Written answers

Thursday, 14 December 2006

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Debt Levels
      Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to receive the research commissioned by the Financial Regulator and the Combat Poverty Agency on the nature and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of PRSA holders; the percentage and number of the working population who have not made additional pension provision; the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the effect the Budget 2007 measures to support older people will have; his reasons for adding a mobile phone option to the telephone...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the increases in the weekly earnings threshold for maternity and adoptive benefit; the impact he expects that these changes will...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on progress being made in relation to the implementation of proposed policy changes aimed at addressing the needs...
    • EU Surveys
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his view on the findings of the recent EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions especially the revelation that 18.5% of persons...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has considered using the same assessment of capital for farm assist as is used for the State non-contributory pension; and if...
    • Cross-Departmental Co-operation
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cross Departmental co-operation between his Department and the Department of Health and Children; and if he will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which he has considered the possibility of offering insurance contribution credits to women working in the home; and...
    • Payment Delivery Service
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take arising from the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice regarding the decision of...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects the publication of the national action plan against poverty and social exclusion 2006 to 2008; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has considered allowing parents of disabled children, issued with a companion pass, to make round trips with the return or...
    • Child Support
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children for whom the child dependent allowance is being granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Support Services
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to improve the family support programmes and measures on offer by his Department and other agencies under the aegis of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will support the introduction of a direct link between eligibility for rent allowance and landlord registration with the...
    • Community Welfare Service
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the proposed move of the Community Welfare Service to his Department, and when this will take place. [43255/06]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals for a review of the rent supplement scheme, particularly in view of criticism from the Comptroller and Auditor...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people being refused unemployment assistance or benefit on the grounds that they are not genuinely seeking work,...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way he will improve the supervision of occupational pension schemes by the Pensions Board and by his Department; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of Operation Gull aimed at curbing cross-border social welfare fraud; and if the...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the results of the research carried out by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice which...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the effect on persons in residential institutions resulting from the payment of full disability allowance; the number who will...
    • Waste Charges
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has been involved in discussions with other Government Departments or State agencies regarding the possible introduction of a...
    • Labour Market Participation
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the introduction of the €100 income disregard has been successful in encouraging the labour market participation of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the financial and other contributions of his Department in ensuring people on low incomes can afford healthy food; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the persons appointed since he has taken up office to State boards, working groups, committees and other body comprising nominees...
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on progress regarding the development of a National Carers Strategy as committed to under the partnership...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the submissions he has received with regard to improvements in the carers allowance scheme; the scope or potential to develop this...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the IFA estimate as outlined in the IFA Budget Submission 2007, that there are approximately 6000 farmers not availing...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way he envisages qualified adults benefiting from plans to bring their payments to the level of the State pension; the number...
    • Social Welfare Policy
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on his Department's engagement and subsequent policy developments in the latest negotiations at the European...
    • Social Inclusion
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the National Report for Ireland on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2006 to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when he will deliver on an all-Ireland free travel pass for pensioners as promised in the Programme for Government. [43257/06]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has examined the possibility of introducing a specific payment for people with disabilities to assist them in meeting extra...
    • Social Welfare Entitlements
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a national advertising campaign to promote greater awareness of social welfare entitlements, similar to the campaign...
    • Family Income Supplement
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to publish the results of the research project designed to establish the factors behind the low level of take up of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken or plans to take arising from criticism by the Pensions Ombudsman of what he called the theft by employers...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports available for bereaved people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43160/06]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated take-up rate of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Reports
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has examined the recent TASC publication Taming the Tiger Social Exclusion in a Globalised Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for alleviating child poverty in view of his Budget 2007 proposals for the investment of almost €300 million; his plans...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has examined the possibility of paying child benefit on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43263/06]
    • Departmental Vote
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the activities envisaged under the eGovernment related project measure listed in the Estimates 2007 which represents a 207%...
    • Child Support
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding his campaign against child poverty; the impact of the Budget 2007 measures on this campaign; the nature of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of cases of supplementary welfare allowance rent supplement paid out in each of the respective years from 2002 and to...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the demand for family mediation services; if he has satisfied himself that this demand will continue to be met; and if he will make...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent study from the Combat Poverty Agency which shows that the increasing levels of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has considered paying family income supplement at the 70% differential; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in reaching the target of 100 family resource centres here by the end of 2006; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he will take to ensure that original copies of speeding offences are produced and maintained in...
    • Weapons Amnesty
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of advertising and promoting the recent gun amnesty; his views on whether it represented good value...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to take custody of their sister and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the disclosure of confidential information relating to a tragic case which was recently leaked...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a family reunification application for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Training
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will publish the guidelines, instructions or guidance that are given to Gardaí regarding dealing with...
    • Stardust Fire
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the memorandum prepared by a person (details supplied) on behalf of the Stardust Relatives and...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with penalty points and fines imposed on trucks that break the three tonne limit; his...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will furnish the crime statistics for the Bantry Garda district for the years 2000 to 2005 respectively...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of former prisoners who are on early release, temporary release, or are otherwise out on licence,...
    • Bench Warrants
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants which are presently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras which are functioning and are actively being operated here as of 1 December 2006;...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in each Garda Division on 31 December 1997 and 30 November 2006. [43473/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on family reunification will be made in relation to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 27 September 2006, if he will report on the issue; and if he...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serious sexual assaults in the Dublin Garda north central district in 2005 and to date in 2006;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a decision on leave to remain in the State in relation to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Firearms Licensing
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43545/06]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43546/06]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the refusal of a temporary visa for a person (details supplied) to visit Ireland over...
    • Child Abduction
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist in the return of the children of a person (details supplied) in County Louth under the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a new application for reunification in regard to the person referred to in Parliamentary...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if having regard to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 5 December 2006, he will arrange for the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he proposes to deport the father of a child born here to a native Irish mother; if he will review...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the residency application in the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he...
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances whereby a person (details supplied) in County Kildare...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will award extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 in view of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when he expects to be in a position to accept a valid or eligible application for naturalisation in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 30 November 2006 and the full circumstances...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to previous parliamentary questions, the extent to which an investigation has been undertaken to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a decision on a request for a work visa for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the establishment of a special unit within An Garda Síochána dedicated to the investigation of...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify the amount of funding allocated to Victim Support between 1985 and 2000, and subsequently...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deportation orders issued for persons with addresses in County Carlow over the past five years;...
    • Customs Service
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he has taken to enhance the co-operation between his Department and other Government Departments...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the establishment of an interdepartmental body between his Department and the Department of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Child Care Facilities
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason child care fees in his Department's crèche in Athlone were increased; his views on whether it is acceptable, in view of Government...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a farmer who involuntarily makes a disposal under a compulsory purchase order can be forced into a situation whereby they have to pay 20%...
    • Tax Code
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 will be amended to allow tax relief on the cost of specific tuition for people with dyslexia....
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 28 September 2006, the status of the negotiations for the acquisition of a site in Mullingar; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures for removing a person who is employed by or under the State; if there is a difference in the employment status of the two...
    • Ministerial Salaries
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, in respect of all increases, including those awarded arising from review body recommendations and the partnership...
    • Tax Code
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the VRT remittance in respect of hybrid electric vehicles on an annual basis from the date the scheme started; the number of cars...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the section of the Tolka River wall at the rear of the houses at Tolka Road, Dublin 3 is the only section of river wall along the Dublin...
    • Tax Code
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contents of a letter (details supplied) will be noted; if as stated the applicant was not made aware either by letter, newspaper...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been progress in concluding the contract for the purchase of a site for the new school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [43477/06]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance when will the catchment flood risk assessment and management study for the Rye River commence. [43482/06]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance when work on the new Garda station for Leixlip will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43509/06]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 9 November, 2006 when a site purchase will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traffic Management
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request a report form the Office of Public Works on the result of the consultation with the local community following the meeting in the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty provisions, which are applicable to a farmer who wishes to buy lands; if there are any exemptions; if provisions for stamp duty...
    • Tax Code
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives that apply to the provision of staff showers at places of employment; the cost to the Exchequer in each of the past three years;...
    • Customs and Excise
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance if the review of customs arrangements at Weston Aerodrome has been completed; the recommendations of the review; if customs inspections at the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a group (details supplied) have benefitted under the increases announced in Budget 2007; if they will receive the allocation to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether 1600 FÁS community enterprise places should be mainstream State funded personal assistant roles or jobs, as...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contract beds provided in private nursing homes in each of the eight Health Service Executive areas in 2004, 2005 and...
    • Health Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 who is a medical card holder must pay €18 per visit for chiropody care due to a...
    • Community Care
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the health centre site (details supplied) which has previously been the subject of a planning application by a company;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit promised for Limerick will be in service. [43360/06]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Care
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 4 July 2006 regarding the status of the development project for a community hospital, day...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the four neurologists budgeted for 2005 will be appointed. [43419/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the state of rheumatology services here; her plans to implement the Comhairle na nOspidéal report;...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average response time for ambulances on each night of the week. [43426/06]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if there are places...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision not to issue a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare...
    • Health Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a delay of two years for young children with development co-ordination...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 6 July 2006, if there has been further progress in relation to the acquisition of the site....
    • Home Help Service
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 8 November 2006. [43491/06]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if tenders have been invited for Phase 3C of Naas General Hospital. [43493/06]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of extending BreastCheck to women aged 65 to 70 nationwide is €7 million; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the Health Service Executive to sanction a further three speech therapists in County Kildare to bring the number up...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will ensure they receive a public nursing home place. [43503/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the transition arrangements in place between her Department and the Department of Education and Science for children moving into primary...
    • National Recreation Policy
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that will be available in 2007 for the purpose of implementing the recently published recreation policy; and if she will...
    • Nursing Home Availability
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public beds in private nursing homes; the locations of these beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43506/06]
    • Home Help Service
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with home help. [43520/06]
    • Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 750 of 27 September 2006 if she will furnish a response to the issues raised; and if she will make...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 747 of 27 September 2006 the position regarding her plans to introduce a screening programme for...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of young people attending the out of hours crisis intervention service who become involved in the criminal justice...
    • Psychiatric Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures her Department has taken to bring about a comprehensive child psychiatric service for children experiencing difficulties;...
    • Child Homelessness
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures her Department has taken to tackle the problem of homelessness among young people here; the action it planned to take...
    • Vaccine Compensation Scheme
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date on which she will introduce the vaccine damage compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43562/06]
    • Health Service Executive Response
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 14 June 2006, which according to...
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the sexual assault treatment unit for the midlands; the location of the SATU in the region; when it is expected to...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has an entitlement to extended sick leave; if the case will be...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to three unsuccessful hip operations which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare underwent at Cappagh...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain financial assistance towards specialised eye treatment which is not covered...
    • General Register Office
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of searches made in the research section of Civil Registrations in 2005; the number of these that were general searches; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a promised meeting (details supplied) has not taken place; the further reason phone calls and messages to the Health Service...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the establishment of an inter-Departmental body between her Department and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with an extra half-hour home help per evening particularly as the medical...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the outcome of a meeting for a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be seen by a consultant; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Health Service Management
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has concluded her consideration into the draft code of governance prepared by the Health Service Executive which was submitted to...
    • Nursing Home Residents
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to transfer nursing home residents from private nursing home beds to public facilities; the number of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in respect of the 60 person campus complex for people with intellectual disabilities at St. Ita's Hospital Portrane, she will...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be issued to patients and their families who are due moneys under the nursing home refund scheme; if she will appoint...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if steps will be taken to investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 who was originally committed to a secure unit...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Product Registration
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when an applicant (details supplied) will have an application to get listed finalised with Sustainable Energy...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the Greener Homes grant scheme, delivered through Sustainable Energy Ireland on an annual...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the post offices, sub-post offices and postal agents which have been closed for each of the years 1997 to date...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on a directive or legislation in relation to a possible fuel variation provision having to be...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms of reference of the Indecon consultancy on Ireland's natural resources; when he expects to have the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on further discussions he has held with Eircom, e-net, BT or other telecom...
    • Fisheries Regulations
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the quotas and TACs sought by the EU Fisheries Commission for 2007 and on the priorities...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the report of the interdepartmental committee on the health effects of mobile phones will be published....
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding has been provided for a pier (details supplied) in County Mayo; the amount provided; and when work...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent EU Communications Ministers meeting on mobile phone roaming charges; the Irish...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has set 2012 as the date for switching off the analogue signal; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Arts Funding
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve an application under the Access II programme for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that has Department has received an application for sports capital funding from an organisation (details...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) which was fined in the UK in 2005 for facilitating the sending of unwanted reverse...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new foreign companies and jobs brought by the IDA to the mid-west in 2006; the breakdown by county and...
    • Legal Metrology Service
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 20 June 2006, the progress to date on the inspection regime under the...
    • Seafarer Protections
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent inspections carried out by the International Transport Workers' Federation on board a ship (details...
    • Job Creation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to secure a replacement industry for a plant (details supplied) in County Kildare, the closure of...
    • Company Closures
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to secure redundancy payments for workers in a company (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
    • Work Permits
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 29 November 2006 if he will expedite a decision on the request for a work visa...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will acknowledge that the increase given to people in receipt of disability benefit in Budget 2007 was insufficient in view...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an illness benefit appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [43361/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the respite care grant; and if it will be backdated...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he was consulted prior to the enactment of the Health Amendment Act 2005 as to the implications of charging persons on social...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when family income supplement will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the conclusions and recommendations of the long-term care working group established in January 2005; the progress made with their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of death benefit pension recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43384/06]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who availed of the bereavement grant; the number who availed of widowed parent grant; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the payments which are subject to a Christmas bonus and the way that bonus is applied in each case. [43515/06]
    • Occupational Injury Scheme
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will meet with the sufferers of pneumonocosis with a view to addressing their concerns; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on offering old age pension payments on a pro-rata basis to persons with an average of less than 10 contributions during...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which he will improve the qualification guidelines for rent allowance with particular reference to the sensitivities...
  • Department of Transport
    • Traffic Management
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has investigated the cost to the economy of traffic congestion in the greater Dublin area; if so, the outcome of such...
    • Public Transport
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport when the additional 100 buses for Dublin Bus will be in service on bus routes. [43488/06]
    • Railway Stations
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport when work will begin on footbridges over the railway line at Coolmine and Clonsilla stations; and when these bridges will be completed. [43539/06]
    • Rail Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport when additional services will be added to the Maynooth line. [43540/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport when the review of bus routes that Dublin Bus are currently undertaking will be completed; if public consultation will be permitted on the outcome...
    • Road Network
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Transport if the increase in tolls due to be imposed by NTR at the Westlink toll plaza will increase the cost of the buy out; if so, the amount by which it...
    • Road Safety
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the continuing delay in reintroducing height limits for HGVs as promised; and when he proposes to do so. [43638/06]
    • Public Transport
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the proposals from the Integrated Ticketing Project Board in relation to scope, timelines and a budget for the phased...
    • Road Safety
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport if an EU standard for the retro-fitting of passenger side blind-spot mirrors has been agreed by the EU and is available to his Department; and if...
    • State Airports
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will announce funding allocations to the regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43667/06]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will consider funding through the dormant accounts for a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his response to a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43543/06]
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area payment. [43330/06]

    • Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive their area aid; if same will be awarded as soon as possible; and if she...
    • Food Industry
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that farmers have a clear and unimpeded view for the scales in meat plants; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the annual cost of the afforestation grants for conifers and broadleaves grant scheme, on an annual basis from the date the scheme...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the annual cost of the rural environment protection scheme, on an annual basis from the date the scheme started; if she will quantify...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will immediately pay all moneys due to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [43452/06]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will reinstate payment under the early retirement scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when entitlements under the single farm payment scheme will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [43461/06]
    • Tree Felling
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for a tree felling licence has been made in respect of a building development (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she proposes to deal with what is now perceived to be incorrect advice given by Teagasc advisers when advising dairy farmers in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of backlog that exists in the processing of the transfer of entitlements from one herd number to another, in particular where...
    • Sugar Beet Sector
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has had any communication from the EU Agriculture Commission regarding payment of compensation to former Greencore workers; if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a single farm payment in which all documentation has now been finalised, and which the applicant was assured would be paid...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, further to correspondence (details supplied), she will furnish a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43682/06]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Enrolments
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school places available in primary and secondary schools in Lucan and Clondalkin, County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 21 November 2006, the position regarding this report; and when the family will hear from...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will arrange to have an application for a higher education grant for a person (details supplied) in County Cork reconsidered....
    • School Enrolments
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Meath, which was capped by her officials in the 2003 to 2004 school year at 16 teachers and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in moving forward projects identified in the M4 and N4 School Accommodation Report; and if she will make a statement...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 14 November 2006, if the Office of Public Works negotiations have been completed; if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 7 November 2006, if her Department has received a response to the queries raised with the...
    • School Closures
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she is taking to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 is retained for community and educational purposes...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will explain her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 7 December 2006. [43437/06]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to commence work on the provision of a gaelscoil in Clonakilty, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Schemes
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will ensure that the person will not see...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a committee (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a reply from the school planning section, Tullamore, County Offaly;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national school teachers in County Kildare; the number of national school resource teachers in County Kildare; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [43485/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the implementation report in relation to commencing the relevant sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused the top-up grant. [43518/06]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements will be made to provide one to one tuition for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 with dyslexia and ADHD. [43533/06]
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the interest of aiding parents, she will consider the compilation of a register of qualified teachers offering home tuition...
    • School Staffing
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will define the differences between a classroom assistant and a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) for funding to provide science laboratory facilities; when she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new science laboratories that have been funded by her Department in second level schools in the past three years; and if...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in the Greater Dublin area, under the age of 16 years, not attending school; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the purpose built special education unit within a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be opened; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in County Offaly attending a Church of Ireland national school in County Offaly will be permitted to use...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outstanding issues to be resolved in relation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and the expected timescale for the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actions she proposes to take to provide suitable school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 where the whole...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 20 June 2006, the status of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a course in an institution (details supplied) is not approved by her Department for the higher education grant scheme; her...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm the acreage of a property (details supplied) in the ownership of his Department; the townlands this property occupies; the number...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the statement of Galway County Council that of the twenty five water and sewerage schemes in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for carbon or green credits; the way in which he will allocate these credits; and if he will make a...
    • Biodiversity Fund
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a complete list of grants under the 2006 biodiversity plan; the value of each grant made;...
    • Waste Management
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a complete list of grants made under the waste management infrastructural grant scheme;...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount granted to a local authority in respect of a project (details supplied); if he has satisfied...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average response time for ambulances on each night of the week. [43427/06]
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding in respect of an application (details supplied). [43438/06]
    • Waste Management
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a national waiver scheme for refuse services, in conjunction with the Department of...
    • Water Quality
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will immediately appoint an expert group to fast track the selection process and the installation of a...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has closed off the opportunity to appeal SAC designations already notified to the EU Commission...
    • Local Government Act
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will issue regulations under the Local Government Act 2001 to allow by order the establishment of new...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme. [43481/06]
    • Public Service Recruitment
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of Budget 2007 he will insist on the public service recruitment embargo for local authorities in...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded his review of the disabled persons grant scheme; and his view on funding 100% of the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when discussions will take place between his Department and Mayo County Council, as stated by Mayo County...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department assessed the conservation implications of a tree felling operation by a construction...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 1 November 2006, the status of these regional water schemes; the...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his response to a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43544/06]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure the preservation and protection of a building (details supplied) in County Kildare in...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the income streams available to local authorities for the purpose of dealing with loans raised for capital...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the main differences between the REP scheme and the proposed national compensation scheme for commonage...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of cycling officers by each local authority in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the findings of the European Environment Agency's report which cited Dublin as a negative...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a submission from Fingal County Council in respect of a grant towards the cost of the...