Written answers

Tuesday, 27 March 2007

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the use of High Court orders for the management of unlicensed developments in view of the proposed...
    • Postal Services
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the postal service to meet the challenges of technology and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has identified any particular infrastructural deficiencies or requirements in the telecommunications...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of biofuel crops that have been supplied to date under Government support schemes which have been...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected to extend RTÉ transmission capacity to neighbouring jurisdictions; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received and reviewed the National Council for the Blind of Ireland's general election manifesto for...
    • Postal Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has conveyed to An Post or the postal union representatives his preferred options and structures for the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects gas to become available from the Corrib gas field in the near future; if precise...
    • Retail Service Stations
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will work with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to address the continued...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects each sector of the renewable energy options to provide for the generation of...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he has taken or proposes to take in response to the report produced by the Joint Committee on...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of his intended investment in research and development in the energy sector with a view to...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on inter Departmental efforts to create a tsunami warning system for Ireland; if it will be in...
    • Maritime Green Paper
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will publish the Government's response to the EU's Maritime Green Paper; if he has recommended measures...
    • Electricity Grid
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mechanism he will use to arrange for the transfer of the transmission grid assets to Eirgrid; and the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with any of the relevant stakeholders in relation to removing all mobile phone...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Finance regarding...
    • Electricity Grid
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will by direction or legislation speed up and simplify access to the grid for alternative electricity...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred or chosen options or methodology for use in the context of upgrading, expanding and extending the...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has monitored the gradual closure of post offices throughout the country; if this is in...
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future development of exploration in the oil, gas or other mineral sectors; if he...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will direct ComReg to ensure that the universal service obligation for telecoms services is fully upheld...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the type of funding mechanism he foresees for the statutory provision by RTÉ of a television service for Irish...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage of discussions on the creation of a north west European electricity market; the estimate of the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the safeguards he will put in place in anticipation of the liberalisation of the postal market after January...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, with regard to the Seafood Strategy Implementation Group which will be tasked with developing and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the support mechanism he will put in place to encourage the commercial development of new wind, wave or tidal...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has studied the report of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources with...
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals for a licensing regime in respect of oil, gas or other mineral exploration, on or off-shore; if...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a monitoring requirement involving the need to weigh pelagic landings while in tanker lorries at the pier...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Broadcasting Bill which emerged from the recent widespread e-consultation process will be published...
    • Energy Efficiency Plan
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage of preparation of the National Energy Efficiency Plan; the timeframe for its publication; the key...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his assessment of the electricity generating systems or combination of systems most likely to give the most...
    • Fisheries Conservation
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has instigated a review of the impact of restrictions placed on the days on which boats can put to sea,...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has examined the grievances of sub-post masters throughout the country; if he has...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has been contacted by over 150 residents of Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny who have been unable to obtain...
    • Postal Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received and reviewed the European Consumers' Organisation report on the third Postal Directive; if...
    • Energy Regulation
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to set in place procedures to deliver the benefits of EU competition and regulatory legislation in...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of electricity generating stations scheduled for closure here; his intentions in regard to future...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will reintroduce the Geological Survey of Ireland Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended to use the most modern, effective and efficient technology for the broadcasting to overseas...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will review the level of funding allocated under the recent hardship scheme for salmon fishermen and the...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will publish the Deloitte and Touche and William Fry report on the future of TG4; the way he envisages...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received any final communication or recommendation in the matter of the provision of the full range...
    • Tax Code
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention was drawn in advance of the practice by three State companies of channelling revenues through...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the European Commission's decision on the herring and mackerel quotas...
    • Multimedia Activities
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's understanding of the use of multimedia activities particularly Internet and video games by...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has engaged in discussions with the UK Government or Northern Ireland Office regarding the...
    • Energy Regulation
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to give the energy regulator, CER, co-competition powers with the Competition...
    • Postal Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will issue direction or instruction in regard to the future of the postal service with particular...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on his new indicative target of 700,000 broadband subscribers by the end of 2007; the targets...
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the stage of the negotiations for new exploration contracts in Irish waters for 2007 and 2008; when he expects...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that the development of and investment in the mobile telephone services here are...
    • Postal Services
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of postal units that have closed down since 1997 and their locations; the breakdown of these...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to surpass Kyoto and subsequent EU emission guidelines by way of home produced alternative energy;...
    • Post Codes
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which research was done into the possible use of post codes; the cost of such studies; if...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the future development of the Corrib gas field with particular reference to the early...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on introducing legislation to incorporate Regtel into ComReg in order to properly regulate the...

    • Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals in regard to future legislation for local and community radios with particular reference to the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans or proposals to encourage the separation of the retail and wholesale structures in the telecoms...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to address the skyrocketing levels of fuel and energy poverty in society...
    • Postal Services
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Post and the postal union representatives are anxious to...
    • Electricity Interconnector
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the provision of an east west electricity interconnector; when the facility will be...
    • Postal Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will issue a directive to ComReg to ensure that the postal universal service obligation is upheld and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will confirm the recent comment by a senior adviser from Sustainable Energy Ireland that Ireland's real...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had recent contacts with the Irish Postmasters Union; if he will address the threat to the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he will take to provide a State controlled broadband and telephone network; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Government failed to propose an overall renewable energy target for 2020 and beyond in...
    • Electricity Grid
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications for admission to the National electricity grid; the expected generation capacity and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he proposes to encourage the use of home produced alternative fuels for home heating...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Statutory Instruments
      Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach the laws and statutory instruments introduced on foot of European Communities treaties or on foot of Acts, or provisions of Acts, adopted by any institution of...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Stardust Disaster
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the Stardust relatives requests; and if he will assist them in all of their needs....
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report in a national newspaper regarding a person (details supplied)...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there are criminal charges...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to persons (details supplied); if this can be dealt with as a matter of urgency; and...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in a safety and security plan at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to deal with...
    • On-line Banking
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding guidelines being drawn up by his Department for victims of phishing in relation to...
    • Subsidiary Protection
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for subsidiary protection from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the serious concerns of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a request for permission to remain lodged by a person (details supplied). [11101/07]
    • Garda Training
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of all available courses at Garda headquarters or Templemore Training College; and...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the construction of the education unit at St. Patrick's Institution was completed; the projected and...
    • Prison Service Property
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of funding received for the sale of grounds of Shanganagh Castle; the use same was put to; the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements being put in place to allow a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to stay in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding family reunification for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for asylum for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application to the land registry by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be finalised;...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 was discriminated against due to political or other campaigns led...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider granting leave to remain in the State to a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 207: 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 Kilkenny; if their case...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of vandalism to property and vehicles in the Oxmanstown area of Dublin 7 during...

    • Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of break-ins in Cabra Dublin 7 in 2007; the number during the same period in 2006 as compiled by...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discrepancies in correspondence (details supplied) in the reply to Parliamentary Question No 213 of 12...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí allocated to Tallaght Garda Station; the number of the allocation who are deployed as...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of breathalysers and intoxilysers available to An Garda Síochána in each Garda division in...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests made for drunk and disorderly, common assault and public order offences in 2003, 2004,...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations in County Sligo and north Leitrim which are without a full-time Garda presence;...
    • Community Service Orders
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons in County Sligo and north Leitrim on community service orders in 2005 and 2006 and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn by the Garda Commissioner to an incident (details supplied); and the reason...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations in Dublin that are equipped to test arrested persons for alcohol in cases of suspected...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations in Louth and Meath that are equipped to test arrested persons for alcohol in cases of...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to draw up guidelines or legislation to govern the operation of the free travel area with Britain...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding a person (details supplied) due for release in January 2008; if he will assist them...
    • Garda Staff
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civilians working with An Garda Síochána in Garda stations and otherwise; and if there is a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras which will be introduced nationally as a result of the introduction of the new...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an asylum application appeal which was lodged in October 2005 in relation to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application by a person (details supplied) submitted in 2004 will be decided on. [11516/07]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 27 February 2007, if a person (details supplied)...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received representations regarding the investigation into the murder of a person (details...
    • Overseas Students
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he issued a directive to bar secondary school students who are non-EU nationals from State funded...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for long term residence for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Retirement
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on extending the age of retirement for chief superintendents or in cases where the Garda expresses...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on raising the limit on the number of programme refugees received per annum which stands at 200...
    • Palestinian Refugees
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government has received requests to invite Palestinian refugees in Iraq to resettle here as part of a...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the pilot programme that has been set up in conjunction with a service...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision of his Department which led to a deportation order dated 6 May 2005 in respect...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation equivalent to the British Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; if he will...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in relation to fireworks for the past six years from 2000 to 2006 inclusive; the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if information has been forwarded to him from the Garda authorities in respect of Garda stations in County...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of homicides committed arsing from the use of firearms in each year from 1997 to date in 2007; and...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding made available by his Department to the Irish Missing Persons' Helpline; his views on whether an...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Meath can apply for an extension for permission to remain in the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied) meet the residency criteria for...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for delay in the refurbishment of the Garda station at Tallaght, Dublin 24; when the works are expected to be complete; and if he will...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on the application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the primary medical certificate for a...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to enlarge pipes at a location (details supplied) in County Longford as the current pipes are unable to take all the water...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Garda barracks in Crusheen, County Clare will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that sufficient funds are in place to pay public service pensions into the future; the cost of same each year since...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all Garda stations in the Dublin region which applied for major works to be carried out in the past two years; and if...
    • Waste Management
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents who pay property management companies for waste management charges are unable to claim...
    • Licensed Premises
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all licensed premises in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11103/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if a suitable site for the proposed new community school in Skibbereen in west Cork, for which advertisements first issued in July 2003, has been...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the plan to decentralise the Health and Safety Agency to Thomastown, County Kilkenny; if the site is purchased; if planning permission...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Revenue Commissioners investigations into artificial transactions where builders, owning sites, use their own building companies to...
    • Waste Management
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents who pay waste management charges to property management companies are unable to claim tax...
    • Ordnance Survey Maps
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements for Ordnance Survey Ireland maps on CD which are available to schools for geography lesson purposes, available to...
    • State Property
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in transferring a garden (details supplied) in County Carlow to the State in view of the fact that the person bequeathed...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance if the collection of levies from intermediary firms for the Financial Services Ombudsman's Bureau was put out to public tender; the position...
    • Tax Certificates
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be furnished with a P21 statement for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance if rent of €175 per month paid to Threshold housing agency by a person (details supplied) in County Galway can be offset against their income tax;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works will relocate to Claremorris, County Mayo under the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate of VAT on condoms to 13.5%, 4.8% or zero. [11663/07]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is insufficient numbers of speech therapists, occupational therapists and child psychologists posts in the south east...
    • General Register Office
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the late birth registration of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo cannot proceed based on the evidence supplied by...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation to date regarding the multi-annual capital programme for disability specific services within the overall system of five...
    • Departmental Responsibilities
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government transferred a responsibility (details supplied) to her Department....
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has taken into account the importance of the pharmacy in the health system, where the average pharmacy is open for 55 hours per...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that St. Vincent's Hospital no longer provides clean prep to be used at home before...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an enhanced subvention will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive occupational therapist did not call to assess a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Mobility Allowance
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for an application form under the mobility allowance scheme to issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will urgently arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be admitted for hip replacement surgery under the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for nursing home subvention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [11134/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of positions of employment (details supplied) in place in the southern Health Service Executive in County Cork per region....
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will meet the legal costs of the diocese of Ferns as incurred through its co-operation with the Bermingham and Ferns...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an organisation (details supplied) is not in receipt of State funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11179/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the 50% reduction in service provided by a clinic (details supplied) in Dublin 15, if she will take...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether patients who go from having private health insurance to being medical card holders are being or should be...
    • Health Services
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for domiciliary allowance which was submitted in January 2007 to the Health Service Executive by a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter. [11197/07]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the special aids and shoes which were recommended by a specialist in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow some...
    • Health Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in arranging a meeting between a senior decision maker relative to funding and representatives of a project (details...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities for children who have been diagnosed with Asberger's syndrome in the Health Service Executive and a clinic (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a pre-operation preparation (details supplied) will be included on the list for medical card holders. [11236/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the EU restrictions on working hours of doctors and nurses have been implemented; and the period of derogation that remains to...
    • Health Services
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a suggestion that the laboratory in Beaumont Hospital which currently...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for children to access mental health services; and the number of in-patient places available for children. [11253/07]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a nursing home subvention has not been granted to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a digital hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to make a further decision on the future of the site of St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin 6, before July 2007; if so, if she...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of an additional rheumatologist based at Tallaght Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Health Services
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress that has been made regarding the nationalisation of contracts for the providers of private transport...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a 22 month delay in the former East Coast Area Health Board region for couples wishing to start the process of...
    • Health Services
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be reimbursed the costs of an art-assist machine by the Health Service Executive....
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide a helipad service for use in an emergency or any situation at St. James's Hospital, Dublin, where none exists at...
    • Sudden Cardiac Death
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to fund the training of persons to become proficient in the use of defibrillators which are available in many communities; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions that are currently in place to ensure the safe transfer by emergency helicopter or emergency air ambulance to Beaumont...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an X-ray; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a housing aid for the elderly application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding has not been provided to a unit (details supplied) in County Longford in order to enable it to function and get up...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital at Dun...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for the housing aid for the elderly will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card which has been submitted in recent weeks in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed by the regional autistic spectrum disorders team, to...
    • Health Services
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a copy of the medical records of a person (details supplied) in County Cork made available to them without...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if acute asthma is included as an ailment for entitlement to domiciliary care allowance in circumstances where a child of three years of...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have graduated through hospital attendant positions to qualified carers in hospital situations; when it is...
    • Health Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of times the Orthodontic Review Group has met; if she has been furnished with a report; and when a report will be issued; and...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the Irish Montessori Education Board's submission to access capital grants under NCIP; and if she will work with...
    • Health Services
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the minority report of the Health Service Executive's review of orthodontic services...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that allegations made by senior consultant orthodontists that children suffered irreversible damage to their teeth,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to cover the cost of the treatment of public patients in the new radiotherapy unit at the Mid-West Regional...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of practising general practitioners in the north east region that participate in the doctor on call scheme; the number of...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an application (details supplied) to have a portion of land currently owned by the Health Service...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide young children suffering from hearing deficiencies with digital hearing aids rather than analog hearing aids as is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment in the regional hospital in Galway; the status...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date that a community group (details supplied) in County Mayo submitted their application for staff funding under the equal...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in the Dun Laoghaire rehabilitation unit in view of the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an ambulance suitable for wheelchair users and the elderly will be made available for the transport of those that use the day care...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork called for surgery. [11760/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding for day to day expenditure is made available to Mallow General Hospital directly or otherwise; and if capital expenditure for...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money made available to the Ombudsman for Children's Office to carry out it's functions each year since it was...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a dialysis service will be offered through the Wellstone Clinic to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...

    • Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether better access to neurological medical care for persons with the acquired brain injury advocacy association is...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether better rehabilitation planning and service availability is urgently needed for persons with the acquired brain...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposals to close down all of the existing children's hospitals in Dublin in favour of the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the provisions in place to prevent the importation of live non-native fish species, some of which are being...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that a proposed culling of pike at Lough Sheelin by the Shannon Regional Fisheries...
    • Postal Services
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will publish the National Postcode Project Board's...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of biofuel crops that have been supplied to date under Government support schemes that have been...
    • Postal Services
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has directly or indirectly conveyed to An Post his preferred options for the future development of the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on increasing the penalties for persons dialling 999 and providing false or misleading information to...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will put in place adequate public consultation and appeals procedures for the granting of planning...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will cancel the introduction of a by-law which prohibits fishing on the stretch of the River Shannon from...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reports that have been commissioned by his Department each year since 2002 to date in 2007; the cost of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the threat of zebra mussels entering the State at point of entry on boats by...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of grants that have been made available for the provision of broadband infrastructure for the past...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the high level of concern by traditional fishermen over mussel farming and...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the service obligations of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11529/07]
    • Postal Services
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Post and the Postal Union Representatives are anxious to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is prepared to recommend raising the quota of pure plant oil which qualifies for excise free status; and...
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future development of exploration in the oil, gas or other mineral sectors; if he...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action or actions he has taken or proposes to take to protect the consumer in the event of a repeat of a...
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which commercial finds of oil, gas or other minerals have been identified on or off-shore, on...
    • Electricity Grid
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will by direction or legislation speed up and simplify access to the grid for alternative electricity...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his future intentions for terrestrial broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11547/07]
    • Post Office Network
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has monitored the gradual closure of post offices throughout the country; if this is in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred or chosen options or methodology for use in the context of upgrading, expanding and extending the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the availability of high quality mobile telephony to date, is in accordance with the economic projections in...
    • Digital Hub
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the State investment to date in the digital hub; if he has satisfied with the return on investment to date; and...
    • Electricity Grid
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications for admission to the national electricity grid; the expected generation capacity and...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected to extend RTÉ transmission capacity to neighbouring jurisdictions; and if...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will instruct An Post to desist from further post office closures; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has conveyed to An Post or the postal union representatives his preferred options and structures for the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he proposes to encourage the use of home produced alternative fuels for home heating...
    • Electricity Interconnector
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the construction and operation of the proposed east west electricity interconnector; if the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans or proposals to bring about 100% broadband availability throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Post Codes
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which research was done into the possible use of post codes; the cost of such studies; if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in the context of the National Development Plan, current projections in respect of broadband or other...
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals for a licensing regime in respect of oil, gas or other mineral exploration, on or off-shore; if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received any final communication or recommendation in the matter of the provision of the full range...
    • Energy Sector Research
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent of his intended investment in research and development in the energy sector with a view to...
    • Energy Regulation
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to set in place procedures to deliver the benefits of EU competition and regulatory legislation in...
    • Postal Services
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequacy of the postal service to meet the challenges of technology...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he has taken or proposes to take in response to the report produced by the Joint Committee on...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the future development of the Corrib gas field with particular reference to the early...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of wind farm projects currently approved, constructed or pending which are awaiting admission to the...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects the availability of high quality church broadcasts to be restored throughout the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has examined the grievances of sub-post masters throughout the country; if he has...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has identified any particular infrastructural deficiencies or requirements in the telecommunications...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the report produced by the Joint Committee for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in relation to...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his assessment of the electricity generating systems or combination of systems most likely to give the most...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the telecommunication deficiencies throughout the country resulting in a...
    • Postal Services
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to postcodes; if introduction is anticipated in the near future; and if he will make a...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended to use the most modern, effective and efficient technology for the broadcasting to overseas...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will reintroduce the Geological Survey of Ireland Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes to issue instructions or guidelines with a view to discouraging the growing practice of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the business sector in regard to the availability of...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he might accelerate the date for the provision of digital television; and if he will make a...
    • Postal Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has conveyed the policy of his Department or the Government to An Post with particular...
    • Telecommunications Masts
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from various groups concerned regarding possible health problems arising from...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of wind-generated electricity available to the national grid on a daily basis; the extent to which...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the evaluation of the pilot scheme in respect of digital television; and if he will...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to include wind energy for grant aid under the greener homes scheme. [11657/07]
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to amend the fishing vessels decommissioning scheme to include bi-valve vessels (details...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which incentives are available or might become available for persons processing forest thinnings...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Passport Applications
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of holders of Irish passports withdrawn, refused and renewed by his Department who held Irish passports and who were resident in...
    • Diplomatic Contacts
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been in contact with the Libyan Government regarding the death sentence imposed on a group of Bulgarian medics; and if so, the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made on an application made by a centre (details supplied) in County Cork for financial support under the...
    • Undocumented Irish
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in the past three weeks regarding the illegal Irish in the USA; and the further steps he will make in the coming weeks to...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the worsening human rights crisis in Zimbabwe, he will call on African Governments to speak out on the crisis there, urging...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the establishment of a national centre of adapted physical activity for people with a disability; and if he...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if local sport partnerships have been extended to cover all parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of grant aid he paid out on a county basis from the national lottery in each of the past ten years; if he is satisfied...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason a company (details supplied) which represents a voiceless minority has not been given funding for 2007 in view of the...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the potential of a proposal (details supplied); if so, if he has met with the committee involved;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Social Insurance
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has received their redundancy payments. [11130/07]
    • Unfair Dismissals
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if statutory redundancy will be awarded to person (details supplied) in County Limerick who won a claim for unfair...
    • Work Permits
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will assist in obtaining a favourable outcome in an application for a work permit submitted by a company (details...
    • Job Creation
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the IDA in County Sligo for each of the years 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a statement...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take steps to ensure that an award made by the Employment Appeals Tribunal in respect of an unfair dismissal of...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the request from the former employees of Castlemahon that he pay to them the moneys recovered from the company...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) deferred a decision to establish a facility...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position on free bags or allowances for old age pensioners and other social welfare recipients for refuse bags as they are...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11091/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for diabetic allowance. [11126/07]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the appeals officer will examine the old age non-contributory pension application for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he plans to extend the free travel scheme for spouses, partners or companions to accompany free travel pass holders in Northern...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the job of community welfare officer is being transferred to his Department; if the CWO will be able to continue to use...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person who is an Irish citizen, who may not be resident here is not entitled to a carers allowance; if same is on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for unemployment benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with. [11499/07]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time it takes to process an application for social welfare where the issue of the habitual residence clause arises;...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount in the social insurance fund; the amount by which the fund has increased each year since 2000; the amount paid out of...
  • Department of Transport
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the growing practice by local authorities, hospitals, supermarkets, private estate board areas and so on of clamping...
    • Water Safety
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans to restrict the use of high powered outboards on lakes in the north east region (details supplied) for the safety of...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations regarding the operators licence for commercial vehicles or buses; if holders of such licences are obliged to have adequate parking...
    • State Airports
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 8 March 2007 regarding the consultants that have been appointed over the past three years to report...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a letter (details supplied) which up to now has not received a reply. [11304/07]
    • Traffic Regulations
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Transport the instances in which heavy goods vehicles are permitted to use the overtaking lane on motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Grant Payments
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on an application made to the Dormant Accounts Fund on 4 January 2007, by a group...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the feasibility of constructing a new waterway link between Glasson Village and Killinure Lough which leads into...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has received an application from a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [11110/07]
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if single farm payments are attached to the land in the event of a herd owner dying without making a will; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when applicants will be able to apply for the new farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11232/07]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a district superintendent will be appointed in Limerick to deal specifically with the approval of applications for the farm waste...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in regard to issue of payment under the single farm payment...
    • Bovine Herds
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which the numbers of the bovine herds in County Sligo have increased or decreased in the past ten years on a yearly...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the delay in processing the farm waste management grant scheme; the number of farmers in County...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure farmers in County Sligo have notice of all on-farm inspections; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote wood energy in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11290/07]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant aid which will be made available to small farmers in County Sligo to manage rainwater under the nitrates action plan; and if...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons in County Sligo who received the maximum pension payable under the 1994 to 1999 scheme of early retirement from...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that a forestry application by a person (details supplied) is accepted on the old scheme as it was lodged in 2006;...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that the single farm payment for a person (details supplied) is released in view of the fact that all documentation...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications to her Department for force majeure payments; the number that have been accepted; the reason therefore; if...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the precise level of milk quota in the ownership of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; if same can be increased; and if she...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will sample test deer in an effort to ascertain if such animals contribute to the spread of tuberculosis in the cattle herd; and...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not been granted their single farm payment, despite being assured several...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 22 February 2007, when the farm improvement scheme will be introduced; when a grant scheme...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a meeting promised to the farming organisations in January 2007 in relation to the cross compliance inspection regime has...
    • Departmental Tests
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the type of tests that have been carried out at the request of her Department relating to her Department's office in Navan, County...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the EU single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [11759/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive an installation aid payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if home tuition funding will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the VTOS scheme will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the basic third level maintenance grant; and the way students are availing of it. [11078/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money expended by her Department to date on the development of an all Irish education centre at Ballyvourney, County...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of properties nationally that are fully in the ownership of her Department; if she will provide this information on a...
    • School Closures
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the planned future use or developments for the land at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 after its closure in June 2007; the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a decision on an application by a community council (details supplied) in County Kerry to purchase surplus land...
    • School Transport
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school transport arrangement can be approved by her Department in a case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for extension for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if this extension has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to improve teacher training for teachers in the context of children with special needs and autism; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide the funding to provide proper toilet facilities at a school in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11125/07]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if proposals have been received by her office in relation to the refurbishment of a hall (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if there are...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider an application for a PLC maintenance grant under appeal on medical grounds for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for funding to build an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [11147/07]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will make the remaining back-money payable to part time resource teachers; and the time frame for payment of this...
    • School Staffing
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria that apply for the appointment of teachers to mainstream primary schools and to gael scoileanna; the numbers of children,...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will grant an appeal made by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick against the decision of her Department to refuse...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the proposed new community school at Skibbereen in west Cork; when it will proceed; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the authorisation to proceed with the architectural planning of a school (details supplied) in County Cork was not...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the application for the extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Cork, which was applied for ten years...
    • School Staffing
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a permanent autism unit will be constructed at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if such a structure will be in place...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 has not been granted their claim for incremental credit for the school year 1987 to...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that students transferring from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 which is closing...
    • Adult Education
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provision being put in place for meeting the demand for adult education currently being provided at a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 8 February 2007 if a school will allow a person (details supplied) in County Wexford...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of an appeal for the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [11233/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in the autistic spectrum who are being taught in the 12 pilot ABA schools; if she has carried out an assessment...
    • School Libraries
      Question 553: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an gcuirfidh sí airgead ar fáil chun feabhas a chur ar an leabharlann scoile i nGaelscoil Phádraig, An Baile Breac, Contae Bhaile...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the deficit of resources at a school (details supplied) in County Galway regarding the funding of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional language resource teachers that have been appointed for schools in County Sligo; the steps she has taken in...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students being taught by home tuition in County Sligo; the training persons who provide home tuition must have; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an appeal for funding under the Easter week scholarship for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans for the rebuilding of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Offaly; the position in relation to same; when a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will make temporary accommodation available to meet the growing needs of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Teacher Induction
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of the National Pilot Project on Induction since its inception; the number of schools partaking in the project; her...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if vocational education committees have power to establish and maintain national or primary schools, or to become patrons of national...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the 20 hour home tuition per week for five weeks granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if so, when a decision will be made...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford under the scheme for primary school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will take steps to appoint a teacher for the deaf in County Longford, as this appointment has not been made to date; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding for an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the dormant accounts small...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly under the permanent accommodation...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork under the summer works 2007 scheme on appeal....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provision she will make for 59 pupils who cannot find a place to start their second level education in a school (details supplied)...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way the amount of funding to vocational education committees is determined; if it is by a fixed amount for each student in VEC...
    • State Examinations
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a student (details supplied) in County Kerry is unable to re-sit their maths exam in the local CBS school due to...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason two home tutors (details supplied) were not acceptable despite the fact that both work in Enable Ireland a pre-school for...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the recognition of Montessori teachers; and if she will respond to their recent submission. [11633/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase the number of teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath for the 2007/2008 school year. [11643/07]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the agency of the VEC or the local authorities that will be given the responsibility for processing the higher education grants for...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway and the fact that the school was...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant applications that were made in 2006 and 2007 on behalf of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the work that was...
    • School Staffing
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new permanent full-time teachers appointed in the past eight years in voluntary secondary schools, community and...
    • State Examinations
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the suggestion in the annual report of the State Examinations Commission that the bonus system for subjects examined...
    • School Transport
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on a submission made to her Department by this Deputy on behalf of a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements can be made to lease the available site for a new school building (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if senior Department officials will meet with a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to agree on the appropriate means of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason in view of the volume of money which is available, funding was not provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • School Transport
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to a parliamentary question regarding the provision of school transport for certain children in Blackwater, County Wexford,...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the entitlements of a person (details supplied), now deceased, under the pension scheme for school care-takers employed under the 1979...
    • In-service Training
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the cost of substitution arising from teachers' participation in approved professional development programmes is included in the...
    • School Transport
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if financial assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare towards school transport costs for their...
    • Lyons Estate
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed future use of Lyons Estate, Celbridge, County Kildare; the extent to which it will continue for research or educational...
  • Department of Defence
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Defence his views in regard to a submission (details supplied); his plans to address the matter; when the Curragh of Kildare Bill will be initiated; and if...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a group (details supplied) in County Mayo can obtain a certificate of exemption for licensing shows and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application by a local authority (details supplied) for the upgrading or the...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application for a new fire station for Castlecomer in County Kilkenny; and if there are...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the sale of bog by a person (details supplied) in County Galway to the National Wildlife Service...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from the manager of North Tipperary County Council for capital funding in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide grant aid to Donaghmoyne group water scheme to support them in the major restructuring...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that all local authorities are making pension opportunities available to their school...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when additional funding will be allocated by his Department to Westmeath County Council to carry out the...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the destruction and dismantling in recent weeks of sites of major...
    • Road Network
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to make additional funding available to Cork County Council to enable essential maintenance works...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps his Department will take to aid anglers to prevent zebra mussel spreading from one lake to another...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expected publication date of the Final Report on Ardfert Cathedral Excavations 1987 to 1992; and if he...
    • Library Projects
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will approve a new community library at Shanakill/Rahoonane, Tralee, County Kerry; and if...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he did not respond in full to Parliamentary Question No. 933 of 20 March 2007 that was placed...
    • Road Network
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide additional funding for improvement works on the county roads in the vicinity of Killallon,...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person he will be sending to represent Ireland at the seventh meeting of the parties to the Aarhus...
    • Local Authority Functions
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will issue a further response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who have been awarded penalty points to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of an appeal in relation to a special area of conservation (details supplied) in County Mayo....

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