Written answers

Wednesday, 4 April 2007

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Judicial Process
      Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the continuing delays in court hearings for criminal trials is unacceptable; the further...
    • International Agreements
      Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when, in view of the Government's decision to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who sought asylum or leave to remain in Ireland since 1992; and if he will make a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí charged with the offence of disclosure of information under Section 62 of the Garda...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the tangible results that have been achieved in tackling the significant problem of drugs in prison; when...
    • Legal Representation
      Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concern expressed by the author of new research into the operation of...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised additional Gardaí will be recruited in regard to his announcement of 19 December 2006; when...
    • Garda Information System
      Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement detailing the availability of internet facilities to members of An Garda...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda investigation has been held into the circumstances in which a newspaper was apparently told that a...
    • National Disability Strategy
      Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role and responsibilities of his Department with regard to the National Disability Strategy and the...
    • Criminal Assets
      Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the assets of criminal gangs have been fully examined, assessed or targeted; if...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gun murders recorded in 2006; the way this compares with the figures for 2005; the number of gun...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; if he will include powers to...
    • Port Status
      Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to private airports here; the private airports that have port of entry status; his...
    • Drugs Trade
      Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken, other than producing more legislation amending his earlier legislation, in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the facility for access by persons with disabilities to his Department Headquarters on St Stephen's Green; and...
    • Garda Ombudsman Commission
      Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the establishment of the Garda Ombudsman Commission; the number of staff...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review of the spending approval procedures has been implemented in relation to the approval given by his...
    • Community Policing
      Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to improve community policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12838/07]
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role his Department has in working to reduce racism in society here; the way his Department interacts with...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report (details supplied); the main findings of the report; if he has not received the...
    • Gender Pay Differentials
      Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to ensure full gender pay equality; the reason his work on this matter to date has failed; the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take following the recommendation from the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism,...
    • Telecommunications Interception
      Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any member of Dáil or Seanad Éireann has or has had their telephones intercepted under the legislation in...
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the delay in finding a replacement to fill the part-time psychologist position at the Midlands Prison which...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a recent newspaper report (details supplied) which says that a site...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána, the number of juvenile liaison officers and the percentage of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report he sought from the Garda authorities into the handling of a case (details...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recruits who have graduated from the Garda Training College as full Garda members since 6 June...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to act on the recommendation made in the recent report of the National Advisory Committee on...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the Government's continued resistance to signing and ratifying the Convention on Rights of...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a progress report on a promise made (details supplied) during a Sinn Féin Private Members'...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the €3.85 million cost of security at Shannon Airport in 2006 was a justified burden...
    • Garda Inspectorate
      Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the report of the Garda Inspectorate on the study it carried out into the findings of the Barr...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the National Steering Committee on Violence Against Women's strategic plan; the groups...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the efforts being made to alleviate the ongoing problems of overcrowding in Cork Prison; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it has taken a total of six years to reach the point whereby the Tetra consortium have been awarded...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out either in respect of court awards or out of court settlements for claims taken against...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position, in regard to the new draft Garda Discipline Regulations, which he originally said would be...
    • Garda Communications
      Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations that are equipped with broadband; the number of Garda stations that are equipped...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether prisoners who are on methadone maintenance programmes before they start their prison...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the Garda investigation into recent allegations that a 14 year old boy in the Dublin area...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently assigned to community policing; if he will confirm that this represents less...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied at the extent to which persons involved in gun crime including homicides have been...
    • Garda Inspectorate
      Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in implementing the recommendation of the recent report of the Garda Inspectorate, published...
    • Data Protection
      Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that more than 10,000 requests were made by the Garda during 2006 under the Criminal...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve at the latest date for which figures are available; the number he...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to fraudulent Internet schemes such as PIPS; the mechanisms in place to...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the continued rise in the use of cocaine reported by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs; if...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will facilitate the introduction of sentencing guidelines for the Judiciary; and if he will make a...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has communicated with the NDVIA on his Department's ongoing review of the work of the NDVIA;...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his proposals for an Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill will include a marriage bar for certain...
    • Immigration Controls
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with arrivals from Bulgaria and Romania, including the number of people who have arrived from...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has concluded its investigations, initiated as a result of a complaint made by the Secretary...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the integration policy being prepared by the Reception and Integration Agency; when it will be...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on the request of Circuit Court Judge, Brian Curtin, for early retirement on...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cars in the Garda fleet; the person who has the contract for maintenance of the fleet; if that...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to improve rural policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12839/07]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the review of the Domestic Violence Act 1996; if he will publish amending...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Superintendent appointed to carry out an investigation into the circumstances in which the...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the Ministerial and Government fleet are converted to environmentally friendly and more...
    • Garda Management
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in implementing the recent report of An Garda Síochána Advisory Groups, published on 7...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will use the powers available to him under Section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2003 to provide...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a response from the Garda Commissioner to the copy sent to him of the Report of the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 84: To ask the Taoiseach the average annual salary of a lawyer in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; the salary scales in respect of legal staff, including the starting...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised or proposes to raise, in the context both of his commitment to a structured dialogue with the churches and of a constitutional requirement that...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach the number of private rental properties and landlords in the Council of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown, the four Dublin County Councils and the State in the figures...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to date in 2007. [13166/07]
    • Equality Issues
      Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the circumstances in which legislation promoted by his Department was approved that continues to allow for separate provision to be made in law for citizens on...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who died in Garda custody; and the reason the...
    • Children in Care
      Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of Garda time employed in searching for and returning children who have been reported missing from...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the non-lethal weapons available for use by members of An Garda Síochána; the number of each category of...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that an Inspector of Prisons will be appointed. [13179/07]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community Gardaí who live in the community that they serve; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations equipped with e-mail facilities; the number of uniformed members of An Garda...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of dogs in the Garda Dog Unit; the cost of running the unit; the number of members assigned to the...
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average annual salary of a member of An Garda Síochána; the salary scales in respect of each rank,...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of funding for awareness programmes to tackle domestic violence that has been set aside for each...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members assigned to the Garda Water Unit and their respective ranks; the number of civilian...
    • Courts Service
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that there will be a general reform of the courts system in line with An Agreed Programme...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members assigned to the Garda Air Support Unit and their respective ranks; the number of...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-Irish citizens released from prison and subsequently deported in each month of 2006 and...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the skills programmes that have been put in place in prisons to enhance employment prospects for prisoners on...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations that still operate green men; the location of these stations and their...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of dedicated community Gardaí. [13194/07]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations that are not open and staffed 24-hours a day; the location of these stations and...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners with limited educational accomplishment in each of the years 2002 to date in 2007....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of his Department, or other public...
    • Overseas Students
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non EU citizens studying at Irish universities have been...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of prisoners that are offered temporary release; comparative figures for the period 1994 to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to address the problem of re-offenders committing an offence while on bail; and if he will make...
    • Stardust Disaster
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has met with the families bereaved by the Stardust disaster; if he will meet with their committee; if...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the success of Operation Anvil; the outcome to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prisons here are drug free; if the authorities are aware of high abuse of illegal drugs in the prison...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of the working group to consider options for legislative proposals for Government of couples in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda personnel levels, supports, Garda motorcycles and Garda cars or vans available in the HJ and R...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers in accommodation offered by the RIA; the locations of such centres; the budget...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people that have applied for naturalisation during the period 2000 to 2005; the comparison...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who were refused asylum or leave to remain here since 1992; the costs involved in the...
    • Youth Diversion Projects
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support an application for a Garda Youth Diversion Project for Lucan, County Dublin in order to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of organised criminal gangs or their families currently operating in the country and...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the full extent of the technology currently available to the Gardaí is adequate to meet the scale of...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of Garda stations throughout the country, excluding divisional headquarters that are...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the deployment of Gardaí in terms of ratio to the population has been improved in line...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the permanent and full time Garda Síochána as of 30 March 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which custodial procedures in respect of high risk criminals are breached throughout the prison...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes committed by members of organised criminal gangs since he linked the incidence of such...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will carry out a revision of Garda strength and deployment in respect of division, district and station...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which it is intended to increase or improve the facilities available to the Gardaí in County...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations throughout County Kildare open and operational on a 24 hour basis; his plans to...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm plans for funding for closed circuit television systems in Tallaght including estates in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance when the new Garda Station in Leixlip will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13376/07]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to date in 2007....
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person paying rent to a housing association similar to those (details supplied) is entitled to claim tax relief on their rent; and if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive the liabilities for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo as they are experiencing financial difficulties; and if he will make...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no specialised treatment is provided for people in Kerry with special needs once they leave the formal education system; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients currently awaiting orthopaedic appointments at Kerry General Hospital; the consultant rheumatology patient ratio;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which her Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to date...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to deal with the number of children reported missing from the custody of the Health Services Executive;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to establish a National Mental Health Service Directorate within the Health Service Executive, as...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people currently holding full medical cards, per county; the number of people currently holding general practitioner only...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of her Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients at St. Bridget's Hospital, Ballinasloe; if the number of patients has been cut back in recent years; if staffing...
    • Health Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; the services that will be available when the project is...
    • Transport Costs
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cost of transport to attend a hospital in Dublin will be refunded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, as the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 1 March 2007, if she will request the Health Service Executive to address the issues...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for enhanced nursing home subvention which was...
    • Health Services
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in need of orthodontic treatment to be admitted for pre-orthodontic...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a medical card which has been refused; if her...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having an admission date arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is in need of surgery. [13287/07]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department and the Health Service Executive have not applied to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs...
    • EU Health Insurance
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 691 of 31 January, 2007, the reason there is still no information on ehic.ie regarding the public...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will clarify the powers of the Health Service Executive in relation...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has signed the statutory instrument to establish the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; when she will sign the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for knee surgery; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if legislation exists or is needed to govern the provision of medical information by non-medical professionals; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to hospitals (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the waiting lists for each of the hospitals; and if she will...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if cancer screening will be provided for people over the age of 64, both male and female; if she will remove the inequality that exists...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with Crumlin Hospital and have an appointment brought forward for a person (details supplied) as their condition...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a group (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded a grant; the outcome of the review in this case; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide a weekend consultant led palliative care service at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects the proposed national broadband scheme to be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the grant aid available in establishing a wind turbine business; and the regulations relevant to such an...
    • Energy Review
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the person who will carry out the review of security of oil supplies to Ireland which is to be completed in...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will publish a Handbook on Oil Supply Disruptions Contingency Measures as proposed in section 3.7 of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the fact that the rod ban implemented on the Shannon in Limerick City includes all fish species...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to date in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to people living in Bellarus who have to apply to Moscow for visas and so on and have been travelling to Moscow to...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding available to assist an arts group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to plans by the IDA to bring potential investors to the north Kerry area; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years...
    • Company Closures
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation regarding a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if it is in liquidation; the situation with respect...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be transferred to Carlow as a...
    • Research Funding
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is putting in place to ensure that the investments being undertaken in his research and development policy...
    • Passports for Investment Scheme
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in relation to the number of passports issued in the passports for investment scheme, his Department has monitored the...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reduce the amount on the freehold lease for a company (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received the submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will agree to address their concerns in...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the new free travel pass for Northern Ireland for old age pensioners when they go to their social...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to pay [i]pro rata[/i] pensions to those self-employed persons who have made contributions for between five and ten...
  • Department of Transport
    • Planning Issues
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received further representations regarding the development of lands (details supplied) in County Dublin; his views in relation to this...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to date in 2007....
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended to introduce penalty points for drivers not using or incorrectly using vehicle lights including headlights, dipped headlights,...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is proposed to provide transport under the rural transport initiative for places such as Monivea, Athenry, Tuam, Loughrea, Mountbellew,...
    • Road Signage
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 18 October, 2005, if the proposed measure has been adopted as part of the new traffic signs manual;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalty point offence categories which are provided for in legislation but not yet activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will furnish statistics in relation to the number of accidents that occurred between 12 midnight and 2 a.m. between March 2006 and March...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the signposts for Dingle/Daingean Uí Chúis have had the English version of the name taped over while...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      Question 227: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an gcuirfear deontas ar fáil chun an balla cosanta ag an Bhaile Thiar, Oileán Thoraigh a chríochnú; agus an...
    • Community Development
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when they will be notified as to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if grant aid support is currently available for scouting organisations; if not, his views on developing a scheme to...
    • Rural Development
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is financial aid available through his Department for auxiliary development on an estate which has been...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which her Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if additional entitlements from the national reserve will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review her Department's decision not to make additional funding available for special educational enterprises (details...
    • School Staffing
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made on staffing numbers for 2007 and 2008 for a school (details supplied) in a disadvantaged area of County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to build a new school; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which her Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding decentralisation of the Higher Education and Training Awards Council; the plans in place regarding...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount it would cost her Department to provide 30 hours applied behavioural analysis for a child in a school (details supplied)...
    • Legal Costs
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount her Department spent on legal costs in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow whose parents...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if physical education hall facilities will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [13198/07]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of her Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will...
    • School Closures
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that the sports hall of a school (details supplied) which is a major amenity for other local schools and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the staff of a school (details supplied) have no idea of what they are to do when the school closes in a number of weeks in...
    • School Transport
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of buses used in the school bus fleet; the number of these that are publicly owned; if the drivers of the publicly owned...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria which must be met for home school community liaison officers in primary schools; the number of such appointments at...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff members currently employed in the National Educational Psychological Service which is based in Mullingar; if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that the existing compliment of teaching, learning support and resource staff at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has been given a grant allocation of...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who to date is without a place for primary school; her proposals to address...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 266: 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 Insurance Costs
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there have been examples of inadequate insurance to cover claims made in primary and secondary schools within the lifetime of this...
    • School Staffing
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been reached by her Department regarding teacher numbers for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow for...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has studied the document issued by the Union of Students in Ireland, An Agenda of Excellence in Third Level Education; her...
    • School Transport
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the process whereby second level students and their parents can complain about a driver operating a school bus run; if any driver...
    • School Insurance Costs
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied in relation to insurance cover for primary schools in the State and that individual members of boards of...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Louth was refused funding for essential accommodation; if her attention has been...
  • Department of Defence
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in each of the years 2002 to date in 2007....
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason behind his decision on 28 March 2007 to defer the planned reduction in the fees paid to lawyers at...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of nominations from each gender to State boards for which his Department has responsibility in...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available from his Department to the different local authorities that has not been spent; and the...
    • Water Quality
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the report on Guidelines for Local Authorities on Minimising the Risk of Cryptosporidium in Water Supplies...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to change the law regarding illegal encampments on public land; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of penalty points issued in each of the years since their inception, with a breakdown by offence....