Written answers
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Mobile Telephony
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the development of mobile telephony services with the emphasis on new technology; and if he will...
- Exploration Licences
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he will examine, review or redraw the licensing regime for oil, gas or other mineral...
- Post Office Network
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the communication he has had with the Irish Postmasters' Union over the ongoing closure of national post...
- Electricity Generation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received a further update or report from the CER regarding the November blackout as per reply to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Postal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill has been dropped from his Department's list of legislative...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans or proposals to increase the availability and use of bio-diesel or ethanol, directly or blended with...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the representatives of the fishing industry who were consulted regarding the arrangements governing the carry...
- National Development Plan
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the energy package outlined in the national development plan; the details regarding the way...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way Ireland can ensure the future independence of RTÉ in view of the Government's proposed replacement of...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position of the Corrib gas pipeline project; the contacts he has recently had with Shell and local opponents...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his vision for the development of the communications industry in electronic and print form in the future; and if...
- Digital Hub
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total State and private investment in the digital hub; the extent to which the hub will develop in the...
- Communications Industry
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his response to the report of the Committee of Public Accounts in regard to a project (details supplied)...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of subscribers under the group broadband scheme; the potential number of subscribers; the targeted...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects supplies from the Corrib gas field to become available; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which by way of legislation innovative technology or agreement is expected to provide a full range...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the eventual re-allocation of telecommunication services following the Smart Telecom — Eircom dispute which...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will take further action to ensure that the energy sector here is efficient and effective in addressing...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of departmental staff who have now decentralised; the number of staff who have to move to different...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that investment in the telecommunications industry is in keeping with the requirements of a...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether there is a case for the licensing of small boats owned and used by fishing crewmen doing...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects the review of Government licensing to be completed; when he will make a decision on the number...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of the availability of broadband throughout the country at the present time; if the...
- Salmon Management
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has provided resources for river counters and inland fisheries staff to effectively implement the salmon...
- Post Office Network
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full list of post office closures to date in 2007; the number of post offices, sub-post offices and postal...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is in the position to give further direction to the Broadcasting Commission on the need for tighter...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of the national bio-energy action plan to establish targets to promote greater use of biomass and...
- Energy Resources
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has held further meetings with its UK counterparts on the development of an east west...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recently published new seafood sector strategy, Steering a New Course; the amount of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason it has taken until now for the Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill to be brought forward;...
- Marine Safety
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reforms of the fishing laws he will undertake in view of the recent fishing boat tragedies; if the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband user figures here; business uptake of broadband and price; and if he is...
- Sale of Whitegate Refinery
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will conduct a review of the sale and resolution of all outstanding issues relating to the sale of the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has finalised proposals following gaps in broadband coverage which were being considered by a steering...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is supporting the consumer protection tariff proposals announced on 25 January 2007 by the current holder...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review restrictions on anglers on the River Feale, in view of the fact that they are allowed only...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when it is expected to have the outcome of his consideration regarding the case for converting the GSI from a...
- Marine Safety
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the series of tragedies for the Irish fishing industry and coastal communities over the past...
- Postal Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the nature of discussions he has had with An Post with a view to clarification of the future role of the post...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received information to the effect that the broadcasting of services from various churches throughout...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which oil, gas or other explorations have identified commercial finds; and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action, he or his EU colleagues have taken or propose to take to address the issue of the practice whereby...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of infrastructure in place to ensure balanced regional development of information technology and...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details on the workings of the newly established new independent statutory Sea Fisheries...
- Electricity Generation
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he will take to ensure the development of clean energy here in line with the best practice achieved...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which future broadcasting is expected to rely on multiplex technology; the extent to which such...
- Electricity Generation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has taken cognisance of the recent statements of the IDA and the ESB on the urgent necessity of...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the conditions under which he will allocate the further €118 million funding as set out in the National...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will make a decision on providing funding for a further phase of MANs; the way he will address the...
- Postal Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when will he publish the feasibility study and cost benefit analysis produced by ComReg on the potential...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to introduce a mechanism for the immediate electronic logging of fish catches and landings for...
- Energy Resources
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage of his Department's work on the energy White Paper; the timeframe for its publication; if he...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he will take to provide a State controlled broadband and telephone network; and if he will make a...
- Post Office Network
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the Irish Postmasters' Union in their concerns regarding the decline of post offices here, where...
- Energy Prices
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if after the review of price increases for gas and electricity for 2007 a formal mechanism will be put in place...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the conclusion of the EU TACs and quotas for 2007; if he will bring forward proposals to...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when will he publish the Deloitte and Touche and William Fry report on the future of TG4; if he has made a...
- Electricity Generation
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the assurances he has that the ESB will fulfil the conditions set out by the CER with regard to the licensing...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he will take to ensure that the new routing of the Corrib gas pipe will not disturb any natural...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will explain the recent decision to discontinue the group broadband scheme; the amount the Government has...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress of the Single Electricity Market Bill; if there are outstanding issues to be...
- Postal Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with unions, management or staff at An Post with a view to ensuring an amicable and...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recently launched national discussion on the EU maritime Green Paper; the way he will...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with representatives of a group (details supplied) with a view to availing of their...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the regulatory system as transposed into Irish law throughout the telecommunications industry adequately...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he has taken in view of the fact that the cost of the fuel value of wheat and maize has risen...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that oil, gas and other mineral explorations here are adequate to meet energy needs in the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the regulations for draft-net fishermen; the quotas that have been issued to draft-net fishermen; the research...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to consideration by his Department to enhance competitive backhaul connectivity on foot...
- Digital Hub
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will quantify the full extent of the expected return on investment in the digital hub; and if he will...
- Energy Resources
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the EU's comprehensive new energy measures that were announced on 10 January 2007; if he...
- Postal Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has met with the management, staff or union representatives at An Post with a view to putting in place...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will transfer responsibility for national monitoring of the Corrib project to the Commission for Energy...
- Postal Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will direct ComReg and An Post to make sure that the postal universal service order is upheld and that...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recently agreed deal with the European Commission for partial paybacks by Ireland over...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details on the Broadcasting Bill; the reason the provisions for digital terrestrial...
- Postal Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which Government policy in regard to the operation of An Post has been conveyed to An Post with...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the person, with regard to the outbreak of the disease bonamia ostreae in Lough Swilly, who issued the order...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Crime Prevention
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed at the growth in Internet pornography; if his...
- Garda Investigations
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the documents on the case of a person (details supplied); and his view regarding the...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the recent revelation in the Six Counties' Police Ombudsman Ms Nuala O'Loan's report on...
- Registration of Title
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the waiting time for processing land registry dealings on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Investigations
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that a person (details supplied) is currently on a hunger strike on the basis that they...
- Garda Deployment
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to community policing in County Kildare; the stations they are assigned to;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been deemed...
- Garda Investigations
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5675/07]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will amend the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 to prohibit publicans from providing free alcoholic...
- Department of Finance
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transfer of his Department to Kildare Town as part of the decentralisation programme; the time frame involved in this...
- Departmental Staff
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the future prospects for the present staff of the Office of Public Works contract engineering workshops at Jamestown Road, Inchicore; the proposed...
- Regional Airports
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will provide customs at Ireland West Airport Knock on a 24 hour basis in view of the increasing volume of traffic going through...
- Tax Code
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance when the requirement for the 100 hour green certificate in farming which is not open to first year third level students, as they must have completed...
- Flood Relief
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will approve funding for the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme; the proposed date for the commencement of the scheme; the duration of the...
- Tax Offences
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 7 February 2007, the reason there is a very low rate of conviction arising from cars seized for...
- Tax Yield
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of GNP that the annual tax revenue was equivalent to for each year from 1996 to 2006, itemised according to each category of...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of people who participated in the SSIA scheme; the number who withdrew from the scheme; the number of those accounts that have...
- Tax Code
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they are in receipt of the correct tax allowances; if same will be...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether despite the money invested in the health system by her Department, it has not invested a sufficient amount to...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount allocated to the elderly care services in the past year in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the commitment given by the Government to a new national policy framework for mental health, A Vision for Change, the length...
- Children in Care
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having foster care payments issued to persons (details supplied) in County Cork; if her attention has been...
- Health Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork in having their hospital outpatient appointment brought forward. [5612/07]
- Medicinal Products
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has considered initiating a public information campaign to alert members of the public to the dangers of accumulating...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a response to an application for a grant under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for persons (details...
- Medical Cards
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card which is under appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5650/07]
- Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are arrears or payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to nursing home subvention payments;...
- Ambulance Service
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to apply for funding to permit the person to take their...
- Health Services
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made to pay out a staffing grant to a voluntary community organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath as...
- Child Care Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made to pay out a capital grant to a community organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath as same is...
- Community Care
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the €35 million development plan which was submitted to her Department in 2002 for the development of the community care...
- Mental Health Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a group (details supplied). [5734/07]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the exact limit for pensioners to have a bank account when qualifying for the nursing home subvention; and if she will clarify the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will put in place a planning appeal system for offshore wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on...
- Postal Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the rapidly diminishing network of post offices and sub-post offices...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the eventual re-allocation of telecommunication services following the Smart Telecom — Eircom dispute...
- Energy Resources
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects supplies from the Corrib gas field to become available; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Exploration Licences
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he will examine, review or redraw the licensing regime for oil, gas or other mineral...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which oil, gas or other explorations have identified commercial finds; and if he will make a...
- Energy Resources
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that oil, gas and other mineral explorations here are adequate to meet energy needs in the...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the development of mobile telephony services with the emphasis on new technology; and if he will...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his vision for the development of the communications industry in electronic and print form in the future; and...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans or proposals to increase the availability and use of bio-diesel or ethanol, directly or blended with...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the regulatory system as transposed into Irish law throughout the telecommunications industry adequately...
- Digital Hub
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the total State and private investment in the digital hub; the extent to which the hub will develop in the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when it is expected to have the outcome of his consideration regarding the case for converting the GSI from a...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the development and the provision of the full range of Irish broadcasting services at...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the reduction of CO2 emissions in the energy sector in the future with particular reference to...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects consumers here to avail of digital broadcasting in respect of radio and television; and if he...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of the availability of broadband throughout the country at the present time; if the...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of churches throughout the country from which broadcasting services have ceased arising from...
- Electricity Generation
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received a further update or report from the CER regarding the November blackout as per reply to...
- Postal Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on a report from the national post code project board; his plans to progress or develop this issue;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to consideration by his Department to enhance competitive backhaul connectivity on foot...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which by way of legislation innovative technology or agreement is expected to provide a full...
- Postal Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has met with the management, staff or union representatives at An Post with a view to putting in place...
- Legislative Programme
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Postal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill has been dropped from his Department's list of...
- Postal Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with unions, management or staff at An Post with a view to ensuring an amicable and...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that investment in the telecommunications industry is in keeping with the requirements of a...
- Post Office Network
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which Government policy in regard to the operation of An Post has been conveyed to An Post with...
- Energy Resources
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received a study due for completion by January 2007 on foot of the reply to Parliamentary Question...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has finalised proposals following gaps in broadband coverage which were being considered by a steering...
- Post Office Network
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the investigations he has carried out in regard to the closure of rural and urban post offices; the effect such...
- Postal Services
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Post has a public service obligation to deliver mail daily...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals that have been identified, as required repairs and improvements, of the pier at Dooneen,...
- Legislative Programme
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the legislative priority of his Department for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5590/07]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans relative to the extension of the MOTR scheme one; if options for the future for such participants in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the group broadband scheme is currently operating; if not when it is intended to recommence the scheme; the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of compensation which will be payable in relation to the discontinuation of salmon fishing by persons...
- Post Office Network
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices and sub-post offices closed in County Waterford between 1 January 1997 and 31...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future development of TG4 with particular reference to its independence and...
- National Development Plan
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his objectives as set out in the national development plan in respect of oil, gas or other mineral activity;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he intends or expects to accelerate the programme for the provision of broadband and...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department will provide funding for an arts centre in Ballina, County Mayo in view of the need for this facility in this...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Agencies
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the factors informing his Department's decision in concert with Enterprise Ireland to relocate Enterprise Ireland's offices...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, since 1992, a spouse can receive PRSI contributions in lieu of their time for working at home raising children or if the...
- Live Register
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who are registered unemployed in social welfare offices (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5635/07]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on abolishing the means test for the carer's allowance; the funding being allocated to support carers in 2007; and if he...
- Social Insurance
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of notifications received by his Department of PPS numbers which are no longer active each year from 2002 to 2006...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of overpayments discovered for each of the schemes operated by his Department for each year from 2002 to 2006...
- Department of Transport
- Rural Transport Initiative
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport the financial assistance available to a community group which would like to set up a rural payable bus service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Harbours and Piers
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide funding for coastal protection works in a Gaeltacht area (details supplied) in County Mayo and...
- Community Development
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the areas in County Kerry which are included in the CLÁR scheme; the proposals he has to extend the scheme to other...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Mulranny Pier is within the Gaeltacht boundaries which surround it; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will temper justice with mercy on the single payment entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Sugar Beet Production
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when farmers will be paid all of the outstanding payments regarding the recent closure of the sugar factories in Carlow and Mallow; if...
- Planning Issues
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will waive development charges in respect of planning applications approved before 12 September 2006, where development has not...
- Grant Payments
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting to be awarded their single farm payment; if...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Accommodation
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow which applied for an extension in 2001; if in view of the...
- School Curriculum
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has met with the NCCA to discuss the paper Curriculum Provision in Irish in Post Primary Schools; when this meeting took place;...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of classes in the schools in County Mayo with more than 20 pupils per teacher and with more than 30 pupils per teacher; and...
- School Staffing
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers and assistants employed at primary and post-primary level; if she will provide this information according to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new classrooms delivered by the school building programme for each year since 2002 to date in 2007; the amount of money...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in classes of 27 pupils or more at primary level; the average class size at primary level; and if she will make...
- School Transport
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a CIÉ bus cannot travel along the same route which it travelled previously to collect persons (details supplied) in County...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Department circular 25/00 if she will clarify to primary and special schools the posts which can be held by those with...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for the provision of a prefab building. [5596/07]
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to make a decision regarding the future of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved under the devolved grant for small schools scheme. [5600/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place for overcrowded classrooms; her views on whether there is no adequate back-up for overcrowding in schools; her...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the present level of support to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be continued; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the building project agreed for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and her Department's contribution to the cost of building and...
- School Accommodation
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to funding for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Language Support Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the further contacts by her officials with the management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in respect of the challenges...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement detailing her responses to the new campaign by the INTO. [5667/07]
- Departmental Properties
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received communication from South Dublin County Council regarding a land swap involving her Department's school site lands...
- School Transport
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are special payments available from her Department for cases where a student (details supplied) seeking second level...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a third level grant. [5703/07]
- School Staffing
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in their campaign to save a teaching post as it will lead to an increase...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and names of post-primary schools in County Louth which have high speed broadband installed and operating. [5739/07]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Defence the circumstances surrounding the refusal by his Department to sell Clancy Barracks to Dublin City Council at a reasonable price and the subsequent...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- State Property
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in the transfer of a property and its land (details supplied) in County Cork to the...
- Local Authority Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information available to his Department regarding the EU requirement for the introduction of water meters...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed regeneration scheme for the Wilderness/Carrigeen area of Clonmel, County...
- Road Network
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities have conducted a condition survey on non-national roads; when such surveys were...
- Sheltered Housing
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will prioritise the application by Kerry County Council and CARA for funding for the provision of...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a system of inspection could improve standards in the private rental sector; and if he...
- Planning Issues
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views as to whether it might be more appropriate for environmental impact statements submitted by those...
- EU Directives
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 1 November 2006 this Deputy asked him if Ireland had...
- Building Regulations
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and nature of the prosecutions taken by local authorities or his Department regarding...
- Recycling Policy
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the delay in the implementation of a producer responsibility scheme for the newspaper and...
- EU Directives
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will implement Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003...
