Written answers
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if research has been carried out by his Department or Fáilte Ireland into the feasibility of providing a conference centre in the...
- Performing Arts
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason he has not established the Irish Academy for the Performing Arts as promised in the 2002 Programme for Government; and if...
- Sports Facilities
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the nationwide audit of sports facilities; and if same will be completed by the time this Government leaves...
- Cricket World Cup
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action the Government will take to recognise the achievements of the Irish cricket team in the world cup; and if he will make a...
- Abbey Theatre
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason for the delay in advertising the international design competition for the proposed new Abbey Theatre; and if he will make...
- Tourism Industry
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has examined the possibility of establishing a National Institute for Tourist Innovation; and if he will make a...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of public swimming pools in the north city and County Dublin area; the proposals for new pools; and if he will make a...
- Arts Plan
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the National Economic and Social Forum's Arts, Cultural Inclusion and Social Cohesion Report,...
- Sports Stadium
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will review his decision to grant funding for a 6,000 seat stadium in Tallaght only if the facility is used for soccer...
- Tourism Industry
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the main elements of the new Fáilte Ireland seven year tourism programme; the shortcomings in the tourist industry here that the...
- National Conference Centre
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the development of the National Conference Centre including the timetable for its construction; and if he...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will request Tourism Ireland to launch a major marketing plan for the Shannon and western region following the expected...
- Arts Funding
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on providing increased funding to the National Chamber Choir following reductions of financial support for the choir from...
- Stadium Redevelopment
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road; the timetable for the construction of the stadium following the...
- Arts Funding
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he can or will offer grants or other assistance to various musical, arts or theatrical groups that have...
- Crime Levels
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was an increase of 6% in the number of tourists who were victims of crime here...
- Music Board
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason he has not established the Music Board as promised in the 2002 Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement...
- Film Industry Development
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the decline in the competitiveness of the Irish film industry and the fact that major productions are going elsewhere;...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the plans to capitalise on the staging of the 2012 Olympics in London by updating, modernising and developing...
- Stadium Redevelopment
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the possible commencement date for the new stadium at Lansdowne Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11755/07]
- Culture Ireland
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will account for the recent Government decision to make Culture Ireland an independent statutory body; the potential benefits...
- Sports Funding
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the recent round of negotiations between the GPA, the GAA and the Government in regard to funding for player...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide details of his recent visit to London for the St. Patrick's Day 2007 parade and celebrations; and if he will make...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if consideration has been given to establishing an independent body to administer lottery funding taking it out of the political...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in providing a public swimming pool in Ballybofey/Stranorlar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7198/07]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Irish Language
Question 105: To ask the Taoiseach the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version in the Irish language. [11896/07]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the period 26 March 2007 to 31 May...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Security Services
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will urgently assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he will take action regarding the new...
- Garda Equipment
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of Garda stations that have intoxilizers on their premises; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been on hunger strike for a...
- Crime Levels
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of headline crimes which were reported; the number which were detected in the Wexford district,...
- Garda Deployment
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí of all ranks who were in the Wexford district, County Wexford at 31 December in each of...
- Garda Operations
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if surveillance is being or has been carried out on the land line or mobile phone numbers of a person...
- Departmental Reports
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the casino committee report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11877/07]
- Visa Applications
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will elucidate the options that exist within the current visa regime for a Turkish national with a C...
- Irish Language
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages...
- Ground Rents Abolition
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to reform or abolish residential ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Stardust Disaster
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give an undertaking to the Stardust Relatives Committee for an external examination; and the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of US citizens who have been deported from Ireland to the United States in each of the years from...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) will be granted temporary release to attend an entrance exam on 31 March 2007...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to extend the incapacitated child tax credit to parents of children with Asperger's syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Language
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version in the Irish language....
- Tax Collection
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to schemes of avoidance of stamp duty (details supplied); if the Revenue Commissioner's attention has been drawn to...
- Drainage Schemes
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of Public Works will not maintain a drain which was originally maintained at Creevagh, Milltown, Tuam, County Galway; and if...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the period 26 March 2007...
- Department of Health and Children
- Investigative Reports
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if 54 boxes of documentation were presented to her by Anne Dunne, S.C. on 31 March 2005: the location of these 54 boxes of...
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an assessment will be forthcoming for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [11925/07]
- Water Pollution
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths that have occurred over the past ten years from the presence of cryptosporidium in public water supplies; and the...
- Hospital Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Mater Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have an appointment made...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the private for profit hospital co-location plan, the competitive dialogue phase of the process with the Health...
- Medical Cards
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards that have been issued in each of the past six months; the number of general practitioner only cards which...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that negotiations between her Department, the Health Service Executive and the Shannon Doc...
- Adoption Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of waiting lists encountered by adopted people and natural parents who wish to trace and by those seeking assessments for...
- Irish Language
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the languages in which her Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if her Department's messages include a version in the Irish...
- Mental Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the information team for introducing the recommendations on the report A Vision for Change; and the number of times and...
- Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in calling a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for the outstanding treatment, particularly as they...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to hospital in Galway for surgical procedures, in view of the fact that...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of demand and supply for speech therapy and other supports for children with special needs; her view on the importance of...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be admitted to a home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11940/07]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a nursing home subvention on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be processed; the level...
- Hospital Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop hospital services in the north west, particularly Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11951/07]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which she envisages making or nominating in the period...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a four year delay for school children in County Cork who are being referred...
- Health Service Staff
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed by the Health Service Executive within the hospital and health centre structure; the number employed by...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the value of the land approximately, to be given to private individuals to build private hospitals on public land; and if she will make...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to a direct response to this Deputy following a parliamentary question she will provide documentary evidence that a person...
- Health Service Staff
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the code of governance for the Health Service Executive prior to the dissolution of Dáil Éireann; and if she will...
- Food Safety Authority
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on compliance with the requirement for restaurants and catering outlets to display the origin of meat sold; the...
- Animal Welfare
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the training required by officials who inspect laboratories used for animal experiments; the number of tests carried out to date in...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that drug users from rural areas are forced to travel long distances to Dublin to receive treatment and to enter...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the broadcasting of all sporting events here; if he expects to be in a position to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on offering grants towards the cost of satellite broadband services for people in areas unable to...
- Irish Language
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Irish Language
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version in the Irish...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will obtain an up to date report on the police investigation into the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the period 26...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Ireland's relations with Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12111/07]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the implementation of the White Paper. [12112/07]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to his efforts to support a solution to the Cyprus crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12113/07]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of investment in sport over the past ten years; the sporting facilities that have been provided; the benefit to...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the regional breakdown of the allocation of sports capital lottery funds over the past ten years; the level of funding that may be...
- Irish Language
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version in the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the...
- Arts Plan
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the degree to which his Department controls policy in respect of the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12094/07]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had recent discussions with the various sporting authorities in regard to the development of their various stadia; and if...
- Tourism Industry
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the degree to which it is anticipated to meet the travel and accommodation requirements of the tourist industry in the future with...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the degree to which his Department has concluded its decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Stadium
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals for the future development at Campus Stadium Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12099/07]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of allocations from the proceeds of the National Lottery to County Kildare in the year 2006; his expected expenditure...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Irish Language
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the situation in relation to the eligibility of people at 29 years of age having completed the community...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps members of the Arts Council have taken to satisfy themselves that the appropriate standards of health and safety...
- Industrial Development
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the lands earmarked for an industrial park (details supplied) in County Galway have been purchased from Teagasc; if the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a statutory redundancy payment was not made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the compliance which can be enforced in respect of a Labour Court hearing and decision in the matter of a person (details...
- Overseas Trade Missions
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on efforts to improve trade with Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12110/07]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Irish Language
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version in the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether in view of the recent announcement that the free travel scheme is being extended to travel within Northern...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether families in receipt of social welfare payments, with children over the age of 22 years in full time...
- Grant Payments
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the oral hearing in relation to the appeal for a respite care grant for 2005 for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation in relation to the rules regarding categories of workers who had to pay PRSI during the years 1967 to 1974; if the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused jobseeker's allowance. [11930/07]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the...
- Department of Transport
- Parking Regulations
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will amend the Roads Bill 2007 to reflect the wishes of the residents of the Croke Park area who are seeking residents only parking permits...
- Irish Language
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version in the Irish language....
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the period 26 March...
- Public Transport
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport if all the 100 buses purchased by Dublin Bus are now in use on the bus corridors they were identified to serve; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason Pobal has refused an application by a club (details supplied) for funding from the dormant accounts fund...
- Irish Language
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a...
- Community Development
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding initiatives he has developed to support organisations seeking to build a sense of community integrated...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be issued with their 2005 national reserve allocation and payment; the reason for...
- Irish Language
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the languages in which her Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if her Department's messages include a version in the...
- Grant Payments
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there are grants available for a person (details supplied) who does not have a herd number to build a slatted shed on the lands...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the grant approved to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will now be granted. [11932/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an appeal for extra entitlements for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which she envisages making or nominating in the period...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Accommodation
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funds will be provided in 2007 for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
- School Placement
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if her attention has further been drawn to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the new pension scheme for primary...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the recognition of Montessori teachers as persons eligible to deliver a primary education programme; if she will...
- Irish Language
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the languages in which her Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if her Department's messages include a version in the...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has plans to refurbish or to rebuild the swimming pool (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the timeframe to undertake...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is expected that an agreement will be reached between the trustees of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 and her...
- School Transport
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason students of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo have to cross a busy road to be collected by the school bus in view...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in order to ensure the delivery of the most appropriate teaching skills in the teaching of English as a second language, she will...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when outdoor toilets at Ballyguiltenane, County Limerick will be replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11933/07]
- School Transport
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department gave an undertaking that encroachment into the catchment area of a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has further been...
- Higher Education
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding is available to support people undertaking distance learning courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Computerisation Programme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to update the software for the computers that all schools have been issued by her Department; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of English language assistant teachers that have been appointed in primary schools in County Donegal in each of the past...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will supply the information previously requested in relation to schools in Dublin 15 (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which she envisages making or nominating in the period...
- School Accommodation
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact the current enrolment of 247 pupils at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford is...
- Sexual Offences
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if boards of management of primary schools or individual members of such boards could be responsible for damages in respect of claims...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on plans to provide a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if progress will be made in respect of the need for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm progress on the building programme at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that proper provision is being made to allow for extensive public use of the physical education hall at a school...
- Department of Defence
- Irish Language
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Defence the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages include a version in the Irish language....
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Defence the establishment of the Reserve Defence Force at commissioned officer level by command and unit; the vacancies that currently exist at commissioned...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the period 26 March 2007...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Development Completions
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by residents in an affordable housing partnership...
- Road Network
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans with his Department for the provision of a relief road for Thomastown in County Kilkenny. [11830/07]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Killybegs, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Irish Language
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the languages in which his Department's telephone messages are recorded; and if his Department's messages...
- Water Pollution
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to an outbreak of cryptosporidium in the water supply from Lough Owel at Mullingar, County Westmeath...
- Election Management System
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost in relation to the unused electronic voting machines, of storing those machines on an annual basis,...
- Water Pollution
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the recent outbreak of cryptosporidium in the water supply in Galway, the number and location of...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the committee he set up to consider the issues surrounding taking estates in charge and management...
- Planning Issues
Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the integrity of the planning system if predicated on the ability of local authorities to...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or...
- End-of-Life Vehicles
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations for scrapping cars; the criteria to be met in establishing and laying out the site; and the...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of land, on a county basis and nationwide, that has been designated as included in special...
