Written answers

Tuesday, 13 February 2007

  • Department of Education and Science
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in Cork city in classes of more than 35; if she plans to reduce same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is adding to future school running costs by refusing to take a flexible approach when sanctioning a new school design...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the cost of child care represents a considerable barrier to lower income students in participating in third level...
    • State Examinations
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of girls taking higher level chemistry at leaving certificate level for each of the past ten years; and if she will make...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that schools have adequate training and support to implement and maintain an effective anti-bullying regime in the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of time allocated to physical education for each student at post-primary level per day; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the location of postgraduate medical education; if she plans to have just one course centre or if...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to develop information technology facilities in schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4930/07]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary classes of one to 19 children, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5027/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to put in place the necessary staffing arrangements to ensure the operation of the special classes for autistic...
    • School Staffing
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure that teachers are attracted to taking up employment in schools in areas of high disadvantage and for teachers...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the introduction of information and communications technology as a subject for the junior certificate; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school building projects currently assessed as being of band four priority awaiting progression by her Department; and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the cap on the number of extra teachers allocated to schools to teach English to those whose native language is neither English nor...
    • State Examinations
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of girls taking higher level physics at leaving certificate level for each of the past ten years; and if she will make...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in receipt of higher education grants for the 2006 to 2007 academic year; if she will provide a breakdown of...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will add new subjects for leaving certificate examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5102/07]
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will put measures in place to provide subsidiary relief for students to alleviate basic expenses incurred during teaching...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in establishing a formal funding mechanism for the non-formal education sector; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the comparatively low wage level of many school secretaries; if she will take responsibility at...
    • State Examinations
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals or measures she will introduce, in view of the landmark decision for leaving certificate students with dyslexia, who...
    • School Closures
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when will she address the difficulties at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if she will ensure a school will remain in the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism whereby her Department is kept informed of population changes in each local authority area which will affect the demand...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which have not been tested for radon; the names of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce driver education to school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5096/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 504 and 505 of 17 October 2006, if she will provide details of the number of home tuition...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools listed on her Department's school building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4988/07]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish the Student Support Bill; if there are outstanding reports or data awaited before the Bill can be finalised; and...
    • Pupil Databases
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will progress the development of a primary pupil database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5000/07]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will expand junior certificate science participation to 100%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5008/07]
    • Adult Education
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the review of the function of the National Adult Learning Council is taking so long; if she will re-instate the council to...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has sought to purchase land for the expansion of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, the details...
    • School Meals Programme
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of breakfast clubs, operated by charities, community groups or other groups, which are supported by her Department; and if...
    • Adult Education
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will engage in discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs to widen access to the back to education allowance...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if reform of the Irish curriculum will include the introduction of a separate subject covering the literature and culture associated...
    • Disruptive Students
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she will provide for the educational rights of young people who are excluded from school under section 29 of the Education Act...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of ABBA schools awaiting sanction by her Department; when will she sanction the schools; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reform or revise the provision of English as a foreign language in schools to cater for the varying levels of English of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 142: 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...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used to decide whether a student qualifies for a top-up grant; if there is discretion on grounds of hardship in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the next steps in relation to the Bantry schools PPP project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4879/07]
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the anti-bullying strategies being used by schools; if she is satisfied with their effectiveness; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Standardised Testing
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the introduction of standardised testing at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the level of provision of information communication technology in schools regarding funding of broadband,...
    • Central Applications Office
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an investigation has been carried out on the failure of the CAO computer system to cope with the volume of applications in the past...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of the capitation charge for third level education; the increases in the third level capitation charge for each year since...
    • Court Cases
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of legal actions which her Department is currently engaged in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5015/07]
    • Youth Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in implementing the Youth Work Act, 2001; the sections which have been implemented and the timescales of...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new primary school at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if her attention has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stages that have to be concluded prior to commencement of construction in the event of planning permission being granted for a new...
    • School Staffing
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to hire more teachers for County Tipperary primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4934/07]
    • Third Level Education
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the action group on access to third level education; and if she will...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with an indoor sports hall or similar facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4984/07]
    • Science Facilities
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of investment to be allocated by her Department in 2007 towards the refurbishment of science buildings and facilities at...
    • Adult Education
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a capital fund for adult education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5091/07]
    • Disruptive Students
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time-frame for implementing the recommendations of the task force on student behaviour; when schools can expect to have practical...
    • Adult Education
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports there are for foreign national parents with little or no English in order for them to participate in their children's...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools who do not have access to the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary classes of 30 to 34 children inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5019/07]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will introduce changes in the curriculum and examination of Irish at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of agencies funded by her Department working in the area of educational disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Patronage of Schools
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that are under the direct patronage of her Department; the manner in which that patronage is exercised; and if...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the abolition of fees for part-time adult learners; the estimated cost of such a proposal; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to support the role of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4933/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the Government's initiative to improve the school transport system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to ease the transfer from primary to post-primary school of children with special learning needs; if she will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary classes of 20 to 24 children inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5028/07]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary schools without indoor sports halls or similar facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the task force on physical sciences; the time-scale for its further...
    • Detention Centres
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes that have been made in ministerial responsibility for detention centres for children; if her Department retains any...
    • Adult Education
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a separate budget for the provision of English language education to speakers of other languages due to the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if or when she expects to put in place the necessary procedures to achieve optimum class sizes; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools currently covered by the services offered by the National Educational Psychological Service; the target...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy initiatives she is undertaking to improve literacy and numeracy levels in schools here, with particular reference to those...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the amount of money allocated for spending in 2006 on school building and accommodation has been spent; and if she will make a...
    • Patronage of Schools
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made a decision on an application by County Clare VEC to be designated as the patron of two schools in the county; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to progress the school building projects in the Lucan area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Infrastructure
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects a final area development plan for the north Dublin, east Meath, south Louth area to be published; and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate laboratory technicians to schools to support the teaching of science at second level; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce class sizes in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4882/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for an autism specific educational centre in Mayo which would offer the same services to Mayo children...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary classes of 25 to 29 children inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5018/07]
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that do not offer the Stay Safe programme to their students; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Psychological Service
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will reach the target complement of 200 educational psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level and type of additional resources and supports that are available when a child is identified with special needs; and if she...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists that will be employed to work with specialist behaviour classes at second level; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Limerick was unsuccessful in receiving capital grant aid under the summer works...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce greater incentives to schools to participate in the book rental scheme; the number of schools currently...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made to reduce class size; her departmental guidelines on class size; the criteria for the way the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the provision of an ABA unit for autistic children in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of time allocated to physical education for each child at primary level per day; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools to receive funding under the DEIS scheme; when such funding will come on stream; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of people who work in schools, either in a voluntary or paid capacity who are subject to vetting before they can be...
    • School Evaluation
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations that will take place in 2007 in primary schools and post-primary schools; and if she will make...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the preliminary information available from the CAO on the number of males applying for primary education courses in 2007; her plans to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 220: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [4739/07]
    • Regulatory Reform
      Question 221: To ask the Taoiseach the number of statute law restatements prepared and published to date by the Office of the Attorney General under the Statute Law (Restatement) Act 2002...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the activities of a group (details supplied) and the fact that no prosecutions have ever been...
    • Regulatory Reform
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the Law Reform Commission's report on vulnerable adults and the law; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will issue to a person (details supplied). [4703/07]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded and detected in each of the Garda stations in Dublin south east for each of the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each Garda station in Dublin south east for each of the past five years; the number...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in response to requests from airport authorities for...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in assessing the qualifying period of residency for an application for long-term residency by a person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the application...
    • Transfers of Prisoners
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if initial papers associated with the application for repatriation of a person (details supplied) have been...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 31 January 2007, the amount of money taken and the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended that the processing of fixed penalty notices for mandatory alcohol testing will be...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the nightly intimidation of local residents at an estate (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4816/07]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to locate a Garda station or a Garda substation in Palmerstown, Dublin 20. [4877/07]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí based at Clondalkin Garda station in each of the years 2002 to 2006. [4878/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to remain in the State in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of kilograms of heroin, cannabis resin, cocaine, herbal cannabis, amphetamines and ecstasy that...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will have their application for residency dealt with as a...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the negotiations currently taking place between his Department and the National Domestic Violence...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the area the proposed new station at Ballincollig will serve, he will arrange for increased...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 601 of 4 July 2006 and 228 of 1 November 2006, if his...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a missing persons helpline in view of the fact that for the most part information was not...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress the gardaí are making following the attack on a person (details supplied) in the Mountjoy Garda...
    • Drugs Seizures
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to each of the questions listed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when additional gardaí will be granted to Fethard, County Tipperary. [4969/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if modern state of the art surveillance equipment is available to An Garda Síochána; and if not, the steps...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of officers who joined An Garda Síochána, broken down by year for each year from 1975 to 1980...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, he has concluded his examination...
    • EU Funding
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will bring forward legislation setting out the rights of unmarried, cohabiting couples. [5196/07]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the gardaí should be given the power to seize spray paints from young people found in possession of them...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he has taken against the break-ins and damage to property including parked vehicles in an area...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will decide on an application for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds in relation to a person...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for asylum by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to renovate a Garda station (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mitigation Petitions
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of representations by TDs, Senators and councillors that he has received since taking office...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity of property that has been disposed of by his Department since May 2002; the way the property was...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended that all aspects of the proposed speed camera system will be outsourced; when this contract...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the improvement of Garda stations or barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Transport
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and type of vehicles currently available for use by members of An Garda Síochána. [5383/07]
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the deficiencies in the PULSE system. [5387/07]
    • Garda Training
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a dedicated indoor firing range for members of An Garda Síochána. [5390/07]
    • Prison Committals
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated average cost of keeping a prisoner in each of the prisons here; and the number of prisoners in...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements within An Garda Síochána for the purchase of fuels for Garda vehicles. [5394/07]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juvenile liaison officers currently in operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his legislative priorities for the coming session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5400/07]
    • National Development Plan
      Question 298: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new off-licences for the sale of alcohol granted in Dublin in the years 2005 and 2006. [4810/07]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the proposed new Garda station at Ballincollig Garda station; when planning will be sought for this development. [4907/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received travelling expenses for two years despite negotiations and agreements reached...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance if the necessary revenue details will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to allow the person make an old age pension...
    • Social Finance Fund
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance when the social finance fund announced in budget 2006 will start to issue loans to voluntary projects; the person who will be in charge of the fund;...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date on the Office of Public Works improvement plan for the Rock of Cashel. [4886/07]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a special tax incentive scheme for County Mayo in view of the decline in manufacturing industry and the need to attract entrepreneurs...
    • National Parks
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works when the children's playground in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 7 will re-open; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance if inheritance or other tax is due in the transfer from father to daughter of a site to build a home for herself on her father's lands; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason arrangements in relation to the long promised upgrading of the derelict Garda station at Dunmanway have not been completed; and if he...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office Of Public Works which has sourced a suitable two and a half acre site for a new school for Summercove, Kinsale, County Cork, has...
    • Tax Code
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns of many pensioners who had to pay tax on their PRSI contributions and if they have other pensions or extra money they have...
    • EU Funding
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which eligibility for a pension for non-established public servants is calculated; and if he has proposals to improve this arrangement....
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the parent of a child with autism, does not qualify for the cost of the VRT on the purchase...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in posts due to decentralise who have been reassigned to other positions; if the central application system promised to...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to compensate residents and farmers who were affected by flooding in the Shannon basin over the Christmas 2006 period; if it extends over...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations that apply under the Finance Acts or are operated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority regarding the setting up of bank...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to renovate a Garda station (details supplied) in County Wexford; if not, if officials in the Office of Public Works are aware of...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason street traders who were only three weeks on Henry Street, Dublin 1 at Christmas 2006 have been served with tax bills by the Revenue...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in his Department; when they will be...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the possibility of providing adequate speech therapy services for the pupils attending a school (details...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the structure of funding for local Carers Association offices; if these offices are funded from a national budget; the amount of this...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if parents in receipt of domiciliary care allowance have regular medical check ups for their children; the regularity of these check...
    • Children in Care
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who is in receipt of a guardianship social welfare payment cannot be in receipt of a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the paediatric transfer protocol in operation at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk is due for further review; when it was last reviewed;...
    • Youth Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fund a youth café in Tramore, County Waterford under the auspices of the Tramore Youth Development Project as a pilot...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the model of care for children's services in County Galway arising out of the implementation of the Disability Act 2005 and the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to deliver the promised radiation oncology facility in Waterford city; if this will be through the construction...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for admission to nursing homes in Dublin south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4693/07]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for admission to acute hospital beds in each of the hospitals in Dublin south east; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of medical examination in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4696/07]
    • Medical Practices
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement as to the availability of records relating to the withdrawal of artificial hydration and nutrition in Irish...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an extension to sick leave will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is employed at St. Luke's, Kilkenny...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed day care centre for older people at Schull Community Hospital; the progress made in relation to its...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff grade physiotherapy posts that were on offer in the Health Service Executive advertisement in a newspaper (details...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve neurological services. [4750/07]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will institute an inquiry into the collapse of the child and adolescent psychiatry service in Carlow and Kilkenny; the reason...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding in order that a speech therapist will be provided at a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if full time students aged 16 or under who are financially dependent on their parents are entitled to full medical cards if their...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the pay anomaly that exists in respect of qualified and unqualified care workers being paid more than...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has proposals to make available a comprehensive information pamphlet for parents who may be concerned about autism and its...
    • Health Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2. [4806/07]
    • Animal Laboratory Inspections
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the division of responsibilities on inspecting animal laboratories between her Department and the Department of...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made to implement the national policy framework on mental health, A Vision for Change; the extent to which it...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused assistance under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no speech therapist employed at Mayo General Hospital; her views on whether...
    • Alarm Systems
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Health Service Executive using contractors who are not registered with the Private Security Authority to carry out the...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who applied in July 2006 for domiciliary care allowance has had their...
    • Health Services
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the occupational therapy and physiotherapy services are being removed from the Dalton Home, run by the Health Service Executive in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to ensure that Temple Street Hospital, the main hospital responsible for childhood cystic fibrosis care,...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the child and adolescent psychiatric waiting lists for each county. [4897/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and the reason for the delay. [4906/07]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants paid to Headway Ireland in 2005, 2006 and budgeted for 2007. [4925/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients (details supplied) are being transferred to nursing homes in Kildare from St. James's Hospital, without the consent...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the figures available to her Department in regard to cervical cancer detection in each of the past five years; if these figures are...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of finance she is providing to Headway Ireland on a yearly basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4968/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if elderly medical card holders are required to pay fees of €60 and more to their general practitioners when obtaining a medical...
    • Health Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the payment of arrears of a cúram home care grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having nursing home subvention and enhanced nursing home subvention awarded in respect of a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ensure that adequate access to treatment and care is available specifically for people with eating disorders; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when eye surgery will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5057/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when replacement medical cards will be arranged for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Meath will be approved for a capital grant requested for the expansion of their child care...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the relative merits of traffic light food labelling and GDA food labelling; if her attention has been drawn to recent...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision that has been made in the event of an avian related human flu pandemic to control exit and ingress from Ireland; and if...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the redress board arising out of the report into practices in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital...
    • Health Services
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will put in place a long-term care plan for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will give them the maximum...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage the transitional arrangements for expanding mental health services to all aged zero to 18 are at, as outlined under section...
    • Medical Practitioners
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on the fitness to practise here of a doctor (details supplied) taking into account the alleged suspension of this doctor to...
    • Health Services
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be given an appointment to see their consultant; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken over the past 11 months to begin the implementation of the new national policy framework for mental health, A...
    • EU Funding
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the money allocated to her Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to University College Hospital, Galway for a cardiac procedure. [5200/07]
    • Health Service Grants
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is standard practice for the Health Service Executive to pay the costs of repatriating the bodies of Irish citizens who die...
    • Health Services
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told that they will have to wait almost five...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are limits on the monthly volume of prescribed medicines covered under the GMS; and if these limits take account of months of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on making an exception to the issues raised by the INO in regard to the serious issues now affecting nurses and midwives in...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, in respect of domiciliary care allowance, children have to be continuously assessed on a regular basis to determine their...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the efficiency achieved by Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, over the past couple of years, particularly in relation...
    • Health Services
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to introduce newborn diagnosis or screening for the early detection of deafness in children; her views on same; and...
    • Health Service Charges
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the serious concerns raised by family members of persons with physical or intellectual disability in relation to the...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the principles that underpin her Department's policy on the treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disease Incidence
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the number of people suffering from CHF, CAD, diabetes, and COPD illnesses. [5279/07]
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timescale for implementation of the recommendations relating to eating disorders in the strategy document A Vision for Change; and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people employed by the health boards in June 2002; the number employed by the Health Service Executive at present; the...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in her Department; when they...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the serious impact of rising energy costs on the competitiveness of industry...
    • Postal Services
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes to publish a Green Paper on the future of the postal service and the national post office...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had contacts with the Dublin city manager and Dublin City Council regarding their innovative and...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage increase in gas prices over the past twelve months; his plans to ensure that these prices are...
    • Fishing Licences
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when issues relating to new regulations for salmon anglers in Ballina, County Mayo will be addressed since...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if further progress has been made on a third call for broadband in rural areas; if his stated aim to ensure...
    • EU Funding
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to complete the roll-out of broadband coverage nationwide; his proposals for a new national broadband...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when it is envisaged that the drift net fishermen both in the Foyle area and the rest of the country will be...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if boats that currently fish for shellfish will be covered under the recent decommissioning scheme announced,...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide funding for coastal protection works and the repair of a pier or extension of the slip in an...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way he will ensure availability of larger broadband widths; the strategy being adopted to allow real choice...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when construction will commence on the Narrow Water Bridge at Omeath, County Louth as announced in the national development plan; the steps...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken by his Department to increase international action on maternal health issues in view of the adoption of a new UN...
    • EU Funding
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • National Theatre
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position on the design competition for the proposed new national theatre; when documentation will be circulated to architectural...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when an application for funding for an arts centre was made for Ballina, County Mayo; the amount of funding sought; the development...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in regard to securing their premises and funding for sports grants. [4787/07]
    • EU Funding
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in his Department; when they...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [5115/07]
    • Job Losses
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of notified redundancies in 2006 for County Meath. [4764/07]
    • Job Creation
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job gains and job losses for full-time jobs in enterprise agency assisted firms in County Meath for 2006....
    • Industrial Development
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to Navan, County Meath the industrial promotion agencies have made in each of the years 2005 and...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of parliamentary questions replied to by his Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to a work permit application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether health care workers exposed to MRSA, and the potential morbidity associated if these workers needed...
    • EU Funding
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the practice of charging more to persons who do not use direct debit is in conflict with codes of acceptable consumer...
    • International Trade
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of tariff lines under which Ireland's priority aid countries currently export into Europe; the number of those...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in his Department;...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Employee Protection
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons for his support of the UK Government in the recently decided European Court of Justice Case C278-05; his views on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a rent subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in his Department; when...
  • Department of Transport
    • Maritime Safety
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to bringing proposals forward to assist local authorities in adopting regulations on the operation of jet skis within...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided to inshore and offshore marine rescue services in 2006; the number of personnel involved in providing these...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had communications with groups (details supplied) regarding the provision of parking facilities for bus and rail users at Enfield,...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposal by the Dublin Airport Authority for a new runway is part of the national development plan finance package. [4758/07]
    • Road Network
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the proposal to buy out the West Link toll bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4785/07]
    • State Airports
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 9 March 2005, if he is certain that the red zones at State airports were formally established in 1968...
    • EU Funding
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport the strategy in place to respond to the growing number of pedestrians who are involved in road traffic accidents in view of the fact that four in...
    • Public Transport
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a request from Cobh Town Council to provide funding to augment bus services in Cobh; the amount requested; if the...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will amend the Road Traffic Regulations to allow cash in transit vans to use bus lanes for security reasons and in view of the limited...
    • Road Network
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is his preferred option that barrier free tolling on the M50 would be single point tolling; if his attention has been drawn to the proposed...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Transport the national road projects that will be prioritised in the greater Dublin region under the new national development plan; the amount of funding...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the additional funding and functions planned by his Department or the national drugs task force in response to the...
    • Registered Charities
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in relation to the regulation of charities, An Taisce is registered as a charity; if his attention has been drawn...
    • EU Funding
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in his...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the present progress or otherwise in respect of the decentralisation of Bord Bia as part of the Government's programme; and if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a single farm payment is to be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if so, if she will make arrangements for this...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm that the division of responsibilities on inspecting animal laboratories between the Department of Health and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4813/07]
    • Passports for Animals
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to fully implement the passport regulations for equidae; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has applied for the single farm payment; if same will be...
    • EU Funding
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of the money allocated to her Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who appealed a decision in respect of the single payment scheme...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on bringing forward legislation similar to the recently enacted Animal Welfare Act in the UK which brings together more than...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an official from her Department will visit a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the average waiting time in each county for a farmer to be granted the farm pollution grant; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in her Department; when they...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism for applying for the recently announced fund of €3 million to assist in the provision of early childhood education;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the special units constructed at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will commence receiving pupils for the September...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the class size issue in 2007 particularly in national schools. [4677/07]
    • Languages Programme
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her policy on language support for non-national children in school; if the cap on recruitment has been removed; and if she will make a...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in making the sports hall in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 available to the community; and if she will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average number of children per class in each of the primary schools in Dublin south east; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the catchment area for each of the primary schools in Dublin south east; the number of children in each of these catchment areas; and...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers trained to deal specifically with children in the primary school system in Dublin south east for whom English...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application by a school (details supplied) in view of the expansion of this school in recent years as it is...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of clinical psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; if she plans to increase the number...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding available in 2007 for school accommodation and refurbishment projects, with comparison figures for 1997; and if...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to provide the required complement of educational psychologists and support services in all areas; and if she will...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department owns the site of the hall on Glenaan Road in Larkhill, Dublin 9 which is adjacent to a school (details supplied); if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for a new school building on a site at its present...
    • School Transport
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received correspondence from solicitors (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason this correspondence has not been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications she has received for the establishment of specialised primary schools for children with special needs since...
    • Pre-School Services
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in County Clare currently receiving a pre-school education which is funded by her Department; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the review of all Irish education provision in the Ballymun area of Dublin and the 2002 feasibility study into the needs of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes in County Clare for 2006 and 2007 showing in each case the number of pupils in classes of...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on a matter (details supplied); and if she will ensure that the matter raised in this correspondence is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and numbers of new schools both at first and second level which have been built within the north Dublin constituency area...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances in which her Department has recently initiated a review of the equivalence relationship between the leaving...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Galway will commence; and when is it due to be completed. [4849/07]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class sizes in both primary and post-primary schools in County Wexford; if she is satisfied with these current class...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Wexford without access to the services provided by the National Educational Psychological Service; the...
    • School Transport
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who has responsibility for school bus transport schedules, noting the concern for the safety of pupils attending school on...
    • Medical Training
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the portion of a medical student's training over a six year period that deals with alcoholism. [4874/07]
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used by her Department to investigate an appeal under the Education Act 1998 (details supplied). [4896/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has completed the assessment of the application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for a special needs assistant to...
    • Pupil Numbers
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her five year projections for secondary pupil numbers in respect of both boys and girls in Dublin 3, 5, and 9; the capacity of...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence dated 12 December 2006 from a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the members of the school transport appeals board; the chairman of the board; the role and function of the members of the appeals...
    • School Textbooks
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school books required by students in all-Irish second level schools are not available on an up to date course basis; when...
    • Language Support Programme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 150 children in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 require language support; if...
    • School Meals Programme
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide details of the proposal that under the dormant accounts fund a once-off start-up grant will be provided to schools...
    • School Transport
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school transport for children (details supplied) in County Offaly will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of the money allocated to her Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if she will make a...
    • Water Supply
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the major difficulties associated with the water supply to a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will review stage three submission in the matter of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for the provision of extra...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to improve school attendance at both primary and second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the pupil/teacher ratio class sizes at each school, primary and second level in County Kildare; her plans in...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which progress has been achieved in relation to alleviation of accommodation requirements at a school (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her Department has...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a public representative (details supplied) made written representations on 18...
    • Adult Education
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for developing and expanding language training for immigrants; the details of the current services; the role of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's plans for the expansion of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to 16 classrooms; the consultations that have...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the DEIS plan which she launched in 2006 is working on addressing the educational needs of children and young...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in her Department; when they...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Staff
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will intervene in order that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal be retained in the Army; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Safety Zones
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 December 2005, if the permissible heights of proposed developments beneath the runway approach...
    • EU Funding
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Defence the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Flood Relief
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available for the refurbishment of the public areas in an estate (details supplied)...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department provides funding to An Taisce; the way such funding is utilised; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department provides any, all or none of the funding to local authorities for group or small sewerage...
    • EU Directives
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will explain his decision in January 2007 to further delay the introduction of the BER directive 2002;...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish a revised climate change strategy. [4830/07]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will convene a national consultative committee to guide the development of a new national...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on whether the fire officer in each jurisdiction should certify properties as...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date his Department will publish its new housing policy statement. [5112/07]
    • Housing Grants
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available to local authorities for grants schemes for the replacement of windows in private...
    • Water Conservation
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when finance will be provided for Kilkenny city water conservation and Kilkenny county water conservation...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when finance will be provided for Callan, Graignamanagh, Thomastown and Inistioge, County Kilkenny water...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the scheme for the disposal of silage wrap will be extended to south Tipperary, as the present situation...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that notification, consultation and compensatory measures were enacted by the Houses...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is currently the policy of his Department to designate buffer zones in the vicinity of proposed sewage...
    • EU Funding
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to...
    • Fire Services
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the implementation of the proposed changes contained within the Farrell Grant Sparks review of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if money has been allocated to Wexford Borough Council to carry out urgently needed upgrading and...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contribution made by each sector to Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions expressed as a percentage of the...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a floor area certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Fire Safety
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on advising residents and home builders to designate a standard press in all kitchens as a storage...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all sections of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 have been commenced; if...
    • Road Network
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has discussed the need to prioritise the construction of a bridge across the Liffey at Macken Street...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in...

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