Written answers

Tuesday, 6 February 2007

  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Milk Quota
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the date on which the first milk quota exchange took place; if it was after mid-January 2007, the reason for that delay; if it has not...
    • EU Funding
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken to ensure that funding announced in Commissioner Byrne's 2003 speech (details supplied) to help small food...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to promote energy crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3694/07]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a 12 month extension to the REP scheme two to allow farmers to avail of the REP scheme four without a break in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of nitrates information meetings held for farmers in County Dublin; when such meetings were held; if no meetings have taken...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether EU or national legislation prohibits the declaration of genetically modified free regions or states; and if she...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps her Department is taking to support owners of animals which were inadvertently infected with swamp fever; and if she will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedure involved for farmers to avail of the 250 kilogramme derogation under the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of separate sites owned or managed by Coillte in County Wicklow that have been offered for sale, lease or rent during each...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to help the incomes of hill sheep farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3691/07]
    • Sheepmeat Industry
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to implement the recommendations of the Sheep Strategy Group report; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide for independent milk testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3564/07]
    • National Climate Change Strategy
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way her Department's commitments under the National Development Plan will combat climate change; and if she will make a statement...
    • Mushroom Industry
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the inspection regimes administered by her Department in relation to the mushroom growing industry; the frequency with which such...
    • Agrifood Industry
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on recent agri-vision action committee meetings; when the most recent three meetings were held; the agenda of each...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the World Trade Organisation talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3587/07]
    • Official Travel
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her recent visit to the Middle East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3719/07]
    • Sheepmeat Industry
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will implement the recommendations of the strategy report for the Irish sheep sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the release of genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3590/07]
    • National Climate Change Strategy
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that agriculture here can thrive in a climate changed world. [3761/07]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason she did not backdate the top up payment under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Promotion Policy
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she is taking to promote healthy diet and nutritional habits amongst school children; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Genotyping Programme
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce legislation to prevent the importation of embryos from cloned animals of any description; the timeframe in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applicants for payments under the energy crops scheme that have been paid under the 2006 energy crops scheme; the number...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal basis on which she has provided funding to animal health and welfare organisations which are not involved in issues relating...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the supports her Department is providing for the establishment of co-operative energy supply companies by farmers; her contacts with an...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food report on the farm retirement scheme; and if...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has formed an opinion or if she has made representations to councillors in Counties Carlow or Cork in relation to rezonings...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if officials from her Department carried out inspections of laboratories used for animal experimentation in 2006; and if she will make...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding developments under the farm waste management scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3686/07]
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to support the poultry industry due to the lack of adequate processing facilities; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to develop the biofuel sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3566/07]
    • Water Meters
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the informal discussions she has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the IFA and other farming...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to facilitate the substitution of imports of organic food, both processed and non-processed, with indigenously...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria governing the sale or lease of forestry land. [3736/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of single farm payments that have to be made to farmers in respect of the 2006 single payment scheme; the reason for the...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will instruct the scientific advisory committee on animal health and welfare to consider the issues relevant to the setting up...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the provision she will make for an appropriate advance notification scheme for part-time farmers who might be subject to on-farm...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the abolition of milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3575/07]
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the compensation of horse breeders affected by swamp fever restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organic Farming
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to develop the organic sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3584/07]
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote wood energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3567/07]
    • Agrifood Industry
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the continued development of the agricultural food sector with particular reference to the need to maintain Ireland's...
    • National Climate Change Strategy
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's input into the revised National Climate Change Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3714/07]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of BSE cases detected here during 2006; the location of each of these cases; the reason for the persistence of BSE in cattle...
    • Official Travel
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made in her recent trip to the Gulf States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3688/07]
    • Biotechnological Inventions
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that the public good competitive research programme, the Research Stimulus Fund, is used presently to...
    • Agrifood Industry
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the falling number of fresh produce growers and the corresponding loss of farming skills here; her plans to reverse this...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken recently to combat the number of farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3752/07]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a single farm payment reserve fund to allocate a top up payment to persons who fared poorly under the national...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the basis for her conclusion that proposed new legislation on organic production, combined with national coexistence measures, will...
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had at EU level to protect dairy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3582/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden placed on farmers by the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that Mallow Sugar Plant will not be dismantled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3733/07]
    • Animal Health Policy
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to introduce an all island animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3578/07]
    • Food Agency Co-Operation Council
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-Operation Council in 2004, 2005 and 2006; the number of times that its successor has held...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers here; the funding provided by her Department to the ISPCA; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Waste Management
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her stated confidence in the outcome of the Environmental Protection Agency's consideration of the landfill licence application of a...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress she has made on drawing up guidelines for coexistence of genetically modified and non-genetically modified crops; and if...
    • Agrifood Industry
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for investment in research and development in the agriculture and food sectors; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will increase the rate of payment made to organic farmers; the last time this payment was increased; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if is satisfied that farmers are fully aware of the compliance rules under the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she is taking to eradicate tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3574/07]
    • Rural Development
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide grant aid to support handling, drying and storage facilities for grain farmers to facilitate farm to farm trading;...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant aid which will be made available to small farmers to manage rainwater under the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether Greencore are entitled to receive their share of the compensation fund related to the closure of the Irish sugar...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will issue quota to applicants under the new quota exchange system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3538/07]
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide support to the former poultry suppliers to Castlemahon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3573/07]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the REP scheme two; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3545/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ease the burden of paperwork placed on farmers by the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on recent correspondence or discussions she has had with Commissioner Fischer Boel on the simplification of EU...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will backdate the top up payment under the early retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3547/07]
    • Milk Quota
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she commence a review of the new quota exchange system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3537/07]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden of cross compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3571/07]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to establish an all island food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3581/07]
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the development of the dairy sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3690/07]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on the enforcement on the food labelling laws in view of their...
    • EU Studies
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the EU's SCENAR 2020 study. [3760/07]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that non-organic food is not mislabelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3583/07]
    • Rural Development
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the rejection by the European Parliament of the proposal to allow EU member states to take up to 20% of the single farm...
    • Agricultural Processing Sectors
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for investment in the dairy, beef and sheep processing sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3692/07]
    • Sheepmeat Industry
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a ewe welfare and quality scheme, similar to the suckler cow scheme for the sheep industry; and if she will make...
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main benefits of the partnership agreement with the farming organisations. [3696/07]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department has ceased the native woodlands scheme; if she will reopen the native woodlands scheme; and if she will make...
    • Farm Structures
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to increase land mobility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3579/07]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 196: To ask the Taoiseach the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department since 2000; the value of these contracts; and...
    • Statutory Instruments
      Question 197: To ask the Taoiseach 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...
    • National Monuments
      Question 198: To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of an application for grant aid towards the cost of rebuilding a wall around a monument (details supplied). [3380/07]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 199: To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged consultants to review the quality of public services; if so, the terms of reference for their engagement; the expected cost of employing...
    • Official Travel
      Question 200: To ask the Taoiseach the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available;...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Coroners Service
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the vacancies filled in the different Garda divisions to supplement the operation and supervision of the...
    • Warrant Statistics
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will supply the information that was first requested in Parliamentary Question Nos. 671 and 672 of 21...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the immigration status of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if a renewal of registration with a...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the financial allocation for the provision of closed circuit television in Kilkenny city; and if he will make...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued to date. [3411/07]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been taken on appointing market research consultants to carry out the survey of public...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the tetra communications system to come on-line and be available to An Garda Síochána for...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the unsuitable conditions at Birr Garda station; his plans for the Garda...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will meet the necessary residency requirements to...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of its...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for a new road entrance off the N2 to the proposed prison site at Thornton Hall, County Dublin;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when approval of a stamp four will be granted for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has further information on the case of a person (details supplied); and if there are other ways to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for family reunification will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
    • Garda Operations
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to anti-social behaviour and the consequent litter caused by same, including...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda strength allocated to Kinnegad in 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2006; if he has satisfied himself with...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in reaching a decision on the residency application of a person (details supplied)...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in providing Garda clearance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals in respect of Pobal funding for community closed circuit television projects, for the ongoing...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended visas for longer than three months can be made available to parents of non-nationals who are...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the detention in a Dublin prison of persons (details supplied); when it is expected that their...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will recognise or offer financial or other support towards the setting up of a youth organisation...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the proposed termination of the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland as a separate entity;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to visit here; if he will reconsider his decision;...
    • Treatment of Prisoners
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures to ensure that packages of clothes, submitted by a family for a prisoner, reach that prisoner;...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will appoint an ombudsman for the Prison Service to deal with prisoners' issues; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received all necessary documents regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for funding to provide closed circuit television cameras for the functional...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for stamp 4 long-term residency by a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) County Kildare for naturalisation; and...
    • Carbon Emissions
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity, cost and type of fuel used by his car with a view to determining his carbon footprint since it...
    • Official Travel
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on an application for long-term residency for persons (details supplied) in...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times in 2005 and 2006 that Garda was called to attend road accidents on the N85 between Ennis...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full-time members of An Garda Síochána as of the 1 January 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will establish a programme to install closed circuit television systems into every Garda station here...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation made by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons for refusal for two applications for business visas for a trade delegation (details supplied);...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on an amendment to family law that would allow for informal custody arrangements between separated...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); the person who is responsible for...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Finance
    • National Development Plan
      Question 249: 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...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance when the request for tender for the provision of tetra communications was issued; the number of tenders received; the selection criteria that were...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if a site for the new Garda station in Wexford town has been purchased; if the transaction has been completed; the position regarding the building...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for better public announcement of the opening of floodgates in Clonlara, County Clare in the future; if he will seek an...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to designate moneys seized from drug dealers in a particular area to the provision of services for persons with drug abuse problems in...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans for the refurbishment or building of new Garda stations in 2007 in the midland counties of Westmeath, Longford, Offaly and Laois; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the position, in relation to the incurring of stamp duty, of a first-time buyer unmarried couple whose relationship breaks down...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance if, when a person reaches the age of 65, they are able to reclaim DIRT tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4265/07]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the least disruption to civil servants who want to remain in Dublin; and if work locations nearer their geographical areas will be...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive arrears of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3486/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the impact on domestic law that may arise from the EU consolidated VAT directive 2006/112/EC; and if he will make...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance if special consideration will be given to kit-cars when the revamped VRT system is being created in order to facilitate the charitable and...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals for the District Veterinary Office in Navan, County Meath; if there are safety and health concerns regarding the existing building and...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to install changing facilities with toilets at the camogie pitches in Phoenix Park which are presently used by over two hundred people;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest relief granted in relation to interest relief on investment properties let for residential purposes; the breakdown of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance when a response will issue in relation to correspondence (details supplied). [3663/07]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money from dormant accounts that has been paid over to his Department from financial institutions in the south east region; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of launching the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 on 23 January 2007, including the cost of producing multimedia resources such as...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate, in respect of relief on rent, will be granted to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that since 1 January 2007 individuals have been precluded from the entitlement of the rent a room scheme where the rent received...
    • Official Travel
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines, in the last year for which figures are...
    • Tax Code
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a provision exempting non-profit making cultural organisations from VAT on fees to international artists; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department since 2000; the value of these...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the controls in place and the inspections carried out to ensure the well-being of animals in laboratories; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the recommendations in the 1997 Report of the Task Force on Violence Against Women, specifically in relation to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in relation to their benefits and allowances. [3800/07]
    • Home Help Service
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with home help; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be transferred; her views on whether this person is not currently in a facility which...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the delay in processing the application for the installation of a shower for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the efforts...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services in place to treat multiple personality disorder. [3420/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in the lifetime of this Government in establishing adequate cystic fibrosis services. [3421/07]
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the health repayment scheme in respect of elderly persons who were wrongly charged, when a person (details supplied) in...
    • Pharmaceutical Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will resolve the difficulties which exist between the Irish Pharmaceutical Union and her Department in view of the proposals to...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the operation of the repayment of nursing home fees; the reason no timeframe was established with a company...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will bring forward legislation on her proposed changes to the nursing home subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a prescription drug (details supplied) will be included in the GMS scheme and drug payment scheme; the reason it was excluded to...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3478/07]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused the domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a new wheelchair for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the...
    • Health Services
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if respite and palliative care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is a fact that there is no surgeon available to see and treat a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the Mater Private...
    • Telecommunications Masts
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are health and safety concerns regarding phone masts near residential and school areas. [3503/07]
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding payment under the National Repayment Scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [3505/07]
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations that where cancelled in hospitals here due to a shortage of hospital beds in 2006; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the establishment of the National Mental Health Directorate, the formation of the mental health catchment areas as...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive southern area have withdrawn the provision of elastic stockings to elderly people who are...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report by the Irish Refugee Council titled Making Separated Children Visible; her views on the report; and her...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are circumstances in which a person who is not of pension age but with long term medical concerns can be considered for special...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress achieved with the psychiatric nurses' claim for parity of pay with therapeutic grades with consequential upward adjustment...
    • Health Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to urgently assist a group (details supplied) in County Louth with proper occupational therapy, speech...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people nationally who have completed FETAC healthcare support educational courses; if these course qualifications have...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken regarding the hospice beds in a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; if a medical officer has been...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 21 November 2006, when this family can expect a re-assessment to take place; and if she...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the receipt of an application and receipts submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [3637/07]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the period by which waiting times will be reduced in relation to the A Vision For Change document and its reference to mental health...
    • Health Services
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; the renovations taking place; the capital funding that has been put...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will examine the possibility of developing a small health insurance scheme which would cover low income patients for...
    • Health Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a campus (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3653/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the research her Department has carried out in regard to ABI; if such research results are available; the action taken by her as a...
    • Health Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for hearing tests for children at the Newbridge Health Centre, Co. Kildare and the Tallaght Health Centre in Dublin...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 819 of 31 January if she will review the reply given; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Services
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will recognise or offer financial or other support towards the setting up of a youth organisation modelled in the US based...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a taxi has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to attend their clinics at the Adelaide and Meath...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for public and private patients waiting for orthopaedic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that chiropodists are applying a top up charge of €10 to €20 per visit to medical card...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm plans to invest in the Childhood Development Initiative Strategy, A Place for Children, Tallaght West; her views on...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current position in relation to ensuring that should BUPA leave the health insurance market VHI do not become a monopoly; and if she...
    • Survivors of Symphysiotomy
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to negotiations for improved services to the survivors of symphysiotomy. [3851/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions there are for dental care for children under six years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3971/07]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the commitment by the HSE to conduct an enquiry into the tragic death of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if services are being removed from public nursing homes (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the expected negative outcome of the McKenna 2003 EU case involving the tendering of emergency ambulance services in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she is going to address and invest in the allocation of funding to a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bed occupancy rate at Mayo General Hospital; the percentage of these beds occupied by elderly patients; and if she will make a...
    • Official Travel
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of times in 2005 and 2006 that Emergency Services were called to attend road accidents on the N85 between Ennis and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the new sexual assault treatment unit for the midlands region has been located to Tullamore in view of the fact that this...
    • Health Services
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); the way her Department or the Health Service Executive can resolve...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department since 2000; the value...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will arrange to have an application form issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide an undertaking that the decision regarding the location to process gas found in the Dunquin...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if funding will be made available to the Kinsale Harbour Board for the cost of its proposed development at...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the cockle fishery in Waterford Estuary and Tramore Bay were closed without warning on 6 January...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if gas will be supplied to towns (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same has been approved; if An Bord Gáis...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when DSL broadband will be available to customers in rural areas of County Louth (details supplied); his views...
    • Petroleum Plants
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount paid to date to the Exchequer in respect of the sale of the Whitegate refinery and the Bantry...
    • Official Travel
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a television channel (details supplied) is still not available as a free channel on some aerial...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will introduce a system of random searches of CIA aircraft landing at airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Applications
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens who hold more than one valid Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3849/07]
    • Official Travel
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of commercial flights taken by staff of his Department in 2006; the cost of these flights; the destinations of these flights; the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to allegations of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China; and if he will make a statement...
    • Official Travel
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with the Government of Sudan on attitudes towards women there; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the process regarding the decision making process on Ireland's Overseas Development Aid which led to the identification of the programmes...
    • Millennium Development Goals
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs in view of the adoption of a new UN target, under millennium goal five, to achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015, his...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department since 2000; the value of...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding under the sports capital grant for the redevelopment of the sports hall at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has completed a review of the swimming pool programme; if he will re-open the programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2007; and if he...
    • Official Travel
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department since 2000; the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that the Bank of Ireland respects all AMICU's members in their dispute on the pensions issue and keep to...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a letter from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if he will contribute towards the southern...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA led visits by potential employers to the north west region and specifically Inishowen from January 2006...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority in primary and post primary schools in 2006; the...
    • Official Travel
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last...
    • Work Permits
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a person (details supplied) regarding the take up of employment here. [4066/07]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department since...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent was suspended for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in deciding an application for a non-contributory old age pension in respect of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department is operating a policy of assisting in the closure of rural post offices in view of the changes of allowance...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an oral hearing. [3678/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has conducted a study into the impact of the non-payment of child benefit to children of asylum seekers as a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the invalidity pension appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is not entitled to the back to school allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason all stock purchases conducted in the 12 month assessment period are not taken into account when assessing farm income...
    • Official Travel
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to review the system for making child benefit payments in order to make it easier for fathers to claim the payment....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department bodies under the aegis of his Department since 2000; the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport if the expansion plan at Dublin Airport, as part of the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013, will be subject to a cost benefit analysis; when...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in furthering the proposal to establish a coastguard unit in Kilkee, County Clare, through the provision of a permanent station...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the failure of some airlines to refund taxes paid on flights which have been cancelled by the consumer; if there is a mechanism which...
    • State Airports
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he will take in response to the Dublin Airport Authority demand for co-ordination in respect of flight schedules prior to summer 2007....
    • Rescue Service
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1102 of 27 September 2006, if progress has been made in the acquisition of a site for the Doolin coastal...
    • Public Transport
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be made available by his Department in 2007 to Galway County Council for a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • National Car Test
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport the requirements of the national car testing service to send out renewal of certification notices to car owners; if this notification service has...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Transport the position on a letter (details supplied) for a person in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/07]
    • Rural Transport Initiative
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the guidelines issued by his Department to the rural transport initiatives programmes, there is a clear directive that such initiatives...
    • Official Travel
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Transport the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines, in the last year for which figures...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of road traffic accidents that were recorded on the N85 between Ennis and Ennistymon in 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department since 2000; the value of these...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Regional Drugs Task Forces
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding received under the RDTF; the number successful; the extent to which those...
    • Draft Regulations
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is considering amendments to the draft regulations recently published by his Department (details supplied);...
    • Community Development
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has given clearance to Pobal to pay its workers in line with the new minimum wage; and if he will...
    • Official Travel
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Food Industry
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken to ensure that the two approved establishments in the State which do not themselves produce cheese but which...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the delay in processing the farm waste management grant scheme; when the 2007 costings will be...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to increase the amount of milk quota available in the second phase of the milk trading scheme. [4058/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when full payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment schemes; and the reason for...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the controls in place and the inspections carried out to ensure the well-being of animals used in circuses; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the disadvantaged areas scheme and single payment scheme for 2006. [3451/07]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals for the existing District Veterinary Office in Navan; if safety and health concerns of staff have been allayed; if a new...
    • Milk Prices
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will intervene in the crisis situation which has arisen where a co-op (details supplied) is penalising farmers for low levels of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in the issue of payment under the single payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide details of the new farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3621/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reasons a payment has been delayed to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if arrangements to make payment will be made...
    • Tree Felling Licences
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the consultations that took place between her Department and a person for a tree felling licence at a site (details supplied) in County...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in relation to their single farm payment; and if she...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the provision of a comprehensive, integrated, environmental monitoring programme as recommended under the Strategic Environmental...
    • Sheepmeat Industry
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the supports she plans to provide to ensure the continuation of the horned hill ewe; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Milk Quota
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding regulations for temporary leasing of milk quota for 2007 to 2008 in view of the fact that a review has taken...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [3853/07]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of improvement in the control of farmyard pollution over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislative priorities of her Department for 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3956/07]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of take up of the farm retirement scheme since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3957/07]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the overall benefits which producers and consumers will likely gain in 2007 arising from developments in the EU and her Department's...
    • Live Exports
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of live cattle exports over the past five years; the top ten destinations for such exports; the other destinations that have...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the claimed areas of land for forestry have now been reduced on being digitised in view of the fact that the land was...
    • Sheepmeat Industry
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current state of the sheep industry, whereby as a result of significant extra costs associated with sheep production, and the lower...
    • Official Travel
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding the urgent need to have the age limit raised for BSE tests on animals from 30 to 36 months; if the EU can...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the delay in processing the farm waste management grant scheme; when the 2007 costings will be...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to increase the amount of milk quota available in the second phase of the milk trading scheme; and if she will...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applicants for farm retirement pension on hand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4107/07]
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in regard to the extent of agreement in the World Trade Organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Labelling
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all food products imported into Ireland contain accurate and authenticated labelling; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that quality, hygiene and production methods of all poultry imported into Ireland are compliant with National and...
    • Food Imports
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she or her Department adequately monitor the quality and quantity of meat and other food products imported into Ireland and that...
    • Food Exports
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the full extent of Irish lamb exports to EU or non-EU countries in each of the past five years; the scope that exists for the expansion...
    • Beef Exports
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to promote the sale of Irish beef and beef products worldwide on the basis of high quality husbandry, production, packaging,...
    • Environmental Protection
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which agreements entered into in the context of CAP reform were tested against the need for compliance with the Kyoto...
    • Beef Industry
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to improve the prospects for the beef production sector, with particular reference to the ability of the product to compete...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which sugar beet growing for the purposes of sugar production has ceased in each EU Member State; the extent to which...
    • Water Quality
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a ban on farm animals having access to drinking points along rivers will be part of the Rural Development Plan 2007 to 2013; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department since 2000; the value...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Youth Services
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the work that is being undertaken by a project (details supplied); if, following the publication of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to pursue a course; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Small Schools Scheme
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a devolved grant in the name of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has officially recognised the condition of dyslexia; the reason her Department has not funded the Dyslexia Association of...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide broadband facilities to all sections of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 as recommended by the National...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is prepared to pay market value for the two and a half acre site, which has been identified as a suitable location...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for a grant was refused for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will review the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new prefabricated building for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the recent decision of her Department under the DEIS initiative which had the result of excluding 50 schools from...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Acting Studies
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on Trinity College's recent announcement to terminate its three year professional actor training programme, The Bachelor in...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the invitation by her Department to the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin to consider the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an environmental studies module or subject being taught in primary schools; if there are plans to...
    • State Examinations
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will impose notations on the leaving and junior certificate 2007; the reason her policy is that appeals against notations...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post-primary schools that have no recreational facilities; the number that have no playground; the number of...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a sanction has not been provided for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow to provide pre-school education in an...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to widen and improve access to third level education for marginalised groups, including students from low income...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reform the student grant scheme to make provision for essential child care costs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to abolish capitation fees which have risen by over 260% over the past 11 years for third level students; and if she will...
    • Teacher Education Programmes
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide subsidies for travel expenses and other learning aids for teacher trainees on teaching practice as part of their...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to abolish fees for part-time third level students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3461/07]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to the Grangegorman Development Agency in 2006; the amount spent by the agency; the funding allocated for 2007;...
    • School Closures
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the future of the site of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3463/07]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the application for an extension by a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 and if she will ensure...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for a physical education hall to facilitate 650 pupils in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for a small building to secure bins at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that teaching practice is a mandatory requirement for all students undertaking a Bachelor...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for assistance in order to complete the railing around the...
    • Small Schools Scheme
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide parents of autistic children in receipt of Department funded home tuition with a list of suitably qualified...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to identifying lands which is necessary to construct a secondary school at Kinnegad, County Westmeath...
    • School Staffing
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made on staffing numbers for 2007 and 2008 for a school (details supplied) in a disadvantaged area of County...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not been awarded a higher education grant; the options available to them;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the pressure on space at a school (details supplied) in County Cork and the extension to get...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an application from City of Waterford Vocational Educational committee for funding...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the report into a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be published; if so when; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Management
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason so many children have changed from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the steps she will take in this regard; and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by Galway County Vocational Education Committee for funding for the provision of an extension to a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when, having already been informed that a school (details supplied) in County Kerry is included in the school building programme...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current position regarding the proposed amalgamation of both primary schools in Lixnaw, County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action her Department will be taking regarding the recommendations that were contained in a recent report on schools in north...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has failed to meet the concerned parents and teachers of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new national school will be built (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3822/07]
    • Maintenance Grant Scheme
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons for Section 6, 3, 6 of the City of Dublin PLC maintenance grant scheme; if she will review this section to allow persons...
    • Adult Education
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the City of Waterford Vocational Education Committee is closing many of the classes...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts being made by her Department to cater for the significant increase in primary school going age children in Mullingar town,...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the anomaly which exists regarding the payment of school secretaries, with some getting paid directly...
    • School Staffing
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to reports that immigrant teachers, including teachers with desperately needed skills such as English...
    • Youth Services
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will urgently address the funding problems of six youth projects under the umbrella of Donegal Youth Service which...
    • Official Travel
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for...
    • School Staffing
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a decision in the near future on an application for increased cooperation hours for practical subjects for a special...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will allocate funding to commence the construction of a gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Cork for which a site and...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cut-off date for entry to junior infants in primary schools (details supplied) in 2006; and if she will provide the information in...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will submit a planning application for a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if a pre-planning...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the assertion made in University of Limerick's guide to Payment of Undergraduates Fees that students...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ways in which the National Educational Psychological Service supports the personal, social and educational development of all...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appeals mechanism in place in order to appeal certain decisions or recommendations made by special educational needs organisers;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the planned proposed extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the proposed works and to...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in post primary and primary schools in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, reported for critical absenteeism in 2006. [4087/07]
    • ICT Programme
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding allocated to schools in Lucan, County Dublin for information and communications technology purposes for the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for a higher education grant for a person (details supplied) in County Meath has been decided on by Meath VEC; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been in existence for ten years in dilapidated prefab...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for her Department and bodies since 2000; the value of these contracts; and if these...
  • Department of Defence
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will support and examine the possibility of offering Dublin based staff the opportunity to work nearer to their homes in the decentralisation...
    • Defence Forces Discharge
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) will be given a compassionate discharge form the Defence Forces. [3455/07]
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals to remedy the ongoing delay in filling officer appointments in the Reserve Defence Forces; his views on the effect on officer morale;...
    • Official Travel
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Defence the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airline, the Government jet and helicopter in the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Defence the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department since 2000; the value of these...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Election Campaign Regulations
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on putting in place a ban on opinion polls during election campaigns; and if he will make a...
    • National Monuments
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for protecting No. 16 Moore Street (details supplied) together with No. 14, 15 and 17 Moore...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the initial capital funding approved by his Department for the Kilmallock sewerage scheme in County...
    • Water Quality
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the village renewal scheme for a village (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be put in place;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to the issues raised by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
    • Water Quality
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide adequate resources to Limerick County Council to complete water testing of 39 group water...
    • Election Management System
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that, as of the end of January 2007, there are currently sufficient numbers of ballot...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and the number separately of affordable housing units completed in each local authority...
    • Water Quality
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the recommendations as set out in the final report of Three Rivers Project have been implemented; the...
    • Firearms Policy
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a matter (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [3640/07]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views in relation to the draft Soil Directive; if his Department has considered its impact on agriculture...
    • Tree Felling Licences
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department was consulted by the Department of Agriculture and Food with respect to a decision to grant...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way persons can appeal the designation of their lands as special areas of conservation. [3766/07]
    • Register of Electors
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that prisoners are aware of their entitlement to vote; the procedures in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly in relation to the affordable housing scheme for those working...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish its review of the disabled person grant. [3808/07]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the type of development permitted on lands designated special amenity under a Special Amenity Area order; if...
    • Election Management System
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that there is no longer a legal basis for banning the word independent on ballot...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to upgrade and extend the sewerage system in Dunkineely, County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Westmeath County Council has not been included as part of the collection system put in place by...
    • Official Travel
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the planning guidelines with regard to solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for his Department and bodies under the aegis of his...

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