Written answers
Thursday, 1 February 2007
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has to increase the retirement age of commandants and lieutenant colonels from 56 years of age and 58 years of age to 60 years of age;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the decentralisation of the Civil Defence to Roscrea, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2779/07]
- Common Security and Defence Policy
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the memorandum of understanding between Ireland and the other Nordic countries involved in the Nordic battlegroups has not been placed in...
- Casement Aerodrome
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence the areas of south Dublin under the standard flight path to the east west runway at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of existing members of the Permanent Defence Force and Reserve Defence Force who have been commissioned into the officer ranks in the past...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence the replacement programme for the naval patrol vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2784/07]
- Naval Service
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the Naval Services are underresourced in view of the recent sinking of several fishing trawlers and the worsening of weather...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence the radar capability of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2786/07]
- Overseas Missions
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of medical personnel, including dentists, serving overseas with Irish soldiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2925/07]
- Defence Forces Training
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason two members of the Army, as reported in a publication (details supplied) attended a three week All-arms Tactical Targeting Course...
- Departmental Reports
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will conduct further reviews of the implementation in the Defence Forces of the 2002 The Challenge of a Workplace report (details supplied);...
- Overseas Missions
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact of the recent election results in Serbia on KFOR and Irish participation as the framework nation for KFOR until August 2007; and if he...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects that members of the Reserve Defence Forces will be permitted to serve overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/07]
- National Emergency Plan
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will continue the programme of major simulated exercises of the Task Force on Emergency Planning; when the next major simulated exercise is due...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence the payments and allowances paid to members of the Reserve Defence Force; the number of persons who joined the Reserve Defence Forces in 2005 and...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on setting a world standard by introducing a legislative restriction explicitly guaranteeing that children under the age of 18 will not...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence the changes made to the clothing, equipment, personal body armour and protective gear made available to individual members of the Defence Forces over...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence when the expected report on the way to encourage women to join the Defence Forces will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Search and Rescue Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will tender for the search and rescue facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2775/07]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has to extend the naval base at Haulbowline, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2778/07]
- Military Medals
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applications received to date for official replacement certificates for 1916 and War of Independence Medals lost, stolen or destroyed;...
- Prison Security
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence the role the Defence Forces have played in the operation of prisons since 1970, to include aid to civil power assistance and for operational and...
- Commemorative Events
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to commemorate the Easter Rising celebrations in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2763/07]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason his Department spent more on energy and fuel in 2005 than any other Government Department; the energy efficiencies he is putting in place...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to encourage new immigrants to Ireland to join the Defence Forces. [2805/07]
- Overseas Missions
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish Defence Forces personnel operating in Afghanistan and their role; and if there is an intention of withdrawing them in view of the...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the recent visits he has carried out to troops serving abroad; when he will carry out such visits in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
- Commemorative Events
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans to involve the Defence Forces in the proposed celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Support Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that former members of the Defence Forces are homeless or living in poor circumstances; if he will...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been recent meetings of the interdepartmental working group on emerging planning to prepare for the anticipated arrival of avian flu...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cadets and the number of private soldiers who were accepted into the Defence Forces in 2004, 2005 and 2006; the number of applications...
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on progress in the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2933/07]
- Commemorative Events
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence when the National Memorial to commemorate deceased members of the Defence Forces who have died in service will be erected; the location where it will...
- Defence Forces Allowances
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an annual subvention to assist the Irish United Nations Veterans Association in the valuable work they perform; and if he will...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and rank of Defence Force personnel tested in 2004, 2005, and 2006 under the drug testing programme; the numbers and ranks of those who...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of commissioned and non-commissioned personnel currently attending third level education; the range of courses involved; the cost incurred...
- Commemorative Events
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the involvement by the Irish Defence Forces in international peace keeping missions with the United...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to increase the strength of the permanent Defence Forces having particular regard to current and potential commitments; and if he...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is eligible to apply for naturalisation; the way they...
- Residency Permits
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for long-term residency for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when...
- Visa Applications
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a joint spouse visa; the options now available to them; and...
- Recruitment Requirements
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the minimum requirements in terms of having Irish for persons wishing to enter the Prison Services and An...
- Visa Applications
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the delay in processing the application for a joint spouse for a person (details supplied); when a decision...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County...
- National Development Plan
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each...
- Garda Training
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the training provided to Garda recruits in relation to the way they prioritise responses to reported...
- Garda Deployment
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí employed in each of the Leixlip, Maynooth, Celbridge, Kilcock, Naas, Carbury, Clane and...
- Garda Strength
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the information promised in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 3 October 2006 to be...
- Crime Levels
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the information promised in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 3 October 2006 to be...
- Court Procedures
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the information promised in replies to Parliamentary Question Nos. 219 and 220 of 7 November...
- Garda Investigations
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the investigation into claims (details supplied). [3253/07]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if or when Ireland will sign up to the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the updated leaflet on Irish citizenship following on from the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004...
- Garda Stations
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Garda station in Portarlington opens only during office...
- Animal Welfare
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the treatment of the deer at a school (details supplied) in County Meath will be fully investigated by the...
- Residency Permits
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a person (details supplied) for permanent residency will be processed; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the application of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to be...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way...
- Asylum Applications
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a decision on the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Department of Finance
- Garda Stations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the refurbishment of Castledermot Garda Station; when the refurbishment work will commence; if the residential aspect of the...
- Tax Code
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a P21 to be issued for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43773/06]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance when will the file for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford be reviewed by the Office of the Inspector of Taxes in order for them to proceed...
- Tax Code
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if the claim for refund of income tax for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be reduced due to the disability benefit being paid to...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the projects that were targeted in the last national development plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the stage that each...
- Tax Code
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the appeals process for a person who is charged back tax on the basis that a social welfare payment was not taken into account in calculating income...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on decentralising the Office of Public Works to Kanturk, County Cork; the type of jobs that will available; and if they will all...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of parliamentary questions replied to by his Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3236/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of the Revenue Commissioners jobs to Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Stations
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no progress has been made by the Office of Public Works on Castleisland Garda Station, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis of tax to be levied on single premium investments at eight year intervals; if this tax is discriminatory compared to persons who invest in...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to section 3 of the Statutory...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the way excess deductions from people by a computing error in the Revenue Commissioners came to occur; the checks in the system to prevent same; the...
- Tax Code
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals in the Finance Bill 2007 to provide exemption to non-profit making cultural organisations from VAT on the fees of visiting artists...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if a comprehensive review of the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1984 has been carried out; if, in this...
- Tax Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the capital allowance regime to include registered caravan and camping parks here. [3334/07]
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements she is putting in place to continue community crèches; if she will increase numbers; and if she will make a statement...
- Mental Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will amend current legislation regarding the introduction of long stay charges in order that people living in centres for people...
- Nursing Homes
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in public nursing homes that are closed or currently unavailable; the number of beds in public nursing homes for each...
- Community Care
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time a person must wait from being approved for home help and receiving the assistance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts being made to reduce the waiting times for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a follow-up appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Care
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the increase in the subvention payment for home care will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2652/07]
- Health Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow waiting for an appointment for occupational therapy will receive an appointment; and...
- Community Care
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts being made to recruit a medical assessor for a town (details supplied) in order to reduce the long waiting lists for...
- Health Service Executive Report
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will persons (details supplied) in County Wexford receive a copy of the report by the Health Service Executive; the reason for the...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will...
- Ambulance Service
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a nationwide helicopter ambulance service, as is operated in many other countries with great success; and if she...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the application for diet supplement for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Development Plan
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for an appointment. [3188/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the opinion within the Health Service Executive that her plans to provide a national radiotherapy network can not be...
- Mental Health Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who have been subjected to ECT treatments in the past five years; the breakdown of the figures by the number of...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether enhanced nursing home subvention applications are being held up in the southern area due to the fact that her...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the reference changes being proposed by the Health Service Executive in respect of negotiating rights...
- Ambulance Service
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if ambulance transport will be provided to enable a person (details supplied) in County Mayo living alone to travel from north Mayo to a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action her Department will take regarding a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will obtain payment under the national repayment scheme. [3251/07]
- Mental Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the Budget 2007 allocation for psychiatric services in relation to the total health budget. [3254/07]
- Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists employed in Kilkenny by the Health Service Executive; the number of patients waiting for assessment or...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the title of each statutory instrument which she made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to section 3 of...
- Mental Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to accelerate psychiatric assessments for an estimated 6% of primary school pupils with undiagnosed mental disorders; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve inter-departmental liaison with the Department of Education and Science to co-ordinate identified special needs in...
- Mental Health Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has not been properly or fully assessed regarding their mental health; the...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the type of works eligible for assistance under the National Lottery grant available from her Department. [3336/07]
- Health Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when treatment for angina is expected to be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Service Staff
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to replace the two dentists that left the orthodontic service in the Cork and Kerry region on 2 October...
- Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason all new orthodontic treatment clinics in the Cork and Kerry region are to be terminated; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Long-Stay Charges
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy on dealing with the bank and other financial organisation accounts of long-stay psychiatric patients; and the position in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appeal for inclusion in the pension scheme in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will seek an analysis from the Health Service Executive on the average timeframe taken to answer parliamentary questions; the way...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the instructions hospitals were issued with for the collection of €60 for persons without a doctors' letter presenting to accident and...
- Health Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cytology service in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is in danger of being closed; the reason for same; and if she will...
- Health Levy
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the anomaly continues to exist where wealthy people over 70 years of age do not have to pay the health levy; if the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Development Plan
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projects that were targeted in the last national development plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each...
- Grant Payments
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has made retrospective grant payments under the greener homes scheme available for the cost of solar...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of parliamentary questions replied to by his Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if he will...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to extend the list of designated ports for the landing of fish, taking into account the problems...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- National Development Plan
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the projects that were targeted in the last national development plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the stage...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of parliamentary questions replied to by his Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to section 3 of the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- National Lottery Funding
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has received an application for lottery funding from a club (details supplied); when he plans to make a decision...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will meet a delegation (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2624/07]
- National Development Plan
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projects that were targeted in the last national development plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the...
- Tourism Industry
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make a statement on the possible implications for the tourist sector of the new security requirements for credit card...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of parliamentary questions replied to by his Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to Section 3...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm having received an application for lottery funding from an organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application for funding a swimming pool at Leixlip, County Kildare; the dialogue he has had with Kildare...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the most recent figures for the number of persons working here with a breakdown of the figures in relation to the different...
- Work Permits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on liberal work permit regulations for Bulgarian nationals wishing to work here since 1 January 2007; and if he...
- National Development Plan
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one...
- International Standards
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the approved national or international standards that apply to washing machines sold here; and if he will make a statement...
- Equality Issues
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an EU directive or measure exists that has binding effect here which prohibits car hire companies from hiring cars to...
- Consumer Protection
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it is misleading advertising when dishwasher detergents advertise a salt function or built in salt...
- Work Permits
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a decision in respect of a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to...
- Consumer Protection
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce consumer protection measures in view of the introduction of a charge for persons not opting for a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Grant Payments
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who availed of the grant by his Department towards the cost of hearing aids for the past five years with a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on offering fuel allowance and living alone allowance to persons only in receipt of the Department of Education and...
- National Development Plan
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to Section...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the correct rent allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport
- Marine Accidents
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of occasions since June 1997 the RAF responded to maritime incidents in Irish territorial waters and lead or participated in search and...
- Public Transport
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the Government's disability fund and the provision of ramp access to buses, his Department has conducted an audit of the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties imposed on a person found guilty of driving with levels of alcohol above the permitted levels in their system; if these penalties...
- Insurance Claims
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport if a person can claim from an insurance company if they have an accident travelling without a qualified or person with full driving licence and...
- National Development Plan
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the stage that...
- Public Transport
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport the differences between DOE tests carried out to buses for his Department and a bus test carried out by an AA engineer for his Department; and if...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Transport the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to Section 3 of the...
- Public Transport
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Transport the mechanism that will be used to introduce the second hundred buses identified as immediately required in the 2006 Dublin Bus network review; if...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Development Plan
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason there are no vacancies on the rural social scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there...
- Grant Payments
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the maximum grant aid amounts available to persons running a grocery shop in a rural, Gaeltacht area where the...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way...
- Grant Payments
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding an application for grant assistance by a community group (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farm Inspections
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers here who were penalised by inspectors from her Department for breaches in farm regulation; the nature and amount...
- National Development Plan
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in processing the application for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the farm waste disposal...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will grant the new level of grant aid under the farm installation aid programme to those applicants who had submitted...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of parliamentary questions replied to by her Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Offshore Islands
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers living on the islands off the coast; her views on whether special consideration should be given to them; and if...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the title of each statutory instrument which she made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to Section 3 of...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of positions filled from members of the panel formed from a competition (details supplied); the number of applicants who...
- Grant Payments
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to speed up the payment of REP scheme to farmers once their applications are submitted; and the length of time it currently...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with regard to school transport and correspondence received from an association (details supplied) dated 9 January 2007, she will...
- Capitation Grants
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the devolving grants for rural primary schools (details supplied) in County Limerick will be allocated; and if she will make a...
- State Examinations
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the charge students are levied with for sitting the leaving certificate; the amount students are charged for repeating the leaving...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the building of a new vocational school (details supplied) in County Carlow; if her attention has been...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under Circular SP ED 09/04 a diagnosis of ADHD can not be made unless a report is...
- National Development Plan
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [3173/07]
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way a school (details supplied) in County Mayo can be reviewed for DEIS. [3185/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the development of the full sphere of educational facilities along the M4-N4 corridor; if she has set a timescale for...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of parliamentary questions replied to by her Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will issue a reply to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not entitled to receive home tuition in view of the fact that their hearing...
- Capitation Grants
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the average running costs paid per pupil in the vocational educational committee, community and comprehensive schools...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the disparity in non-teacher funding of second level voluntary schools and community and comprehensive schools in terms of current and...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding allocated to universities directly towards the provision of part-time education at these institutions for each...
- Home Tuition
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Examinations
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some leaving certificate students put an enormous amount of work and time into their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford to erect security fencing around the school to curb vandalism...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the title of each statutory instrument which she made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to Section 3...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide funding for a number of projects at a college (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for a project; and if she will issue the relevant application...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she will deliver lower pupil teacher ratios in line with the national targets to rapidly developing areas which are under...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the capabilities of the Naval Service and the Air Corps to adequately patrol Irish territorial waters at present; the...
- Overseas Missions
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount his Department has spent since June 1997 in chartering aircraft to transport equipment or personnel on UN missions abroad; and if he will...
- Air Corps Equipment
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Defence the average age of helicopters available to the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2629/07]
- National Development Plan
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Defence the projects that were targeted in the last National Development Plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of each one completed or the stage that each...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of parliamentary questions replied to by his Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3238/07]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces by rank and gender; if increases are contemplated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/07]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment including weapons, vehicles, aircraft and sea-going vessels have been upgraded in line with modern...
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Question 278: To ask the Minister for Defence if all members of the Defence Forces have been issued with the necessary breathing apparatus in the event of a gas or chemical attack; and if he...
- Military Installations
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the military installations decommissioned in 1998 have to date been disposed of; the total receipts from same; the costs...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Defence the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way pursuant to section 3 of the Statutory...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Road Network
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application form Carlow County Council to undertake improvement works at...
- Waste Management
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tons of farm plastic on which levies were paid in 2006; the number of tons of plastic collected...
- Control of Dogs
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing compulsory micro chips for all dogs to reduce the huge number of stray dogs; and if...
- Election Management System
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person who decides where the general election count is held in any particular constituency; if the public...
- Crop Irrigation
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has for the irrigation of food crops during the summer months under the Water Services Bill; if...
- National Development Plan
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects that were targeted in the last national development plan in County Wexford; the breakdown of...
- EU Directives
Question 290: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the approved national or international standards that apply to washing machines sold here; and if he will...
- Waste Management
Question 291: 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...
- Laundry Detergents
Question 292: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain popular laundry tablets for sale in supermarkets...
- Waste Management
Question 293: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council introduced a nominal charge of €2 for...
- Housing Grants
Question 294: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the case of an association (details supplied) in County Cork; if this matter...
- Planning Issues
Question 295: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is possible for a person to revoke or cancel a grant of planning permission or to formally notify the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 296: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the sale of houses regulations to allow local authorities to have discretion in the sale of...
- Hunt Licences
Question 297: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking following the treatment of a deer by stag hounds at a school (details supplied) in...
- Statutory Instruments
Question 298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the title of each statutory instrument which he made during 2006 and which was not published in the usual way...
- Planning Gain
Question 299: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines that an urban or county council must adhere to when determining community gain; if it is...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 300: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses which will be refurbished under the scheme of refurbishment being carried out at an...
- Local Electoral Boundaries
Question 301: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a review of the county council electoral area boundaries will be held. [3329/07]
- Local Authority Funding
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount he allocated in 2006 by town, to town councils that were former town commissioners; when...
- Local Government Act
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals for the creation of new town councils within the lifetime of this...
