Written answers
Thursday, 5 July 2007
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Tourism Revenue
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on a recent report by Fáilte Ireland that the Ryder Cup injected €143 million into the economy and if he will make a...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will give favourable consideration to providing grant aid towards the provision of drop-in or indoor recreational centres in...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the nationwide audit of sports facilities will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19303/07]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to the performance of the Irish Cricket team in the recent World Cup and in view of the promise to fund a new ground for...
- National Concert Hall
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19323/07]
- Legislative Programme
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19245/07]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when it is expected that the local authority swimming pool programme will re-open for applications. [19172/07]
- Local Development Programme
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department will arrange a feasibility study regarding the development of a major regional conference centre in the...
- Horseracing Industry
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the value of local race meetings in the development of regional tourism, his Department will develop a strategy to...
- Stadium Development
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the tendering process for the construction of the new national stadium at Lansdowne Road will be complete; if there have been...
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if all necessary repairs have been undertaken at the National Aquatic Centre; the cost of same; the full schedule of repair works;...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he will take to ensure balanced regional development in terms of tourism; the way he proposes to encourage more tourists to...
- Sports Funding
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the joint submission by the GAA and the Gaelic Players Association regarding welfare grants for players; if...
- Arts Funding
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the assistance available to support the setting up of or the ongoing financing of small art galleries which promote the work of...
- Museum Projects
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason the application by Longford County Council for funding for the construction of a new museum for County Longford under the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the plan for the decentralisation of his Department to County Kerry; if further sections of his Department...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will have early talks with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly to explore the potential for all island...
- Film Industry Development
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts he will make to ensure that Ireland remains an attractive location for film makers; his views on the fact that several...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if staffing arrangements have been put in place for the Institute of Sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19324/07]
- Arts Council
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received the report on the arts in education from the Arts Council; if he will publish this report in the near future; and...
- Tourism Industry
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of tourists coming here to engage in walking holidays for the most recent year for which figures are available compared...
- Arts Funding
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the recent €32 million funding from the Access II scheme for arts facilities here; if further such rounds of funding...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the concern among people involved in the tourist industry in the Shannon region due to the decline...
- Stadium Development
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation in regard to the dispute over Tallaght Stadium; if it remains his view that the stadium should be a soccer only...
- Arts Funding
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the financial support given to the 50th anniversary Dublin Theatre Festival in autumn 2007; his views on whether this amount is...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether Ireland's tourism agencies and industry can play a role in overseas development programmes and in offering...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 49: 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 from...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who was refused the disabled persons and disabled passengers...
- Flood Relief
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the recent studies on flood defences in the Dublin region; if he has had discussions in relation to the new...
- Tax Code
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of the goods plus postage, packing and insurance, that can be purchased on the internet before there is a liability to pay...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a financial severance package will be made available to staff who do not wish to be decentralised (details supplied). [19434/07]
- Flood Relief
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has agreed to provide additional finance needed to straighten the Tolka River wall; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the situation in relation to tax individualisation and particularly for parents with children with severe or ongoing medical...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the criteria for primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19496/07]
- Tax Code
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there is tax relief available for parents of children with dyslexia; who privately arrange assessments or services. [19516/07]
- Flood Relief
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has been contacted by Westmeath County Council in relation to a serious and significant problem which is...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a decision has been made on the tax implications of the diversification aid to former sugar beet growers; and if due consideration...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the 15th replenishment of the International Development Association of the World Bank negotiations which...
- Tax Code
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering changes to the current VAT regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19669/07]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if regulations governing primary medical certificates can be extended to qualifying persons for VRT exemptions to facilitate the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline Revenue charges for laser and credit cards; and if these will be removed for senior citizens with minimal use or...
- Department of Health and Children
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the NDFA Report on co-located hospitals is due to be finalised; the public sector benchmark used by the NDFA when they concluded...
- Child Care Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the present status of the proposed child care centre playgroup in Castletownbere; when she expects the project to be completed; and if...
- Departmental Funding
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support for a society (details supplied) for 2005, 2006 and 2007. [19372/07]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will deploy a mobile unit in the Kerry region; when the regional static unit for the Southern region will be...
- Medical Cards
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will respond directly to a letter from a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make...
- Hospital Staff
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the estimated extra man hours needed to implement the 37 hour week for nurses has been calculated; the details of the plan to...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain hospitals (details supplied) refuse to publish data on MRSA cases as there is no...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will revise the arrangement in respect of assessment for foreign adoptions whereby couples completing a three month course before...
- Hospital Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the fee income from private beds for all of those hospitals that are bring considered for a new collocated private hospital in each of...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 305 of 26 June 2007, if she will direct the Health Service Executive to make contact with all...
- Mental Health Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale in deciding that 100 days is the minimum health insurance cover for private psychiatric hospitals. [19442/07]
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recorded deaths in County Clare as a result of suicide over the past three years and the past six months of 2007; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 20 March 2007, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timelines for implementation of commitments in the programme for Government to target cocaine misuse including the provision of detox...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the health spend excluding the social spending normally included, for each of the years 2004 to 2007; and if she will make a statement on...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures and the timeline for measures to be put in place to prevent sunbed use for children under 16; her plans to regulate sunbed...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on the way the additional €2 million allocated in 2007, for services for persons with cystic fibrosis will...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new Pharmacy Act, 2007 will be enacted and put into law; the regulation governing pharmacists from outside this jurisdiction...
- Diplomatic Representations
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to Irish citizens who died while abroad on holidays; if her Department has an arrangement or made a request to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services or strategy in which services for multiple sclerosis sufferers is based; and if a statement will be made on the matter...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the provision of BreastCheck; the areas of the country covered; the age groups who can avail of the scheme; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical card guideline increases over the past ten years; if data of fact and comparison can be outlined; and if she will make a...
- Living Donor Programme
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the report she has received on the suspension of the living donor programme at Beaumont Hospital; the action she is...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that thousands of disabled people in the Health Service Executive south area have been unable...
- Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the withdrawal of insurance cover for the country's approximate 15 independent midwives; her views on extending the Health...
- Departmental Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will appoint a chief dental officer at her Department; and the reason the position has been vacant for the past three years....
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the national roll-out of the cervical cancer screening programme; the time-frame for this; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a consultant radiologist will be employed at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare to interpret and report on the mammograms; when...
- Health Services
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a procedure. [19610/07]
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been introduced to reduce waiting periods for patients attending the accident and emergency department in the Mater...
- Health Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements which have been made for the care of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is in the care of the Health Service...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take all possible measures, including increased funding for employment of social workers, to ensure that the lengthy waiting...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts decentralised to date as part of her Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the reported sanctioning of a private hospital to be built on the grounds of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9;...
- Medical Cards
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card renewal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who has ongoing health requirements; and...
- Home Help Service
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when home help can be appointed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to assist caring for their daughter...
- Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if once-off or exceptional needs payments are payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Department of Transport
- International Agreements
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the position in respect of the provisional agreement between the EU and the US regarding provisions of airline passenger...
- Rail Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 72 on 28 June, 2007, the reason the introduction of a rail freight subsidy on a per tonne...
- Public Transport
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the steps it is proposed to take to replace the bus service (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
- Air Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 27 June 2007, if the Irish Aviation Authority has received inquiries from concerned...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the progress that has been made in providing a new building for the Doolin coastguard and rescue service; if negotiations for the...
- Driving Licences
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the regulations in relation to returning Irish citizens from the USA who have US driving licences and years of driving experience;...
- Railway Stations
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the progress to date on a new railway station in Dunleer, County Louth. [19586/07]
- Public Transport
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his plans to convert to using bio-fuels or renewable energy sources to fuel Dublin buses; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Airports
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he is satisfied with levels of security at Shannon Airport following the recent attacks in the UK; the reduction in employees at...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised...
- Light Rail Project
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if, in view of the proposals for high density development at northside and Clonshaugh in Dublin 17 and at Nevinstown in Fingal, he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way Ireland voted at the General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting on 18 June 2007 in relation to the proposal to lift EU...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised posts in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers has not been ratified and will not be ratified in...
- Consumer Protection
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, in transposing the EC Unit Prices Directive (98/6/EC) into Irish law, the Government did not voluntarily extend...
- Employment Rights
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department has taken to enforce work and pay conditions and ship maintenance conditions in respect of a ship...
- Protection of Copyright
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has received correspondence over each of the past ten years expressing concerns in relation to protection...
- Scale Verification
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to the costs involved in scale verification; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will grant an extension of time on the draw down of funding to a group (details supplied) to allow the committee to have the...
- Tourism Industry
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures he proposes to take to restore the competitiveness of tourism here during this term; and if he will make a statement on...
- Arts Council
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of the pieces of art purchased under the Art Council partnership scheme for the period 1973 to date in 2007; the number...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if back to school allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will clarify the situation in relation to coordination or incoordination of occupational pensions; the reason this...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and the reason financial assistance has been withdrawn....
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will restore the registration process for PPS numbers in the local social welfare office in Castletownbere in view of the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the rate for living alone allowance has not increased for several years; and his plans to increase same. [19631/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if once off or exceptional needs payment in payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [19687/07]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Harbours and Piers
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if funding will be provided for the extension of Doonbeg pier in County Clare; when this project will commence; and if she...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will bring forward the long promised Foreshore Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19665/07]
- Rural Development Programme
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the draft rural development programme will be approved by the Commission; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that has been made on compensation for fishermen, in view of the economic hardship for offshore islanders,...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the FWM grant will be approved (details...
- Meat Plants
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she will take to ensure that farmers have a clear and unimpeded view for the scales in meat plants; and if she...
- Sugar Beet Industry
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the compensation package for sugar beet growers; when interim payments under all categories of compensation...
- Agricultural Schemes
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the new farm retirement and installation aid schemes will be made available to eligible applicants; and if she will...
- Grant Payments
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is allocated an additional payment of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position with regard to the proposed decentralisation of An Bord Bia and Bord Glas headquarters to Enniscorthy, County...
- Department of Education and Science
- International Agreements
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education will be ratified; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's technical team has completed their assessment of the best way to progress a project (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the retention of resource teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19390/07]
- School Accommodation
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools which are gaelscoileanna or which are multidenominational which have applications with her Department to secure long term...
- Second Level Charges
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department or its agencies have funding available for families that find it difficult to meet the financial contributions of...
- Educational Projects
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 7 June 2006 the person who has been appointed as chief executive officer for a centre...
- Teacher Training
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide, in relation to the separate competition for Gaeltacht students to access places in the Colleges of Education for...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes under 20, 25 to 30 and over 30 in primary schools (details supplied); and if she will provide...
- Schools Recognition
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need of a school (details supplied) in County Galway to get permanent recognition; her views on whether...
- Capitation Grants
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to capitation fees paid to secondary schools; the various categories and amounts paid; the reason some...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and locations of Acorn ABA schools in Dublin; and the locations on the northside that are being examined for further...
- Grant Payments
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants or assistance available from her Department for capital equipment and running costs for groups (details supplied) which...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding services available for assessment or assistance for eleven year old children with dyslexia; the waiting lists...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify the policy in relation to community playgroups perhaps using spare facilities in schools or located elsewhere; if...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to the July provision and the category of teacher that can be used for same; if a statement will be made on...
- School Transport
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in relation to school transport; the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 have school transport for one child...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons who suffered abuse in residential institutions are precluded from applying for redress to the Residential...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 24 April 2007, the status of the application for funding; when a decision will be made on...
- Third Level Courses
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 22 March 2007, if a decision on the new school of podiatry has been made; the timetable...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 835 and 839 of 24 April 2007, her plans to open up the role of the special needs assistant in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in a position to give a start date for the commencement of building work at a secondary school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a request for a special needs assistant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly attending a County Offaly...
- School Enrolments
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department estimates that there are 800 surplus places available at post-primary level in Waterford City; if she will provide...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under a scheme; and when they can expect to be notified...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 26 June 2007, the reason schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 must reapply for funding...
- Employment Law
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with regard to contracts of employment issued by her Department, there is a difference between a contract of indefinite duration...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that appropriate special needs assistance is provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 within their local...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding or grants available for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who wishes to pursue their studies in science through a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of posts decentralised to date as part of her Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised...
- Department of Defence
- Estate Management
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Defence the position of the take-over of an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare by Kildare County Council; the reason for the delay in the transfer;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the decentralised posts in each...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Transport
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the Ministerial and Government fleet are converted to environmentally friendly and more fuel...
- Visa Applications
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for an extension of their student visa; if...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers has not been ratified and will not be ratified in...
- Residency Permits
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to appeal his Department's decision to refuse them...
- EU Directives
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that the European Commission has raised concerns with the Irish authorities regarding the Government's...
- Visa Applications
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for a war permit and in relation to visa status for a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Local Authority Expenditure
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will authorise payment to the chairperson of an organisation (details supplied) and those in similar positions; if his...
- Garda Equipment
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation in relation to supply of protective gear, batons, stab vests and so on; if same are available to all...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 31 January 2007, when a decision will be made on an application for a person...
- Garda Stations
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to shut down Mountjoy or Fitzgibbon Street Garda Stations in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Coroners Service
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will agree to pay the cost of independent forensic tests in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow for residency here on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unaccompanied minors who arrived here in each year since 1990 to date in 2007; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any community or self-help groups have been formed by and around asylum seekers since 1990; the Government support...
- Asylum Applications
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the figures for female asylum seekers who arrived here without a husband or male relative; the number of those women who...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the mother or father is allocated payment for a child with regard to asylum seekers and the nominal social welfare...
- Residency Permits
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for free movement of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [19598/07]
- Registration of Title
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a registration for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be decided upon; and if he will make a statement...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the long promised closed circuit television for Finglas, Dublin 11 will be provided. [19633/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location of the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí at Coolock, Raheny and Howth Garda Stations for the years 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007; and if he...
- Crime Levels
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of headline crimes committed and solved in the J and R metropolitan police districts for the years 2005, 2006...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has taken measures to combat the dangers and criminal behaviour of boy racers; if arrests of boy racers have been...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of closed circuit television surveillance systems that have been installed; the number of stations in Dublin...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will, as a matter of urgency, introduce initiatives to introduce measures to have the UN Protocol to Prevent,...
- Residency Permits
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when renewal of IBC/05 permission to remain in the State will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current, expected or intended residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if the case for review...
- Asylum Applications
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when residency will be confirmed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, whose spouse's status has...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Road Signage
Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to improve the standard of directional signage on the non-national road network; and...
- Environmental Policy
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take in view of the importance of the environment and built heritage to the tourism...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received a renewed Water Services Pricing Policy Report from Kerry County Council in...
- Water Quality
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the ruling of 2 June 2005 of the European Court of Justice in Case C-282/02 that Ireland was in...
- Waste Management
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of negotiations with the European Commission regarding its assessment of the Irish legislation...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason, at the 2812th Environment Council meeting of 28 June 2007 in Luxembourg, he failed to vote...
- EU Directives
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his reply to the reasoned opinion sent by the European Commission in March 2007 in relation to Commission...
- Ethics Register
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position, under the Local Government Act 2001, of local authority members in County Donegal who have...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to proposed sewerage schemes at Burtonport, Bunbeg/Derrybeg and Laghey, County...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will authorise payment to the chairperson of an organisation (details supplied) and those in similar...
- Local Government Reform
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 26 June 2007, when he will publish the Green Paper on Local...
- Heritage Funding
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will furnish a full reply to the correspondence (details supplied) regarding heritage funding; when a...
- Turbary Agreements
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to extend the 10 year derogation which turf cutters have which allows them to cut turf for...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1828 of 31 January 2007, when the person will be issued with their top...
- Turbary Rights
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 996 of 24 April 2007, when the payment will be made; and if he will...
- Waste Management
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps his Department will take to reduce the over packaging of goods and promote the use of biodegradable...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the...
- Planning Issues
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the creation of a strategic development zone in the north fringe of Dublin City in view of the...
- Waste Management
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on plans for incineration in the Dublin region; if he has ruled out the possibility of...
- Planning Issues
Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the mechanism in place where local authorities have encountered problems with developers in relation to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- EU Directives
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Government did not make a formal submission in response to the European Commission's...
- Electricity Generation
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the situation in relation to a person who wished to provide a five kilowatt generator to produce electricity...
- Energy Resources
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his key targets for renewable energy in the period to 2030; his targets for electricity based on renewables in...
- Electricity Generation
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of Irish electricity supply generated through renewable resources; the types of renewable energy...
- Energy Resources
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of biofuels produced here; the percentage of the overall energy demand biofuels supply comprises;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will carry out an urgent audit of the MANs; if he will sanction further funding for phase two or three of...
- Post Office Network
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of post office units that have closed down since 1 January 2007 and for each of the years 2002 to...
- Postal Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a new national postal strategy in view of the full liberalisation of the postal sector in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the national broadband scheme to ensure that it will facilitate 100% broadband enablement...
- Postal Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will urgently publish the National Postcode Project Board's...
- Energy Resources
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will bring forward legislation to amend the regulatory framework for the proposed new licensing terms for...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will bring forward the Broadcasting Bill, the heads of which were widely discussed in a public...
- Broadcasting Licences
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is considering a claw-back mechanism to recover from the State windfall profits which have been generated...
- Telecommunications Regulation
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on introducing legislation to incorporate Regtel into ComReg in order to properly regulate the...
- Post Office Network
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to support the maintenance and development of the rural sub-post office network; and if...
- Electricity Generation
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the type of investigations that are due to be carried out by his Department into the second temporary closure...
- Energy Resources
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount paid to the Exchequer to date in respect of the sale of the Whiddy Oil Refinery and the Bantry...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of posts decentralised to date as part of his Department's decentralisation programme; the location...
- Electricity Generation
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details on reports that he intends to sanction the decommissioning of the ESB's Poolbeg...
