Written answers
Wednesday, 7 March 2007
- Department of Defence
- Common Foreign and Security Policy
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence the agenda for the informal meeting of EU defence Ministers in Wiesbaden, Germany, on 1 and 2 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Battle Groups
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish troops will be working closely with their EU battle group partners before the end of March 2007, as indicated by the Chief of Staff of the...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence when the inter-departmental working group on emergency planning and the Task Force on Emergency Planning last met; and if he will make a statement on...
- Drug Testing Programme
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of drugs tests carried out on members of the Defence Forces for each of the past five years for which records are available; and if he...
- Overseas Missions
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the activities of Irish troops participating in the Unifil mission; the length of time the troops are expected to...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps retain old aircraft for historical purposes; the number and type of old fixed and rotary winged aircraft it retains; his plans to...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the rate of inflation has now reached 5.2% and that the increase in the Estimates for his...
- Defence Forces Communications
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Defence the regulations regarding Ministerial permission for statements by the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Overseas Missions
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that neither of the two survivors is satisfied with the outcome of the Behan Report into the Niemba...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been recent exercises of the Government's National Emergency Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/07]
- Military Arbitration Schemes
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will grant the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association access to a conciliation and arbitration scheme as they are the only...
- Overseas Missions
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of countries in which a deployment of more than 50 members of the Defence Forces are currently serving; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the way the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces is progressing; the numbers enlisted in the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
- Overseas Missions
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has visited Irish overseas troop deployments; if he is satisfied regarding the extent of facilities and backup in each case;...
- Courts Martial
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of courts martial that have taken place in the Defence Forces in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Military Disciplinary Hearings
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the case where a member of the Defence Forces is challenging the constitutionality of the military disciplinary...
- Army Equitation School
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of horses acquired by the Army Equitation School in recent years; the number of officers and military personnel assigned to the...
- Overseas Missions
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Defence the outcome of his discussions with the Lebanese authorities regarding the investigation into the disappearance of Private Kevin Joyce in 1981 in...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of letters that he has exchanged with the Defence Forces Chief of Staff in February 2007; the nature of this correspondence; and if he...
- Defence Forces Reform
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Defence the nature, extent and level of sexual harassment, harassment, discrimination and bullying within the Defence Forces; the progress regarding...
- Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has proposals under active consideration to increase the retirement age for officers within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals for recruiting professionals such as doctors and engineers through the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps being undertaken to attract more women into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8695/07]
- Defence Forces Review
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Defence if the mid-point review of the implementation of the 2000 White Paper on Defence has been completed; the conclusions it has reached; the areas due...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Defence when the fifteen additional Mowag Piranha APCs will come into service; the costs involved; if these will be configured differently to the existing...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Defence if the average age of members of the Defence Forces across each rank has fallen or risen over the past ten years; if the trend is the same for...
- Overseas Missions
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Defence the preparations being made for the Defence Forces assuming lead nation status in Kosovo; the additional manpower and resources required; the...
- Commemorative Events
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made on preparing for the Easter Rising Commemoration in 2007. [8764/07]
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of nuclear, chemical and biological suits available to members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Defence if the tender competition for the disposal of four Dauphin and one Gazelle helicopter has been completed; if the sale has taken place; the price...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement regarding future plans for barracks including any planned closures. [8898/07]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Defence Forces; the gender balance and the rank gender balance; the measures he has considered to improve the gender...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Defence the major equipment purchases planned for 2007 and 2008; the financial provisions made for these purchases; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Communications
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the Chief of Staff's statement that the Irish Defence Forces are increasingly becoming involved in more complex and robust missions...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress he has made to date to encourage greater opportunities for both general service recruits and experienced non commissioned officers to...
- Defence Forces Regulations
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied). [8899/07]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Defence the nature and extent of improvement works undertaken at the Defence Forces training centre at the Curragh since 2002; the amount spent on such...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Defence when the new AB139 helicopters will come into service; the total cost of these helicopters; the duties they will perform; if the contract will be...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the use of the Government jet by the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6328/07]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Defence the barrack improvements his Department have planned in 2007; the value of these improvements; the progress made in the barrack improvements...
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints referred to the ombudsman for investigation since that office was established; the number that have been resolved; the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the Northern Ireland talks. [9115/07]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Gaming and Lotteries Acts
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a prohibition here on the purchase of British premium bonds by Irish citizens living in the State...
- Residency Permits
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a residency application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [8987/07]
- Garda Deployment
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the refurbishment of Aclare Garda Station; when a Garda Sergeant will be appointed as...
- Prison Staff
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 24 February 2005, if he followed the procedures as specified in...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of young offenders currently in custody; the annual average cost of detaining a young offender;...
- Visa Applications
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) who was granted a joint spouse visa for three months was only allowed...
- Garda Operations
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the Garda operation at Shannon Airport in 2006; and his views on whether there is merit in...
- Drug Seizures
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in County Clare in 2005 and 2006; and the quantity and make up of each seizure....
- Garda Stations
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made to close Mountjoy Garda Station; if such a decision will be reviewed in view of...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the provision of a closed circuit television system for Athy, County Kildare; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the next tranche of community Gardaí will enter the system; the number that will be assigned to the...
- Sexual Offences
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that all existing legislation protects children; and the position regarding this matter....
- Department of Finance
- Site Acquisitions
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 14 December 2006, the status of the negotiations for the acquisition of a site in Mullingar; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation with respect to an application from a group (details supplied) in County Wicklow for a revenue account number in order to assist the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the projects which were earmarked for 2006 which had an underspend in that year; the amount of the underspend in each case; and if he will make a...
- Department of Health and Children
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 27 September 2006 and in view of the response from the Health Services Executive, if she...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are proposals to provide a health centre in Sallins, County Kildare which is served by the health centre in Kill, County...
- Health Service Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive and health boards in each of the past five years;...
- Child Care Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 28 February 2007, when the review of this application will take place taking into account...
- Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide occupational therapy to a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [8986/07]
- Rehabilitation Facilities
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to a previous parliamentary question on the matter, progress has been made on the provision of a rehabilitation unit for...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for a psychologist; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to a previous parliamentary question, if she will take steps to expedite the payment of capital funding and other...
- Hospital Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment with an occupational therapist; when this person was...
- Health Service Staff
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if health board paediatricians are being appointed to replace those retired or who have left the service; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a parliamentary question (details supplied), the reason incorrect information was given. [9054/07]
- Health Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken to provide speech therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the other forms of support her Department...
- Medical Cards
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 725 of 31 January 2007, if she will insist on the medical card being issued to the applicant based...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the resolution of the accident and emergency beds issue at Beaumont Hospital and practical efforts to increase...
- Medical Malpractice
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a case of malpractice was taken against a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin in 1972. [9111/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given a bed in a hospital in Dublin. [9124/07]
- Health Service Allowances
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will review the taxi fare assistance sought by a person (details supplied) who cannot manage to get her...
- Ambulance Service
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is possible for a person (details supplied) to meet with this Deputy and a deputation from Wexford Ambulance Service; and if she...
- Health Service Executive Report
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the family of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a copy of the report by the Health Service Executive; the...
- Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time a person must wait from being approved for home help and receiving the assistance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the investigations into or reports or papers prepared by her Department into the anorexia nervosa disease; the action taken by her...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications made through the CAF for the decentralisation of BIM's offices from Dún Laoghaire...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the existence of green energy services companies; the support he has...
- Energy Conservation
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans, to introduce a ban on ordinary light bulbs to ensure a move to reasonably priced long life bulbs as...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding available under the national broadband scheme for projects in County Westmeath who are awaiting the...
- Motor Fuels
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his or other Government Departments have responsibility in respect of the importation or storage and retail...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will introduce a reduced cost for Irish passports, both first time applicants and renewals, to people with a disability; when such a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to an application by a club (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the initiatives his Department is taking, both in sport and tourism, to develop walkways here and to promote walking holidays; and...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to an application to his Department under the sports capital funding by a club (details supplied) in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will grant work permits to an employer (details supplied) in County Galway. [9015/07]
- Job Creation
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the IDA in County Clare and the mid-west in 2006; the breakdown of the number of visits by...
- Industrial Development
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to County Clare sites by foreign owned companies looking to invest here organised by Shannon...
- Housing Advice Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what a first-time house buyer who paid a deposit can do to challenge a developer who is not carrying out his duty on the...
- Motor Fuels
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his or other Departments have responsibility in respect of the importation or storage and retail of petrol or diesel...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact many social welfare recipients in Ballyfermot, Chapelizod and Palmerstown have not...
- Departmental Staff
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the new structure the job of community welfare officer will take on under his Department; if this position will continue to have...
- Grant Payments
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a system will be put in place to enable people, particularly the elderly, to purchase cemetery plots at a price they can...
- Pension Provisions
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that people in receipt of contributory pensions who were due an extra days payment in...
- Department of Transport
- Rural Transport Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of the rural transport initiative in County Roscommon; his further plans at a national level for the development of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of the Bus Éireann fleet serving the midlands area that are wheelchair accessible and are capable of facilitating people with...
- Bus Licences
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason an application for a route licence made to his Department by a company (details supplied) has not been processed; when the application...
- Open Skies Agreement
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is confident that changes will be made to the existing open skies agreement with the US in time for the summer 2007 season to allow Aer...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport the position of the provision of taxi ranks; the person who is responsible for the provision of such ranks in the legislation of the Taxi...
- Road Network
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in his view a non-public road which has been improved under a local improvement scheme can be taken in charge by the relevant local authority;...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Grant Payments
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his changes for the provision of grant assistance to the farming community to refurbish old farm buildings into...
- Ferry Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the two tenders received for the Cape Clear ferry were both unsatisfactory; if so, the reason negotiations were...
- Grant Payments
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available through his Department for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to a community...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the scheme for early retirement from farming; if she will take steps to deem all applications received by her...
- Animal Identification Scheme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of equines with a passport issued under her Department regulations; the number of equines here without such a passport; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive the second half of their 2006 single farm payment; and if she...
- Animal By-Products Regulations
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the regulations governing the spreading of offal, belly grass and slurry from meat factories; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Grant Payments
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will reconsider the decision made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) on single payment entitlements. [9106/07]
- Turbary Rights
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of a meeting between an inspector from her Department and a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9122/07]
- Food Industry
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for investment in research and development in the agriculture and food sectors. [9162/07]
- Healthy Eating Guidelines
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her efforts to promote healthy eating amongst school children. [9163/07]
- Horticulture Sector
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her efforts to assist the horticulture sector in recent years; and her plans for its future development. [9164/07]
- Social Partnership Agreements
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main benefits of the partnership agreement with the farming organisations; and the progress of discussions at EU level on the rural...
- EU Regulations
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding her efforts to bring about the simplification of EU Regulations including the issue of cross compliance...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food to outline progress under the farm waste management scheme. [9167/07]
- Live Exports
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the live trade sector; the way it has performed over the past five years; her plans for its future development; and if she...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the prospects for the forestry sector in 2007. [9169/07]
- Live Exports
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the prospects for live exports in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9170/07]
- Agricultural Processing Sectors
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for investment in the dairy, beef and sheep processing sectors. [9171/07]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her efforts to assist the biofuel sector. [9173/07]
- Afforestation Programme
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there is no requirement to use a native species of tree in the national afforestation programme, Growing for the Future; and...
- Vegetable Sector
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she will respond to the Irish Farmers Association's claim that the vegetable growing industry will be gone within three years...
- Department of Education and Science
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to rectify the situation where 56% of all Mayo primary school pupils are in a class size in excess of 24; and if she will...
- School Transport
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a pick up point for school transport for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be sanctioned. [8971/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate a capital grant in 2007 for a school (details supplied) in County Cork to build an extension in order that it...
- Adult Education
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support Aontas in matters (details supplied). [8973/07]
- Speech and Language Therapists
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who graduated from the two year masters course in speech and language therapy in University Limerick in June...
- School Accommodation
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has only got temporary accommodation; if she will make...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide basic expenses for trainee teachers to cover the high costs that trainee teachers incur during their...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide adequate educational resources for a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [8977/07]
- Departmental Properties
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a building (details supplied) in County Mayo is in the ownership of her Department; if so, the steps that will be taken to prevent...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if plans are in place, or being considered, for a primary level school at Rochestown, County Cork; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the pupil teacher ratio figures for primary schools for 2006 to 2007 will be available; if she will provide the figures as...
- School Accommodation
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a list of the requested improvement accommodation works for the primary sector and post primary sector for schools...
- Pension Provisions
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will be in a position to provide a gratuity and pension to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [9014/07]
- School Enrolments
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a waiting list of 60 applicants for a first year place in a school (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9052/07]
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9053/07]
- College Closures
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to a college (details supplied) in County Donegal which is threatened with closure this season; and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the interests of road safety, it is proposed to develop space for off road parking at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken to provide speech therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the other forms of support her...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the maximum support and assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in 2007 particularly in relation to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra support available for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the circumstances of that case; and if she will...
- Irish Language
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 27 February 2007 if she will again reconsider the decision made on this case (details...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Communications
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Defence the regulations or procedures governing media interviews given by general staff of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Defence the role of the Defence Forces and the Civil Defence in search and rescue services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8538/07]
- Partnership for Peace
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Defence the training opportunities provided by Ireland's participation in Partnership for Peace to help further enhance and develop Ireland's Defence...
- Overseas Missions
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Defence the Government's policy with regard to the future development of the Defence Forces in overseas missions; if all such participation will have triple...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the use of his Department's lands at Gormanstown, County Meath for use by the local authority for social and affordable...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made on the research he commissioned into the attitudes of women to careers in the Defence Forces; the nature and scope of the research...
- Garda Investigations
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Garda Commissioner reported on the outcome of the Garda investigation undertaken into the death of a soldier (details supplied) in the...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Defence the total receipts accruing to the Exchequer from the disposal of the military installations decommissioned in 1998; the costs of maintenance,...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Defence if the naval service is adequately equipped and upgraded to meet any likely requirements such as participation in international operations; and if...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for grant assistance for the provision of playgrounds in County Kildare received...
- Waste Water Management
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will address the issues in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on this...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made within his Department in respect of the provision of a new sewerage scheme...
- Land Designation Appeal
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an appeal on the designation of land (details supplied)in County Roscommon; if he will expedite...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding provision of the water supply scheme to Croom and Patrickswell, County Limerick. [9016/07]
- Recycling Policy
Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the supports or structures the Government is putting in place to ensure that all used tyres are re-cycled and...
- Animal Welfare Bodies
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available from his Department to local authorities for the provision of dog shelters and dog...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has a system of grants or proposals for grants for the provision of skateboard parks by...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable housing units built in Kildare in 2006; the cost to the applicant of such units; the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding he has allocated to the local authority for the Cranmore regeneration project in Sligo; if his...
