Written answers
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
- Department of Health and Children
- Industrial Relations
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not taken urgent action to ensure that nurses are treated equitably in hospitals here as regards their working week...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of fully operational inpatient beds in each public acute hospital at the end of 2006; the number of day patient beds in each...
- Hospital Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of a report into the current provision of maternity services which said that the 22 maternity units around the...
- Information Communications Technology
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish information technology links between primary and secondary care settings; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce routine screening for urea electrolytes, creats and liver abnormalities; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Infection Control
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of infection control staff recruited in each of the past ten years; the locations of the staff; and if she will make a...
- Data Collection
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on calls for a national audit system to allow for statistical comparison between hospitals around the country to monitor for...
- Mental Health Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the community based multidisciplinary community mental health teams; the location of these teams; the number and type of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy with regard to the issue of motorised supports for people with mobility impairment; if she acknowledges the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional consultant psychiatrist posts approved in 2006 that were required and approved in order to facilitate the...
- Hospital Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce routine screening to detect blood pressure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6188/07]
- Mental Health Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the 12 to 13 mental health catchment area teams recommended in A Vision for Change that have been established and are...
- Drugs Classifications
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will prepare legislation providing for the State to adopt a similar classification of drug substances to the British system where...
- Mental Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings of the monitoring committee that have been held to date under the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the urgent need for ICU beds in St. James's Hospital; when she first became aware of such a shortage; her further views on...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the widespread frustration among elderly people who are entitled to their money back under the...
- Health Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours delivered for each of the years 1997 to 2006; the allocation of hours per county; and if she will make a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the land and facilities owned by mental health services that have been or are in the process of being sold; the amount they were sold...
- Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in developing the new health services for older people and people with disabilities as announced in budget 2007;...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions received by her Department during 2006; the number of these transferred to the Health Service...
- Hospital Staff
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the need for the appointment of a senior consultant cardiologist at Kerry General Hospital and the need for a new...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation facing children with verbal dyspraxia; the waiting list times for speech therapy around the country; the reason a child...
- Health Insurance
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she did not act immediately on the advice from the HIA in relation to a possible loophole regarding risk equalisation...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for radiotherapy treatment in each Health Service Executive area; the length of these waiting lists; and if...
- Health Insurance
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in view of the recent reports from the Health Insurance Authority and the Competition Authority, for health insurance here...
- Hospital Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop hospital services in the north east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6219/07]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe in relation to the proposed children's hospital; if she is satisfied that she will be able to proceed with the plan to...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce routine screening to detect cervical cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6189/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the deployment and delivery of hospital services in the...
- Medical Cards
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards issued for each of the years from 1997 to 2006; the number of general practitioner visit only cards...
- Influenza Pandemic
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations from the national pandemic influenza plan; the measures in place to ensure the implementation of guidelines; and if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy with regard to the acceptable waiting time for an appointment to see a consultant following referral; if her...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce routine screening to detect bowel cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6185/07]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for cataract operations per hospital; the number of people waiting for cataract operations on public waiting lists and...
- Hospital Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at the County Hospital Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5757/07]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts awarded by her Department to outside consultants in respect of each year since 2000; the recipient of the...
- Antibiotic Use
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage increase in antibiotic use here in the last decade; the steps her Department has taken to reduce antibiotic use; and if...
- Mental Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent mental health teams per county; the recommended staff allocation to each team; the actual staff...
- Hospital Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the performance monitoring unit of the NHO has completed a report into its treatment capacity survey; if this report will be...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on implementing a database to contain the details of children diagnosed with intellectual, social or physical disabilities...
- Departmental Funding
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding to be given to groups supporting those with acquired brain injury; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland...
- Pathology Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the report into pathology services is due for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6266/07]
- Palliative Care
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations that have been implemented arising from the report of the National Palliative Care Committee 2001; and if she will...
- Health Insurance
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received advice in the past regarding other means of introducing risk equalisation which would involve every company having...
- Obesity Task Force
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the National Task Force on Obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6184/07]
- Mental Health Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of involuntary admissions to approved centres that took place in November and December 2006 in terms of psychiatric...
- Hospital Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of available beds at Peamount Hospital; the number of beds currently being used; her plans for these beds; and if she will...
- Food Labelling
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on the enforcement of country of origin labelling within the...
- Ambulance Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to introduce a comprehensive ambulance navigation system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5758/07]
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications made to the health repayment scheme for the reimbursement of nursing home charges which were taken illegally;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference given to the firm or firms of consultants during the evaluation of the case for the relocation and expansion of...
- Health Service Systems
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the PPARS and FISP computer system; the plan of action for PPARS arising from the PPARS review committee; the remaining...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cancelled elective operations in each area in 2006 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6256/07]
- Hospital Staff
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the INO proposal for a 35 hour week for nurses; the approximate cost of this measure; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce routine screening to detect osteoporosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6186/07]
- Industrial Relations
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had regarding the proposed industrial action by members of IMPACT in the health services; and if she will make a...
- Youth Services
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the development of the National Recreation Policy for Young People; when she expects to publish the policy; the...
- Food Labelling
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to ensure that country of origin labelling is clear and transparent to the public; and if she will make a...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding their refusal to negotiate with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the model of care for children's services in County Galway arising out of the implementation of the Disability Act 2005 and...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay on the part of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee in making a decision on the introduction to the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll out of BreastCheck around the country, per centre, and the latest cost estimates of each centre; and if...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken to ensure that quality of care will be properly monitored and audited in the new private sector venture for elderly...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding tenders for her co-location plans for private hospitals on public hospitals grounds; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional consultant psychiatrists posts approved in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6232/07]
- Ambulance Service
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the substantial delays in publishing the findings of the review of command and control arrangements into emergency...
- Hospital Staff
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the impasse with hospital consultants regarding consultant contracts; her deadline for agreement on...
- Mental Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that there has been full co-operation from all professional staff in regard to all sections of the Mental Health Act...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on IMPACT's recent criticisms of the running of the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6281/07]
- Chronic Illnesses
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of children with asthma here; the percentage increase in asthma cases in the last decade; the steps she is taking to deal...
- National Patient Database
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to establish a national patient database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6191/07]
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the redress scheme for the patients of Dr. Michael Neary will begin; the criteria for compensation; the definition of injury in...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that will be available to those suffering from dementia in 2007; where will this funding be allocated; and if she will make...
- Departmental Reports
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the recommendations on the task force on alcohol have not been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Care Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money invested in the years 2002 to 2006 in relation to the primary care strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the effects recent EU decisions will have on emergency services in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Care of the Elderly
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the difficulties experienced by elderly people in public nursing homes in accessing chiropody services; the position...
- Chronic Illnesses
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she will take to reduce the prevalence of diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6183/07]
- Departmental Funding
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to provide additional funding for dedicated services on domestic violence in view of the continuing extent of this...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce routine screening to detect prostate cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6187/07]
- Cancer Incidence
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on WHO reports that 13% of lung cancer cases here are caused by radon gas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of radiographers that have been recruited in each of the hospitals since 2001; the number of radiographer vacancies in each...
- Health Insurance
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has read the report from the Adelaide Hospital Group regarding the introduction of universal health insurance; her views on...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 207: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Stardust Inquiry
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his efforts to assist the Stardust families. [6045/07]
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 16 months after a tragic collision in Quigleys Point, County...
- Residency Permits
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on an application to allow two children of persons (details supplied) to join their parents here;...
- Independent Living Programme
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received by his Department under the independent living support programme in 2006;...
- Residency Permits
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in regard to an application for residency on the basis of marriage to an Irish...
- Garda Investigations
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to this Deputy's letter to him of 28 November 2006 regarding the alleged abuse of patients...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a group (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with their application to Pobal for a community...
- Deportation Orders
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application to have the deportation order revoked for a person (details supplied); and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the residency application of a person (details supplied). [6054/07]
- Drug Seizures
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of illegal drug seizures in the north Leitrim area for each year in the period since 2001 to date...
- Garda Youth Diversion Project
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to fund a separate Garda youth diversion project for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 24; his...
- Garda Deployment
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based at thestation at Clonmany, County Donegal; the number of gardaí serving the...
- Residency Permits
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied) in...
- Garda Operations
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a safety and security plan will be put in place in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in order to deal...
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has considered the contents of this Deputy's letter of 19 December 2006 regarding persons (details...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an assessment was undertaken of the R130 road which is the access road to the proposed Thornton Hall...
- Tax Code
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is assistance available either in the form of financial reimbursement or tax credits for small...
- Equality Authority
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on Amnesty International's demand that the recommendations made by the Equality Authority in its...
- Garda Training
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the formal module on mental health in their training or in-service curricula for An Garda...
- National Women's Strategy
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the national strategy for women prepared by his Department; if this makes a link between...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of motorists who have been detected to date for drink driving under the new mandatory alcohol...
- Visa Applications
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps open to a person (details supplied) who married an Irish person in Belarus on 16 September 2006 to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for...
- Residency Permits
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the family will be given the maximum support....
- Asylum Applications
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an appeal will be decided in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has applied for...
- Visa Applications
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow a reconsideration of an application for a holiday visa for a person (details supplied) in...
- Garda Transport
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of vehicles currently being used by the Garda with a breakdown of the figures; if he will provide...
- Sex Offenders Register
Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures being taken to ensure effective post release supervision of sex offenders; and if he will make a...
- Restorative Justice
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to establish the working group on restorative justice; his views on the particular interest in this...
- Stolen Property
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of property stolen and recovered in each of the past five years. [6432/07]
- Asylum Applications
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Romanians who had section 3 leave to remain applications pending prior to 1 January 2007; and...
- Crime Levels
Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of rape reported to An Garda Síochána in 2005. [6450/07]
- Visa Applications
Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Drug Seizures
Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity, type, and street value of illegal drugs, seized in the Arklow area, County Wicklow for the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 31 January 2007, if he is in a position to provide...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are circumstances under which a lower rate of stamp duty is payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6389/07]
- Garda Stations
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that the sale of the existing Garda barracks in Buncrana, County Donegal appears imminent, he will assure the elderly...
- Tax Code
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, in view of the fact that in recent years capital allowances were extended to include not just hotels but also guesthouses, holiday...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage of those...
- Flood Relief
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allocate finance to ensure drainage and maintenance of bogland at Kilmanahan, Castlegarden and Kilfane, County Kilkenny; and if he will...
- Freedom of Information
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a backlog within the Freedom of Information Commissioners Office in dealing with FOI appeals; the length of the wait incurred due to...
- Road Network
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to tarring the road from the Clogheen side leading to the Swiss Cottage in Cahir, County Tipperary to enable it to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance when Office of Public Works pensioners will receive the increase in their pensions which has been outstanding for a considerable period of time; and...
- Tax Code
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on including an amendment to the Finance Bill 2007 to include rents paid by local authority tenants in the private rented accommodation...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the building project in Newcastle West, County Limerick, where the Office of the Revenue Commissioners are to locate as part of the...
- National Development Plan
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of spending under the National Development Plan 2002 to 2006 in the south and east region on a project and county...
- Flood Relief
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Office of Public Works to provide a detailed report explaining their refusal to carry out dredging of the River Tolka between...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to have the employment cap lifted which has been imposed upon local authorities who wish to employ additional staff, in order...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child care places and child care training places that will be created in County Monaghan under the upcoming national...
- Mental Health Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on the recommendation in A Vision for Change that mental health service providers should draw up service user involvement...
- Health Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be called for orthodontic treatment. [6349/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an EOCP grant has been withheld from a group (details supplied) in County Cork; and if this grant will be restored. [6400/07]
- Industrial Relations
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding impending industrial action by the Irish Nurses Organisation,...
- Ambulance Service
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulances in County Louth; and if statistical information is available as to the number of occasions on which ambulances...
- Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for children's orthodontic services in County Louth. [5960/07]
- Hospital Staff
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals in the north east region that have vacant consultant posts; the number of vacancies that exist; and the number of these...
- Health Services
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts unfilled to date for the roll-out of the next phase of the primary care strategy; and the number of posts that will...
- Mental Health Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding the provision of hospital beds for minors with acute mental health problems in County Louth. [5965/07]
- Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding the provision of step-down facilities for County Louth. [5967/07]
- Pregnancy Counselling Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the reasonable concerns of an organisation (details supplied) are respected by her Department and the Crisis...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy in relation to the provision of hospital beds in north Dublin to meet the population needs; the level of acute...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy with regard to the provision of geriatric long stay accommodation; the number of geriatric long stay beds that...
- Health Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy for the provision of speech therapy; the guidelines issued to the service providers with regard to waiting time...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe in terms of making a decision regarding the siting of the new National Children's Hospital in the Mater; when she...
- Eating Disorders
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in implementing the proposals contained in A Vision for Change in respect of services for people with eating...
- Child Care Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when moneys will be made available for a group (details supplied) in County Limerick. [6003/07]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will announce projects which have been approved under the Health Service Executive programme of capital works for 2007; and if...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount expended each year and to date in 2007 on the National Treatment Purchase Fund since the fund was established; the number of...
- Acquired Brain Injury
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on classifying acquired brain injury as a separate category of disability in view of the fact that it is currently classed, as...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the inquiry being conducted by the Health Services Executive into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will...
- Social Services for Children
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there is a need for a national review of social services as they relate to young children where the Health Service...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location where money was spent in relation to the funding (details supplied), on a regional basis for the past six months; and if...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a cluster of cancer deaths and patients in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if there are cancer figures for the...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when outstanding works already started at the home of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be completed; and if she will...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 923 of 31 January 2007, when the necessary funding will be released by her Department to bring the...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of prevalence of the hospital bug clostridium difficile; the hospitals in which this bug is present; the action required to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for patients to be transferred to Beaumont Hospital, neurosurgical department, following requests from other...
- Health Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to an association (details supplied) for the employment of full time development officers; and if she...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if speech therapy will be arranged for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare at the earliest possible date; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if complaints have been received by the Health Service Executive or her Department in relation to damage done to children during...
- Community Care
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the reasons for the refusal of an application for domiciliary care allowance are only available to the applicant under the Freedom of...
- Health Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the report published by the orthodontic review body was accompanied by a minority report; if so, if the minority report was...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have applied for refunds under the health repayment scheme; the expected cost; the length of time it will take...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 13; the action that will be taken in relation...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the model of care for children's services in County Galway arising out of the implementation of the Disability Act 2005 and...
- Medical Cards
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if general practitioners are restricted from treating medical card holders for their first five years of practice; and if so, the reason...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding payment to a person (details supplied) under the national repayment scheme. [6108/07]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is financial assistance available from her Department for the purchase of a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on...
- Ambulance Service
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not able to obtain transport from the Health Service Executive to and from...
- Health Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan was placed on a four month waiting list and subsequently placed on a further...
- Services For People With Disabilities
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to improve the service for children and adults with autism in view of the unacceptable levels of service...
- Mental Health Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to erase the waiting list for children to be seen by the child guidance clinic of the Mater Hospital, in view of...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application under the health repayment scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for ultra sound scanning in Ennis General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the diabetic allowance was cut for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if it will be reinstated; and if she will...
- Departmental Properties
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve and expedite a long term lease for a property at Patrick Street, Kilkenny, which is in the ownership of the Health...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6163/07]
- Mental Health Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendation from Amnesty International that her Department should convene an interdepartmental working group to take...
- Acquired Brain Injuries
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to bring services for persons with acquired brain injury up to an acceptable standard (details supplied); and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to provide public radiotherapy services on-site at Waterford Regional Hospital as part of the Health Service...
- Medicinal Products
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there is a link between the departure from Ireland of the worlds largest pharmaceutical manufacturer (details...
- Services For People With Disabilities
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the Development Plan 2007 to 2012 devised by Aspire, The Aspergers Syndrome Association of Ireland,...
- Child Care Services
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding proposals to financially assist the childhood development initiative in Tallaght West; if her attention has been...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of families to whom payments for respite care for children with autism were made during 2005 and 2006. [6361/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to sustain and upgrade cancer service in Letterkenny General Hospital; and the arrangements being made to provide radiotherapy...
- Health Services
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the development of a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; the services that will be located at the centre;...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there were no BCG vaccines available at the Coolock Health Centre on 13 February 2007; and if this situation will be...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will urgently take action on other cases of clostridium...
- Medical Cards
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be supported in their request for a medical card; and if assistance will be given on...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a material safety data sheet for the agent (details supplied) used in compulsory water fluoridation; the cost of...
- Hospital Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a support team will be put in place to assist the consultant dermatologist at the Mid-West Regional Hospital in order that they can...
- Organ Retention
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the exact location of the 54 boxes of documentation presented to her by Anne Dunne, SC on 31 March 2005; when Parents for Justice...
- Drug Safety
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the Irish Medicine Board has adjudicated correctly on the licensing, use and safety of a drug (details...
- Food Labelling
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 13 February 2007, commissioning research on Irish consumers' interpretations of...
- Health Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of resources made available by the Health Service Executive for the eye clinic in Newcastle West; and if there has been a...
- Drug Payment Scheme
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Cork received an increase in their diet allowance to €60 per month,...
- Departmental Funding
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the resources that are available under the aegis of her Department, or are supported by or sponsored by her Department to help those...
- Health Services
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to expedite an orthopaedic appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has a severe...
- Health Service Executive Property
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of a meeting held on 30 January 2007 between residents and the HSE regarding the use of a property (details supplied) in...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of the bed shortfall at all public hospitals here with particular reference to addressing those hospitals which have...
- Health Services
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting treatment for orthodontic services here; when she expects to have in place the necessary orthodontic...
- Hospital Staff
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the widespread use of agency nurses throughout the health services; if this is efficient and cost...
- Health Service Staff
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the large scale exodus of Irish trained nurses from the profession on an annual basis; if she has...
- Health Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role she or the Health Service Executive has in mind for the local health centres in the overall delivery of the health services...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that approval for ordinary nursing home subvention is being held up due to the fact that her...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants within her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to provide grant aid for householders in suitable locations wishing to install wind turbines or solar...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [6009/07]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timeframe involved for accessing broadband under the national broadband scheme for areas in rural Kildare...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the increase in the fee for draft net fishing licences is reasonable in 2007, in view of...
- Energy Resources
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to expand the national energy research capacity, in view of the Government's science, technology...
- Electricity Generation
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to pursue greater electricity interconnection with Europe; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Resources
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his initiatives to increase energy efficiency across the economy, and in particular in households, businesses,...
- Electricity Generation
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to improve generation and transmission adequacy in the electricity sector; and if he will make a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will conduct a comprehensive survey to assess the stability of a road and supporting sea wall...
- Post Office Network
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the estimate of the cost of completing the automation of the post office network; and if he will make a...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of fishery protection officers; and if there are proposals to either increase or reduce the number....
- Television Licence Fee
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the revenue raised from television licences; the number of licences issued; the costs relating to the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will seek clarification and assurances on the security of the Democratic Republic of Congo opposition party leader, Mr. Etienne...
- Departmental Records
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the recent revelations on RTÉ television regarding the influx of Nazi war criminals into this country after World War II, he...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2007; and if he...
- Arts Partnership Scheme
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide a list of the semi-State companies who availed of the partnership art purchase scheme facilitated by the Arts...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- International Agreements
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the international agreements that exist and have been signed, ratified and transcribed into Irish law seeking to prohibit...
- Work Permits
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) in County Kerry has employed a significant...
- Industrial Development
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans of a company (details supplied) for regenerating its derelict units in the industrial estate at the Shannon free...
- Work Permits
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will assist in obtaining a favourable outcome to an application for a work permit, submitted by a company (details...
- Trade Policy
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if restrictions on trade are being placed on imports, where it is known that such goods are produced through child labour....
- Redundancy Payments
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the course of action open to a person (details supplied) in respect of a redundancy claim upheld by both a rights...
- Work Permits
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rules regarding people from Turkey obtaining work permits to work here. [6464/07]
- Job Creation
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State assisted jobs created in County Wicklow for the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; and the number of jobs...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a rent subsidy application form has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6463/07]
- Pension Provisions
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to disregard savings in SSIAs when assessing eligibility for non-contributory old age pension; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received assistance with an ESB arrears bill; and if he will make...
- Pension Provisions
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the additional days pay which was allocated to State pensioners on 19 January 2007, to compensate for the fact that the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason persons in receipt of single parent allowance employed on community employment schemes for twenty hours or less are...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused the jobseekers allowance in view of the fact that this person...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation...
- Department of Transport
- Pension Provisions
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the situation relating to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and the reason this is the case. [5976/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Transport if the recent transfer of air traffic control staff from the Irish Aviation Authority in Shannon to Dublin will affect the IAA decentralisation...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce legislation to allow local authorities introduce a formal penalty system to ensure that footpaths, carriageways and other...
- Rail Network
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport when the feasibility study on the provision of a rail link to Shannon Airport will be published; the reason it is not available; and if he will...
- Railway Stations
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reopen Kilmallock Train Station. [6416/07]
- Rail Services
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to upgrade the rail service to Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6510/07]
- Airport Development Projects
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on the provision of Pier D; and the expected opening date. [6662/07]
- Traffic Management
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport when he proposes to extend the powers of traffic wardens in respect of traffic enforcement. [6536/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date;...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Alleged Overpayments
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason persons (details supplied) in County Galway have received a bill for €3,762 for an alleged overpayment of the 2001...
- Wildlife Conservation
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason grant approval has not issued for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the plantation of 100 acres. [6378/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted the single payment scheme. [5969/07]
- Milk Quota
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the avenues available to a farmer (details supplied) in County Westmeath who applied under the milk quota trading scheme 2007 to 2008...
- Grant Payments
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an application for the single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the...
- EU Directives
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the EU Transport Regulations, which were due to come into force on the 5 January, 2007; if these regulations entered into...
- Animal Diseases
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food to raise the age of BSE testing in animals of 30 months to over forty months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6064/07]
- Milk Quota
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food to ringfence milk quotas at county level to ensure quota is not bought up by bigger operators from outside counties to the detriment of...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the persons she met with during her recent visit to County Mayo; the topics of discussion at those meetings; and the decision she has...
- Grant Payments
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the 2006 single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Commonage Division
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange for an official from the Land Commission to meet with a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to clarify the...
- Tree Felling Licences
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a tree felling licence will be granted to a club (details supplied) in County Carlow, in order for them to begin the extension of...
- Grant Payments
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a grant will be awarded to a person in (details supplied) County Mayo in view of the fact that they were approved three months...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their 2006 disadvantaged areas payment. [6506/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of 16.26 standard entitlements transferred by way of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants within her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme...
- Department of Education and Science
- Higher Education Grants
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to the higher education grants scheme, her attention has been drawn to the fact that the requirement for each...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with pupils in class size in excess of 30 in the towns of Drogheda, Dundalk, Cork City, Castlebar,...
- School Accommodation
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding her Departments plans for the future use of a school building (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if it is her...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an amalgamation of schools to be known as Scoil Mocheallóg will be constructed. [5999/07]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the reduction in income of a parent of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick due to the closure of the...
- School Accommodation
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of an application under the small school scheme 2007 to complete an extension for a school (details supplied) in County...
- Behaviour Support Service
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether there is a shortage of staff in the behaviour support service; and if there are plans to increase resources for...
- Psychological Service
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the improvement of the National Educational Psychological Service with details of the number of extra psychologists that...
- Student Retention Rates
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures for leaving certificate retention rates for male and female students both nationally and for the greater...
- School Enrolments
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a number of children who meet all the criteria of living locally and have siblings in the school but have been refused...
- School Accommodation
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the future need for extra primary school places for Castlebellingham, County Louth (details supplied) in view of the rise...
- School Transport
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made for a remote transport grant by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is grant aid available to secondary schools to enable them to replace outdated classroom computers; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if a design team has been appointed in order to...
- School Closures
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 as it is due to close. [6145/07]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the number of one to one places in specialist schools for children with autism; if she will introduce a code of...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools with pupils in class size in excess of 30 in each county and in the towns of Drogheda, Dundalk,...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the review which she has carried out in respect of the barriers to accessing and remaining in education for children and adults with...
- School Transport
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a second bus cannot be provided at 3:35 p.m. to transport children from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo similar...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the position in relation to funding for...
- School Accommodation
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason primary schools are not wheelchair accessible in view of the fact that all Government buildings are supposed to be...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to the acquisition of a site for a post primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there is an...
- School Accommodation
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the increase in the numbers of pupils in secondary schools here has grown faster than...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when site acquisition will be completed and the quickest possible date for the provision of new primary school at Ballygarvan,...
- Language Support Programme
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of language support teachers that can be employed in schools where numbers of international students attend, who have...
- School Transport
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the five appeals granted by the School Transport Appeals Board in December 2006; the circumstances in the cases...
- Language Support Programme
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teachers receive a specific module of training to teach language support in primary schools; the extent of the module of training...
- School Completion Programme
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a request from a project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for a roll number; if the roll number...
- Education Schemes
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make provision for mainstreaming a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5, which was set up as a pilot scheme six years ago...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that her Department has more than adequate numbers to commence the decentralisation process to Mullingar, she...
- School Staffing
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary retains its existing quota of teachers for the 2007/2008...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the correct rate of pay for a qualified teacher will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the period...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if resolution has been found to all of the issues in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, relevant to the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the introduction of the proposed pension scheme for full-time primary school caretakers; and if she will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size for primary schools in County Longford for each of the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of resource teachers that have been newly appointed in each of the past five years in County Westmeath; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants that have been appointed in primary schools in County Longford in each of the past five years....
- School Staffing
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of English language assistant teachers that have been appointed to schools in County Longford in each of the past five...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will urgently meet a representative of a school (details supplied) and an Oireachtas Member in order to progress the location...
- School Accommodation
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the application will be...
- School Staffing
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will re-examine the decision not to grant a concessionary teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, who are...
- School Accommodation
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the application for a physical education hall for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review resource teaching hours under the Education Act, 1998 for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with...
- School Accommodation
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the increase of pupils in primary schools here is growing at an extremely fast pace...
- School Safety
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a teacher is being paid to supervise the yard and an incident occurs on the yard, if the school or the teacher will be liable if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants within her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applicants to join the Defence Forces on the most recent occasion advertised; the number who were selected for interview; the number...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water Conservation
Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether local authorities should cover the costs of individual water meters on farms in view of...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when lands which are being purchased from persons in or around The Downs and the general Mullingar area by...
- Grant Payments
Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is grant assistance available to persons who wish to remove and destroy asbestos from their general...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of an upgraded sewerage scheme for Adare, County Limerick. [6002/07]
- Mortgage Protection Scheme
Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if common arrangements exist between local authorities in the area of mortgage protection or if they are...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concern and disappointment of Kerry County Council that his...
- Grazing Stocking Rates
Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to the grazing stocking rate for an area (details supplied), she will provide a copy of what...
- European Conventions
Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that Ireland is the only EU member which has not ratified the Aarhus Convention on...
- Library Projects
Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application for funding towards the provision of a new branch library for...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by his Department towards the provision of an improved public water supply at...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by his Department to each county council for improvement and maintenance of...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statistics on affordable and social housing over the past ten years in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the provisions of the conservation grant scheme with a view to extending the scheme to...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of international obligations to reduce Ireland's carbon footprint, his attention has been drawn...
- Planning Issues
Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation with regard to the requirement for planning permission for solar panels; and if he will make a...
- Fire Stations
Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has to provide funding for the construction of a new fire station in Tallow, County...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding through South Tipperary County Council for the appointment of a tenancy support...
- EU Directives
Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to exclusion zones for the spreading of organic fertiliser and for soiled water relating to...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of temporary planners or executive planners employed by each of the local authorities; the number...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
