Written answers

Thursday, 5 April 2007

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Electoral Boundaries
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in view of the recent Census of Population he will set up an Electoral Boundary Commission to review Dáil...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in view of the contamination of the public water supply in Galway he will immediately introduce new...
    • Housing Management Companies
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation or regulations on management companies and management charges in private...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the target of 10,000 new social and affordable houses per annum will be met; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to amend planning laws here to allow local authorities decision making powers...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has abandoned taking further legal action seeking the closure of Sellafield. [13250/07]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the success or otherwise of the measures in place and operated by the local authorities...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding phase two of Castleisland sewerage scheme, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to extend the closing date for special area of conservation appeals; and if he...
    • Election Management System
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure to date, including purchase, storage, training and public relations costs, for the proposed...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households who have been enabled to purchase a home, under the shared ownership scheme, for each...
    • Electoral Boundaries
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will create new elected councils for areas where population growth has increased very significantly as...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social inclusion units in local authorities and the locations of same; and the dates on which he...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the situation in Galway where the drinking water has become contaminated; and if he will make a...
    • Risk Management
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the content of the register of risks for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13446/07]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the chairman of the Mahon Tribunal regarding legal fees for lawyers at the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made over the past ten years on recycling and other environmental friendly measures; and if he...
    • Electoral Boundaries
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in view of the recent population census results he will review the local electoral boundaries and the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent survey, carried out among apartment dwellers by the UCD Department of Urban and...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact for his projections of the need to purchase carbon credit in view of the new EU agreement to cut...
    • Construction Industry
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on the ESRI's latest quarterly commentary that predicts a slowdown in new home construction; and if...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on exchanging his Ministerial car for a hybrid vehicle, or a car that runs entirely on bio fuels; and...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether noise insulation in new dwellings is at an acceptable standard; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the findings of the Environmental Protection Agency that sea levels around Ireland will rise by...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded his examination of the option of including radon remediation measures in the homes of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the €6.9 million allocated to the Environmental Research,...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of mox shipments to and from Sellafield in 2006, which passed through the Irish Sea, and which he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the tardiness in proceeding to the commencement of work on a social and...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in determining the criteria for the designation of projects to be completed under the clean development...
    • EU Directives
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of his involvement in the negotiations on the proposed Soil Directive; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to Central Statistics Office figures four out of...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to increase recycling in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase the availability of housing for first time house buyers and those on the local authority...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives his Department will take on foot of the National Housing Conference; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Consumption
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of electricity used in the Customs House each year for the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of water lost through leaks in water mains; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend the compulsory purchase order legislation to reduce the cost of new transport...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to regenerate the central areas of cities and towns and to accelerate the development of key urban...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households that have been transferred to the RAS scheme; when he will publish the legislation to...
    • Departmental Publications
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of bilingual publications published by his Department since 2002 to date in 2007; the print run for...
    • City Status
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give city status to towns like Drogheda and Dundalk where there has been enormous growth in...
    • Housing Standards
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether heating insulation in new dwellings is at an acceptable standard; and if he will make a...
    • Water Quality
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he or his Department have monitored the availability and quality of the domestic drinking...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his recent meeting with the Environment Ministers of Ireland, Norway, and Austria at...
    • Vacant Dwellings
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view of the statistics in Census 2006 that show a high number of vacant dwellings; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to regulate the operation of the private waste collection and waste treatment industry; and if he...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of waste generated by his Department on an annual basis for the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; and...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new owners of Sellafield are examining plans to store...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of planning applications submitted to planning authorities, for each quarter since the beginning of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a mechanism for transferring from social housing in the North to social housing in this...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a national waiver scheme, to provide financial relief for households, including...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will assist companies in the marketing of products made from recycled vehicle tyres such as...
    • EU Directives
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure Ireland's compliance with the Public Participation Directive 2003/35/EEC to...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to update and amend the regulations on the standards of private rented accommodation; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress nationally to date in implementing Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of litter wardens employed in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13408/07]
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the sum of €40,000 spent in 2006 by the RPII in highlighting public...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has co-ordinated a risk assessment strategy with the Department of Defence in the event of a US military...
    • Housing Completions
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings completed here from 1999 to date in 2007; the number of dwellings delivered to date...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of persons on the housing waiting list for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council who are...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vehicles operated by his Department that run on bio fuels; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Quality
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his assessment of the quality of drinking water here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13411/07]
    • Housing Market
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the prospect that first time buyers will be excluded from the housing market if interest rates...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in enacting the Water Services Bill, introduced in 2003 in view of the contamination...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directions he will give to the NTMA with regard to the purchase of Kyoto limits of carbon; the advice he...
    • Waste Management
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his future plans to build municipal waste incinerators throughout the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the planned incinerators to come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Employment Costs
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of employing one Garda, including training and pension benefits. [13770/07]
    • Administrative Practice
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of birth certificates currently in the possession of his Department due to applications for...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons reported missing in 2005; the number who remained untraced at the end of 2005 in view...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will issue a temporary visa to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to allow them to return home...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí responsible for policing Loughlinstown County Dublin during each shift including...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number seven bus has stopped going into Loughlinstown on...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a car sales business has been investigated for the sale of an unregistered 01 van; if they are in breach...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a business permission visa renewal will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm receipt of an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Prison Statistics
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the population held in prison either on remand or serving a sentence; and the same figures for five, ten,...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda force employed in County Wexford; the number of community Garda by location; the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for subsidiary protection for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for leave to remain here for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Property Interests
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the half share in the fee of simple interest in the property for a person (details supplied);...
    • Family Reunification
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when original documents regarding a family reunification application will be returned to persons ( details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when long term residence will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [13696/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will re-examine an application for a certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans that have been made to provide an appropriate and adequate Garda station and an expanded Garda...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda force employed in County Kildare; the number of community Garda by location; the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sexual assaults, common assaults, burglaries and thefts reported in County Kerry since 2002 to...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new Garda diversion schemes established since June 2002. [13763/07]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new Garda stations opened since June 2002; and the number closed in the same period. [13764/07]
    • Garda Communications
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations equipped with email. [13766/07]
    • Prison Staff
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average basic earnings of a prison officer in respect of each year since 2002 to date in 2007; and the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of posts occupied by Gardaí in 2001 that are now occupied by civilians; his plans to fill further...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a timeframe is available as to when a decision will be made on a family reunification application for...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda force employed in County Galway; the number of community Garda by location; the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of persons in County Kildare; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of persons (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 1 February 2007, if the file of the person concerned has been...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that headline crime increased by 12% in 2006 in the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the information sought under Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 31 January 2007 will be provided. [13915/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if original documentation submitted with an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Death Certificates
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a declaration of death in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis on which a memorandum of understanding was concluded between An Garda Síochána and one motor...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no progress has been made in providing a full closed circuit television system for Finglas Village...
    • Security Industry
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the course of studies required for persons working in the security industry following the introduction of...
    • Action on Court Decision
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 5 December 2006, in relation to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that Gardaí who retired prior to 1992 do not qualify for four types of allowances for...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who had applied for asylum in 2006 and was rejected by...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied); if he will grant them a visitor's visa in the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 22 February 2007, if the National Women's Strategy has been...
  • Department of Finance
    • Flood Relief
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there will be greater problems with flooding in future years as a result of global warming particularly in the town of...
    • Credit Card Services
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the introduction of a prohibition on credit card providers from raising credit limits except at the request of the customer; the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the time-scale for the building of the new Garda stations in Finglas and Ballymun. [13969/07]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals and funding being made available for the upgrading of the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; and if so, the timescale and...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has responsibility for the river wall (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if the OPW has responsibility for the now...
    • Tax Code
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tax aviation fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13606/07]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the names and addresses of those authorised as moneylenders within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13607/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the public service obligation for energy providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13608/07]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people in his Department who have been constructively dismissed in the past five years. [13609/07]
    • National Parks
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department plans to allow regular bus traffic to use the Phoenix Park, in view of the fact that it is used daily by thousands of commuter cars;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on eliminating or reducing the rate of value added tax on condoms and other prophylactics; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if information from the Office of Public Works has been sent to a local authority; and if a copy of that information will be provided to this...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the decentralisation of Revenue Commissioners jobs to Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13754/07]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the yield in 2006 from stamp duty on residential properties paid at each stamp duty rate, distinguishing between amounts paid by first-time buyers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital spending across all programmes allocated to the Border Midland Western region in respect of the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006;...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners who paid tax at the higher rate and the standard rate in respect of each year since 2002 to date in...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance when full restoration works will be undertaken in Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13856/07]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has received requests for the alleviation of flooding at various locations throughout the country with particular reference...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who requires a tax clearance certificate to return to work and who cannot...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to reports of widespread drainage pipes being installed alongside or in the Tolka River in the Dublin 15 area to facilitate...
    • Tax Code
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of his most recent discussions with the European Commission in relation to the establishment of a common European business tax base; his...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that the cost of administering the Financial Regulator is running at three times the cost of inflation; if he will address...
    • Tax Code
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum value of cash which can be transferred to a niece or nephew which is exempt under inheritance tax: when the level was last increased;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 20 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13994/07]
    • EU Regulations
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will have on all...
    • Customs Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of ports and harbours on the coast of Ireland not constantly monitored by the customs authority with a view to preventing the illegal...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of employing one nurse, including pension benefits. [13774/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a provision made under the increases announced in Budget 2007 for an allocation to ensure the continuity, maintenance and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if contracts will be irreversibly finalised in respect of the provision of private hospitals on public grounds before the imminent...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the drug Subutex is approved for the treatment of drug addicts; if not, if it is her intention to use or approve it; and if she will...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dental treatment is included under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if she will include it; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further funding can be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford towards the vital works needed to their home;...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time a patient has to wait to see an occupational therapist; and if there are plans in place to cut the waiting...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the means testing for home care grants and any changes that may have been made to means testing recently; the amount of home care grants...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the lack of treatment facilities for persons with cystic fibrosis; and when she will address the issue. [13550/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the provision of pensions for general practitioners; if this is an adequate provision; her further views on the fact that...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to address the shortage of social workers in the south east area and in particular those dealing with families...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to make further funding available to provide supports in the area of post adoptive services or support structures for...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Wexford were refused a grant under special housing aid for the elderly; if there is...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications that have been made for a primary medical certificate in each year from 2000 to 2006; the number that were...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the current development is completed will the through road going through the grounds of Wexford General Hospital be reinstated; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be called for their appointment; the efforts being made to reduce waiting times;...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will the repayment of nursing home charges be made for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of times the Adoption Board meets; the number of people who have applied in the past year to adopt; the number of people...
    • Child Care Regulations
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make available to this Deputy a hard copy of the revised child care regulations; when copies of the regulations were made...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the persons who own the hospital lands of St. Vincent's Hospital in Elm Park, St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire and St. Colmcille's...
    • Health Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied); if she will confirm that her Department has responded to this person as...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the recent outbreak of cryptosporidium in drinking water supplies, she remains content that the recruitment process by...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an ultra sound on their gall bladder; and if she will make a...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on issuing a blue card to the thirty women nationwide suffering from Hepatitis C symptoms but testing negative; her further...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive western area officials to ensure that the student medical cards are granted to...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the studies and costing her Department has carried out on the introduction of universal health insurance; if she will supply this Deputy...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing the extra public acute beds required to deal with the accident and emergency crisis and waiting list problems; and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of dealing properly with the increasing numbers of children with ADHD and autism; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will make Lyme disease notifiable, making it obligatory for doctors to report cases to their local Director of Public Health;...
    • Health Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the publication date for the Report of the National Review of Laboratory Medicine; the reason for the development of hot...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide statistics on the incidence of neural tube defects in the new born; if she will take public health measures to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a reply has not issued to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 20 March 2007. [13693/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the national repayments scheme. [13694/07]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in Kerry currently awaiting hip replacement surgery, cataract operations, vascular surgery; the corresponding...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the improvement of services in the accident and emergency department of Kerry General Hospital; and if she will...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if provision will be made for respite care or home help in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which had to be postponed due to...
    • Health Service Executive Property
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if 30 acres of Health Service Executive land at Ballydribeen, Killarney, Co. Kerry will be made available to accommodate social housing...
    • Health Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the waiting time for orthodontic assessment; the waiting time for orthodontic treatment for persons in need of orthodontic...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will become available to Kerry women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/07]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of constructing the one thousand extra hospital beds provided for under the co-location initiative; the amount of...
    • Health Service Executive Property
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the yield to the Exchequer expected from the sale or lease of lands on the sites of public and voluntary hospitals under the co-location...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner cards issued to date at the latest date for which figures are available, broken down on a county...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new acute in-patient hospital beds opened since June 2002. [13794/07]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new step down beds opened since June 2002. [13795/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent to date on the PPARS project; if an estimate is available of the final cost; and if she will make a statement...
    • Maternity Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the National Working Party on home births; the number of reports on the issue that have been issued; the number of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the ongoing delay in increasing the medical card eligibility limits at least in line with increases in the cost of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding at the County Hospital Roscommon for the development of a support unit and continuing care unit for...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contractors who expressed an interest in tendering for the contract for phase 3C of Naas General Hospital; and when actual...
    • Health Services
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that waiting times for hearing tests for children at Newbridge and Tallaght Health Centres are now back to a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request a report from the Health Service Executive stating the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 6 March 2007. [13938/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the inadequate facilities in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin where expectant mothers have to endure...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to reduce waiting periods for patients attending the accident and emergency unit at the Mater Hospital;...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has made additional provision for a CT scanner, MRI and other imaging equipment for Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant all families of children with a disability a medical card regardless of income. [14017/07]
    • EU Regulations
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will...
    • Health Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for any delays; and if she will make a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the counties in which the BreastCheck service is available; and the estimated percentage of women to which the service is now available....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans held by her Department with regard to reports of the imposition of private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals in...
    • Health Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide assistance to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14089/07]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views regarding a golf course (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact that the habitat of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the incentives he is introducing to encourage people to use biofuels and drive environmentally friendly cars;...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures in place to encourage households to have greener homes; the grants available for improved energy...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the sum spent on coastal erosion in the past five years for each local authority area; the sum allocated in the...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's policy on any proposal to in-fill 52 acres of Dublin Bay; and if his Department will direct...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to his reply of 28 March 2007 in relation to appointments to State boards and bodies, the relevant...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of times in 2006 samples were taken by fisheries and EPA inspectors of water courses down stream of...
    • Television Licences
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of people employed in the collection of television licenses; their remuneration; the amount of money...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the ban on the driftnetting of salmon will commence; and the arrangements in place to ensure compliance...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost to the ESB to install smart meters for every consumer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to expedite the processing of the applications for the foreshore licences required for the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the European Commission's 12th annual report on the telecoms sector which ranks Ireland 16th...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are future plans to in-fill 52 acres of Dublin Bay in Clontarf, Dublin 3. [14014/07]
    • EU Regulations
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the...
    • Coastal Zone Management
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps that are being taken to put in place a legislative and management structure for the extended shelf...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the sum allocated, the sum drawn down and the related works completed to combat coastal erosion each year for...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will assist persons (details supplied) by making representations to the Mongolian authorities as to the whereabouts of a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action currently being taken by the Government through membership of European and global institutions such as the UN to promote human...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the location where a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can apply for a visa. [13977/07]
    • EU Regulations
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will have...
    • Proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14039/07]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if information is available to him concerning the circumstances that led to the detention of 15 naval personnel in waters between Iran and...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the funding for the proposed swimming pool at Leixlip, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will look favourably on a grant application made by a theatre (details supplied) in County Limerick; the criteria that has to...
    • National Theatre
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the location to which it is intended to move the Abbey Theatre; his views on whether O'Connell Street would be a more appropriate...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding or grant aid for the development of a golf course (details supplied) in County Kerry arranged through his Department or...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on an application by a group (details supplied) in County Galway under the sports capital programme;...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the expenditure review of the local authority swimming pool programme will be completed; and when it is expected that a new...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will come up with a plan to develop sports in disadvantaged areas. [14013/07]
    • EU Regulations
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Corporate Law Enforcement
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the net saving to the Exchequer by not recruiting a further 20 employees to the Office of Corporate Law Enforcement; and if...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further action available in the event of a recommendation from the Labour Court in favour of an employee (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on trade trips abroad by his Department and the State agencies under its aegis over the past four years,...
    • Research Funding
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria that has been set down for the awarding of the R and D vouchers to small Irish Businesses; the involvement...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for voluntary decentralisation that have been received by his Department and the State agencies...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount and detail of resources he will invest in retraining workers who have been made redundant; and the timeline he...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding or grant aid for the development of a golf course (details supplied) in County Kerry was arranged through his...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views in relation to a golf course (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the recent collapse of an illegal...
    • Job Creation
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of public funds provided to date to a group (details supplied) in County Leitrim by his Department or agencies...
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA assisted jobs that have been lost and created in County Kerry in 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this...
    • Foreign Investment
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the urgent measures he will take to attract much needed foreign investment into north Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Job Losses
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of actual job losses that were successfully identified in advance by the early warning system operating under...
    • Research Funding
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria that will apply to the public sector R and D projects, which will receive funding under the Competitive Fund...
    • Labour Inspectors
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently operational; the number of inspectors to be allocated to each regional centre;...
    • Work Permits
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons from Romania and Bulgaria that have been allocated personal public service numbers since 1 January...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • PPS Numbers
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personal public service numbers allocated to entrants from Romania and Bulgaria since 1 January 2007; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to their benefits. [13506/07]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to his reply of 28 March 2007 in relation to appointments to State boards, bodies and other entities, if in relation to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on assisting those who are eligible for the telephone allowance with the cost of the line connection fee; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 Paragraph 1, Part 2 discriminates against a married woman where...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the payment being awarded to a person (details supplied) is the maximum payment available to them; and the payment that would...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of a reassessment of means of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to their claim for an old age...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding allocated for MABS, the number of persons who sought advice, and the number who received financial assistance in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of supplementary welfare allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if same is under...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his policy in relation to the backdating of credits for the purposes of calculating pension entitlement for those women who were...
    • Community Development
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will ensure a positive response to an application for funding from a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the living alone allowance will be awarded retrospectively to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [13978/07]
    • EU Regulations
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 20 June 2006, if the Maintenance Recovery Unit has completed its special report; if...
  • Department of Transport
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport if dialogue has occurred between his Department and the Taxi Regulator specifically regarding the issue of provision of taxi ranks; his views on...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is open to local authorities to provide by-laws for the introduction of a preferential parking scheme, permit or otherwise, for traders and...
    • Rail Services
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport the assurances he can give that the North Esk freight facility and freight yard will remain connected to the Cork-Cobh line; and the proposed...
    • Air Services
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he will take in view of the recent signing of the Open Skies agreement and the attendant changes in transatlantic air services at...
    • Road Safety
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport his view on the recent report by the British Vehicle and Operator Services Agency that up to 55% of Irish registered vehicles, including public...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will amend legislation to allow Dublin City Council or Dublin Bus to install closed circuit television on bus lanes and allow buses to use...
    • Bus Services
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will supply the 200 extra buses requested by Dublin Bus in the Dublin Bus Network review of February 2006; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a plan to re-open the long mile tunnel which connects Heuston to Connolly stations; and if there is a plan to provide a new railway...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport the timescale under Transport 21 for implementing the Luas line to Broadstone and reactivating the Broadstone line to Liffey junction. [13557/07]
    • Road Safety
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with testing arrangements for the safety of buses operated by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; if similar testing standards apply...
    • Public Transport
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of purchasing one hundred double deck buses for Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13797/07]
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to the Exchequer of the Dublin Port tunnel; if all payments have now been made; the payments or claims that are under dispute; and if he...
    • Rail Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to the correspondence (details supplied) on train capacity and overcrowding on the transport service here. [13894/07]
    • Road Network
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the decision to purchase the Westlink Toll Bridge, he will continue with the tolling system on this State owned road; if he has...
    • Rail Network
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Transport if the contracts have been signed for the Kildare Route Project. [13906/07]
    • Public Transport
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an amended application for a licence from Dublin Bus to operate a service from Adamstown, County Dublin; and when he will make...
    • Road Network
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify correspondence from an official of his Department (details supplied) which was sent to local residents in relation to works...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Transport when and the way the contract was awarded to the publisher of the support material for the driver theory test; the revenue the State has gained...
    • EU Directives
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will have on all...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are proposals being prepared for the stretch of the canal from Cross Guns Bridge to O'Reilly's Bridge on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to his reply of 28 March 2007 in relation to appointments to State boards, bodies and other entities and his...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding or grant aid for the development of a golf course (details supplied) in County Kerry was arranged through...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects undertaken by the CLÁR programme in County Cork; the investment made in the county; and if he will make...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in updating charity legislation. [13975/07]
    • Community Development
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the schemes available from his Department for a group of people (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Directives
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is eligible for installation aid grant. [13508/07]
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the supports available from within her Department for the development of renewable and alternative energies; if, in this regard, there...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of inspectors for farm inspections that were employed by her Department for each of the years 1997 to date in 2007; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the minimum and maximum number of questions that a farmer applying for the single direct payment answers on an annual basis; and if she...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the value of public funds provided to date to a group (details supplied) in County Leitrim by her Department or agencies under the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the core documentation relating to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo that remains outstanding as indicated...
    • EU Directives
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will...
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when, in view of the recent Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government decision to designate hen harrier special...
    • Water Services
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on water meters being installed on farms; her further views on whether farmers costs are increasing all the time; and if she...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will change the farm inspection guidelines as it is widely felt by farmers that this is too confining; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of employing one primary school teacher, including pension benefits. [13772/07]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason children in a class of 22 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be in a class of 34 in September 2007; and if...
    • Youth Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special projects for youth funded by her Department in County Louth; the location and number of such staff funded by her...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on including teaching experience in private second level schools for incremental pay purposes; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the provision of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [13515/07]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school places available in secondary schools in the Lucan area; the number of students in sixth class attending primary...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the application by a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for a physical education hall as part of a...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her reply of 28 March 2007 regarding appointments to State boards and bodies, if she will furnish the information requested...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements could be made for a meeting to be set up between a club (details supplied) and Dublin City Council regarding the site...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the directive she has issued to her Department officials regarding a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim in view of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new primary school at Blennerville, Tralee, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teachers working in national schools are private employees or public servants; if they are in fact private employees answerable to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the ownership and future plans for the former Coláiste Mhuire secondary school on Parnell Square in Dublin 1; and if she...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has had an application for a home school community liaison officer for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been expelled from a school; her plans...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason teachers are precluded from access to the Labour Court to pursue individual grievances; if, as the arbitration and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the directive she has issued to her Department officials regarding the application submitted by a school (details supplied) under the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is committed to ensuring the future of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 2 as a stand-alone school; the steps she will take...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the applications for funding on file for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when funding will be provided for the school; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to relax the rules regarding home tutors for pre-school children with autism; the reason for the need for a tutor working...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the planned extension to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork. [13703/07]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      Question 446: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén méid dalta atá ag freastal ar Ghaelscoileanna agus ar Ghaelcholáistí faoi láthair; freisin, cén fáth nach bhfuil gach...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sport and physical education will be included as an examination subject in the 2007 and 2008 academic year at leaving certificate...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new primary school at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if her attention has been...
    • Youth Services
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the application of a youth project (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the replacement of existing prefabs at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Adult Education
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new adult literacy places created since 2002; the cost of the number of places which have been created; the number of...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people who left school before sitting their junior or intermediate certificate exams currently participating in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the national average pupil teacher ratio in junior infants, senior infants, first class, second class and third class respectively;...
    • Adult Education
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of mature students attending third level in 2002; the number of disadvantaged students attending third level in 2002; the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils in classes of 1-24, 25-29, 30-39 and 40 plus. [13805/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the first and second level schools in respect of which new schools or major refurbishment or extensions were approved in the period...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is assistance available to students wishing to study abroad as part of their undergraduate course, if they have been awarded...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will write to the management of South Dublin County Council supporting calls by local representatives for a compulsory purchase...
    • Third Level Students
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the higher education grant is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for the construction of a new community school in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; her plans to progress the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only 35 pupils in classes of less than 20 out of a combined pupil...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional educational psychologists recruited to date following her announcement of the recruitment of 31 additional...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [13918/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has concluded her examination of the NCSE implementation report in relation to the Education for Persons with Special...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [13921/07]
    • School Placement
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the difficulty experienced by pupils of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 in obtaining places in a second level Irish...
    • School Closures
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is undertaking to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is retained for community and educational...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the need for a primary school to accommodate the children from the new housing development within...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the frustration of the parents of the children attending a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in her Department responding to proposals from the boards of management of schools (details supplied) in...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to accommodate a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in another school building, in view of the fact that the school...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the status of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the socioeconomic profile of the school pupils and...
    • School Discipline
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options, including appeal procedures, open to a parent who is unhappy with the expulsion, suspension or other disciplinary action...
    • School Placement
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the numbers of children without school places for September 2007 in Dublin 15; the measures she is planning to take to address this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the building of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be sanctioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the continued underfund in the areas of student supports and the infrastructure of colleges and the fact that Ireland...
    • School Staffing
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to change the Education Act 1998 in such a way as will establish conformity with European and international equality...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to previous parliamentary questions, the work which has been initiated with regard to the necessary upgrading, specifically...
    • School Staffing
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in each school in respect of each second level school in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8; the number of teachers, associate...
  • Department of Defence
    • Waste Management
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence the refuse disposal procedures in place in each army barracks; the annual cost of refuse disposal in each facility to either a local authority or...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Defence the location and address of each of the Defence Forces firing ranges; the additional functions of each range, other than for Defence Force training;...
    • EU Directives
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will have on all...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to offset the carbon emissions arising from Ministerial air travel; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nationwide net need for local authority housing in the years 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals or projects to meet the current and future water and sewerage treatment needs of County Meath...
    • Environmental Protection
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the entire area of the Croaghrimbeg bog has been designated as a special area of conservation; the...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been allocated by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) for the provision...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he, his Department or the Government have plans to acquire St. Joseph's School for the Deaf and the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the embargo on local authority staff recruitment is having a detrimental affect on the quality of services...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans, in view of water pollution difficulties in Galway City and County to provide for the multi-annual...
    • Waste Management
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money being made available by his Department to local authorities to cover the cost of the...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations in County Wexford at which partially treated, incompletely treated or untreated sewerage or...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding proposed upgrades or new installations of sewerage schemes in County Wexford to...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a golf course (details supplied) in County Kerry, or parts of it, have been designated an area of national...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the water schemes completed and in planning in County Donegal since 1997 to date in 2007; and the investment...
    • Housing Completions
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses or apartments completed which have a floor area of less that 80 square metres in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing completions and in each case the total that were social housing and affordable housing...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to voluntary housing associations for construction programmes in respect of each year...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the water schemes completed and in planning in County Wexford since 1997 to date in 2007; and the investment...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses acquired under Part 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and allocated...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has reduced the allocation to Kildare County Council in respect of non-national roads in 2007...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he expects to meet the Kyoto principles in regard CO2 emissions; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the funds allocated by his Department in 2007 to the various local authorities in respect...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses allocated by the various local authorities, excluding those provided through voluntary...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an investigation has taken place with a view to determination of the extent to which overloaded sewerage...
    • Local Authority Revenue
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in addition to the amount of development levies demanded by local authorities, he collects data on the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities that have applied for increases in each year since 2002 to date in 2007; the categories...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as it relates to petitioning to have an estate taken...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the progress to reduce CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Climate Strategy
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the operation of carbon credit purchasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13879/07]
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the work he has done with regard to the public concerns here over the activities of BNGS; the current...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made to clampdown on illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Parks
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to develop a wilderness park in the north midlands (details supplied); the progress to date on the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has visited Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare in his capacity as Minister; and if he will...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1909 of 31 January 2007, if he will issue the regulations before the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will announce new proposals for the operation of the disabled persons grant. [13919/07]
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimate of the resource implications for local authorities in the context of the disability audit; if...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an assessment has been carried out on the resource implications for local authorities in relation to the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make a decision in respect of the grant application from Fingal County Council in respect of the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in amending legislation to allow all local authority tenants purchase their own home....
    • Waste Management
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has a levy on landfill and not on incineration; his views on the amounts raised by the landfill...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Strategic Infrastructure Act's implementation is being delayed by human resource issues in An Bord...
    • Water Quality
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission's action in sending Ireland a final written warning for failing to...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his reasons for failing to reduce the fees paid to legal representatives at the Mahon Tribunal; and if he...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the latest contract entered into by his Department and local authorities with a company...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amounts and names of those local authority senior staff who received bonus payments in the last year for...
    • Waste Management
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to make changes in the regulation of waste charges such as those operating in Dún...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his future plans for providing guidelines under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he...
    • Waste Management
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which he is taking to ensure pay by weight refuse charges are introduced by local authorities; when...
    • Water Charges
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a nationwide water charge waiver scheme for schools and community organisations; and if...
    • Waste Management
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a nationwide refuse charge waiver scheme for the elderly; and if he will make a...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to a previous parliamentary question, when a floor area certificate will be issued to a person...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the instructions as have been given by his Department for the implementation of European directives in...
    • Local Government Funding
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans his Department holds for the necessary cleansing of the south park area in Galway; the funding that...

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