Written answers

Tuesday, 20 March 2007

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest relief granted in relation to interest relief on investment properties let for residential purposes; the breakdown of the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if recent announced measures extending the capacity of credit unions are the extent to which he will allow reforms of this sector; and his plans to...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an analysis of the implications of the recent interest rate rises and of further expected interest rate increases...
    • Tax Code
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increasing number of high net worth individuals avoiding capital acquisitions tax on multi-million euro house transfers as a...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest returns he has received in respect of progress in the expenditure profile and the profile in delivery of planned outputs from the various...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the forecasts for the increase in tax revenue for 2008 and 2009; the projections for employment growth, house price growth and the numbers of...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure a full uptake of the national development plan in the Border Midland Western regions; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the trends in the past three months in respect of stamp duty; and if he will indicate the movement in the volume of sales and of...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he will take measures to control inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10251/07]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the Exchequer returns for the first two months of 2007, the income tax, capital gains and excise duty receipts coming in below...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of outstanding uncollected taxes; the proportion of same the Revenue Commissioners expect to recover; if any new measures are planned to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the different annual take home pay in 2007 of a married couple with two earners earning a combined income of €65,000 and a married couple with one...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants...
    • Tax Code
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Danish system of refunding VAT paid by charities. [10148/07]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which a gift to a serving Minister will be deemed to be a conflict of interest under the proposed new amendment to rules...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the heavy reliance of the Exchequer on revenue from the housing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10208/07]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of persons non-resident for tax purposes for each of the past three tax years; if the Revenue Commissioners have...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent increase in the consumer price index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10222/07]
    • State Airports
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the sniffer dog situation at Ireland West Airport, Knock as there is concern that the cover is not sufficient; and if he will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of small, privately administered pension schemes and the number of persons that have applied for exemptions under the new €5 million...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no code of practice to protect consumers in the sale of travel insurance; and if he will...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for the Irish economy of the recent quarter point increase in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance when the stamp duty loophole involving the use of licensing arrangements in respect of land transfer and development land deals, to avoid capital...
    • Social Finance Foundation
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance when the social finance fund announced in budget 2006 will start to issue loans to voluntary projects; the person who will be in charge of the fund;...
    • Public Service Employment
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the projected increase in public service employment in 2007; and the strategy for the growth in public service numbers...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs, in terms of acquiring and equipping premises and other related costs, at the latest date for which figures are available of...
    • Consumer Credit
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential economic implications of record levels of personal indebtedness which have now been reached in this State. [10184/07]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs' headquarters to Ireland West Airport,...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the system in place for pinning responsibility on named public officials for the delivery of public investment projects on time and on budget....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if any Departments have furnished him with proposed performance indicators for measuring the impact of public spending; and if he will arrange to...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated arising from stamp duty on house sales over the past five years; the consideration that has been given to reduce revenue...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of travel and subsistence in his Department in each year since 2004 and to date in 2007; and if the establishment of decentralised offices...
    • Tax Code
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the high dependence of the Government on tax receipts from property and consumption means that any contraction or downturn in...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified economic factors underlying the loss of export market share by Ireland and significant job losses in trading sectors in the...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the projects examined in the past 12 months by the central examination unit of his Department. [10189/07]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the net VAT paid by the building and construction sectors for each of the years 2003 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on legislating for the right to a bank account, as has been done in other states, to enable people without a bank account to open an...
    • Tax Code
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax implications for farmers who do not receive their single farm payment in the year of their application; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of further ECB rate rises being anticipated for 2007. [10162/07]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department's programme for decentralisation has progressed; the associated costs to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of random audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners in 2006; the way this compares with each year from 2003; the number expected to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of attempts by the European Commission to harmonise corporate tax rates in the European Union. [10153/07]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage of these...
    • Tax Code
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners who are paying tax at the higher rate and the standard rate for 2006; the anticipated figures for each...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance when, in view of the fact that low income families which have no savings can fall into debt particularly easily, he will introduce a savings scheme...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants anticipated to have moved under the Government's decentralisation office relocation programme by 1 June...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the equity of tax relief provisions for pensions. [10205/07]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the PAYE tax paid over by the 100 largest corporate tax payers in PAYE for each of the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for his failure to introduce increased restrictions on the use of specified tax reliefs by high income individuals as part of recent...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the Irish Government in responding to the call of the German Government for greater international regulation of hedge funds. [10151/07]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he has given to amending the rules relating to the primary medical certificate in order that the qualification criteria include a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will terminate tax breaks for the construction of private hospitals. [10188/07]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the corporation tax paid by the largest 100 corporate tax payers in corporation tax for each of the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, broken down...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent sharp declines in global stock markets; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over €7 billion was wiped off the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of three semi-State bodies (details supplied) of using mailbox companies in the Netherlands to...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the rules in relation to mandatory advertising within the European Union of public contracts or public private contracts; if the same rules apply to...
    • House Prices
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that another interest rate increase will place Ireland in the high risk category of experiencing a sharp house price reversal;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with other Government Departments or State agencies who are concerned at the reported potential loss of up to 20% of the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that financial institutions are not walking some borrowers into over-exposed positions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the ethical investment guidelines being adopted in respect of investments and investment vehicles such as the National Pensions Reserve Fund under...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Combat Poverty Agency study, Financial Exclusion in Ireland — An Exploratory Study and Policy Review, which found that low...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the decentralisation implementation group; when it last met with the Minister of State; when it last reported on...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected average rate of inflation for 2007; and if his budgetary figures will be re-adjusted as a result. [10161/07]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that as interest rates rise, the financial institutions are not taking the opportunity to increase their margins. [10210/07]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he outlined the global threat of climate change at the recent Irish-American partnership breakfast held in Chicago, USA. [10158/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's view on the potential for taxation to play a role in promoting energy efficiency and emissions reductions. [10209/07]
    • Consumer Credit
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the effect that the relentless pace of interest rate increases over the past 15 months may be having on families with high credit card...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an assessment of the capacity of the construction industry to deal with added work under the national development plan; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of staff in his Department who receive expenses for use of private cars, use of public transport or use of bicycles. [10157/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a subvention scheme for charities in respect of VAT payments along the lines of that operated in Denmark; and if he will make...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach the next steps which the Government envisages in respect of the MacEntee report on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Statistics
      Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach the accuracy of the 2006 census on a county basis; the breakdown of forms distributed to households; the number returned completed; the number of households...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 179: To ask the Taoiseach the number of public appointments he made in the past two months. [9417/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 180: To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department. [9857/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into Irish law;...
    • Departmental Communications
      Question 184: To ask the Taoiseach the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone a Government Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 185: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage of...
    • Interdepartmental Committees
      Question 186: To ask the Taoiseach the members and functions of the Cabinet committee on social inclusion. [10579/07]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, arising from correspondence regarding the unsatisfactory state of upkeep of lands on which a centre...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on introducing paid paternity leave; the annual cost to the Exchequer of introducing a week's paid...
    • Property Law
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way the legislation banning the creation of new ground leases passed some years ago interacts with the...
    • Gaming and Lotteries Acts
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role of his Department in supervising and monitoring the operation of foreign lotteries (details...
    • Court Procedures
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the background to subject matter and status of negotiations between the Government and the widow of a person...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanisms in place to protect children from offensive, age inappropriate or dangerous multimedia...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the problems in the Ranelagh area being caused by a group of young adults,...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who were placed in padded cells in 2005 and 2006. [9443/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when persons (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be granted their citizenship; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug units in Dublin and their distribution; the number of gardaí who are working in each...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [9520/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of family...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 to remain...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce on the spot fines for public order offences; the offences that will be covered by the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow for...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the full cost of the installation and operation of the proposed national speed camera system; and if he will...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an apology will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission can or will be given to persons (details supplied) in County Cork to transfer to a self...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that have been expressed regarding the inadequacies in the...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners from each prison here who prior to their release date and taking into account normal...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason there was a decline and then cessation over the past seven years in the number of prosecutions...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to repeal or reform the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929 in response to the report of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make public the letter written by the Secretary General of his Department to An Garda Síochána...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket...
    • Land Registry
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a transaction by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in the Land Registry Office....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis...
    • Gaming and Lotteries Acts
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 7 March 2007 means that it is not lawful to purchase a...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 29 November 2006, if the Garda authorities will report on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long-term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at Portlaoise divisional headquarters; if a new divisional...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 15 February 2007, he will indicate such knowledge as he has...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 22 February 2007, the number of penalty points...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda force employed in County Donegal by location; the increase in Garda numbers in this...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of patrol cars available in Malahide, Swords, Balbriggan, Skerries, Lusk, Rush and Garristown...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda force and community gardaí employed in Crumlin, Kevin Street and Terenure Garda...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to applications for naturalisation for persons (details supplied); if they will be...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the residency application for the spouse of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one Garda allocated to monitoring speeding for...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will shut down Mountjoy or Fitzgibbon Street Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons (details supplied) have not yet been granted a residence permit despite the fact that such...
    • EU Directives
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce the Criminal Justice (Trafficking in Persons and Sexual Offences) Bill; and if he will...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gardaí who are operating machinery for breath tests are required to wear gloves to prevent the...
    • Witness Intimidation
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a process involving two-way mirrors is available for the holding of identity parades, in order that the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the visa application of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; when the...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will honour his commitment to pay the cost of independent forensic tests in the case of a person...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the delay in replying to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 6 February 2007; if an urgent response can be...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the exact requirements for citizenship for an individual who is married to an Irish citizen; the length of...
    • Data Protection
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the persons arrested for drunk driving and who subsequently were not convicted have had their names...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who has applied for an education visa; if this will...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the national women's strategy will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10357/07]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people within a group (details supplied) under Garda surveillance; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 253: 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...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to a residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for citizenship....
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the closed circuit television schemes in Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 20 which have received or are expected to...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a determination will be made in the appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for the right to remain by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 which had...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of each of the occasions he has visited each of the prisons in the State since he...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he will ask the Garda Commissioner to...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of young people taking part in the Garda youth diversion project in Clondalkin and Lucan; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status regarding the case of a person (details supplied) seeking Irish residence; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants in his Department that have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to amend equality legislation to prevent discrimination on grounds (details supplied). [8556/07]
    • Departmental Communications
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is flexibility in the medical criteria for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon to receive a primary medical certificate under...
    • Tax Code
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to extend the VAT exemption, which is currently available to fishermen who own boats of 15 tons and over, to smaller...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will sanction the proposals to commence the redevelopment of the old derelict Garda station at Dunmanway, County Cork. [10093/07]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance the relationship there must be between a person in receipt of a primary medical certificate and the person availing of the relief when purchasing a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will directly or through Kildare County Council address the issue of the retaining wall at Captain's Hill, Leixlip, County Kildare built in...
    • Public Service Charges
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will initiate a review of user fees and service charges for essential public services to examine their impact on low income families with a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance if a site has been identified for the decentralisation of the Department of Education and Science to Mullingar; if the contract has been awarded; if...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance when the proposed long overdue building for Castleisland Garda station will be finally expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance if a recent audit has been carried out on all public buildings, to ensure that they are fitted with appropriate equipment for deaf people, including...
    • Tax Code
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to have an application for tax credits by a person (details supplied) dealt with as quickly as possible; and if he will make...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites identified in the Glanmire area of County Cork for the development of a new Garda station; when a decision will be made to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an apparent tax anomaly whereby a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is outside the tax net is unable to claim a refund...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals to take account of inflation and conduct a review of the payment for children aged under six announced in budget 2006; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of a matured SSIA that is deducted in exit tax; if there are special arrangements for pensioners who are on low incomes that fall...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements for the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for a tax clearance certificate to be expedited; and if...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance when works will commence on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9562/07]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the tendering arrangements for the recent erection of signage for the Government offices at Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim;...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance if a canal (details supplied) in County Mayo can be repaired and cleaned as it is causing flooding problems. [9630/07]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance if the site for the new Garda headquarters in Wexford town is in public ownership; the price paid for the site; when the transfer to the State was...
    • Tax Code
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax implications, including stamp duty and capital acquisitions tax, for a first-time buyer and their parent if their parent purchases a home or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing tax relief for individuals or businesses who donate money towards the care of children with special needs; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a system of monitoring within his Department to assess the performance of companies participating in the business expansion scheme....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department. [9852/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has introduced the 21% VAT rate on drinks made from fruit and vegetable products, as these are made from fresh and wholesome...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 22 February 2007, if the Office of Public Works has received contracts or any contact from the vendors;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the background of the removal of charitable status of a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the decentralisation of the Office of Public Works to Claremorris; when the construction of new offices will commence; when they will...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has any responsibility when there is a development built without planning permission from the local authority...
    • EU Directives
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into...
    • Tax Code
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance when a refund of tax will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [10102/07]
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance if the cross-departmental team on housing, infrastructure and public private partnership has discussed ways of ensuring that cost-benefit analyses...
    • Tax Code
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing the VAT rate on road safety products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9550/07]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate the lifetime mortgage sector and equity release schemes under which vulnerable elderly persons are required to draft wills,...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the future of Dundrum Garda station; and if a decision has been made in the matter. [10427/07]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of Public Works purchased a property (details supplied); when the purchase was completed; the price that was paid; the plans...
    • Tax Code
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review and consider establishing a tax free status in the vicinity of Ireland West Airport Knock in view of the constant increase in...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Finance if directly or through the aegis of Kildare County Council it is intended to provide an ongoing cleaning programme for the Slate River, Allenwood,...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected to implement the recommendations of the interdepartmental group dealing with the disabled drivers disabled passengers tax...
    • EU Directives
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with his EU colleagues with a view to early warning or identification of money laundering activities...
    • Tax Code
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received submissions requesting an increase in the amount of pure plant oil qualifying for excise free status; and if he will make a...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to combat the issue of rising costs in the manufacturing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10560/07]
    • Price Inflation
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the cause or causes of hidden inflation; the extent to which inflation is causing the relocation of manufacturing jobs; and if...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives currently on offer to civil servants through the Government's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Finance his future intentions in respect of the old Garda station at Carbury, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10567/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Finance the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts her Department is prepared to make in order to help a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if she will provide advice...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that partially sighted persons find it difficult to read labels on food products due to font...
    • Health Services
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for occupational therapy in view of the fact that this person has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason speech and language therapists are not available to assist a person (details supplied) who has autism and is in mainstream...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ionad Folláin, Myshall, County Carlow, which was bought by the Office of Public Works...
    • Community Care
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a carer or home help can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the conditions in Dublin's Rotunda Hospital where women in labour awaiting treatment are left in the...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied); the funding being provided to this organisation that deals with...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of a meeting between her Department and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union which took place on 24 February 2007 with a view to...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 1 February 2007, the percentage of the budget 2007 allocation for psychiatric services in...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on the progress made in relation to the cervical screening programme; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received an appointment for urgent surgery in view of the fact that the...
    • Health Services
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlements of school going children to dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9471/07]
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a refund under the health repayment scheme. [9473/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the trauma and orthopaedic services at Kerry General Hospital have not been developed; when facilities will be improved,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response to their...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a short term subvention payment will be granted to a nursing home on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite all the commitments given to prospective adopters, the waiting list even for...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to a previous parliamentary question of 14 February 2007, the steps this child care group (details supplied) should...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take immediate steps to appoint a consultant rheumatologist to the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, as such an...
    • Health Services
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a long-term care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 as a matter of priority. [9499/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason parents of children with spina bifida are forced to raise funds for new equipment; and if these services will be properly...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17 regarding the organ retention issue; and if she will work with...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application for a subvention has not been processed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 February 2007, if the appeal assessment process has been concluded by Pobal; if a...
    • Health Services
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made to provide much needed health centre facilities in Fettercairn, Tallaght; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the future of a building (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9544/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it takes many weeks for a medical card holder to have an eye test form stamped taking into account that one person was told...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when relatives of deceased persons who had been cared for in public nursing homes will be notified as to when the deceased's nursing...
    • Health Services
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an estimated costing for the full implementation of the cancer strategy has been calculated; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the health repayment scheme in relation to the estate of...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has only been awarded subvention of €192 per week; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to the ophthalmic outpatient clinic in a hospital in Galway in view of...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an inquiry into matters relating to Bedford House Nursing Home including transfers from St. Ita's Portrane to the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a hip replacement operation in any possible hospital location for a person (details supplied) in County Louth;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was only renewed for two months for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the great work being achieved by a group (details supplied); her views on the importance of this...
    • Health Services
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when physiotherapy will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [9610/07]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the BreastCheck clinic adjacent to the Victoria Hospital, Cork will open on schedule in September 2007; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the salary of an administrator (details supplied) for the year 2006; and the travel and subsistence or other expenses claimed by that...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person who has had a kidney transplant abroad, in a non-EU country can be considered for a refund of any of the costs incurred for...
    • Health Services
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has sanctioned the nationwide entitlement to chiropody services for persons on the medical card; and if she will make a statement...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the cervical screening programme which has been piloted at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick will be rolled out on a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the hospice bed in Boyle, County Roscommon will be opened; the steps she is taking to resolve the outstanding issues; the cost of...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a nursing home rebate will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to deal with the backlog of school children waiting for treatment at the Health Service Executive dental...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a new motorised wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response...
    • Medical Files
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the six years of medical files relative to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have been located; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if multi-channel television service will be provided for the long stay patients in a ward (details supplied) in St. Canice's Psychiatric...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9807/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the provision of long-term care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9808/07]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available for a group who want to start up an Internet cafe and make the facilities available to people with disabilities;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate of the number of speech and language therapists required to provide for the needs of persons in the south east region and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the development of neurology services in the south east; the stage the development process is currently at; when...
    • Health Services
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children who do not attend public national schools are not entitled to free dental or...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on gender balance at each grade in her Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of her Department. [9854/07]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with knee surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional assistance available from her Department for a person (details supplied) in County Meath to further the speech and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with Cappagh Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a report produced by the Harbour Group entitled the Harbour Map; if she will instruct the Health...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim in relation to the health repayment scheme was submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied); if this is a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in admitting a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to Beaumont Hospital where they are to have brain...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it would be timely to review the operation of the systems for dealing with persons who have been victims of child...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision not to issue a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical operation will be arranged without delay for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will select the members of the public, with regard to her recent statement that a key element of the consultancy process on...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the application made under the national nursing home repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists in the Kildare area of the Health Service Executive that deal with children; if there is a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number on the waiting list for assessment at the development co-ordination disorder unit in St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 6 March 2007, if in view of the serious shortfall in speech and language therapists in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who lives near Beaumont Hospital is outside the catchment area for Beaumont Hospital...
    • Health Services
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will consider and address the concerns of a group (details supplied) regarding services for brain...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a mobility allowance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to assist with work-related driving; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 on the lack of services for brain injured people here;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding live kidney donor transplants; the reason only two of 15 planned live donor surgeries have been carried out in...
    • Health Services
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be reassessed for orthodontic treatment in view of the fact that they have been told...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time between application and the successful conclusion for foreign adoptions; the number of applications...
    • Health Services
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive southern area terminated assistance towards transport costs for persons (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who had eye surgery in August 2006 has had a number of post-operation appointments...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who has waited from 2005 to date to be provided with a hearing aid; when they...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a domiciliary allowance appeal will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment at a clinic in the Mid-West Regional Hospital will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish and place in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas, the minority report of the orthodontic review group of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the funding in 2007 for St. Michael's House services; and if she will work with the Department of Education and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she met with a delegation (details supplied) from County Mayo recently; if so, the location at which the meeting took place; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for a scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10070/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the position with regards to a child who was seen by an orthodontist in sixth class in school and did not need treatment;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bariatric procedures that have been carried out in the State; the hospitals that carry out the procedure; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork where their...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Mayo who have applied for the special housing aid for the elderly scheme;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason transport for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been stopped in view of the fact that they have been provided...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she expects to have enacted legislation to regulate the use of sunbeds by the end of the 29th Dáil; and if she will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of ambulance stations in the midlands and north east regions of the Health Service Executive, with a list of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical files and transferal letter of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo have been lost on two occasions, in...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the delay in replying to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 5 December 2006; if an urgent response can be made; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Medical Practitioners Bill will radically change and alter local health services or if they can be downgraded or abolished; and...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10167/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to a hospital appointment in Dublin. [10168/07]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a procedure. [10169/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 qualifies for a medical card; and if she will give the family the maximum support. [10264/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the concerns of families of people with a disability who are being charged by the Health Service Executive for their...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts being made to replace the speech therapist in an area (details supplied) in County Wexford in order for the waiting list in...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an increase in their home help hours, taking into account that this...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look favourably on the medical card application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who suffered a massive heart...
    • Health Services
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the women of the west of Ireland can realistically expect to see the roll out of BreastCheck in Counties Mayo and Galway; if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the people of Mayo can expect a permanent ENT department at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for a home care grant in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10337/07]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when full cervical screening will be available to the women of County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10338/07]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the finance will be allocated by her Department for the necessary 40 additional beds at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an evaluation on the impact of levying long stay charges on those suffering from physical or intellectual...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the post for a speech therapist at Mayo General Hospital has been advertised; if so the stage the interviews are at; when this...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the medical card issued to persons with a disability should be in conjunction with the Department of Social and...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has acted on her commitment to make additional resources available to the Health Service Executive to speed up the process for...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a leaked Health Service Executive report indicating that as many as 250 people annually die from MRSA contracted in Irish...
    • Health Services
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will arrange an orthodontic assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Repatriation of Remains
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 13 February 2007. [10484/07]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants in her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a situation (details supplied); her further views on whether this is urgently needed due to the vast distance to Mayo...
    • Health Services
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people awaiting public physiotherapy services in the Health Service Executive southern region; the number of public...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the need to increase the quotas of bio-ethanol or bio-diesel in order to...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the map referred to in clauses 3 and 4 of the Moville Fisheries District Order 1926 is available; if he will...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the implications of the Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill for owners of vessels holding specific segment,...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the basis for his Department's claim that no licensed aquaculture operations exist in Lough Foyle, in view of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when broadband will be provided by Eircom to an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9475/07]
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the compensation package will be announced for drift-net fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Masts
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason mobile masts have been removed from beside two southside schools (details supplied) if there are no...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will sanction funding towards a project (details supplied) in County Mayo under the 2007 coastal...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the budget in 2006 towards coastal erosion works with a breakdown on a county basis; the amount each county got...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding the proposed 52 acre infill to Dublin Bay; and if he will support the campaign to save...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, with regard to the recent sale of the tonnage of a boat (details supplied), the said tonnage will be...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans that are in place to ensure that excess domestic power generation can be placed back into the...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultations that have taken place (details supplied) in relation to the application by the company for a...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department will assist in the raising of the [i]Pere Charles[/i] and the [i]Honey Dew[/i] recently lost...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has permitted the ESB to build a new power station at Aghada, County Cork, only on condition that it...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if employees of An Post who prior to 1984 enjoyed Civil Service status, have the right to seek to return to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason grants are not currently being provided for PV types of solar panels, whereas it is possible to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the areas where broadband is unavailable in County Wexford; the action being taken to remedy this situation as...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the report of the interdepartmental committee on the health effects of mobile phones will be published; if...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a grant to people having their cars modified to enable them to use low emission...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of a new pier at Screggane, Castlegregory, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions regarding the raising of the trawler, [i]Père Charles[/i]; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the community support scheme for drift net fishermen will be operational; and if he will make a statement...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will allow the fishermen of the River Laune and the Killarney Lakes, County Kerry, five tags before 12...
    • Postal Services
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the €87 million that An Post has invested outside of Ireland; if he is satisfied with the way An...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mechanisms in place to protect children from offensive, age inappropriate or dangerous multimedia...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Irish Deportees
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens who have been deported from the United States each year from 2000 to date in 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of Mexico's newly appointed President Felipe Calderón, he will take advantage of this opportunity to urge Mexico to begin...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department. [9853/07]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views regarding President Uribe, Columbia and his relationship with paramilitary groups and the increasing arrests of Government...
    • Family Law Act
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a letter of freedom has been refused to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will reconsider the application...
    • EU Directives
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a Border road (details supplied) in County Donegal will be reopened, in view the commitment made in October 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has been asked by a company (details supplied) to contribute towards the cost of producing a film which is due to begin...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding funding for athletes who are representing Ireland in canoeing; and if they will be given the maximum support...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to introduce a scheme of grants which would assist with the refurbishment of privately owned swimming pools such as a pool...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve a grant, under the sports capital programme, for a pitch and putt club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the expenditure each year under the local authority swimming pools programme, in respect of each project financed under the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if preferential treatment will be given to an application for grant aid under the 2007 sports capital programme by a club (details...
    • National Conference Centre
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the proposed start up date for the national conference centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706/07]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the response of his Department to an application by a club (details supplied) in County Limerick for funding under the sports and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department....
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the guidelines in place to ensure that organisations in receipt of funding through his Department or its agencies that work with...
    • EU Directives
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the criteria for funding under the national lottery grants scheme; if marching bands have been excluded from this criteria; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding or grants available to a scout club looking to renovate its clubhouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Funding
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the ACCESS II funding application submitted by a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; if his attention...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the problems expressed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 1 March 2007, the FÁS training programmes open to people over 65 years of age;...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he has not appointed a rights commissioner to be located in Cork in view of the fact that no Cork or Kerry based...
    • Local Employment Service
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to ensure the continuance of the local employment service in the Connolly Centre in the Coombe,...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by the IDA to counties Laois and Offaly over the past 12 months; the towns visited in both Laois...
    • Work Permits
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the case of a person (details supplied); the present position in respect of this person's case; and the advice...
    • Job Creation
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA jobs created in County Wexford on a yearly basis since 1997 to date in 2007; the way this compares on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and...
    • Job Losses
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views in relation to a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9786/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his...
    • Work Permits
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will be supported with their application for a spousal work permit; and if they...
    • EU Directives
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were...
    • Job Initiative
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the jobs initiative scheme; the qualifying conditions attached thereto; if same will be renewed; and...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies under his remit that provide training in information technology to students or adults who have learning...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to telephone his Department; and if he...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to revise the eligibility criteria for the back to education allowance; if these payments will be extended to 12 months...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent supplement has been reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has plans to facilitate families of over three children who need to purchase a multi-person vehicle with an increased child...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for further raising the limit on earnings permitted by persons in receipt of the State pension. [9515/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a rent subsidy payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce an all-Ireland island-wide free travel for persons on a disability pension; his reasons for excluding same...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will consult staff on the structure of the proposed agency to take responsibility for the Money Advice and Budgeting...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, the date on which a request from the...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason County Louth is the only county which does not have a family resource centre; if his Department will consider an...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on raising the living alone allowance in view of the fact that it is at a low rate and has been for some time; if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland's pensions are invested globally and that consequently Irish regulation...
    • EU Directives
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way his Department will assess a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to being a care recipient in view of the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements he is putting in place for the introduction of the free telephone rental allowance for people who possess mobile...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delays in pensioners receiving prompt assessment and payment of their...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 29, 71 and 90 of 1 March 2007, regarding the 47,000 people who are not receiving a pension...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 1 March 2007, if the testing of the lone parent proposals in an urban and rural setting...
    • Live Register
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are approaching three months on the live register; the number of people who are currently on the live...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 1 March 2007, the existing cross-Border free travel scheme introduced in July 1995;...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 1 March 2007, the accounting and other administrative procedures in place for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 1 March 2007, the number of people in receipt of out of pocket expenses from his...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to telephone his Department; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to an application from a commission (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if sanction will be given for these necessary...
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a grant to people having their cars modified to enable them to use low CO2 emission biofuels. [9965/07]
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on giving drivers without special needs who park in designated areas leaving no space for drivers with special needs two points for this...
    • EU Directives
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Transport the grounds on which Ireland opposed the EU directive on manning conditions for regular passenger and ferry services operating between member...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding available to the National Safety Council for 2006 and 2007. [9442/07]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Transport if, with reference to a letter dated 5 February 2007 to his Department (details supplied), he will take steps to have the issue set out therein...
    • State Airports
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of the confirmation by way of reply to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 12 December 1984 that he was not in a position on that date to...
    • Public Transport
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Transport if a timescale exists for the introduction of 100 private sector buses for the Dublin market; when this will happen; if the introduction of same...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9674/07]
    • Ferry Services
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the report carried out on a proposed project (details supplied) in County Mayo; his plans to review...
    • Road Network
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Transport the total kilometres of motorway and dual carriage roads built during the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department. [9858/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 20 February 2007, the position of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will rectify the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for the provision of public transport for persons with impaired vision who live in the south Carlow/Kilkenny area; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into...
    • Public Transport
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will indicate his decision in respect of an application for a route licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Transport his views in respect of the development and further potential for Galway airport with particular reference to the restrictive length of runway...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of a review commitment made in September 2006 where he stated that the present statutory scheme for grant and use of parking permits...
    • Public Transport
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason Dublin Bus has not been granted a licence to operate a service along Griffeen Avenue, Lucan, in view of the fact that there is huge...
    • Rail Services
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the need to have an early bird rail service available to persons in County Mayo; the plans in place to...
    • Integrated Transport Services
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether there is an urgent need to have an effective transport system available from Ireland West Airport Knock in view of the new...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Transport the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the schemes or grants available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a panic alarm, in view of...
    • Community Development
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the cohesion plan he has put in place to join together both the partnership programme...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the waiting time for entry into the rural social scheme. [9439/07]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding distributed to Limerick West under CLÁR in 2007. [9440/07]
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the disparity of pay and conditions within the remit of the North-South...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of funding which has been provided in Cork north west through his Department's CLÁR scheme since 2002....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is a mechanism by which a community can apply to be included in the RAPID programme; the information they...
    • Community Development
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding available for a group who want to start up an Internet cafe and make the facilities available to people...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his...
    • Community Development
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has applied for the programme of grants...
    • Public Transport
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he and or his Department intends to provide or fund local transport in rural areas such as...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9924/07]
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      Question 672: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén fáth nach bhfuil deontais á gcur ar fáil do phobail lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht chun áiseanna caithimh aimsire i...
    • Job Losses
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason persons (details supplied) were offered redundancy and one person was left out. [9992/07]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding agreements of LEADER programmes in relation to County Louth; the percentage that comes from the EU and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be,...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance given by Údarás na Gaeltachta under all headings to all third level institutions in 2005 and 2006;...
    • Community Development
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the lands acquired under compulsory purchase order in Achill and Innisbiggle, County Mayo for the Innisbiggle...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he will instruct Waterways Ireland to take...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department; and if...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on an application to the national reserve by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of hectares of land planted in each of the years from 1995 to 2006; the amount that will be planted in 2007; if she is...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the full payment under the EU single payment scheme for 2006 has been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [9418/07]
    • Poultry Production
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the support for free range chicken production. [9438/07]
    • Avian Flu
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications that were successful under the EU avian flu package; if they have all been dealt with; the amount of...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make available financial assistance for the hosting of the international sheep dog trials here; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the enormous waiting time for farm inspection in respect of the waste pollution scheme; the steps...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been granted the single farm payment for 2006 in view of the fact...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the recommendations of the Oireachtas joint committee will be considered for the New Early Retirement Scheme Draft Development Plan...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting to be awarded the second half of a single farm...
    • Tree Felling Licences
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a tree felling licence will be granted to an organisation (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the possibility of twice yearly payments of the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9577/07]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food his plans to improve the benefits of the early farm retirement scheme; the time scale of such proposals; the basis for such proposals;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the closing date for at least six months for the completion of the sheds and slurry tanks which are grant aided....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on a submission from a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding the inclusion of their deer enterprise in...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her view on extending the deadline for the farm waste management scheme for a further two months in view of the shortage of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [9721/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount her Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an appeal lodged in 2006 by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has not been responded to; if their original...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there are clerical positions available in her Department (details supplied); if so, when they will become available; and if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their total single farm payment; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on gender balance at each grade in her Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of her Department. [9844/07]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when her Department's office in Navan, County Meath will be reopened fully; the location where files concerning her Department's work...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will afford cats the same protection in law as dogs and require incidents of cruelty to be recorded and humane neutering of...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when her Department through the forest services will reply to a request for an afforestation grant from a person (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will finalise its consideration of a case involving a transfer of entitlements (details supplied). [9892/07]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made by Coillte regarding tree planting for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and the reason for...
    • EU Directives
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a response to correspondence (details supplied); when the person in question will be issued with the remainder of...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost of inspections by her Department held on 9 November 2006 in the Connemara and south Mayo region; the number of personnel...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been granted a single farm payment. [10270/07]
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person with ten shares of turbary rights is entitled to keep these rights even if all the land around the bog, including the bog...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will streamline the cross-compliance inspection document which currently contains 1,450 questions; if she will re-examine the...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that no farm inspection will take place without at least 48 hours prior notice; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the 30 months BSE testing time to 36 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10288/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of their application under the single payment...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will reverse the decision not to reclassify spent mushroom compost as an industrial waste under REP scheme 4 rather than as it...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of inspections that have taken place regarding the nitrates directive in County Mayo and nationally on a county basis....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants in her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, having regard to the recommendation at paragraph 436 of the second shadow report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for funding under the dormant accounts fund by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted with funding. [9400/07]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way moneys from the Education Finance Board (details supplied) for survivors of residential care abuse is being disbursed; and the...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that participation in a VTOS course, is resulting in Waterford County Council disallowing...
    • State Examinations
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will extend the exemption scheme for examination fees to general practitioners only medical cards; if this can be done by way...
    • Adult Education
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the criteria to qualify for the back to education initiative and deliver on the demand from AONTAS to ensure that...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to overcome the stated problems in a submission (details supplied); the reason that the trainee teacher has to...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on a submission (details supplied); if her Department has any information or policy document in regard to such problems; if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the response given to correspondence (details supplied); if assistance was given; her views on the situation outlined; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appropriate educational and therapy services available to a person (details supplied) diagnosed as developmentally delayed; her...
    • State Examinations
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department allows the amalgamation of different leaving certificate results onto one script; if mature students can do this;...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give positive consideration to the application for funding under the local drugs task force mainstreaming fund by a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when is it proposed to carry out the technical investigation of the existing building and site for suitability for a new school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons the years spent working as a teacher in the private sector are not provided for in the pay scale when a teacher gains...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are grants available to provide closed circuit television cameras for a school (details supplied) where ongoing damage is...
    • Students' Medication
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines in place for teachers when dealing with children who might need medication to be delivered or administered during...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an extension will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Adult Education
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the campaign by AONTAS regarding a number of demands to improve adult education; her views on these...
    • Youth Services
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received by her Department on behalf of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 11 regarding the provision of...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an application for amalgamation by a school (details supplied) in County Laois; the position at...
    • School Placement
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo have been given no option by her but to keep the person at home,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the VEC is to be the patron of a primary school in Dublin 15; if so, the location of the school and the date of opening; the...
    • Adult Education
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to put in place an overarching national structure for adult and community education co-ordinating structures at local level...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to abolish fees for part-time learners in higher education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9488/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to establish a national forum for all parties involved in education and training of adults with special...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the new school premises for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if they will be given the maximum...
    • School Staffing
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on allowing older and retired persons a role in the educational system, including teaching English as a second language, in...
    • State Examinations
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if students taking their leaving certificate outside the school system can submit practical course work related to the examination...
    • School Staffing
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the opportunities available to teachers who wish to job share; her Department's policy on same; the number of teachers at primary...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has not provided the Irish Autism Action Group with a copy of the National Council for Special Education report which...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a final decision will be made for approval of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the work will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been diagnosed with a specific learning difficulty cannot be...
    • School Transport
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the provision of a school bus route to ensure all children in an area of high population can obtain a primary...
    • School Catchment Areas
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria necessary for the changing of a school boundary area (details supplied); if the school catering for an area does not have...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if a site has been acquired by her Department on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a psychological assessment report undertaken by an educational assessment and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to recent questions on the difficulties experienced by persons of a non-Catholic ethos seeking employment in Catholic schools,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her refusal to sanction the summer works scheme 2007 for a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual budget allocated to her Department's teacher education section in 2004, 2005 and 2006; the professional development...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level pupils who participated in transition year in the academic year 2006 to 2007; the number of pupils who...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers whose tuition fees for accredited continuous professional development were refunded by her Department under the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce class sizes (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9713/07]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9718/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status with regard to the proposed construction of a new school at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when she expects...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has failed to respond to a direct request on behalf of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 6W regarding the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of and the specific schools in the Dublin South constituency that have had their National Educational Psychological Service...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the assistance which is normally provided to students with a disability taking State examinations to a person...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an application for the building of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the situation with...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the type of grant being awarded to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the purpose of and the amount being allocated....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount her Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she...
    • Local Service Charges
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines in place regarding the charging of services payments to community schools by local authorities in proportion to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allowed to proceed to tender and construction of...
    • Student Exchange Programmes
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines given to schools and the responsibility schools have regarding student exchange programmes organised through the school...
    • School Management
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made regarding the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow for a new school; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the upgrading and improvement of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the technical...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will assist in having a child (details supplied) assessed for ADHD; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the boards of management of secondary schools have the right to levy non-refundable application fees on families in the event that...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on gender balance at each grade in her Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of her Department....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the classroom based assistance available from her Department for a person (details supplied) in County Meath whose speech is highly...
    • School Placement
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a student (details supplied) in County Limerick who is unable to attend their present school due to bullying...
    • Irish Language
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 7 March 2007 if she will address the concerns addressed by a person (details supplied);...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if she will intervene with her...
    • Specialist Schools
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her view on the desirability of specialist schools with their own curriculum being established to cater to the needs of that...
    • Road Safety
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the safety initiatives she has taken in terms of road signage, lighting, traffic calming and reduced speed limits with regard to the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a higher education grant will be paid in respect of a plc course in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 830: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average mainstream class size per county according to the most recent census of schools available. [9923/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the re-appointment of a home tuition tutor (details supplied) for 2007-2008 school year, in view of the fact that...
    • School Staffing
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will urgently consider appointing two number developing school posts from September 2007 in respect of a primary school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately review the decision not to allow special education needs officers to assist in the provision of services to...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if surplus land adjoining a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, will be made available to Castlegregory Community Council for...
    • School Transport
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school transport route can be extended to facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9996/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding her Department's response to the proposal to build an extension to a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Area Development Plans
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places at primary level education being provided in north Dublin; the number of places at secondary level education...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the teaching hours for persons (details supplied); and if she will provide the families with the maximum support....
    • EU Directives
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the dilapidated condition of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if she will rebuild or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a specialist teacher for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date for commencement and provision of a physical education hall at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application to the Residential Institutions Redress Board of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) who is not a medical card holder has to pay €250 for the papers to repeat their leaving...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking in locating and acquiring a greenfield site in order that building work at a school (details...
    • School Closures
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a proposal to close a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; where this proposal originated; her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kildare was not approved for a classroom extension in view of the fact that it met...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if information packs are available, or will be made available to parents of children with special needs who are about to begin school...
    • Pre-School Services
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and percentage of children in pre-school education; if she does not have such figures, her plans to compile same; and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately provide an extra teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Clare where the principal has to divide...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Clare where overcrowding in the classrooms is now chronic;...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to provide a formal chair for music at the GMIT centre in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Career Guidance
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of grants towards the purchase cost of test materials for guidance or learning support in post-primary schools; the level of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on approving funding in respect of an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork which is very urgently...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the facilities that are available for a person (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the lack of facilities that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the process applied to funding schemes such as providing a school extension through the small school scheme where more applicants meet...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on making funding available to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in order that a fourth project can be established...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the progress made in relation to same; if it has...
    • School Placement
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the lack of school places in Lucan; and the action being taken to address this situation. [10164/07]
    • School Services Staff
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate additional funds to a school (details supplied) for caretaker and maintenance services at the school; and if she...
    • School Staffing
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she did not investigate a matter (details supplied) fully when it arose. [10273/07]
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures and mechanism in place to keep children safe especially with the rise of new Internet programmes that can open the door...
    • School Staffing
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the staffing schedule for primary schools for the 2007/2008 school year will be finalised. [10302/07]
    • School Placement
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines in place regarding the payment of a deposit to a school for a child's place and the refunding of said deposit when...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the subjects on the education curriculum both at primary and post primary level available on CD or DVD; if there are plans to make...
    • Adult Education
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the type of information technology training provided within the adult or further education sectors for students or adults who have...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the centres under her remit providing training in information technology to students or adults who have learning difficulties or who...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick who over one year ago were confirmed to receive a devolved...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children with Down syndrome are automatically entitled to resource teaching hours; the number of children with Down syndrome that...
    • Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin Scoile
      Question 894: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cathain a chuirfear scoil ar fáil in áit an tseanfhoirgnimh atá i ndroch-chaoi agus róbheag chun freastal ar riachtanais na...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an extension will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10445/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which second level school places exist for children from areas (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to ensure provision of facilities for children with autism attending a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to ensure that all children of primary school going age living in Tramore, County Waterford will be provided...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 901: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford under the scheme for primary school...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in receipt of the remote area grant; the number of these pupils who are in boarding schools; the name of each of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of one teacher schools; the name of each school for the school year 2006/2007; the number of schools that will be one...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants in her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the third level registration fee charged for each of the years from 1997 to 2006 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department. [9848/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be, transposed into...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for Defence the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Rates
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation under which rates are levied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9444/07]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take steps to prevent further deterioration of the protected properties in Moore Street, Dublin 1...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a home improvement grant available for people who suffer from electro-sensitivity. [10306/07]
    • Social Inclusion
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social inclusion units in local authorities and locations of same; the function of the units;...
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will notify landowners in the Irish language to comply with The Official Languages Act 2003 and extend...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be put in place for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the estimated cost of the...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are issues or concerns regarding a developer (details supplied); and if the maximum support will be...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress towards the provision of sewerage facilities for Castleblayney Town Council; when funding will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase the maximum amount payable under the disabled person's grant; if he will means test...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a mechanism for transferring from social housing in Northern Ireland to similar housing in this...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal. [9594/07]
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of hares killed during March 2006 by hunts licenced under Licence No. 1/2006 (Licence To Hunt With...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proportion of land in Connemara that has been proposed to be designated as special areas of conservation;...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of playgrounds developed in the past two years by local authorities, on a county basis. [9628/07]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the appointments he had during his visit to County Mayo on 1 March 2007; the meetings that took place; the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if grant aid is available from his Department to develop a playground (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the application by Donegal County Council for the replacement of the asbestos water main...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Fitzgerald report arising from Mr. Fitzgerald's enquiry into the social disadvantages in Limerick has...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the planning requirements for householders when having solar panels installed in roofs; and if he will make a...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 938: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of successful prosecutions for failure to comply with Part L of the building regulations in each...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the Control of Dogs Act 1986; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9714/07]
    • Election Management System
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on having polling day for the upcoming general election on a Saturday, to encourage a higher voter...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 27 February 2007, if he will amend the regulation to state that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 945: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the housing issue (details supplied); if he will now furnish a full reply to the housing issue in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 946: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are quite a number of wind farm developments here...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to upgrade the sewerage facilities in Kilbehenny village, County Limerick. [9884/07]
    • Carbon Taxes
      Question 952: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when carbon taxes come into effect; the carbon taxes that will apply on a motor vehicle of 1.5 litre, 2.0...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has completed a review of the second phase of the collection of farm film plastic and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in his Department; the date by which these directives are...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the level of grant provision for sewage connections to mains from groups who are...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation under which public private partnerships are established; if it is appropriate for a local...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 958: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding or grants available to a scout club looking to renovate their club house; and if he will make a...
    • State Boards
      Question 959: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the organisation in relation to the nominating panel of An Bord Pleanála, that nominated persons (details...
    • Waste Management
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he has proposed to deal with the issue of tyres; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding the provision of a new sewerage scheme for Askeaton, County...
    • Water Supply
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo with six acres of land, no stock, no herd number and...
    • Local Government Management Services Board
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government what exactly is the Local Government Management Services Board; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement his Department has had regarding a proposal to supply water needs to Dublin city, county and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's ongoing work with regard to the EU's Barcelona Declaration; if Galway County Council and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 972: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can now appeal the inclusion of their lands as a special area...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 975: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the specific information sought in reply to Question No. 535 of 6 March 2007 in regard to...
    • Road Network
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a request for extra funding from Kildare County Council for the reinstatement of the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the local government auditor has reported to him or his Department in regard to the amount of development...
    • Social Inclusion
      Question 988: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the functions and membership of the local government social inclusion steering group; when this group was...
    • Local Authority Area Boundaries
      Question 989: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received representations to meet Midleton Town Council to discuss the extension of Midleton town...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 990: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone his Department;...

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