Written answers
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Energy Conservation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of his Departmental offices, and offices of the agencies under his auspices, that use energy saving...
- Property Management
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to regulate the operation of management companies and to control management fees in housing...
- Election Management System
Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when electronic voting will be used in elections here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Grants
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the changes in the housing grant for people with a disability...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce new local revenue based streams of income as recommended by the Indecon Report on Local...
- Environmental Policy
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many off-licences and take away food premises are not...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants for local authority housing and for other forms of social housing; and if he will...
- Local Authority Management
Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether his Department should have more responsibility for the workings and decisions of local...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent decision of the British Courts on the UK Government's plans to expand its nuclear...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he proposes to underpin housing strategies with effective housing action plans to support delivery of...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place to monitor shipments of mox fuel from the Sellafield plant to ensure that they do not...
- House Prices
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average price of a new house in Dublin and nationally in July 1997 and the current average price of a new...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the outcome of the EU Environment Council in relation to climate change and...
- Population Density
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on the recent report of the Urban Forum on the urban sprawl of Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Social Inclusion
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Combat Poverty Agency publication Poverty and Social Inclusion Linking...
- Litter Pollution
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact of recent measures on ATM receipts; his views on extending such measures to the retail sector; and...
- Radon Gas Survey
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will supplement local authority finances if there are high levels of radon identified under the audit...
- Planning Issues
Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals in relation to the "use it or lose it" provision in relation to zoned, designated land which...
- Library Service
Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support his Department has given for the provision of library facilities over the past ten years; his...
- Energy Conservation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make the promised European Communities (Energy Performance of Buildings) regulations; and if he...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the review of the National Climate Change Strategy; the reason for the delay in...
- Waste Management
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Government should spearhead moves at EU level to reduce packaging waste in view of...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local government employees by administrative area per head of population, the position held and...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social housing units completed in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7406/07]
- Housing Schemes
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has decided when and where he will introduce a pilot scheme for tenant purchase in the cooperative and...
- Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list the strategy documents published by his Department since 1997; the cost of publishing the...
- Water Quality
Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to remedy the remaining deficiencies in public and group water supplies, as identified...
- Election Management System
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasoning behind the decision to move electronic voting machines to a central location; and if he will...
- Strategy on Homelessness
Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he will convene a National Consultative Committee to guide the development of a new...
- Election Expenditure
Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make regulations increasing spending limits for the 2007 General Election; the amounts to which...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the aims of the Government's new housing policy statement Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of urban renewal schemes approved by his Department since July 1997; the number of residential...
- Control of Dogs
Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions to control dangerous dogs, such as pit bull terriers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Language
Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date to his Department of implementing the Official Languages Act, 2003 including translation and...
- Radon Gas Awareness
Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money spent in 2006 in highlighting public awareness of radon and on improving information to...
- Road Network
Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding provided by his Department for non-national roads for each of the years 1994 to date in...
- Waste Management
Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further steps necessary to take in order that Ireland meets best waste management practice as achieved by...
- Planning Issues
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the policy in relation to the significant increase in development charges nationally to the...
- Property Management
Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of his Department's engagement with the construction industry in relation to problems connected...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of nuclear discharge emanating from British Nuclear Fuels Limited plants in the UK; the progress...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units, which have been delivered to date, under Part V of the...
- Water Pollution
Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he has received information from the various local authorities throughout the country...
- Register of Electors
Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of prisoners who have registered to vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7417/07]
- Environmental Policy
Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures outlined in the National Development Plan that will address the protection of the environment...
- Local Authority Grants
Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the current funding for architectural protection grants; and if he will make a statement on...
- Energy Conservation
Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason there was a delay in implementing increased energy efficiency provisions in the Building...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his assessment of the situation relating to the accommodation of Travellers; and if he will make a statement...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his discussions and correspondence with tribunals under the remit of his Department regarding legal costs and...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in obtaining agreement from the European Commission to meet with Ireland's...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures that will be implemented to close the gap of 0.6 million tonnes of carbon emissions that lie...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to extend the closing date for SAC appeals; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite the commencement of work on an affordable housing scheme at Clonakilty, County Cork; and...
- Recycling Policy
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way Ireland's recycling rates compare with those of other EU Member States; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location and exact numbers; the cost per house; if the purchase was part of a wider agreement and if he...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if some of the moneys being used to purchase carbon credits abroad will be used here to encourage research...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the factors that determine the type of housing units that are acquired by local authorities under Part V of...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the growth in ownership of SUVs and other large engine cars; and if he will make a statement on...
- Dog Licences
Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to introduce a new system of the electronic tagging of dogs to replace the current licensing...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if new national monuments have been discovered or revealed in the course of the works associated with the M3...
- Planning Issues
Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to finalise new guidelines on the design and quality of apartments here to reflect the needs...
- Waste Management
Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when will he announce his intentions regarding the regulation of the waste sector; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vacant social housing units here at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Charges
Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the controversial farm water charges go way beyond requirements of EU water legislation;...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the issues discussed by him during his recent meeting in Dublin with a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Waste Management
Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he has taken to reduce the levels of recyclable waste exported from the State; and if he will...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the importance and recognition that his Department attaches to the natural heritage of Bull Island, Dublin 3;...
- Environmental Law
Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission proposal to introduce EU-wide minimum sentences for nine offences...
- Housing Policy
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of producing, publishing and laminating Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities; and if he will...
- Strategy on Homelessness
Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the elimination of homelessness by 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact on local council funding for County Mayo from the recent proposals to change the basis on which...
- Recycling Policy
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a national strategy on the establishment of new recycling facilities and the improvement of...
- Public Play Facilities
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to continue supporting the provision of playgrounds and skateboard parks; the progress to...
- House Sizes
Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average size of a new house in Dublin and nationally in July 1997 and corresponding average sizes now;...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable housing units completed in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the entrance into force of the European building performance directive, he will provide grants...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the increases in the funding allocated to local authorities under the local government fund compare...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population
Question 215: To ask the Taoiseach the population in each of the 18 Dublin Garda districts at the 2006 census. [7637/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 216: To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body and agency under the aegis of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of HGV drivers detected and prosecuted for infringements of vehicle standards each year from 2000...
- Garda Deployment
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the residents in areas (details supplied) in dealing with anti-social activity; and if he...
- Maintenance Payments
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the avenues of redress open to persons whose former partners renege on their legal obligations to make...
- Visa Applications
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will specify what "no provision to grant visa" means on a letter of refusal to a visa applicant; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when approval of stamp 4 will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make...
- Work Permits
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, arising from the occasion of Bulgaria to membership of the European Union, the status of a person...
- Garda Stations
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the hours each day that Aglish Garda station in County Waterford is open to the public; if telephone calls to...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the minimum height regulations for entry to An Garda Síochána; his views on removing such height...
- Crime Prevention
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put a security and safety plan in place at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in order to...
- Visa Applications
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application by a person (details supplied) for a visa will be decided on; and the position regarding...
- Community Policing
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of community Gardaí in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 20 in each of the years 2000 to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in attendance in District Courts in Dublin on a daily basis; the cost of same; if...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the solicitors remunerated under the criminal and civil legal aid schemes in 2006; and the amounts awarded in...
- Visa Applications
Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure for admission and exit to and from the State by aircraft personnel in the course of their work....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [7275/07]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has re-examined a claim made by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, denying his Department's...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for citizenship....
- Community Policing
Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that more community Gardaí are on the beat in the Fairview and Marino, Dublin 3 area; and...
- Garda Stations
Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the policing policy at Irish West Airport, Knock; his views on whether a permanent Garda...
- Requests for Clemency
Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a final reply will issue to this Deputy in response to correspondence regarding a person (details...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria for assessing a community closed circuit television application; when he expects to confirm the...
- Stardust Tragedy
Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when he will appoint a commission of investigation into the terrible fire disaster at the Stardust...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a programme of providing current funding to closed circuit television schemes in view of the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide additional resources to An Garda Síochána to allow special attention to be given to an...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of institutional facilities belonging to his Department or funded or part-funded by his Department...
- Court Procedures
Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unexecuted bench warrants issued in each of the past four years nationwide; and if he will make...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the purpose of the present construction works in Arbour Hill Prison; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission can or will be given persons (details supplied) in County Cork to transfer to a self catering...
- Garda Strength
Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí stationed in the areas of Tallaght, Rathfarnham and Terenure, each year, from 1997 to...
- Crime Levels
Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rates of reported crime, the rates of prosecution of reported crime and the rates of conviction in the...
- Residency Permits
Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a residency visa for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a post-nuptial citizenship application by a person (details supplied) in...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding allocated to the closed circuit television scheme in Mullingar in each of the past three years;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of a person (details supplied) who has applied for naturalisation; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for...
- Work Permits
Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of work permits issued to EEA nationals proposing to operate a business here to date in 2007; the...
- Crime Levels
Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline offences recorded and detected in 2006 under each of the ten groupings used for classification...
- Garda Strength
Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda strength in each of the 18 Garda districts within the Dublin metropolitan area and the specialist...
- Garda Investigations
Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 201, the progress made in the Garda investigation to which he made...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application from areas (details supplied) for a pilot closed circuit television...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fatalities on Irish roads from 7 am to 12 noon in 2005 and 2006, respectively; and if he will...
- Garda Stations
Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda station at Inistioge, County Kilkenny, is to be refurbished and provided with better public...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of forensic teams available currently to investigate road accidents; his plans to increase this...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason An Garda Síochána provided information under a request for Garda clearance that related to a...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals to improve commercial tax rates on tractors which are hired for work on motorways; if these tractors are compelled to utilise...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for the special VAT dispensation on the purchase of a car by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Flood Relief
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to investigate a landslide (details supplied) which occurred in County Mayo; if this area has been...
- Tax Code
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives that exist to support the development of a school of music; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7170/07]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance the improvements that have been made to the disabled drivers scheme following the report of the interdepartmental review group in 2004 with...
- Tax Yield
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance the figure for income generated from the 21% VAT rate on condoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7261/07]
- Flood Relief
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance when fencing will be erected at Dukesmeadows and Bishopsmeadows, Kilkenny City arising from the flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Yield
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the Exchequer current account surplus per each of the years 1998 to 2006 inclusive; and the current account surplus in general...
- Tax Code
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance further to his recent decision to increase the thresholds at which VAT returns must be made, if he has used up his full discretion under EU rules to...
- Flood Relief
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider a decision in connection with the Office of Public Works having a policy whereby flood relief is not provided wholly for...
- Tax Collection
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance when original invoices submitted as part of claims for VAT refunds by an unregistered farmer will be returned to a person (details supplied) in...
- Freedom of Information
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Voluntary Health Insurance company is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; if not, the reason for same; and if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body and agency under...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Limerick are seeking to acquire ground for facilities for the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if advanced notice is given when child care facilities are being inspected; if so, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the levels of funding made available for drug treatment in the Dublin south west parts of Dublin 6W, 24 and 12, each year from 1997 to...
- Community Drugs Schemes
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to restore the right of pharmacists to be able to engage in collective bargaining on fees for the delivery of the community...
- Health Service Staff
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures to be put in place by the Health Service Executive to accommodate people who had given up employment to pursue a PhD in...
- Health Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the average time it takes for a child to get...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received reports on the shortage of BCG vaccine; if she has systems within her Department that keep track of stocks of...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive have a service agreement for public patients with the Whitfield Clinic when providing mammograms; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has to wait until July 2007 for an eye operation; and if she will make this a...
- Health Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide locum cover to general practitioners working on Ireland's off-shore islands; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused a medical card in view of their serious physical disability;...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the membership of the working group set up to examine the links between drug and alcohol policies; and if she will appoint a...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if people who have been in full time residential care for many years are eligible to make a claim or have a claim made on their behalf...
- Health Services
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to end the unequal treatment of children attending private primary school in respect of dental and optical treatment in view...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the BreastCheck programme will be available in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7283/07]
- Health Service Executive
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will lay a copy of the management structure of the Health Service Executive together with contact personnel and their particular...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedure for bringing all residents of nursing homes who are in receipt of nursing home subvention to the new rate of €300 p.a.;...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a full explanation as to the reason stocks of BCG vaccination were almost exhausted in recent weeks resulting in the...
- Health Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the implementation of the National Action Plan for Dementia; the success that has been achieved to date in this area; the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers for the elderly employed on a full time basis in County Mayo; her views on whether there is an urgent need...
- Hospital Services
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a kidney scan following a recent lengthy hospital stay; and if she...
- Screening Programmes
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her stance in relation to the testing for B Strep infection of pregnant woman in view of the amount of women who...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the gross health spend for each of the years 1997 to 2006; and the gross allocation for 2007. [7350/07]
- Health Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children is she will provide funding for the retention of a personal assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- Health Service Review
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on correspondence (details supplied); if she will investigate the concerns raised; if she has a proposed solution to the...
- Health Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase funding to Headway Ireland to address the serious problems encountered by people with acquired brain injury; and if...
- Animal Welfare
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to ensure that the housing and care of animals and invertebrates used in scientific procedures conforms with...
- Hospital Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the plan which the Government has approved for a new national children's hospital will include a specialist ward for the care of sick...
- Health Services
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting for an appointment with the occupational...
- Hospital Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on cleaning services for hospitals (details supplied) in the north east area for the years 2002 to 2006; if...
- Health Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kerry has been waiting since June 2002 to have orthodontic treatment; and if she will...
- Hospital Staffing
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing levels of Tallaght Hospital, each year, from 1997 to date in 2007. [7543/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients treated in Tallaght Hospital, each year, from 1997 to date in 2007. [7544/07]
- Health Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [7553/07]
- Adoption Services
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a delay in the inter country adoption process as it is currently at 30 months on average and in some cases it...
- Hospital Services
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop palliative care beds in County Roscommon; the provision for such beds in the capital programme; if previous...
- Health Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the services provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 with a disability; and if she will put in a...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assisted by the Health Service Executive in getting a new doctor under the GMS...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to patients who had already sold their homes to pay for nursing home care when the nursing home provision...
- VHI Staffing
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people employed by the Voluntary Health Insurance company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7630/07]
- Ambulance Service
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive ambulance service is restricted to a petrol station in Shankill for diesel in view of the fact...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in regard to a submission (details supplied); the position of the application for treatment; if in view of the delays that the...
- Grant Payments
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to previous parliamentary questions, the position of an application for a group (details supplied) for funding to ensure the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny can be referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund as they have been...
- Health Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has not received an appointment at the County Clinic, Kilkenny to be assessed...
- Hospital Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a bed at St. James Hospital, Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7654/07]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is a public...
- Hospital Services
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7676/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of her Department, each State, semi-State body and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fishing Fleet Protection
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps that will be taken with regard to the fleet decommissioning of €66 million promised in the...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timescale and process to take place in the development of the implementation plan for the Foyle; and if he...
- Fishing Industry
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the landing figures for oysters and mussels in Moville and Greencastle, County Donegal for the years 1995 to...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department ever issued aquaculture licences of any size in Lough Foyle; when these licences were issued;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the provisions available for rural communities to avail of broadband services; and if he will make a statement...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the future of the snap net fishery on the River Suir; the proposals that have been made to...
- Post Office Network
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide an updated report to Dáil Éireann on negotiations between the Irish Postmasters Union, An...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of staff from BIM who have volunteered for decentralisation to Clonakilty; the stage the building...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on complaints made by SMEs on the costs of connecting to the MANS network and if his Department has...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to roll-out the MANS programme to Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are support mechanisms for persons (details supplied) travelling with voluntary groups to assist under developed nations in...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the US Government is dictating Irish foreign policy towards Cuba; and if the US embassy in Dublin had a role in his refusing to meet a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when certificate of citizenship will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason for the delays; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body and agency...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if assistance will be given in having a decision expedited in relation to the release of lands for use by a club (details supplied)...
- Schools of Music
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the supports available to develop a school of music; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7171/07]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a sports capital grant will be awarded to a club (details supplied) in County Galway. [7200/07]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason there are no public swimming pools in the Dublin 5 area; and if he has plans in 2007 to develop sport and leisure centres...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will assist a group (detail supplied) in Dublin 9 with funding; and if he will advise them on grants. [7217/07]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in providing a swimming pool in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to an application by a club (details supplied) in County Galway for funding under the 2007 sports...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation with respect to the proposals to develop a swimming pool at Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received the application from a trust (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if he will ensure that funding is allocated;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the landbanks owned by the IDA in all locations in County Mayo; the extent of such landbanks; the extent of each such...
- Company Registrations
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies registered in the Dublin south west parts of Dublin 6W, 12 and 24, each year, from 1997 to date in...
- Job Losses
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has issued requests or is aware of requests, being issued in relation to companies proposing redundancies or lay-offs...
- Industrial Relations
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will investigate the unfair treatment of staff at a company (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the long-term future for...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the response of his Department following the recent TG4 Fíorsceal programme on asbestos aired on 18 February 2007; if...
- Industrial Development
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visiting itineraries for commercial or industrial projects that occurred due to recent initiatives by IDA or...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are policy changes proposed in relation to the community employment scheme operated by FÁS; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State,...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Payment Delivery Service
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will assure the Houses of the Oireachtas that social welfare contracts will remain with the post office (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will examine an application for SWA payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has again applied...
- Free Travel Scheme
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm that the opportunity for free all-Ireland travel for pensioners does not apply to persons on a disability...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason persons (details supplied) in County Kildare have not received funding under the supplementary welfare scheme as...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body...
- Department of Transport
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the demand of People Against Road Carnage, a group representing the families of road victims, for legislation directing gardaí to...
- Parking Regulations
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made on the request from residents in the Croke Park area for the introduction of residents only parking; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress relating to automation of level crossing XS 87 at Cortober/Cordrehid, east of Carrick-on-Shannon, County Roscommon; and if he will...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of HGV drivers detected and prosecuted for infringements of driver hours each year from 2000 to date in 2007; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport if, when licences are awarded to private bus companies, anti-competitive practices by these companies are ruled out; if less onerous conditions...
- Tourism Industry
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport when implementation of the proposed economic and tourism development plan for Shannon Airport will begin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vehicle Height Limits
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the terms of the ban on the height of supertrucks which he will impose; the date on which the proposed ban will come into place; and the...
- Rail Services
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport further to the European Parliament's second reading vote of 18 January 2007 on the draft EC regulation on rail passenger rights, if he will...
- Regional Airports
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will guarantee the necessary additional funding of up to €30 million for Knock Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has not included the upgrade to the Ballybrophy to Limerick line under the Transport 21 programme; if an opportunity exists to have...
- Road Safety
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that all local authorities employ full time road safety officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7375/07]
- Road Network
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport the location where precisely on the M50 will the barrier free tolling point be located. [7521/07]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport the State's exact percentage shareholding in Aer Lingus. [7564/07]
- Rail Network
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will double the railway track line from the southern end of the tunnel at Bray Head to Greystones Station to increase the frequency of the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body and agency under...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason Údarás na Gaeltachta did not pay superannuation contributions for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will apply the RAPID criteria to the Dublin 7 closed circuit television action group's application for funding...
- Community Development
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he proposes to approve the extension of the northside partnership to include Howth parish particularly in view...
- Social Inclusion
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to each individual partnership delivering the local development and social inclusion...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of participants employed on the rural social scheme by either of the LEADER companies operating in County...
- Polasaí Fostaíochta
Question 440: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é polasaí Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le Gaeilge a bheith ag daoine atá ar fostú i bpoist atá maoinithe acu in...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an application from areas (details supplied) for a pilot closed circuit television project; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State,...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views, with reference to financial support to Mná Ti who accommodate students in the Gaeltacht under the Irish...
- Ferry Passenger Facilities
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department is in a position to assist in providing a shelter for ferry passengers at the ferry terminals at...
- Rural Transport
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the provision of a transport scheme serving rural pubs; the basis on which it will operate; the amount...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the existing An Bord Bia staff that have applied for decentralisation with the agency; the grade these staff are currently on; if any...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the stage of the application for early farm retirement for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will be made;...
- Milk Quota
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can retain their milk quota in view of their particular circumstances; and if she will...
- Animal Welfare
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of snares laid by her Department officials to snare badgers in 2006; if her Department has received complaints that other...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment for the slatted shed of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo under the farm waste scheme will be issued; the reason...
- Grant Payments
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted their single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Development Programme
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if deer farming is being included in the rural development 2007 to 2013 programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Protection Areas
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an appropriate regime will be agreed to accommodate forestry and the hen harrier in areas being proposed as special protection...
- Grant Payments
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be awarded their grant under the farm development scheme; if their receipts...
- Farm Inspections
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will implement a more user friendly farm inspection scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7623/07]
- Milk Quota
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the tax treatment of milk quota in view of the fact that it is not...
- Dairy Sector
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the national milk rights group submission on a dairy welfare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7662/07]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her response to the EU petitions committee report on the EU early retirement scheme; the steps she is taking to address the issues...
- Grant Payments
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single farm payments for 2005 and 2006 will issue for persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [7665/07]
- Environmental Protection
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will suspend a requirement (details supplied) as has been done in other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of her Department, each State, semi-State body and...
- Department of Education and Science
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to class size for national schools; her views on whether a 32 to 1 ratio is acceptable in a class of 6 to 7...
- School Staffing
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they can be reinstated as a matter of urgency; and if...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a deadline for the production of recommendations by the UK consultant appointed to review the application for university...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by parents of children attending a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow,...
- Irish Language
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances (details supplied); if she will intervene with her Department officials on this...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans for a second level school at Adamstown, Lucan; and when it is planned to commence and complete...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance her Department can give to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7163/07]
- School Staffing
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of principals schools in County Kerry which have benefited from her recent announcement on administrative principals; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the definition of a unit in respect of classes for autistic children at primary school is used for any other categories of special...
- Psychological Service
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of National Education Psychological Service psychologists available in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will sanction the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will provide funding for this purpose;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide funding for an autistic unit for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will sanction same. [7228/07]
- School Accommodation
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is taking to increase secondary school places in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, which is listed as priority one for a new school building, will be given the go...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of public money spent on legal cases against families of children with a disability in 2006 and to date in 2007...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) on protest outside Dáil Éireann; and if there are other ways to solve...
- Third Level Fees
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding payment of fees by a student from the Republic of Ireland who wishes to attend college in Northern Ireland...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in the planned development of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; when approval for the project to...
- School Transport
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo from their home, based on medical grounds and in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway has been received under the small school scheme; if her attention...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will include a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the category of unclusterable disadvantaged status; and if...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size by school for schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Language Support Programme
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of Parliamentary Questions Nos. 507, 509, 510 and 511 of 20 February 2007, the date from which the two teacher rule and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will fund home tuition for a child (details supplied) in County Mayo with special needs; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure for applying for funding to equip classrooms; if the equipment grant for developing schools continues to be available;...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress her Department has made in acquiring a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will supply the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 20 February 2007, with respect to when this...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the dispute between lecturers and students on the one hand and the management of Dundalk IT on the...
- School Accommodation
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied); and if there are future plans to extend the lease there after it expires in 2009; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is a need to set up a separate education unit for autistic children at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 when...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have applied for grant aid for major capital works; if...
- Grant Payments
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in the Dublin south west parts of Dublin 6W, 24 and 12 that received funding from 1997 to date in 2007; the amount of...
- School Enrolments
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils who entered their first year of secondary school in the Dublin south west parts of Dublin 6W, 24 and 12, each...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students enrolled in the Institute of Technology Tallaght, each year from 1996 to 2006. [7533/07]
- School Accommodation
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow that is in need of additional accommodation; the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the application for planning permission for the 16 class primary school in Ongar,...
- Adult Education
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding which has been allocated to Waterford City VEC for each year since 2002; the percentage of this budget which has...
- Special Interest Groups
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason seed funding of €35,000 due to a group (details supplied) has still not been granted; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with respect to the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a meeting will take place between persons (details supplied) in County Mayo and an official from her Department. [7672/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of her Department, each State, semi-State body and...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of reducing class sizes to 20 pupils to 1 teacher in the primary school system; the estimated number of extra...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the provision of a primary school at Rochestown and the site that will be used for the proposed school. [7790/07]
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to soldiers being detailed to EU battle groups; the selection process; if participation in such groups will be voluntary;...
- Defence Forces Health Care
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to soldiers who are out on sick leave due to illness for a sustained period of time; the entitlements they have; and if he...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body and agency under...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will provide funding for a group (details supplied); the sources of funding that could be...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the proposal to designate lands as special areas of conservation. [7227/07]
- Road Network
Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with regard to the proposed eastern bridge at Riverside in Sligo, an application for funding has been...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has provided capital grants or grants for the provision of new sewerage schemes or for the...
- Official Engagements
Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of his recent meeting with other EU Environment Ministers in Brussels; and if he will make a...
- Building Regulations
Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is time that his Department produced regulations, in view of the fact that Dún...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses allocated in County Carlow to date; the number due to be built in 2007; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when contract documents will be signed for Clonlara sewerage scheme, County Clare; and when the scheme will...
- Litter Pollution
Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the local authorities have reported on an escalation of the problems associated with graffiti; the...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the usage of inferior nuclear reactors by the British power stations; if he will list such reactors and their...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name of each application submitted by Kilkenny County Council in respect of a serviced land initiative;...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects a house (details supplied) in County Carlow to be taken in charge by the State; the reason...
- EU Directives
Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1866 of 31 January 2007, his views on the proposed EU soil directive;...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to carry out a remedial works scheme on an estate (details supplied) in County Meath; if...
- Noise Pollution
Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the high frequency with which alarms go off without an intruder, which...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures followed in the appointment of the serving members of An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a local authority would grant full planning permission for a single-unit, single-storey dwelling...
- Graffiti Offences
Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce changes to the Litter Act 1982 to ensure local authorities are requested to remove all...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for capital funding to purchase properties under the programme; the number that...
- Environmental Policy
Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an official in his Department who has the task of advising him on climate change and energy...
- National Heritage Sites
Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the existence of the Brú na Bóinne consultative committee; the reason...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of funding that will issue to the Health Service Executive in south Tipperary for the special...
- Housing Grants
Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, due to the increase in the cost of building material, general building costs and the overall cost of...
- Planning Issues
Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the residential density guidelines 2007 will be published. [7509/07]
- Election Management System
Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of desks and stands that were bought to accommodate electronic voting; the cost of those desks and...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on urban renewal programs in Dublin 6W, 12 and 24, each year, from 1997 to date in 2007....
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the provision of an upgraded sewerage scheme for Bruff, County Limerick. [7552/07]
- Local Government Act 2001
Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason replies are not issuing from certain sections of a local authority (details supplied); and if he...
- Waste Management
Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the widespread practice whereby groups distribute plastic sacks to homes...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on extending the scheme to purchase houses (details supplied) in County Cork. [7673/07]
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties faced by residents in an affordable housing...
- Planning Issues
Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the various local authorities are operating the statutory guidelines announced by him in...
- Freedom of Information
Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the undertaking given during the course of the passage of the abolition of...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure the ready availability of sufficient supplies of domestic drinking water from now until...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the degree to which his Department is involved in the National Emergency Plan; if he is satisfied that the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each...
