Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2007
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has fewer public holidays than the majority of EU Member States; if...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 5 December 2006, his plans to increase the number of community employment...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to the constituency office of Minister of State for Trade and...
- Trade Missions
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on plans for a trade mission to Kazakhstan in 2007; if it is intended that there will be a Ministerial...
- Employment Rights
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of the investigation on the disclosure that Polish workers employed by a contractor at the ESB power station...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish export markets are sufficiently well placed to withstand competition; and if he will make a...
- Export Data
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the annual reports published pursuant to the Control of Exports Bill will provide details of the quantities of goods...
- Skills Development
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the €2.8 billion allocated to skills development under the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 that...
- Public Transport
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the...
- Industrial Development
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to address low Kerry disposable incomes and high live register figures as per Central Statistics...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of travel and maintenance expenses incurred individually in respect of each person by name in the employment of...
- Job Creation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans his Department has for increased employment in County Mayo; his views on whether that infrastructure needs urgent...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to his constituency office, whether based at his Department's...
- Migrant Workers
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views, in view of the stark difference in the number of work permits issued to Romanian and Bulgarian nationals as...
- Employment Rights
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on recent reports of film production companies here paying employees below minimum wage rates; if he is taking...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will enhance the powers and remit of the Competition Authority. [8582/07]
- Equality Issues
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the provisions of employment law that discriminate against employees over 65 years of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department and its agencies currently based in offices rented by, rather than owned by, the...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, as indicated in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 31 January 2007, the remuneration of the State...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of industrial disputes that resulted in strike action in 2006 that related directly to his Department or its...
- Job Creation
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for job creation in the south and south west following the recent high profile job losses at three companies; his...
- Work Life Balance Initiatives
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on activities organised or funded by his Department for work life balance day on 1 March 2007; the...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that current health and safety legislation is adequate in preventing deaths in the workplace; his plans...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to the Minister of State for Labour Affairs constituency...
- Pharmaceutical Industry
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the recruitment of a consultant to stem the loss of jobs from Ireland's pharmaceutical industry; the...
- EU Directives
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility, remaining to be implemented; the directives that...
- Fair Trade Promotion
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to promote fair trade fortnight both within and outside his Department; and if he will make a...
- Work Permits
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that current regulation of the work permits scheme is sufficiently robust to ensure against specious...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who undertook FÁS training courses in 2006; the percentage of those who were unemployed, who were in...
- Overseas Trade Promotion
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the activities to date of IDA Ireland's China office; the number of joint Chinese Irish ventures...
- Enterprise Incentives
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the differences in incentives, financial or otherwise, available to foreign direct investors versus indigenous industry in...
- Employment Rights
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will remove the exemption of sea-going vessels from the transfer of undertakings legislation which protects employee...
- North-South Enterprise Policy
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in negotiations with the British Government relating to a North-South enterprise policy; and if he...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will allocate additional staff to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement. [8581/07]
- Consumer Protection
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the Casual Trading Act, 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7420/07]
- Employment Rights Bodies
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional resources he has secured for employment rights bodies; and the way and the dates which these additional...
- Migrant Workers
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to help improve and support the English language skills of immigrants here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish legislation which will make a repeat of what happened in the Irish Ferries' redundancy deal illegal....
- Workplace Violence
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions study which...
- Departmental Staff
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there has been a negative impact on the work of his Department or its agencies from the Government's Public Service...
- Energy Conservation
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions taken by his Department and its agencies to date to ensure maximum energy efficiency and minimum carbon...
- Labour Inspectorate
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently employed by the Labour Inspectorate of his Department; the number of labour...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the service provided by broadband, cable television and telephone providers requires customer support...
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that almost 40% of assessments made by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in the first two and a...
- Migrant Workers
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that in the first six weeks of 2007, 17 of the 3,164 Romanians who entered Ireland and received...
- Employee Rights Protection
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the exemption of doctors in training under Section 17 of the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Work) Act...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name of the persons in respect of the category of Ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in...
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases currently before the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; the number of cases for which rulings have...
- Job Creation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Interdepartmental Group on Donegal,...
- Environmental Support Schemes
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dedicated supports available to companies from Enterprise Ireland aimed at increasing awareness of, and promoting, eco...
- National Employment Rights Authority
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress made in the establishment of the office of the director of employment rights compliance; and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by his Department; the number of staff as of 31 December in each year from 2002 to 2006; the...
- Enterprise Regulation
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reduce the regulatory burden on small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Redundancy Payments
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the dispute between Greencore and its former employees, who are still to receive their redundancy...
- Company Law Enforcement
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of investigations by the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Employment Appeals Tribunal and other agencies...
- Lisbon Agenda
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress his Department has made in implementing the Lisbon Agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Economic Performance
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the concerns of local community groups in respect of the factors that have led to the south east region...
- Employment Rights Protection
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of false contracting being used across a wide range of industries in order...
- Irish Language
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to his Department of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003; the number of documents that were published in...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to further develop the community employment scheme, in particular to enhancing employment levels of the over...
- Foreign Direct Investment
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recent contacts with representatives in the Eastern Bloc to promote Ireland as a suitable destination for investment;...
- Public Procurement Policy
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the motion recently passed by Dublin City Council regarding fair wages; his views on the...
- Official Travel
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the international flights taken by his Departmental staff on Department business during 2006; the number of flights to each...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Multinational Corporations
Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money repatriated by multinational corporations in each year from 2000 inclusive. [8890/07]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Regulatory Reform
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission in relation to wardship particularly...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that public service providers are accessible to deaf people through sign language...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm having received an application for citizenship from a person (details supplied) in County...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who drive HGVs who have been detected, charged and convicted, respectively, for...
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Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the high percentage of motorists who are detected for penalty points, but who evade conviction;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [8405/07]
- Visa Applications
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [8406/07]
- Residency Permits
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long term residency for a person (details supplied); and when a decision can...
- Sexual Offences
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons on the sex offenders register as on the latest date for which figures are available....
- Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of ASBOs served in the Lucan and Clondalkin Garda districts since ASBOs were made law; the detail...
- Garda Operations
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of overtime worked by gardaí in the Lucan and Clondalkin Garda districts under Operation Anvil...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on changing the entry requirements for an Garda Síochána in relation to a second language to...
- Garda Stations
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that the new Garda station on Pottery Road, Dún Laoghaire replacing the existing Garda...
- Garda Deployment
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average number of Garda foot patrols in each Garda district per month. [8496/07]
- Garda Strength
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda force in Counties Laois and Offaly broken down by rank; the number of Garda...
- National Women's Strategy
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with respect to the National Women's Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding that his Department made available to an organisation (details supplied) each year from 2000 to...
- Equality Issues
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (details supplied); the...
- Garda Resources
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda resources available in Donegal at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8654/07]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to combat human trafficking and to ratify United Nations Protocols and...
- Garda Strength
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and rank of Gardaí located in Enfield Station; the number of additional personnel that have been...
- Port Status
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to private airports here; the private airports that have port of entry status; the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations that are equipped to record interviews and interrogations with suspects; and the Garda...
- Garda Training
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual budget allocated for ongoing professional development of attested Gardaí; and if he will make a...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 8 February 2007 regarding...
- Garda Stations
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 31 January 2007 in relation...
- Garda Strength
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 31 January 2007 regarding...
- Garda Communications
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 31 January 2007 questioning...
- Sexual Offences
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the cutting short of a prisoner's sentence on grounds of good behaviour can be justified in the case of a...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the range of post prison release procedures, regulations and safeguards that are in place to monitor and...
- Sex Offenders
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all convicted sex offenders are automatically placed on the Sex Offenders Register; if not, how it is...
- Garda Investigations
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities on the issues raised in the correspondence (details...
- Garda Strength
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the cutback in Garda coverage in the Ballydesmond Knocknagree area. [8790/07]
- Interception Orders
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of telecommunications interception orders which he signed each year since taking office. [8858/07]
- Asylum Applications
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick needs to apply for an extension of their permission to...
- Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of ASBOs administered to the end of February 2007; the location where these were implemented; and...
- Prison Staff
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the employment and social insurance details regarding a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Commemorative Events
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans by the Government at present to mint a commemorative €2 coin in 2007 and in future years like many other EU Member States; and...
- Garda Stations
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the new Garda station on Pottery Road, Dún Laoghaire to replace the existing Garda station at Kill-o-the-Grange;. [8452/07]
- Tourism Promotion
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if in the context of his recent announcement for the promotion of tourism activities by way of tax incentives on the River Shannon, he will take...
- Tax Code
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who has had medical treatment abroad, in a non-EU country can claim tax relief on the medical costs incurred; and if he will make a...
- Registration of Title
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the Office of Public Works to complete the transfer of title for the proposed site for a school (details supplied) in County Meath...
- Tax Code
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax returns made by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare or by a company; the years concerned; the amount paid; and...
- Flood Relief
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has undertaken a hydrological analysis of any alterations to the flood plains in an area (details supplied) of County...
- Heritage Sites
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the Swiss Cottage, Cahir, County Tipperary opens as scheduled on 8 March 2007 and continues to remain open as usual for the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the grants or financial incentives available from his Department for adapting diesel cars in order that they can use biofuels; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria involved when two farmers are making a direct swap of land and where no money is being exchanged; if there are tax implications...
- Tax Collection
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the corporation tax paid by multinational corporations in this State in each year since 2000 inclusive. [8891/07]
- Departmental Properties
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the future plans for lands purchased some years ago for a customs station at Carrickcarnon, Ravensdale, Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlements for dental treatment that a person who has leukaemia and has a medical card qualifies for; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual running cost of the high scope and incredible years programmes respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Sexual Assault Treatment Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will distribute the €2.4 million announced in Budget 2007 for sexual assault units; the mechanism available to rape crisis...
- Child Care Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to Pobal's recent directive regarding different charges in community creches; and if she will make a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if people who have been in long stay mental health treatment units have been requested, to pay in a retrospective fashion charges, which...
- Health Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an investigation into all aspects of the care of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who attended the accident and emergency department in James Connolly Hospital in 2005 and in 2006; the number who...
- Cystic Fibrosis Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money allocated in the Estimates for 2006 for the creation of new medical posts for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; the...
- Health Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when chiropody services from the Health Service Executive will be provided again to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8313/07]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital expenditure budget for the current phase of development for Tullamore Hospital; when the hospital will be opening its new...
- Hospital Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services planned for the ground floor of Tullamore Hospital in view of the demolition works; if there has been a change of services...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital expenditure on the Midlands Regional Hospital at Tullamore for each of the past 10 years; and if she will compare this...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided to extend hours at a centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Executive Report
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a report, commissioned by the Health Service Executive in November 2006 regarding the area surrounding a facility (details...
- Hospital Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to one of the major hospitals to have an...
- Adoption Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans, in view of the fact that couples who wish to adopt children in this country and who live in the Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare...
- Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 on their release from Beaumont Hospital; if a long term care plan...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, in view of the fact that under the National Treatment Purchase Fund patients are having procedures and operations carried...
- Hospital Report
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the final report of the Coombe Women's Hospital Study of Alcohol, Smoking and Illicit Drug Use, 1988 to 2005....
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a group (details supplied) regarding the limitation of visiting hours in some of the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in Clondalkin and Lucan who have benefited from the National Treatment Purchase Fund for the year 2006 and to date...
- Medical Cards
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Wexford were refused a medical card or general practitioner card; the amount in excess...
- Medical Practitioners Bill
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will pay more attention to the views of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association in relation to their concerns regarding the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was refused the special ceiling hoist; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 20 February 2007, the breakdown of the 52,962 surgical procedures arranged by the National...
- Medical Cards
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a general practitioner can refuse to sign a medical or GP card application for a patient who wishes to apply; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new positions for speech and language therapists that have been created in each of the past five years, in each of the...
- Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in each of the Health Service Executive areas; the average...
- Hospital Admissions
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were re-admitted to hospital within one week of discharge in 2006. [8462/07]
- Medical Cards
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people covered by a full medical card cover B, doctor only medical card covering County Limerick. [8463/07]
- Mental Health Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of capital funding for the mental health services in St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick and the Mid Western Regional Hospital,...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed new Dingle Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8466/07]
- EU Directives
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the European Working Time Directive for Doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8467/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost per day and the average length of bed-day stays for patients admitted to hospitals with CAD, COPD and CHF. [8468/07]
- Health Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with speech therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients occupying beds in general hospitals for in excess of three calendar months; the daily cost of these hospital...
- Palliative Care Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in order to reduce inappropriate accident and emergency admissions and to ensure that a patients dignity is upheld in the...
- Nursing Home Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in view of the fact that private nursing homes provide 96% of beds in north Dublin, for highly dependent patients whose...
- Hospital Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the final transfer of medical and support facilities from St Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6, to St James' Hospital, Dublin 8,...
- Hospital Report
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received an annual report from the board of St Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6, for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006;...
- Ambulance Service
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a private ambulance company can obtain a registration form for a private ambulance service from VHI taking into account that the...
- Health Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children waiting for hearing tests broken down on a county basis. [8492/07]
- Medical Cards
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners only cards allocated on a county basis at the latest date for which figures are available. [8493/07]
- Health Service Charges
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a record in her Department to show if the Health Service Executive drew allowance from the Department of Social and Family...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the enquiry into the complaint of bullying by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin at their place of work will be held; and...
- Ambulance Service
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 31 January 2007. [8521/07]
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 31 January 2007. [8522/07]
- Mental Health Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 878 of 31 January 2007. [8523/07]
- Medical Cards
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason disposable stomach bags for cancer patients are not covered by the medical card; her views on the case of a person (details...
- Departmental Funding
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for capital funding to purchase properties for institutions providing residential care; the number that were...
- Youth Services
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 20 February 2007, the exact amount that is being made available from within the vote of the...
- Hospital Hygiene
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the standard of hygiene in Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8608/07]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting inpatient treatment and outpatient appointments at Tallaght Hospital; the number of patients waiting for...
- Food Supplements
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Government's attention has been drawn to the potential damage that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's proposed nutrient...
- Medical Cards
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 does not lose their medical card; and if she will give them the maximum...
- Health Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8707/07]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons quinine tablets are not listed as one of the drugs free to medical card holders; the frequency with which this list is...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application made for a refund under the nursing home fees repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
- Child Care Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new childcare places created as part of the National Childcare Strategy 2006; the amount spent on the creation of new...
- Mental Health Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will implement the recommendations of A Vision for Change, the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy; and if she...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will implement the recommendations of Reach Out, The National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005 to 2014; and if...
- Hospital Staff
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a consultant physician will be appointed to the Regional Hospital Mullingar in order to bring the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in regard to documentation (details supplied) in relation to acquired brain injury; the assistance, resources or facilities...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for subvention will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [8865/07]
- Health Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an occupational therapist; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the precise number of medical card holders who stayed in private nursing homes, who are now suing the State to recover the aforesaid...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a situation (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will address the urgent need for 40 more medical beds at Mayo General...
- Medicinal Products
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on recent medical concerns regarding the use of drug coated stents in the treatment of blocked arteries; the number of Irish...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist the spouse of a deceased person (details supplied) to establish if an Anti-D injection administered to them on 10...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will pay for speech therapy and occupational therapy for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which has...
- Hospital Services
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to the dialysis unit at Midland...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Building Regulations
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the budget allocated to Sustainable Energy Ireland for the training of building energy rating assessors; the...
- Television Licences
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that full year, full cost radio/television licences must be...
- Bainistíocht Chomhshaoil
Question 329: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Mara agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha an eiseoidh sé nó an eiseoidh a chomhghleacaithe na ceadúnais atá riachtanach chun go dtógfaidh siad mar chúram...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is trying to remove the livelihood of fishermen without compensating them (details supplied). [8311/07]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation in relation to the Bass (restrictions on sale) Order and Bass Fishing Conservation By-Law; if his...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband will be available to customers in rural areas of County Kerry served by exchanges which are not...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the grants or financial incentives available from his Department for adapting diesel cars in order that they...
- Electricity Generation
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projected cost of the 500MW east-west interconnector provided for in the National Development Plan; and if...
- Energy Conservation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the average energy saving achieved per house in the warmer homes scheme since 2001; if his Department has a...
- Electricity Generation
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in proceeding with the electricity interconnector which could help raise the use of...
- Salmon Hardship Scheme
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the compensation scheme for net fishermen will include those who have worked as drift-net fishermen as their...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation in relation to controlling premium rate text messages on mobile phones in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce measures to strengthen the representation of consumers in the regulation of the telecoms...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to undocumented Irish people living in America; the meetings planned in this regard during his forthcoming visit...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will investigate a complaint (details supplied) against the French authorities; and if he will raise this as a matter of priority....
- Broadcasting Services
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he received a feasibility plan for a UN world television channel network, Eirde, and proposals to locate the project in Dublin; the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the examination and certification will be given to a sports complex (details supplied) to allow them to draw down funding under...
- Film Industry Development
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the low level of activity currently taking place in the Irish film industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the consideration being given to a National Lottery application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to non-EEA nationals proposing to operate a business in the State to date in 2007; the...
- Grocery Industry
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Irish food suppliers and distributors have benefited from multinational chain store operators that have opened outlets...
- Job Creation
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cities and counties where employment and job opportunities have been created over the past 10 years; the cites and...
- Industrial Development
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recent contacts with companies in the United States to promote Ireland as a suitable destination for investment; the...
- Research and Development Expenditure
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of research and development that Irish companies were spending as a percentage of GDP in 1987 and 1997 and the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a new chief executive officer for the Health and Safety Authority has been appointed; when the transition will take...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full time staff in each County Enterprise Board as of 31 December 2006; the number of part time staff in each...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in respect of the community employment scheme in order to ensure that participants continue to partake...
- Work Permits
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Galway in working here; and if he will work with the Department of...
- Job Advertising
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way Irish workers are expected to compete in the employment market if firms do not advertise job vacancies locally but...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is proposed to relocate the offices of Enterprise Ireland and related agencies from its present site at Glasnevin,...
- Tax Collection
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he proposes to take to ensure that the reduction in VAT from 21% to 13.5% on car booster seats, which was...
- Corporate Enforcement
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 15 November 2006 and No. 151 of 31 January 2007, if he has...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the vacancies outstanding on State Boards within his portfolio; the time for which the position has been vacant; when he...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give favourable consideration to the disposal of a site (details supplied) as requested; and if he will make a...
- Work Permits
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits applied for in each of the past five years; the number approved, rejected or unresolved; and if...
- Job Losses
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of manufacturing jobs lost throughout County Kildare in the past eight years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Grocery Industry
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he has monitored food price increases with particular reference to the price fall he predicted in the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to provide sufficient funding to FÁS to facilitate the restoration in full of schemes curtailed or...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the Government's decentralisation programme has been activated by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Job Losses
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which Government policy is expected to be revised to combat job losses through relocation; and if he will...
- Employment Rights
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rules and guidelines regarding workers who work overtime but are given time off in lieu instead of overtime payment;...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Workman's Compensation Act 1934 was repealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8245/07]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded jobseekers allowance following the success of their appeal; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the respite care grant. [8385/07]
- Social Welfare Allowances
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare would have subsidy rent allowance removed if they commenced a community...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the respite care grant is available to a person who is in receipt of an old age pension and is looking after an elderly person...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the costs for the launch of the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007 to 2016 Building an Inclusive Society, including...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be held for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding their appeal for carers allowance as...
- Social Insurance Numbers
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is originally from the Six Counties, was refused in their request for...
- Pension Provisions
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of women aged 70 years and over who do not have independent means, property or pension; if he is satisfied himself that...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons parents of children with cerebral palsy are means tested for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the amount of family income supplement being granted to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [8772/07]
- Department of Transport
- Harbour Authorities
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation with regard to the future of Bantry Harbour and the harbour board; if there is a timeframe in place for any such plan; if his...
- Rail Services
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the successful rail freight service being operated by Irish Rail for a company (details supplied) from Ballina...
- Legislative Programme
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation to reform the Transport Act 1932 will be published by the end of this Dáil session; the details of this legislation; and if he...
- Public Transport
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether public transport subventions should be based on the operator's ability to attract increased passenger numbers; if he will...
- Road Safety
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Transport the way digital tachograph offences are detected in relation to foreign registered drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8255/07]
- Road Network
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport if the introduction of barrier free tolling on the M50 requires a legislative basis; the details and purpose of such legislation; when same will...
- Aviation Agreements
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will negotiate a reformed or new bilateral aviation agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on...
- Integrated Transport Services
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons the Government made no submission to the September 2005 staff working paper (details supplied); the reasons the National Development...
- Public Transport
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport the work carried out by the CIÉ restructuring division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/07]
- Road Safety
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Transport if HGV drivers over 70 years of age will be restricted or prohibited from driving resulting from the introduction of digital tachographs; and if...
- Public Transport
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided to Iarnród Éireann in each of the past five years. [8450/07]
- Road Safety
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty with transferring some HGV drivers to a digital tachograph system as a result of deficiencies in...
- State Airports
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider his decision not to carry out an economic impact study on Shannon Airport and the wider region to assess the effects an Open...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport the grants or financial incentives available from his Department for adapting diesel cars in order that they can use biofuels; and if he will make...
- Garage Network
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will request the Road Safety Authority to take steps to ensure there is an adequate network of garages around the country capable of dealing...
- Road Traffic Legislation
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation in respect of protected exclusion zones around Croke Park on match days for resident-only parking; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the cleaning of the Grand Canal should take place all year; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Rights of Way
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are grants available for the putting in place of public walkways through private land; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be provided for an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8262/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will assist a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5 with funding in 2007 particularly in respect of a new floor...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an application (details supplied) has been received; if this application has been assessed by his Department; when...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of advertising for an event (details supplied); the media outlets used; the cost of each advertisement to...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farm Inspections
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will take steps to reduce the complex, bureaucratic and oppressive inspection regime, that her Department has put in place,...
- Grant Payments
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a single farm payment for 2006 has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
- On-farm Investment Schemes
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a new grant aid scheme for farmers for bored wells to enable farmers to provide non-domestic water supplies for...
- Grant Payments
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single farm payment has not been made to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; if she will expedite the payment;...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she proposes alternative enterprises for the stakeholders affected by the closure of Carlow and Mallow Greencore plants; the efforts...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when grants will be awarded to growers of biomass crops; the amount per acre each of them will be paid; and if she will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 20 February 2007 when she will process 2005 applications in County Clare which are subject...
- Farm Safety
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review plans to ban the process of electro immobilisation of farm animals in the interest of safety for farmers and...
- Grant Payments
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange payment under the single farm scheme 2006 for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [8516/07]
- Livestock Records
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the register and book owners of sheep are supposed to use at present (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange full payment under the single farm payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [8588/07]
- Department of Education and Science
- Irish Sign Language
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Government will recognise Irish sign language as an official sign language; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [8239/07]
- School Transport
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has carried out a study as to the compliance rate by students both primary and post primary in terms of wearing...
- Scéimeanna Tógála Scoile
Question 452: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cathain a chuirfidh sí ant-airgead ar fáil chun foirgneamh nua scoile a thógáil do Ghaelscoil Chloich na Coillte, Contae Chorcaí;...
- School Accommodation
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for additional and ancillary accommodation by a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she is taking to reduce class sizes in primary schools at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the proposed new sports hall at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, the amount allocated to the project in 2007;...
- Third Level Fees
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide tax relief on registration fees paid by persons who do not qualify for the grant to attend third level. [8287/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will include a school (details supplied) in County Cork in the revised Book of Estimates. [8289/07]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects the Chief State Solicitor to complete deliberations on the transfer of title for the proposed site for a school...
- School Accommodation
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of extra classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Galway, which is...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the steps her Department have taken in the acquiring of a site...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene to ensure that persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will be assisted in respect of their speech and...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the special rate of maintenance grant available to applicants of HEA grants; the qualifying criteria therefore; if the number of...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork is currently being considered for funding for a general purpose area under the capital...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has not included a proposed school (details supplied) in County Dublin in the permanent school building programme; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused access for a reader for their leaving certificate when one was...
- School Discipline
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in Clondalkin and Lucan that applied to the National Behaviour Support Service for assistance; and if she will...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget spent on the provision of facilities and the promotion of physical education by her Department in primary schools here in...
- School Accommodation
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be taken in charge by her Department. [8444/07]
- Adult Education
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure that a centre (details supplied) in County Waterford can continue all their classes; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the technical inspection of a school (details supplied) will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Examinations
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a system of waiver available to a student (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to their repeat arts exam; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has further been...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of radon remediation projects that have been funded in schools over the past two years, broken down on a county basis....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made regarding the awarding of home tuition to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to be able to supply information on the size of classes in primary schools for 2007; the number of schools that have...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will publish a report which she asked the National Council for Special Education to compile on the most appropriate educational...
- School Management
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she or her Department has received correspondence from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been put in place for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8603/07]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if the land has been acquired; and the length of time it will take...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the proposed new 16 classroom Gaelscoil at Ballyshane, Midleton; when the project will start; and when it will be...
- Third Level Institutions
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of higher diploma places available in third level institutions; the budget allocated for the delivery of the higher diploma...
- Adult Education
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funds which have been allocated to the proposed family literacy project included in the DEIS action plan; if targets have been set...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on specific supports addressing educational disadvantage in 2006 with a breakdown of the costs for each support; and...
- School Staffing
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected cost of removing the cap on the number of English language support teachers for newcomer children to which schools will...
- Psychological Service
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of employing one additional educational psychologist to work in the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she...
- Adult Education
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected cost of the 7000 extra adult literacy places within the VEC sector as promised in Towards 2016; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway who have submitted a revised application to her...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the proposed decentralised building for her Department will commence in Athlone; the duration of time it will take to complete...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the third level maintenance grant. [8705/07]
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the agreement reached on salary scales for graduates of a college (details supplied) should they be appointed to a post as a primary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the refurbishment and extension to a school (details supplied) County Donegal. [8718/07]
- School Accommodation
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reassure the parents of the children of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 that the school will continue to operate...
- School Libraries
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funds allocated for library facilities in disadvantaged schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8729/07]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the significantly high pupil teacher ratio at a primary school (detail supplied) in County...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used to determine the reason two county Clare secondary schools were removed from the DEIS scheme; and if in view of...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are vacancies in the Cork Naval dockyard for tradesmen such as carpenters and painters; and when these vacancies will be filled. [8427/07]
- Defence Forces Morale
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 12 October 2006, the progress that has been made in the time at sea issue; the number of personnel who...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that there is adequate resources such as footwear, uniforms and clothing in general available to Reserve Defence Force personnel...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Architectural Heritage
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider the acquisition of a protected building (details supplied). [8784/07]
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the closing date for SAC submissions or objections can be extended to allow time for SAC observations to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the proposed new sewerage schemes for Kiltimagh, Belmullet and Foxford, County Mayo, the amount...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money applied for by Roscommon County Council for the year 2007 for footpaths in the Boyle Town...
- Cosaint Chósta
Question 512: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil an eiseoidh sé nó an eiseoidh a chomhghleacaithe na ceadúnais atá riachtanach chun go dtógfaidh siad mar...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the contract documents for the waste water treatment plant for the Skibbereen...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in view of a report funding has been allocated for the regeneration of an estate (details supplied) in...
- Register of Electors
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures that were implemented to register prisoners for voting; the number of prisoners in each prison...
- Natural Habitat Protection
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the periods in which hedge cutting can take place; if there are plans to extend this period; the basis on...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation of persons (details supplied) who have been approved for the...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the scheme for disposal of plastic used in silage production and storage will be introduced in south...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 27 February 2007, if he will provide the data for 2002 in the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 27 February 2007, if he has no objection to funding 50% of the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of the new Buttevant sewerage scheme; and the completion date for the scheme. [8623/07]
- Irish Language
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the substantial costs incurred in the translation and publication of bilingual documents referred to in...
- Election Management System
Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs incurred in storing the electronic voting machines at Gormanstown Camp, County Meath including...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority building inspectors currently employed; the cost of employing one such...
- Planning Issues
Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the income received by the State from the planning participation fee by year between 2000 and 2006; and if he...
- Library Projects
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budget allocated for local authority libraries; the strategic plans that exist for local authority...
- National Monuments
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will immediately give approval to Sligo County Council to continue with works to Kilvarnet cemetery;...
- Waste Management
Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a timeframe for the regulations giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No 166/2006...
- Environmental Policy
Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the reasons Directive 2003/4 of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental...
- Waste Treatment
Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the facilities in Westmeath and Longford which have been designated as authorised treatment facilities for...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the approved facility in Westmeath and Longford for the collection and recycling of farm plastics. [8856/07]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will state with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 28 February 2007 and his reply thereto,...
- Deer Population
Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated number of wild deer in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/07]
