Written answers

Wednesday, 27 June 2007

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the €71 million the Health Service Executive failed to spend on capital projects in 2006 can be carried over to fund capital...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in response to the recent statement by the chief executive of Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin that a reduction...
    • Health Services
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to ensure a national approach to asthma management here; her views on whether asthma should be covered by the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on calls for additional investment at the National MRSA Reference Laboratory and the fact that the laboratory is currently not...
    • Community Care
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has taken place in the development of a professional meals on wheels service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to the publication of the Teamwork report and the recent release of a Health Service Executive document entitled Teamwork...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the urgently needed completion of phase 2B Longford/Westmeath General Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the cancer strategy implementation report is due to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17737/07]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has guidelines or standards on the required staffing complements of midwives and nurses for maternity hospitals; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cancelled elective operations in each area in 2005 and 2006 and to date in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of part-time nursing home inspectorate teams; the number of people on these teams and their expertise; their geographical area...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the nursing home repayments scheme; the reason for the delays in refunding people; if her attention has been drawn...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the new consultant contract; the principal differences between this contract and the common contract agreed in 1997; if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for implementation of the commitment made in the programme for Government for medical card eligibility for parents of...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether MRSA and other hospital acquired infections are under-reported here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements within her Department for liaison with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the Six Counties;...
    • Health Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of primary care centres established to date in relation to the national primary care strategy; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken by her Department to combat the stigma associated with mental illness since the publication of A Vision for Change; and...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure that clinical audits, as obliged under the 1997 consultants contract, are conducted and reported on at...
    • Health Services
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the annual report of the Health Service Executive for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17352/07]
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for publication of a report (details supplied); if HIQA will be involved in investigating the misdiagnosis of another...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the other directions made by the Health Service Executive to reduce staffing numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name and location of laboratories to which backlogged cervical smear tests are sent; the cost of sending these specimens to private...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she plans to address the shortage of long stay rehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17740/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people eligible for the full medical card and the general practitioner only card to date; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in improving access to health care on the basis of need as opposed to financial means, as proposed by the Health...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the disclosure that the Health Service Executive handed back almost €100 million in unspent money to the Exchequer in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent statement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17733/07]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national renal strategic review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17729/07]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of funding for the new drug for people with multiple sclerosis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Projects
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of capital projects for 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17739/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for ongoing service development for children and adults with intellectual disability, particularly respite and residential...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for her decision to sign the statutory instrument providing for the establishment of a single new national children's...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that half of all 2006 physiotherapy graduates have been unable to find permanent employment in the health service...
    • Health Services
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she plans to take to develop hospice and palliative care services as mentioned in the programme for Government; the timeline...
    • Residential Care Standards
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date official national standards for residential care will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17690/07]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the problems arising in the Cork area from the delay in replacing two consultants (details supplied)...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine, Health and Safety Standards for Irish accident and...
    • Health Services
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding to be given to groups supporting those with acquired brain injury; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes to income guidelines for eligibility for the full medical card and the general practitioners visit card; and if she will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to serious assaults on social care workers as they carry out their work; the processes in place to deal...
    • Health Services
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she plans to take and the timetable to strengthen and develop stroke rehabilitation services as set out in the programme for...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the difficulties elderly people in nursing homes have in accessing chiropody services; the number of chiropodists providing...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to address recent research presented at the annual meeting of the Irish College of General Practitioners which...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to comments (details supplied) the immediate action she will take to stop the spread of hospital infections such as MRSA; and if...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the accident and emergency task force report that called for more acute hospital beds and step down beds and the statement...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to expand the role of the pharmacist to provide a wider range of services, as recommended by the Joint Committee on Health...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and specialty of consultants recruited in each of the years 1997 to date in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision she will make for additional funding for suicide prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17516/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the finding by the Comptroller and Auditor General report on private practice in public hospitals, it is acceptable...
    • Health Services
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of home help in each county for each of the years 1997 to 2006 and to date in 2007; and if she will make...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a suicide awareness group (details supplied) in County Cork has been forced to withdraw...
    • Health Services
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the promised provision of a cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital; her views on the lack of funding...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary funding to allow the Health Service Executive to appoint a microbiologist at Kerry General Hospital in...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to address the Irish Nurses Organisation's claims of a staff shortage at the new Cork University Maternity...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will appoint the director of cancer control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17741/07]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average rate of nursing home subvention payments in each county; the number of persons in receipt of the nursing home subvention in...
    • Health Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home places, public and private, available in each county for 2007; her plans to extend such places; and if she...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of negotiations of a new pharmacy contract; the main difficulties with the proposed contract; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeline for implementation and funding of the A Vision for Change strategy as mentioned in the programme for Government; and if she...
    • Health Reports
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive review into pathology services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll out of BreastCheck around the country per centre and the latest cost estimates of each centre; and if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of employment of the 32 elder abuse officials promised as a result of the report into Leas Cross; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages made available to date in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17710/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and specialty of consultant vacancies to date; where these consultants will be located; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours available in each county for each of the years 1997 to year end 2006 and to date in 2007; and if she will...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when progress began on the new Irish Blood Transfusion Service computer system; the projected cost of the upgrade; the total spent to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when medical cards will be made accessible on laptop computers in order that doctors on call can have clear knowledge of a patient they...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on claims that hospital maternity services across the country are often overcrowded and understaffed; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of doctor only medical cards issued to date, with a breakdown on a county basis of where these have been issued; the average...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the appointment of hospital consultants; when the appointments are expected to be finalised; and if she will...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average floor area space allowed for each bed in open wards in each of the six teaching hospitals in Dublin; the recommended...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the staff recruited to provide ambulance services in each of the years 1997 to date in 2007; the location of the staff;...
    • Health Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status on the roll out of PPARS; the cost of this project to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17587/07]
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a request by the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, if she will deregulate certain prescription medicines; if so, the medicines; and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adults and children on waiting lists for occupational therapy in each of the health regions; the number of vacancies...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time nursing home inspectorate teams; the number and specialty of people on these teams; their geographical area of...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the serious rise in the incidence of prostate cancer; her plans for the introduction of a national...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she came to the decision that €531 a week was the cost of nursing home care in Cavan/Monaghan; her views on whether it is...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether her target to reduce the incidence of MRSA by 30% over five years is unambitious and disappointing in view of the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and type of private and public beds in each hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17698/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps employed in each county for each for the years 1997 to date in 2007; the number of vacancies in each county;...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the delivery of cervical cancer vaccine; the persons who will be the intended recipients and funding of the vaccine;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 189: To ask the Taoiseach if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation Act 2005; and if he will...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 190: To ask the Taoiseach if relatives of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings have sought voluntary disclosure of certain documents from the commission of investigation into...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific means by which he will use the taxation system to encourage good environmental behaviour and discourage poor practice,...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has received an application for funding for flood relief works involving the replacement of piping at Arklow, County Wicklow,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a couple buying a house together are entitled to relief from stamp duty when one is a first time buyer and the other has purchased...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation Act...
    • Tax Code
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax credits available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is caring for a disabled stepson. [17874/07]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed plans by the Office of Public Works to alleviate flooding in the Clonlara area, County Clare; if...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in regarding the repair and refurbishment of Dunmanway Garda station in west Cork; and the estimated timeframe for same....
    • Tax Code
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) is registered for VAT. [17982/07]
    • Road Safety
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will request a report from the Office of Public Works regarding concerns that new traffic and parking restrictions in the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax treatment here of profits generated by persons running private equity funds; and if the inequities recently highlighted in the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Hospital Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department is costing the picture archiving communication system which would help resolve storage problems in hospitals; the...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is necessary for people in receipt of domiciliary allowance to obtain a letter from their doctor every year stating that...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to reduce the burden of child care costs on parents; if she will examine innovative ways such as the VAT system...
    • Children's Rights
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will hold a referendum to amend the family articles in the Constitution and propose new provisions in respect of children's...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role of the proposed Minister of State with responsibility for older people; if, in conjunction with this position does she envisage...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the rate at which persons who were illegally charged for nursing home care are being refunded; the difficulties...
    • Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [17817/07]
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be issued a birth certificate for their child; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that medical card holders may no longer have work done free of charge by their dentist; the reasons for this; and if...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation Act...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will urgently assist in having a person (details supplied) admitted to long-term care. [17876/07]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for nursing home subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17877/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive payments from the health repayments scheme in regard to an application;...
    • Health Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role her Department plays in the provision of education for children with special needs particularly autism and related conditions;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to retain and develop surgical facilities in Bantry Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17955/07]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the provision of additional accommodation at Bandon Community Hospital; and the estimated timeframe for...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a 24 hour ambulance cover for Scariff, County Clare is envisaged by the Health Service Executive for 2007 and 2008; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [17962/07]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the delays in payment to haemophilia sufferers arising from the policy to...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the nursing home repayment scheme for a deceased person (details attached) will commence; the breakdown of the moneys that will be...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation with respect to an application for funding by a hospital (details supplied) in County Wicklow to ensure that the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to alleviate overcrowding at accident and emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18070/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults currently accommodated and provided for at a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting cataract surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18073/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to offer facilities and support to the parents of autistic children in a co-ordinated and structured one stop shop fashion...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all the facilities including state of the art operating theatres are fully operational at Naas General Hospital; her...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the augmentation of the public hospital bed complement in the short term; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to review the proposal to locate the new children's hospital adjacent to the Mater Hospital; if she has received or...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the needs of cancer sufferers are best served by the retention of St. Luke's Hospital and the facilities thereat,...
    • Health Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she or the Health Service Executive have studied the extent to which an expanded role in the provision of health...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the inappropriateness of locating the Central Mental Hospital in the grounds of the proposed prison site...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home teams in 2006 and to date in 2007. [18161/07]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the inspection teams report on the standard of nursing home care and its adequacy and inadequacy; if not the reason for same; and her...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a stock of extra, spare replacement trolleys for use by ambulances in a secure, clean storage area at all accident...
  • Department of Transport
    • Driving Licences
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on having a system put in place whereby local authorities inform people when their driving licence is due to be renewed,...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his proposals, having particular regard to the safety of fishermen who are fishing alone, to approve the type of electronic...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the legislative basis for the practice by some local authorities and by An Garda Síochána of notifying car parking fines by post...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will undertake to introduce legislation to allow greater flexibility to local authorities in having publicly accessed...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation...
    • Public Transport
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the policy for public transport in relation to the elderly and disabled on entering and exiting such public transport in view of...
    • Air Services
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the regulations and requirements for the use of an open space in a densely populated residential area as a landing site for...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the number of drivers currently driving on full licences and the number currently driving on provisional licences; the number of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation Act 2005;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Market Rights
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specifics and workings of market rights and the way they are accessed and used by the general public; and if he will...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the renewal of family income supplement for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is possible for a person who was part of a company pension scheme and then left the company to bring their contributions to...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will review the €80 maintenance charge on the free alarm and security light scheme for needy elderly persons...
    • Traveller Community
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will approve vital additional funding for a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [17790/07]
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the...
    • Community Development
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will approve an application under the programme of grants for locally based community and voluntary...
    • Integration Policy
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Office of the Minister for Integration Policy will have authority within Departments other than the Department...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to address the decentralisation situation arising from the fact that An Bord Pleanála has recently turned...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will cite any and all examples whereby decisions have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not secured an allocation under the national reserve; if she...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was deemed to be an unsuccessful seller under the milk quota trading...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to implement a country of origin label on all meat products sold here particularly pig meat from South America...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if in view of a statement (details supplied) she will immediately state that the current proposal with An Bórd Pleanála...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will confirm that the issue of the consolidation of entitlements under the 2006 single payment scheme for a person...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the decentralisation of her Department to Athlone; when the new offices will be occupied; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 3 April 2007 the progress regarding the provision of a new building to house a new second...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will resolve the outstanding matters in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo relating to a home tuition...
    • State Examinations
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances surrounding the problem that arose in certain schools with regard to Junior Certificate ordinary level maths paper...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the commitment in the new Programme for Government on ABA schools includes those that are awaiting a decision from her Department...
    • School Transport
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a report from Bus Éireann in relation to extending the school transport service to pupils residing in Dunderick...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to purchase a site and to build a new primary school (details supplied) in Killeagh in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that some primary schools (details supplied) in County Cork are faced with in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if her further attention has been...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to a person (details supplied) in County Laois for travel costs and maintenance grants; and if she will make a...
    • School Closures
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in relation to the commitment given by her Department prior to the general election for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to open the special unit for children which is part of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if her attention...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that her Department has completed its examination of the overall accommodation needs of a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Carlow has been assigned a band 2 rating for the school building programme; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra learning supports available for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly attending secondary school; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 at its current location on...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has responded to and if she will detail her response to the request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to clarify the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the directive she has issued in relation to the sanctioning of the DEIS for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo as all the...
    • School Closures
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, following the closure of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5, she will ensure that the facility is retained for educational...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new primary school will be provided in Balbriggan, County Dublin; when a new secondary school will be provided in Skerries,...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to resolve the crisis situation developing in Skerries where a national school site is available and a need for a new...
    • School Management
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to address the crisis situation in primary school education brought about by the reluctance of organisations and individuals...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her Department's position on ABA and ABA schools and recognise, approve and provide funding, support and...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine and reconsider the regulations regarding the supply of language support teachers for national schools to help them...
  • Department of Defence
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the Interpretation Act 2005; and if...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to Army ambulances; the reason there are delimiters installed in their ambulances which prevent them from reaching...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff left in the Civil Defence school, Ratra House, Phoenix Park, Dublin 7; the plans and time-scale for its renewal; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Defence the timescale for the decentralisation of his Department from Parkgate Street, Dublin 7 to Newbridge, County Kildare; the options available to staff...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will have the UN protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons especially women and children and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of operational speed cameras on roads currently operated by members of An Garda Síochána; and his plans to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to issue regulations or bring forward legislation to address the shortfalls in the operation of management...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow a person (details supplied) in County Dublin currently attending a voluntary secondary school to continue...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will resolve the serious anti-social issues at a bus stop (details supplied). [17813/07]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding the application to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds of a person (details...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the introduction of on the spot fines with increased penalties for public urination in view of the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there is anything he can do to assist; and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) and that they have been deprived of an income...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has been here for over six years, is...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will set out the policy in relation to the issuing of stab vests to student Gardaí; if it is the case that no stab...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide statistics on the number of prosecutions taken by Gardaí and convictions secured against motorists for...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the new Garda station proposed at Ballinhassig, County Cork. [17956/07]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who is married to an Irish citizen....
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ask the Garda authorities if alcohol is served through a window hatch to persons on the public footpath on match...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities regarding a request from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities at Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station, Dublin 1 regarding the practice...
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Office of the Minister for Integration Policy will have responsibility for immigration matters, as recommended by...
    • Stardust Disaster
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to support Mr. John Gallagher SC, the eminent legal person conducting the review of all of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason people are recommended to send a photocopy of their licence with payment in processing their payment of their...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda Reserve manpower will be allocated to Dublin north; if such manpower would have a role in addressing well known...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the first annual report setting out progress on meeting climate change targets will be published. [17799/07]
    • Waste Management
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to undertake an international review of waste management plans, practices and procedures. [17805/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is intended to fully implement the Aarhus Convention. [17808/07]
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way it is intended to update and consolidate the law on National monuments to maximise and clarify the...
    • Road Network
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the circumstances surrounding the decision to proceed with the construction of the M3; and if he will make a...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the advice of the Director of the National Museum regarding the recent discovery at Lismullen;...
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of funding for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the persons he appointed to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; and their nominating body in each...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the flexibility that is allowed with reference to the gross household income limits pertaining to the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to abolish charges for submissions and objections to planning applications at the local authority...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Interpretation Act 2005
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will cite any and all examples whereby decisions made have been overturned or amended under section 22 of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of broadband in a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legal position in relation to the transfer of assets from the ESB to Eirgrid; if legislation or new...