and city managers by his Department. [42999/06]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs to date for the Flood and Mahon Tribunals including third party costs; the costs for each legal...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of maintaining local authority estates in 2006. [43025/06]
    • Housing Grants
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated cost of the disabled persons building grant in 2007; the annual cost of increasing it to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the present position of the proposed sewerage scheme at Glenamaddy, County Galway; when it will go for...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43225/06]