Written answers

Thursday, 26 April 2007

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment for People with Disabilities
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendation contained in the Government's mental health policy A...
    • North-South Enterprise Policy
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in negotiations with the British Government relating to a north south enterprise policy; his plans...
    • Job Creation
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the enterprise element of the special local area plan for Mallow recently agreed; if he...
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases currently before the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; the number of cases for which rulings have been...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the data recording and analysis system in operation in the Labour Inspectorate, including the specific types and level of...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views, in view of the stark difference in the number of work permits issued to Romanian and Bulgarian nationals as...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to offset the carbon emissions of his State car; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently employed by the Labour Inspectorate of his Department; the number of labour...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has assisted smaller manufacturing firms to realise the potential of information technology; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Schemes
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role he played in limiting the ability of local authorities to impose punitive charges on local businesses; and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the carbon footprint of each of the agencies under the remit of his Department for 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Job Losses
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to combat job relocation from here to more competitive economies; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to implement a programme of affirmative action and other support for businesses and enterprises with particular...
    • EU Directives
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU Directives for which his Department has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the directives that are...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on plans for a trade mission to Egypt and Jordan in 2007; if it is intended that there be a Ministerial...
    • Company Closures
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he proposes to take to bring replacement jobs and investment to Ballivor in particular and County Meath in...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of the investigation on the disclosure that Polish workers employed by a contractor at the ESB power station in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there has been a negative impact on the work of his Department or its agencies from the Government's Public Service...
    • National Consumer Agency
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the National Consumer Agency is accessible to all people who have queries or complaints by low cost calls or by website;...
    • Regulatory Programme
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of times he has published specific annual reports on reducing the regulatory burden; if he has published none,...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken during his time in office to enable small businesses in the manufacturing and internationally traded...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the carbon footprint of his Department for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15474/07]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has identified the issues affecting a lack of competitiveness in the economy; the steps he has taken or proposes to...
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the communication he has had with the Personal Injury Assessment Board regarding the preference of many claimants for court...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he has ensured that the present apprenticeship programmes for which he has responsibility have been kept responsive,...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure better and more equal access to the workforce for older persons who wish to continue...
    • Work Permits
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on claims that there are anomalies with regard to the administration of the work permits scheme in regard to...
    • Energy Consumption
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action taken by his Department and its agencies to date to ensure maximum energy efficiency and minimum carbon footprint...
    • Job Creation
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he proposes to take to bring replacement jobs and investment to Nenagh and north Tipperary following the series...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, in view of the fact that the lack of controls on the arms trade is a major factor in fuelling conflict,...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the Health and Safety Authority report that found inadequate health and safety procedures in most of the...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the international flights taken by Departmental staff on Department business to date in 2007; the number of flights to each...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reform of FÁS he has instigated since unemployment has fallen to below 5%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Support Schemes
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dedicated supports available to companies from agencies under the remit of his Department aimed at increasing awareness...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who undertook FÁS training courses in 2006; the percentage of these who were unemployed, who were in...
    • Enterprise Planning
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that have been taken in his Department and in the State agencies under its aegis to prepare for an influenza...
    • Adult Education
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the evidence from benchmarking Ireland's performance that Ireland has dropped three places relative to the...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of person-hours lost to his Department and its agencies to date in 2007 due to industrial action; if pending...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of false contracting being used across a wide range of industries in order...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of appointments he will make to State boards and other public bodies before June 2007; and the positions that...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rights the Employment Rights Agency will have to acquire and keep its own data; and the resources that will be allocated...
    • Grocery Industry
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to promote FAIRTRADE products both within and outside his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Consumption
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to minimise the carbon footprint of his Department; the carbon auditing that has been undertaken by...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of journeys made on Government aircraft by Ministers or staff of his Department or its agencies to date in 2007;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in the publication of legislation for whistleblower protection; if he is satisfied that the...
    • Research Funding
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the system of grants and supports to businesses who wish to conduct research and development is...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the provisions of employment law that discriminate against employees over 65 years of...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits made by Enterprise Ireland or the IDA to County Kerry in each of 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007;...
    • Skills Strategy
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he has supported the upskilling of low skilled workers in the manufacturing sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Science and Technology Groups
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to adopt an all-Ireland research and development strategy which will include central and local government,...
    • Employment for People with Disabilities
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if people with disabilities are eligible to participate in the National Employment Action Plan; if not, when they will be...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a long term visa will be issued to a person (details supplied) on humanitarian grounds; if he will clarify...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [15672/07]
    • Stardust Tribunal
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of reference of the eminent legal person being appointed to review the findings of the Stardust...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that action is being taken to allay the concerns of residents (details supplied); if the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his view on having closed circuit television cameras installed in an area (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by persons (details supplied) in County Limerick for long-term...
    • Child Abduction
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that he has complied with the mandatory requirements of EU Environmental Directives in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 1 February 2007, when an application for a person (details...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the next intake of students into Templemore will be; when the next graduation will be; the number of...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reported stabbing incidents for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Family Reunification
      Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in respect of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Studies
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in the development of a Liffey Valley Park; if funds have been earmarked for its development; if so, the amount of...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the amendments proposed by the review group on the motor tax concessions for persons with a disability; the estimated cost of implementing these...
    • Tax Code
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15675/07]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if free optical treatment is available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick whose prescribed lenses are expensive; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is currently hospitalised to be transferred to a community...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for nursing home subvention by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will assist...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an assessment for aids and appliances; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive have plans to allocate extra speech therapists to a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is being threatened with eviction due to the Health Service...
    • Health Compensation Scheme
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department and the Health Service Executive will allow for no fault insurance claims for families of children with cerebral...
    • Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional home help hours are to be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to assist them with living...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the diet supplement for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford can be backdated from the time they would have been eligible to...
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dedicated funding has been made available to the Health Service Executive to fund youth cafés under her new recreation policy for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having a person (details supplied) called to a hospital; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 116: 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, which according to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set out in full the basis for the decision to transfer St. Luke's Hospital; and the reports, reviews, consultation and other...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a refund under the health repayment scheme. [15753/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who has an intellectual disability, is not entitled to a full time place; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra funding or services can be offered to a company (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for this organisation to continue to assist...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a response will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a response will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will make an announcement regarding the tender for the full broadband enablement of the State; and the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will approve expenditure to complete works on a pier (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there is grant assistance for a person who wishes to erect a 10.5 meter high tower wind turbine generator...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the percentage of schools currently connected to a broadband service with speeds greater than 1024 kbps. [15741/07]
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if additional funding has been announced recently in respect of a special programme in addition to a funding...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has concluded his investigation into the circumstances in which a third party became aware of the detail of parliamentary...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that have been made for work permits in 2004, 2005 and 2006 from applicants who are from...
    • Skills Strategy
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he proposes to meet his targets in relation to the upskilling of the labour force; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Management Companies
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes he anticipates will be needed in company law in order to deal with the specific circumstances of licensing...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidelines in relation to the payment of redundancy to employees once an institution closes and ceases business; if the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he has identified the cause or causes of job relocation to other economies; the action he has taken to...
    • Trade Balance Statistics
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied himself that trade balances are sufficiently favourable to the Irish economy; and if he will make a...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish products are sufficiently competitive on world export markets; if he has taken action to...
    • Trade Balance Statistics
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if current trends in respect of imports reflect goods previously produced within this economy; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits applied for to date in 2007; the number approved, refused or pending; the way these figures...
    • Skills Strategy
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of skills available to the workforce for the foreseeable future; if particular...
    • Enterprise and Job Creation
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department have engaged with enterprises proposing to relocate to other economies with a...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for rent supplement will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to extend the free travel scheme here to include Irish pensioners living in the UK; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average delay in finalising appeals for each category of social welfare payment; the number of appeal applications received in...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the surplus in the social insurance fund on the 31 December 2006 and for each of the past 10 years. [15653/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there is such a long delay in processing applications for the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport
    • EU Directives
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the articles of Directive 2005/66/EC which have been fully transposed; the articles which have not been fully transposed; the outstanding measures...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will give consideration to an application under the rural transport scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused a grant. [15750/07]
    • Rural Development
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason it is his intention to interfere in the selection and subsequent election of chairpersons for the new...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Milk Quota
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans with her Department to have additional milk made available to farmers who wish to increase their quota levels in 2007; and if...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the closing date for receipt of applications under the 2007 single farm payment scheme in view of the fact that a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will reintroduce REP scheme 3 until such time as REP scheme 4 is agreed at EU level; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the details of the early retirement pension for farmers will be available; when farmers can make application; and if she will make...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a top-up single payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for the delay in paying same....
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the upper income limit for eligibility for installation aid is €40,000 or €50,000; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not been granted their 2006 single farm payment; if her attention has been...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has studied the IFA pre-election submission; her intentions to address the issues raised therein with particular reference to...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Adult Education
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to ensure that State agencies and Departments become more proactive in coordinating their involvement in promoting...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts being made to ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Galway is kept open until an alternative school is built;...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Dublin will get permanent recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether, in view of the long waiting lists for primary schools in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin, a review...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will make an announcement on the future of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and the way she envisages this campus...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the special needs requirements of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who currently has three and a half...
    • School Transport
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons (details supplied) in County Clare are not facilitated with school transfer; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new primary school will open in September 2007 in Celbridge; if enrolments are being accepted for this school; if a board of...
    • Court Proceedings
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who are currently the subject of court challenges in relation to the provision of education; the number that...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of successful appeals under Section 29 in 2005 and 2006 by county; the number of children who subsequently failed to be...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the means of calculating the number of children with special education needs at primary level who will require special education at...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools connected to broadband by county and type of school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15717/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [15725/07]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if SSIA account interest will be taken into account in deciding higher education grant qualification for the 2007 to 2008 academic...
    • School Transport
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the extension of a school transport service in County Mayo to facilitate a person (details supplied). [15751/07]
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on providing a computer to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15752/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of providing prefabricated buildings for the past ten years at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and the cost...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a higher education grant is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the staff numbers employed at the end of 2006 by each county, city and town council; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected by county in motor tax for 2006 including the amount collected through the online...
    • Road Safety
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the dialogue his Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has had in relation to the...
    • Accessibility Audits
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is intended to make provision for the implementation plans which are required following completion of...
    • Election Management System
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person who has responsibility for the appointment of polling clerks and clerks in electoral areas...
    • Inspection Certificates
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the inspection will be carried on a property (details supplied) in County Sligo to qualify for the rural...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons accepting an affordable house from a local authority...