Written answers

Wednesday, 26 September 2007

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Debt Issues
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in regard to his consideration of the research commissioned by the Financial Regulator and the Combat Poverty...
    • Advocacy Services
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personal advocates to be recruited for the new personal advocacy service under the Citizens Information Board and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he plans to amend the criteria for eligibility of the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his consideration of the recent report he received from the Pensions Board, entitled, Special Savings for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of his plans to make significant improvements to the back to school clothing and footwear allowance and the school...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of the population regarded as being in consistent poverty; when he expects that the 2% target which was set for...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will revise the formula whereby old age pensions are based on a combination of contributions, EU or non EU, with a view to...
    • Community Welfare Service
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the transfer of community welfare services to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/07]
    • Mortgage Support
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to fulfil the commitment in the Agreed Programme for Government to urgently examine the development of a...
    • Budget Issues
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his priorities for budget 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20723/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of working and non-working men respectively who have personal or occupational pensions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will receive the National Economic and Social Council report on the feasibility of merging the family income supplement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide the estimated increase in the cost of welfare claims in 2008 arising from the entitlement of EU migrant workers...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the promise to cut the main PRSI rate from 4% to 2% and the self-employed rate from 3% to 2% will be implemented; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Expenditure
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rate of public social expenditure here in comparison to that of the other EU countries; the EU average respectively; and if he...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will publish the second actuarial review of the social insurance fund, provided for under the Social Welfare Consolidation...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of the carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the respite care grant; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to remove the habitual residency clause from the conditions applicable to payment of child benefit as it would be in the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children that benefited from the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2007; if he will extend the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to address the concerns highlighted in the Annual Report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office that...
    • Social Inclusion
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his view on the recommendations made by CORI in its socio-economic review 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the statement by the Combat Poverty Agency in its annual report that over one in ten children are living in...
    • Retirement Age
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to fulfil the commitment in the Agreed Programme for Government to introduce phased retirement which allows...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the new social assistance payment for lone parents which is under development in his Department; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm that arrangements are being put in place to retain the social welfare branch office in Dunmanway; and the...
    • Young Carers
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of carers under the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20785/07]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to fulfil the commitment in the Agreed Programme for Government to urgently examine the introduction of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of the family income supplement; the status of his Department's research project to examine...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his legislative priorities for the 30th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20722/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to fulfil the commitment in the Agreed Programme for Government to extend the amount those in receipt of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Irish nationals who have been refused social welfare payments under the two year habitual residence requirement...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied that there are adequate resources in the social insurance fund to fund the proposed increase in pensions to at...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to make the warmer homes schemes piloted by Waterford local authorities a permanent initiative throughout the State; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for carer's allowance; and if he...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to combat food poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20718/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time it takes to process a new family income supplement claim; the number of new claims and renewals awaiting...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made with regard to the commitment made in the Programme for Government to integrate the tax and social welfare...
  • Department of Finance
    • Refurbishment Projects
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to refurbish the Custom House, Dublin 1 in view of its current condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the appeal of an application for a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Money Lending Regulation
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recently published wish of the Financial Regulator to monitor and regulate lenders in the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if building work on the new Leixlip Garda Station, Leixlip, County Kildare is on schedule; and the expected opening date for the new...
    • Tax Code
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to remove the €125-€250 threshold for pensioners claiming tax relief in respect of medical expenses; and if he will make...
    • Recycling Facilities
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will transfer a bottle bank (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19845/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork had their application for a refund of VAT charges on aids and appliances for use...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the appeal made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the primary cert for a disabled driver was refused; and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in relation to State agencies and decentralisation; and the role of the staff on this matter. [19948/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the provisions of the Finance Bill 2007 wherein a person who provides child care services for up to three children...
    • Tax Rebates
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims for repayment of tax since 1 January 2005 that have been rejected due to the fact that they were outside the four...
    • Tax Code
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on removing VAT to cars being converted from petrol to biofuels. [19992/07]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 27 June 2007, if an environmental assessment of potential options has been carried out by...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when Crusheen Garda Station, County Clare will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/07]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to examine the possibility of future flooding of a river in County Mayo as a result of...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in relation to a proposed situation (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20114/07]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that when significant drug seizures are made in transit through Dublin Port, the Gardaí are enabled...
    • Tax Incentive Schemes
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm receipt of representations regarding Section 469 TCA; and if he will include within the definition of hospital, as...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to ease the burden on farmers in the farm retirement scheme who lease their holdings to relatives and are not able to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the dealings between his Department, the property section and the Chief State Solicitor in connection with a case (details supplied);...
    • Remedial Works
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will meet a delegation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20171/07]
    • Taxation Policy
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the EU Commission are using an underhand tactic to destroy tax competition in Europe and if the Commission is attempting to take...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the stamp duty breakdown and calculations accruing to the Exchequer arising from decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Funding
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to hold meetings with representatives of the Cross Border Corridor Groups along with his counterpart in the North, Mr....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding a report on the decentralisation of Revenue staff to Newcastle West County Limerick including the expected...
    • Tax Code
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of applications that have been received for tax relief under the tax relief scheme for the refurbishment of rented...
    • Tax Incentive Schemes
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he proposes to designate Cork docklands for targeted development incentives; and if he has considered the proposal submitted by...
    • Tax Code
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on changes in the current tax regime which affect cohabiting couples who are unfairly treated by the current system,...
    • Coastal Patrol Services
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of vessels in use by the Revenue Customs Services to patrol the coastline; the plans there are in view of the recent drug...
    • Tax Code
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has costed a proposal whereby the stamp duty paid by first time buyers in the past would be treated as a credit against the...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works have for the vacant space in the Government offices in Ballina, County Mayo which has arisen...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timetable for construction, and completion of the decentralisation of the Property Registration Authority; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the future of Dundrum Garda Station; and if a decision has been made in the matter. [20934/07]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the level of protection or guarantee afforded to credit union savings in comparison to savings in other financial institutions and...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the contract has been signed for the purchase of the site for the new national school for Kill, County Kildare in view of the fact...
    • Tax Incentive Schemes
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the criteria for the selection of approved hospitals and nursing homes as per Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and as...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of staffing grant aid for a childcare centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to an increased sum under the nursing home subvention scheme. [19796/07]
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children seeking asylum who have been provided with accommodation by the State; the nature of this...
    • Civil Registrations
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a proposed marriage of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allowed to proceed based on the information regarding an...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when mobility allowance will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide additional funding for a group (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that dental services and facilities for the disabled are improved in 2007. [19720/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in forwarding documentation from the Health Service Executive Rathdown Road to the Medical Cards Appeals Office...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposals to fully implement the 2006 national mental health policy framework, A Vision for...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to relieve pensioners over the age of 65, who do not have a medical card, from the cost of prescription medication in view of...
    • Health Contributions
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on abolishing the 2% health levy for people over the age of 65 in view of the financial burden pensioners are faced with; and...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on including the cost associated with obtaining a doctor's letter to renew a driving licence for pensioners over 70, within...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending chiropody services available under the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19728/07]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make BreastCheck available to women over the age of 65; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19729/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to provide isolation units for cystic fibrosis patients of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin in line with...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a group (details supplied) as a matter of priority. [19751/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied). [19752/07]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a group (details supplied). [19754/07]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date with regard to improving conditions in accident and emergency departments; her plans for the future; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policies she has put in place to extend medical card coverage; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policies she has put in place to improve disability services nationwide; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the polices she has put in place to improve health services for older people; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having an admission appointment arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who needs a hip...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a group (details supplied) in County Limerick in their efforts that funding should be transferred to the Health...
    • Health Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19805/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make funding available for a Health Service Executive residence (details supplied) in County Longford to enable level D...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the abolition of the payment of €85 per month for prescription drugs for persons over 65 years of age; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if advice and support will be given to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19831/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if advice will be given to persons (details supplied) in County Dublin. [19832/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if advice and assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19834/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19838/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [19839/07]
    • Communications Masts
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the safety of masts in residential areas and their implications for health safety. [19840/07]
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement of the chief executive officer of the Health Services Executive, Professor Drumm, that the health services...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist young blind people under the age of 18 in obtaining guide dogs. [19851/07]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will include a product (details supplied) for use in skin burn cases in the GMS card scheme. [19853/07]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will provide training via the ambulance service to first responders in the north Kildare area covering...
    • Health Services
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [19855/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the shortage of physiotherapy services in County Tipperary will be addressed. [19858/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster region have to reduce the waiting list for assessment in speech and language...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [19869/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be assisted. [19870/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the establishment of dedicated, separate cystic fibrosis units in public general hospitals; the number of such units...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications under the nursing home repayment scheme that have been rejected on the grounds that the patient died prior to...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the statistic that over 30% of teenage suicides are committed by gays and lesbians and that one of every three...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be assisted. [19914/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted. [19925/07]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the issuing of anti-stab vests for paramedics and ambulance personnel; and if her attention has been drawn...
    • Health Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to provide funding for low income families to access speech and language therapy for their children who require same; the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when nursing home charges will be repaid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [19952/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children here seeking asylum who are accommodated by the Health Service Executive; the estimated cost of this...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme.
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when repayment of nursing home charges will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her attention has been...
    • Health Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has made or will make representations to the Health Service Executive in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims verified for the repayment of nursing home charges to date; the number of claims received to date; the number of...
    • Health Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an occupational therapy appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20069/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 334: 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 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will be assisted. [20170/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the recruitment of home help assistance; if vacancies are filled when home helpers retire; if the embargo on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if a long-term care plan will be put in place. [20193/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is seen by an occupational therapist urgently; and if they will be given...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding by a group (details supplied) in County Kildare under the National Lottery funds; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange a re-assessment for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20258/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of the fact that all documents...
    • Health Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if provision will be made for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20285/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an increase in home help hours will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a mobility allowance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time the freeze on recruitment in the Health Service Executive will last; and if the operating theatre and six surgical...
    • Health Services
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [20417/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way Health Service Executive recruitment freeze will impact on Cashel hospital. [20419/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to provide emergency funding and resources to alleviate the current crisis at Ennis General Hospital; and if she...

    • Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for infrastructural projects (details supplied). [20457/07]
    • Tobacco Control Legislation
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of compliance tests carried out on retail premises by the Office of Tobacco Control; the number of prosecutions initiated...
    • Health Services
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a one to one carer will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20527/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding an unacceptable level of patient care in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that applications for the health repayment scheme have been received by the Health Service Executive and the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures put in place for the recruitment drive of permanent midwives for the maternity unit, at the Midlands Regional Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of maternity units that are able to offer epidurals on a 24 hour seven day a week basis; the number not able to offer this;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommended staffing levels in a maternity unit, proportional to its sizes; her views on same; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of an independent review of the maternity unit at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, in 2006, to...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has seen the terms of the contract under which refunds of moneys unlawfully collected by the Government from persons in nursing...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make arrangements whereby nebulisers needed for the proper administration of medication will be covered under the drug...
    • Health Service Investigations
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Louth and the issues in relation to the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has a chief dental officer; and if not, when one will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulance requests from a hospital (details supplied) to take patients from that hospital to the accident and emergency...
    • Food Products
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate concerns that a product (details supplied) marketed at young children is damaging to health and sold in...
    • Health Services
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment to see an orthopaedic consultant. [20652/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make additional resources available for cytology services at the Rotunda Hospital, taking into account the closure of...
    • Health Services
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the impending closure of a varicose veins unit (details supplied) in Dublin 3; the reason for the closure of this facility;...
    • Health Care Professionals
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific action she proposes to take to address the 100% unemployment among 2007 physiotherapy graduates in view of the fact that...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is Health Service Executive policy to publish statistics on numbers employed to include both staff on paid leave, that is...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time frame for a decision on the location of the new regional hospital for the north east; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when follow up tests and scans will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when urgent home help will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the provision of elastic stockings which have been medically recommended for elderly patients has been removed from the GMS...
    • Midwifery Courses
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been brought to the fact that there are currently no return-to-midwifery-practice courses in any of the Dublin...
    • Health Services
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a group (details supplied). [20704/07]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive have reviewed all families in receipt of nursing home subvention to award them the benefit of the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the delay of 18 months for consultant referrals to reduce; if her attention has been drawn to the immense hardship...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the precise procedures, services or facilities including support services for the parents of children suffering from autism; the precise...
    • Health Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20841/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the 34 bed unit will be built in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Programmes
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 26 June 2007 and in view of the investigations being conducted by the Health Service...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown by county of funding allocated under Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000 to 2006; the funding...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the publication and enactment of the Pharmacy Bill No. 1 and No. 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20878/07]
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 26 June 2007 regarding the consultation with the IPU the progress to date; the formula...
    • Compensation Schemes
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report into the feasibility of introducing the vaccine damage compensation scheme by the vaccine damage steering...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date and attendees at meetings held between the Health Service Executive and her Department regarding the issue of interest owing to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 31 January 2007, her plans and that of the Health Service Executive for the St. Luke's...
    • School of Podiatry
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 November 2006, the reason AIT was unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop the existing diabetic services and introduce new services in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 31 January 2007, the position regarding the issues raised; and if she will make a statement...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 24 April 2007, the progress to date in dealing with the issue of domestic violence; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 702 of 31 January 2007, her plans to implement the report of the Universal Neonatal Hearing...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Health and Children in respect of suicide; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the full information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 31 January 2007 has not been furnished, in particular the...
    • Public Inquiry
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on establishing a public enquiry into the allegations contained in a letter (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to their application for grant aid. [20935/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be re-assessed for orthodontic treatment. [20936/07]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the contract has been awarded for phase 3C of Naas General Hospital. [21012/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for eye tests for children in Maynooth and Naas Health Centres in County Kildare. [21013/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the three additional speech and language therapists recruited for the Kildare and west Wicklow service are in place. [21014/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for hearing tests for children in Newbridge Health Centre in County Kildare and Tallaght Health Centre in Dublin 24;...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help employees employed by the Health Service Executive for each of the years from 2003 to date in 2007 in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the winter initiative project; the number of personnel involved; the projected cost; the areas to be covered by the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of employees that have been granted early retirement from the Health Service Executive and that are now being offered or are...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names of the hospitals that benefited from the recent allocation of extra consultants as a result of best practice within the...
    • Health Services
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the primary continuous community care plan; if the plan has been fully implemented; if all of the positions for the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of positions that remain to be filled in the Health Service Executive in the Kildare/West Wicklow areas in all the various...
    • Sudden Cardiac Death
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's plans for the community first responders; if she or her Department has identified resources for the continued training...
    • Health Services
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim is called to receive category four braces, under the school dental...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a draft code of practice for sheltered workshops was completed under the terms of the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness; if so,...
    • Health Capital Projects
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process by which design teams for HSE projects are appointed; if a national panel for design teams has been established; if not,...
    • Health Services
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent psychiatric teams working in the southern region of the Health Service Executive; the details of the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a clinical director of child and adolescent psychiatry in the southern region of the Health Service Executive at present; if...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the new community child care subvention scheme will result in the cessation of staffing grants to community child care groups; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the pathology laboratory in UCHG has full accreditation. [21135/07]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cervical smears that are being sent abroad for processing. [21137/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive use laboratories in private hospitals; and the number of these that hold full accreditation. [21138/07]
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his proposals to extend the local improvement scheme to rural roads within the boundaries of urban local authorities; and if he...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his interpretation of the Rules of the Road in relation to a cyclist being told to use a cycle track if it is provided; if this...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted; and if he will work with other relevant Departments on this matter....
    • Ferry Services
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the progress made with the European Commission in the matter of the re-introduction of a suitably revised proposal for a directive...
    • Road Network
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if there are plans to upgrade or replace Castlefin Bridge in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/07]
    • Water Sports Vehicles
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when he will bring forward legislation with regard to the regulation of the use of powerboats and jet skis on lakes here in the...
    • Road Network
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if consideration will be given to upgrading the R142 that passes through Julianstown, County Meath to be a national route in view...
    • Rail Network
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when work will begin on the reopening of the Cork-Midleton railway line. [19891/07]
    • Public Transport
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if his Department has received a request from Bus Éireann for the operation of a more frequent service between Rosslare, Wexford...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if the regulator has submitted a recommendation to him that all limousine licence holders should be allowed to use bus lanes; and...
    • Transport Initiatives
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the funding provided to sustainable transport initiatives under Transport 21 to date. [19991/07]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the number of people who were issued with penalty points in the past twelve months in relation to the illegal use of fog lights;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if an application was received in his Department from a local authority (details supplied) in County Mayo for funding for a...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will clarify the situation whereby some driving test centres in Galway City and County closed in July 2007 thus increasing...
    • Road Safety
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his plans to introduce a law that when there are five or more cars in a tailback behind a tractor that it must pull over and allow...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the reason for the exclusion of upgrading and refurbishment of transport facilities at Ceannt Station in Galway from capital...
    • Public Transport
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the way the establishment of public transport needs in accordance with their statutory requirements has been fulfilled by CIÉ in...
    • Rail Services
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the Government's policy in relation to the rail freight service; the progress made in the rail freight business; and if he has...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if the memorandum of understanding between his Department and Iarnród Éireann contains requirements of Iarnród Éireann in...
    • School Transport
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when the recently completed report on the standard of school bus transport will be published with a timeframe for its...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will intervene to have the Aer Lingus decision to exit from the Shannon to Heathrow route reversed; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if his Department or Bus Éireann would consider the purchase of a site (details supplied) in Navan for the purpose of developing a...
    • Rail Network
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the amount of money spent to date by his Department on the Pace to Navan section of the proposed Navan to Dublin rail link. [20471/07]
    • Air Accident Investigations
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the air incident which took place over Santry, Dublin on 16 August 2007; the action, he will...
    • Road Safety
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when the new national road safety strategy will be published; if it will contain a time frame for implementation; the level of...
    • Rail Network
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1224 of 31 January 2007, if his Department's assessment on the reopening of the line is...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he has considered reviewing the level of penalty points awarded for driving while using a mobile phone in view of the high...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will confirm plans to provide new facilities for driver testing in the Tallaght, Dublin 24 area; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when the city centre resignalling project is expected to commence and be completed; and the additional capacity this will mean to...
    • Rail Network
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the different contracts put in place in respect of the Kildare route project and their value; and the amount of capital funding...
    • Road Network
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will amend Part V of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000, with a view to lifting the toll...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of international instruments, such as agreements, conventions, protocols and implementation procedures, initiated at either UN,...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will continue to intervene with authorities in India in respect of a prisoner (details supplied) in order that the case may be...
    • Diplomatic Relations
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will build and develop Ireland's political, economic and social relationship with Cuba. [20207/07]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support Argentina in their efforts to reclaim Malvinas and support them at a UN level. [20209/07]
    • Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the sanctions which are being imposed upon Iran, outside of those sanctions which are under a United Nations framework, by members of the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the Miami Five Case again at international level to find out the reason US visas were denied again to their wives. [20503/07]
    • European Union
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland supports José Manual Barroso's position that the EU is now an empire; and if he will clarify this anti-democratic position....
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted. [20576/07]
    • United Nations Peace Missions
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if members of the Sikh Community are allowed to wear turbans on UN missions. [20858/07]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment participants that were and are on CE schemes in the Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 22 areas in...
    • Export Controls
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to ensure clear monitoring and transparent scrutiny of Irish based companies or individuals involved...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will conduct a review of the operation of community employment schemes in view of the fact that many beneficiaries of...
    • Science and Technology Groups
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date with regard to the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Work Permits
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will be made on an application for a renewal of a work permit for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20;...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that a company (details supplied) may acquire a ferry vessel to resume services...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the regulations in place to counteract bullying in the workplace; and the number of cases of bullying that have been dealt...
    • Consumer Rights
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the person to whom a company (details supplied) can be made accountable for the way they are treating customers; and the...
    • Small Business Forum
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date on the implementation of the recommendations of the Small Business Forum; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation that governs the marketing and use, classification, packaging and labelling of toys imported into Ireland;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA have handed back an advance factory property (details supplied) in County Mayo to the property owners; if so,...
    • Work Permits
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been issued with a work permit; and if he will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will provide funding to a group (details supplied) in County Meath to employ a dedicated driver and an...
    • Company Closures
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene with a financial institution (details supplied) to assist sub-contractors who are owed substantial...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the huge number of people in the workforce who want to work after they reach retirement...
    • Work Permits
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are penalties imposed on employers who fail to return a work permit to his Department once the employee no longer...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to County Waterford, Dungarvan and Waterford City that have taken place over the past twelve...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 24 April 2007, if he will review the decision not to mainstream community...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a group (details supplied) in County Galway will be assisted. [19868/07]
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the provision of €184 million towards the local authority swimming pool programme under the National Development Plan 2007 to...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of the €17 million given to the Irish Film Board in 2006 by his Department that the board has received back from...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will review the guidelines of the Irish Sports Council to exclude activities involving tens of thousands of people here, for...
    • Stadium Redevelopment
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to ensure that the brand name of the new Lansdowne Road National Stadium is not sold off to the highest...
    • Performing Arts
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if in view of the fact that the establishment of a third-level Irish academy of the performing arts was transferred from the...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to Ballaghadereen Swimming pool, County Roscommon; if the feasibility study has been accepted and if it has...
    • Arts Council
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide additional funding to the Arts Council to ensure consolidation and growth in the arts here; and if he will make a...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the rollout of the Access programme in 2008. [20846/07]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of Government funding that has been given to an organisation (details supplied) in 2006 and to date in 2007; and the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the clothing and footwear allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans in relation to the elimination of poverty traps that exist in the welfare system. [21100/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the fact that pensioners who worked in semi-State companies do not qualify for the State pensions; if he plans to...
    • Social Welfare Policy
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the polices he will put in place in relation to improving conditions for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for tackling poverty, especially child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/07]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on allowing a contributory old age pension to people who volunteer as carers of people with disabilities and the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the back to school clothing and footwear payment in view of the fact that...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend the back to school payment to single parents on a community employment scheme as they are currently excluded...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the decision to assess a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for entitlement to jobseeker's benefit; if their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for the respite care grant for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20075/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce a pension at a reduced rate to those elderly people who contributed PRSI on the expectation of receiving a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [20078/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the widower's non-contributory pension. [20091/07]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for the respite care grant for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20095/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an application for a retrospective survivor's pension in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for retrospective job seeker's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [20148/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the target time level for processing review applications of family income supplement; and the number of occasions on average the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the advertising his Department carried out in relation to family income supplement; and the amount of money spent on advertising...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applicants for family income supplement in 2007 who were refused assistance; the number of people who currently...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of complaints logged to his Department in 2007 regarding the telephone service with the family income supplement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal will be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was recently refused invalidity...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an application for supplementary welfare allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rate of PRSI paid by taxi drivers; the reason social welfare benefits are restricted for people who are self-employed in this...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in County Meath who were or are in receipt of a contributory pension and a non-contributory pension for each...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the eligibility requirements for a claimant to be in receipt of deserted wifes benefit. [20628/07]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the regulations signed by him or his predecessor in 2006 and 2007; and if in each case, they are available on his Department's...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to allow persons to continue to work and pay PRSI pension contributions beyond pension age to gain eligibility for an...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on making changes to the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme whereby families who might meet the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Galway to finalise their carer's allowance...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend maternity leave for mothers of premature babies who are hospitalised after birth; and if he will make a...
    • Live Register
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to meet with the his colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to discuss the figures...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the efforts being made by his Department to clean up and maintain the Grand Canal and its banks; and if he will make...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the provisions in place to deal with the growth of heroin and cocaine abuse in the midlands region; and the further...
    • Community and Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be granted to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 7 under the scheme to support the role of...
    • Road Network
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a road (details supplied) in County Mayo will be tarred as had been promised. [20042/07]
    • Community Development
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason it is planned to redraw the KWCD Partnership area in Dublin 12, to include Terenure and to move parts of...
    • Road Network
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be provided to a Gaeltacht road (details supplied) in County Mayo, in view of the fact that the...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will provide funding to a group (details supplied) in County Meath to employ a dedicated driver and...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the application by a centre (details supplied) in County Longford for funding under the...
    • Road Network
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding has been provided for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20706/07]
    • Countryside Access
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take following the publication by the expert group on the possibility of introducing freedom to...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on dormant account funding for VEC youth clubs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Development
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason local authorities in CLÁR areas have not been provided with funding for local improvement schemes from...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects the money to be made available from the new EU Rural Structures Fund; the way he proposes that this...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford whose previous fishing licence allowed scallop fishing,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the appeal in relation to the refusal of an application under the decommissioning scheme will be heard in relation to a...
    • Beef Imports
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she proposes to take to restrict the importation of fresh South American beef into Ireland; and if she will make...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she will take to reverse the Irish policy position regarding DAS-59122 Maize Herculex Rw; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if installation aid will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the farm improvement scheme (details supplied). [19895/07]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if parlour feeders are covered under grant for the farm waste management scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will expedite a request for a transfer of entitlements to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19961/07]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of prosecutions that have occurred as a result of the abuse of animals (details supplied). [20036/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will allow a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to qualify for the newer higher rate of installation aid grant....
    • Forestry Act
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made following the decision to prosecute taken on 24 May 2007 under the Forestry Act, 1946 in a case (details...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded part of their single payment. [20133/07]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she proposes to take to end the practice of breeding dogs for dog fighting and the arrangement of dog fights in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary did not qualify for a scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps farmers can take if they are unhappy with the advice or workings of their REP scheme planner; if REP scheme...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will make 80% of the advance single farm payment in October 2007, due to the increased costs incurred by farmers as a...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will investigate the reported leaking of possible BSE material into the River Boyne at Drogheda as reported by a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application to the national reserve as a new entrant by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be decided...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the low price of lamb leading to small profit margins for producers; the reason that lamb prices and profit...
    • Beef Quality Assurance Scheme
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the findings of an IFA study group that visited Brazil some weeks ago and which discovered major irregularities...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded the farm installation grant. [20836/07]
    • Meat Plants
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, as part of the capital grant scheme for meat processing facilities, she will include provision to ensure that farmers...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will take steps to ensure that a grant due to a person (details supplied) in County Longford under the farm waste...
    • Tree Felling
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide a report as to the reason trees were felled in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin under the...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a request from the Grangegorman Development Agency for sanction to employ two additional staff in the...
    • Physiotherapy Services
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the taxpayer of the investment in the four year training of the 150 physiotherapists who graduated in 2007 and who cannot...
    • Youth Services
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in a youth service caused by the threat of the school authorities to withdraw use of a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans, in view of the fact that a large number of prefabricated classrooms are to be installed in one of the primary schools for...
    • Research Funding
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to the strategic innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19756/07]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to reducing class sizes; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to tackling educational disadvantage; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to developing special needs provision; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to developing the schools infrastructure; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has bought the 5 acre site at Charlesland, Greystones, from a company (details supplied) for a proposed 32 classroom...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to deal with the capacity problems being faced by parents wishing to send their children to...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the provision of a new school site for a school (details supplied); her views on the compulsory purchase order option...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if, in view of an assessment, her...
    • Irish Language
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on students at primary and second level being taught the original meaning of Irish placenames; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a minimum of five hours resource teaching per week is granted automatically to every child with Down's syndrome in mainstream...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action taken by her Department on foot of correspondence (details supplied) regarding issues relating to the Waterford Institute...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted. [19867/07]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a psychological assessment of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has been carried out; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a request for funding by the City of Limerick Vocational Educational Committee for the proposed architectural feasibility study...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the provisions that will be made for the...
    • School Transport
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans for a nationwide review of the school catchment boundaries which have not been reviewed since 1969 (details...
    • School Staffing
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for an additional teacher for the school. [19894/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children with dyspraxia have an automatic entitlement to assistance from her Department or from the National Council for Special...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be assisted. [19912/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects construction will commence for a new school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 702: 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; the other services that...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if physical educational hall facilities will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [19951/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be granted for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the payment of capitation grants for the gaelscoileanna; if same will be increased in line with other...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that visually impaired students ordering books in braille before the summer break from a...
    • Adult Education
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will abolish the cap on the educational programmes for settled travellers to ensure that those who wish to continue their...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the qualifications of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be fully recognised by the salary section of her...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on a third level grant appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20045/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will set out a plan for action in her Department in the areas identified in A Vision for Change; if so, when; and if she will...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20085/07]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school amalgamations that have taken place in the past ten years; the trusteeship of said schools; and if she will make...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post primary schools here; the breakdown of the number of post primary school level schools in each category, voluntary,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department is depriving small builders of applying for contracts for Departmental building work (details supplied); and...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for additional facilities. [20099/07]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date in relation to a site for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20100/07]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied). [20112/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20122/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision by her Department not to allocate an extra teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11, which...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her educational plan for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20146/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be picked up at their home. [20147/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [20194/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford is awaiting sanction for the...
    • Class Streaming
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding pupils in community secondary schools who have to remain in the same stream even if there academic performances...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will set up a task force to examine the provision of accommodation for third level students; the number of dedicated student...
    • Trainee Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that over 5,000 primary school trainee teachers must fund all of their teaching practice...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath will not receive a higher education grant for 2007-08; if this position can be...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all inquires have been completed in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, which have been ongoing for almost...
    • School Transport
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was not allowed to put a booster seat on a school bus for their eight year old...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is discrimination against lone parents in the third level grant scheme, when for reasons of support other than financial...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to recognise a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she proposes to secure a site for this school....
    • School Transport
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [20251/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a letter (details supplied) which was sent to the chief executive of Mayo VEC on 3 July 2007 has not been responded to....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if discussions have taken place between her Department, officials or representatives of the special needs assistants in respect of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to increase the number of teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare as currently the senior infants...
    • Gender Equity
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the recent report on gender in education here (details supplied), the steps she is taking to ensure that such information...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004 applies to Youthreach centres; if the National Council for Special...
    • EU Funding
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a project (details supplied) will be assisted in respect of their funding complications. [20404/07]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that correspondence of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is responded to by her Department's student support...
    • School Transport
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a place on the school transport scheme for 2007-08; if she will review this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway will not receive a higher education grant; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to meet the future accommodation needs of schools (details supplied) in County Meath; the timeframe for the building of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has not been offered their job back; the reason her Department have not contacted the person in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra educational facilities such as one to one teaching will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with a...
    • School Transport
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received the school bus grant for year ending 2006/2007. [20491/07]
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to make funds available to primary schools for the provision of computers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway; if sites have been agreed for both...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage the proposed building of the new school at Aughim, Ballinasloe, County Galway is at; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take action to redress the situation which pertains regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding under the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; when she will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a higher education grant has not been made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork is being denied resource hours at their primary school when in the opinion of the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 5 April 2007, if she has put in place separate arrangements to address exceptional...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on negotiations to acquire a school building in Dublin 11 in view of the urgent needs of a school (details...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the monetary amount of childcare support given in a situation (details supplied) will be increased. [20585/07]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the exclusion of many parents of Irish born children, who have long-term residency rights from the chance to...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application made by Waterford Institute of Technology to achieve university status; and if she will make a statement...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in south west Donegal who are participating in the DEIS programme. [20601/07]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by schools (details supplied) for home school liaison teachers, in order to compliment the work...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if immigrants to Ireland are entitled to benefit from the third level free fees initiative and the higher education grants scheme....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the commencement date for schools (details supplied) in County Offaly granted under the public private partnership; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will be in a position to provide the remaining braille books to a visually impaired person (details supplied) in...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that assessments carried out by privately employed educational psychologists take a half...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to a technology grant for assistive technologies as recommended by the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the introduction of grants or scholarships to assist persons who already have a primary degree undertaking a career in...
    • School Safety
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who has primary responsibility for preparing a traffic safety management plan outside schools; the support and guidance...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Meath will have access to an educational psychological service and special needs assistant at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be allocated resource teaching support. [20690/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide information on schemes (details supplied). [20739/07]
    • Property Transfers
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a progress report on the transfer of lands in Santry, Dublin 9, from the City Council to her Department for a...
    • School Transport
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a school bus ticket; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to complete her analysis of the report on the upgrading of Waterford Institute of Technology to university status;...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason post primary schools canvass pupils from national schools outside their school transport catchment area when there are only...
    • School Transport
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to provide school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the employment of laboratory technicians in all second level schools as recommended by the task force on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of the proposed new national school at Kill, County Kildare having particular regard to the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the precise procedures, services or facilities including support services for the parents of children suffering from autism; the...
    • School Transport
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to review the school transport scheme. [20848/07]
    • State Examinations
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on issuing junior certificate results on a Friday as opposed to mid-week in the future. [20849/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted with their request. [20856/07]
    • Education Schemes
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to date to implement the Joint Committee on Education and Science report of the Provision of Educational...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 26 June 2007, the status of the application for the construction of a new community...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that family income supplement payments are excluded in the calculation of reckonable income for higher...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 5 July 2007, if a final determination of the long term accommodation needs of the school...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 5 July 2007, the reason AIT was unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the criteria for the appointment of special needs assistants in primary schools; if she will extend the criteria to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 26 June 2007, the status of the application; when she will approve funding for the...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if she will ensure that the school and campus is retained for...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide information on schemes (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20930/07]
    • Whole School Evaluations
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, having regard to the whole school evaluation process, she will outline the procedures being followed by her Department, to pursue...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when permanent recognition will be forthcoming from her Department in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when progress will take place towards the provision of extra permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason delays have occurred in the planning process for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has been...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of meetings held with officials from Kildare County Council in relation to the sourcing of a site for a school (details...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are proposals with her Department for the provision of a second level gaelscoil in north Kildare. [20998/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of contractors who have submitted tenders for the design of the new Kill National School in County Kildare; and if it is...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has finalised the allocation of the additional 31 educational psychologists to different counties; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the stage one and stage two submission has been received in her Department in relation to the required extension to a school...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national school children in County Kildare in 2007/2008; the number of same in classes of less than 20. [21004/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has concluded her examination of the National Council of Special Education implementation report in relation to the Education...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has sanctioned the tender process for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [21006/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21043/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by teachers of the lack of school places at two primary schools (details...
    • Pupil Safety
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the health and safety implications for the pupils of the community school of the proposed road...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will investigate the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a higher education grant in view of the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the moneys paid to community and comprehensive school teachers in promoted positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of the number of primary school teachers expressed in whole time equivalents, who are in a promoted position; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools throughout County Kildare which currently require special teaching facilities for children with autism; the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals for the provision of adequate primary places at Kilcock, County Kildare; when she expects work to start in the context...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to provision of permanent classroom facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of classroom facilities and accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the application for major capital funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress over the summer 2007 months in regard to the application for extra facilities and accommodation at a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress over the summer 2007 months in regard to the request by the school authorities for the provision of extra facilities at a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her current or revised proposals to meet accommodation and other facilities required at the various primary and second level schools...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the provision of parking facilities for reservists on annual training in Coolmoney Camp; if parking will be provided;...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Defence if the membership of the FCA in Dún Laoghaire will be provided with a suitable premises for training, meetings, and so on; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and countries of origin of soldiers who have received training from the Defence Forces in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 respectively;...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Missing Persons
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the law in respect of missing persons at sea in view of the financial hardship that this causes to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there have been any convictions in Irish courts over the past five years for motorists that access services to rewind...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in relation to their citizenship issue. [19719/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No.2) Regulations 2006, implementing directive...
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policies the Government will put in place in relation to immigration and the integration of migrants; and if he will...
    • European Patents Office
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the European Patents Office is regarded by him as a public authority partly maintained out of public funds of this...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will ratify the UN protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons especially women and children;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the outcome of an Irish born child application by a person (details supplied). [19789/07]
    • Self-Sufficiency Payments
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, with regard to a student currently attending a State funded school as a dependent of a parent residing in the State on...
    • Prison Visits
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused access to the prisons. [19794/07]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance will be given to local residents at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [19808/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19836/07]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance will be given to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19841/07]
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [19846/07]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a query will be resolved for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [19847/07]
    • Victims Commission
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are set procedures in assisting families involved in tragedies; and if there are procedures for Gardaí in one...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will reconsider his decision to deport...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to combat bicycle theft in Dublin. [19990/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for permission to remain in the State by a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 901: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of separated children who arrive here seeking asylum; and if there are special provisions in place within the...
    • Property Services
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the duties and responsibilities of the director designate of the National Property Services Regulatory Authority in view of...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda authorities will provide a community bus to the Community Garda Section at Fitzgibbon St. Garda Station,...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children currently detained 23 hours a day in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to applications for naturalisation for persons (details supplied); if they will be dealt with as...
    • Departmental Query
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied). [20014/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who has applied for long term residency; if same will be dealt with...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a decision on the request for a work visa for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to ensure that when significant drug seizures are made in transit through Dublin Port, the Gardaí...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has proposals to introduce legislation to outlaw the practice of female genital mutilation; if he is confident that...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of citizenship applications for naturalisation; the average delay involved in dealing with such applications;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied). [20200/07]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a safety and security plan will be put in place in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will support the...
    • Departmental Amnesty
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is envisaged that an amnesty be introduced in order to deal with the large backlog of residency cases which have...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the anti graffiti scheme in the Dublin City area; and if is intended to publicise in any way for...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to act upon the impending report from the Law Reform Commission on the management of multi-unit structures; if...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the investigation into the Northern Ireland bank robbery 2005; if a person (details supplied) is under...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons to whom deportation orders have been given following their or their partner's having had a child...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); the date from which his Department...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason references to Romania have been ignored in successive replies to Parliamentary Questions in the name of a person...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status or issue of green card in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied ) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare....

    • Question 943: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for citizenship by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 956: 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 County Meath; if they have or will...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 957: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to have a conclusive reply in respect of the residency decision appeal in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the position in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 697 and 699 of 26 June 2007, the residency status in the case of a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 963: 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 24; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when a Garda National Immigration Bureau card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or proposed residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if the application for...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an updated green card has not issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 970: 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 County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 972: 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 County Westmeath; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 973: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to make a decision on whether to allow a person (details supplied) in County Cork to remain temporarily in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 975: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 979: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has or will consider extended residency or subsidiary protection on humanitarian grounds in the case of persons...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 980: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected date for conclusion of the naturalisation process in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 981: 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 24; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 982: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a High Court decision of 7 July 2007 is expected to set a precedent in respect of all refugee appeals dealt with by the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 983: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended leave to remain in the State or temporary residency on humanitarian grounds will be offered in the case of a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent of residential status conferred on persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; if they can apply for permanent...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 987: 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 County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 989: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a new application for reunification will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 991: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 698 of 26 June 2007 the extent to which the application for residency...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 992: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon;...
    • EU Directives
      Question 996: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the proposed EU Framework Decision on procedural rights in criminal proceedings; the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was treated in such a way; and if he will respond to the issues raised. [20418/07]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 999: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the purchase price of the additional lands acquired to facilitate the provision of an alternative road access to the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1001: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when a decision will be...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; when a decision will be...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing for a person (details supplied) in the Land Registry Office will be completed. [20455/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1005: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a certificate of naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1006: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be processed and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are new procedures being introduced which will apply to the establishment of trusts under wills, in order to...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the application for family reunification by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      Question 1009: 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 22; and if he will make a...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if or when family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be approved, in view of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a green card has not been renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      Question 1013: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present circumstances of a scheme (details supplied) on the westside of Galway City; if the report commissioned giving...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Council Directive 93/15/EEC of 5 April 1993 is being adhered to in full; and if not, the reasons for same. [20485/07]
    • Weapons Licensing
      Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department is refusing certain licences to import primers and so on to licence holders for the purposes of...
    • Victims Commission
      Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason funding was withdrawn for the Irish missing persons helpline which closed in 2005; if he has plans to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1018: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have an application processed for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to remain as a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1019: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision will be made;...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions which have taken place for the sale of alcohol to persons aged under 18 under the Intoxicating...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) whose initial application was rejected, whose family...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) whose application is, [i]inter alia[/i], based on...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the two GSRMA proposals towards bringing closure to their pensionability issue in view of the fact that...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1036: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an extra permanent Garda will be appointed to a village (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 1039: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will appoint the promised 2000 extra Gardaí, in view of the fact that low-level staffing in rural areas is...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for a visa to enter the country; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application made in summer 2004 by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for certificates of naturalisation made by persons (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1043: 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 7; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1045: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an examination for naturalisation will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1046: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the matter of an application to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 1048: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda numbers in the western region for each of Mayo, Galway, Roscommon and Galway east, Sligo and Leitrim divisions;...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration that has been given to the Terence Wheelock inquiry issue since the split decision of the inquest jury;...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 1050: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the recruitment of additional Garda Síochána will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20769/07]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1051: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in issuing an extension of a visitor's visa for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford;...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 1052: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to confirm the appointment of new members to the criminal injuries compensation tribunal to allow...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 1053: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application or request to extend the ex gratia legal aid scheme to a family, to cover the cost of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1054: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for citizenship for persons (details supplied). [20839/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for long-term...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 1056: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a safety and security plan will be put in place at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in order to deal with...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 1057: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will further investigate police forces that have officers wearing turbans (details supplied) while they are carrying...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 195 and 196 of 24 April 2007, if he will report on the issues and the progress to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1061: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 5 July 2007, the status of the applications; if he will expedite...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 1062: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the number of Garda Síochána stationed in Duleek, County Meath will be restored to the levels in place at the start...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 1063: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place to deal with the problem of drug abuse in the prisons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a naturalisation application from persons (details supplied) in County Wexford who are the parents of an...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 1065: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders given to date in the Dublin metropolitan area. [20937/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1067: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 with a view to processing long term residency; and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis on which a visitor visa has been refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who wished...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 1069: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí assigned to each Garda division here; and the population of each division as determined in the 2006...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 1070: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the increase in headline crime by Garda division for 2006 and for the first six months of 2007. [21028/07]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1071: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to the Land Registry Office; and if he will...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1072: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to extend maternity leave for mothers of premature babies who are hospitalised after birth; and if he will make...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1073: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy on the requirements for planning permission for solar panels; if planning permission is required...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1074: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which the new national building standards will be introduced as outlined in the June 2007...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1075: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 1076: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a review (details supplied) will take place. [20119/07]
    • House Prices
      Question 1079: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to implement a reporting system which would act as an indicator or early warning system...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 1080: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of on the spot litter fines that were handed out in Clondalkin and Lucan, County Dublin in 2006...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1081: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 31 May 2006, when the person from County Mayo will be awarded...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1082: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a decision has been made on the Dublin City Council tenant purchase scheme; when this decision will be...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1083: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application by a local authority (details supplied) for funding to upgrade a waste water...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1084: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number on the housing waiting list in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1087: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers at his disposal regarding the creation or amendment of a special amenity area order; if land...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1088: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a system of refundable deposits on beverage containers as part of the shift in...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      Question 1089: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allay the concerns of many people that asbestos water pipes are unsafe for the end user; and if...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 1090: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his definition of sheltered housing. [19820/07]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      Question 1091: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the results of a national hare survey are available; and if the findings point to a further decrease in...
    • Environment Fund
      Question 1094: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid into the Environment Fund in each year since its establishment, including payments of moneys...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 1095: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration he has given to the problem of house alarms which are not being turned off and are causing...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1096: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been asked to give his consent to the Dublin City Council proposal to build a new medical legal...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 1097: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the phone number (details supplied) on his Department's web...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1098: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will respond to the proposal submitted by Dublin City Council regarding improvement...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1099: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he will establish the Climate Change Commission as outlined in the National Climate Change...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timeframe during which he will ensure that the State reduces the figures for waste consigned to landfill...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to establish community monitoring arrangements of major waste management facilities; and the dates...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 1105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives he plans to establish to expand the network of bottle banks and recycling centres here....
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to invest in local government enforcement capacity. [19973/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 1107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which the legislation to transpose Directive 2003/35/EC will be introduced. [19974/07]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has initiated a study of all legislation relating to environmental fines as part of the review of the...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 1109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has started to review litter laws to ascertain their effectiveness; and the progress of this review....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date on upgrading all local group water schemes to match the highest drinking water...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 1115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on creating a group of non-nuclear European States to counter the pro-nuclear lobby in...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 1116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that special consideration is being given to granting city status to Tallaght, Dublin 24;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to change the legislation regarding voluntary housing which would allow long term tenants of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the EU has issued a directive regarding the legality or otherwise of the residency clause condition and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated to a local authority (details supplied) in County Mayo by his Department....
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 1121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the payment of motor tax for vehicles used as ambulances for animal rescue...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is legislation planned to have the clawback provision rescinded for the affordable housing scheme....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will implement the new grant scheme for housing to the local authorities; when he expects the scheme...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to amend Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in order to remove...
    • Disability Grant
      Question 1126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath has not received a disabled persons grant from Meath...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that Meath County Council has a sufficient budget to provide all the services...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Tenant Purchase Scheme for Local Authority Dwellings 1995, section 90 of the Housing...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 1129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an archaeological excavation licence (details supplied) will be issued. [20437/07]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status briefing regarding infrastructural projects (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20440/07]
    • Fire Stations
      Question 1132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided in his Department's Capital Works Programme 2007 towards the Tallow Fire Station...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 1133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in implementing regulations in view of assurances that the regulations governing...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the upper limit for the grant to adapt a home to accommodate a person with a disability was last...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of the various projects that require investment of water and waste water capital projects for...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 1137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction additional library staff for the new expanded library facility which remains closed in...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 1138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if representations have been received by him or his Department which oppose the commencement of Section 36...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of legislation to deal with anti-social or disruptive behaviour by tenants in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the deadline for the implementation of Directive 2002/49EC...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a national waiver scheme for the elderly for green waste disposal charges and home...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding for the purchase of bog by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1809 of 31 January 2007 if he has received the preliminary report on...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 1147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1829 of 31 January 2007, the status of the conservation study of the...
    • National Parks
      Question 1149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 766 of 26 June 2007 and in view of the Environmental Protection Agency...
    • Construction Materials
      Question 1150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take immediate charge of all aspects of the enfolding pyrite situation (details supplied); if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will issue approval to Kilkenny County Council to purchase 17 houses in an area (details supplied);...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 1154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that adequate arrangements are in place for voters with impaired vision in Dáil...
    • Water Supply Contamination
      Question 1156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the 60 public water treatment plants at high risk from the cryptosporidium bug which waters...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 1157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department provides funding for the city and county managers associations, or if local authorities...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all necessary approvals have been issued by his Department to Kildare County Council to allow the...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 1161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the Green Paper on Local Government Reform to be published; and the reason he will not in...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken with a view to acquiring additional land near to Maynooth Castle with a view to...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 1164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his Department has plans to introduce grants for skate board parks in major towns; the funding that...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has to increase the levels of loans in the shared ownership loans scheme as operated by the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase the group waste water scheme grant system in relation to individual houses within such...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 1169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the RPII regarding high levels of radon in buildings in...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether housing developers who fail to complete the housing estates they have built can...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on allowing people in social housing to re-apply to their local authority for housing in particular...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the mineral oil relief tax on oil seed rape will be available to farmers producing same; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to speed up the roll-out of broadband to rural areas in the west of Ireland,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 1175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if compensation under the drift net fishermens' compensation scheme will be awarded to a person (details...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1176: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in ensuring that one third of electricity consumed here comes from renewable resources by...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 1177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if funding will be made available for an application by a local authority (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the amount of a grant has been reduced (details supplied); and if so, the reason the amount of this grant...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 1182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the €5,000,000 hardship fund for coastal communities reliant on commercial salmon...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make representations to the Department of Finance to introduce grant aid similar to solar panels...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the salmon compensation scheme will be reviewed; and if the decision to ban all drift netting of salmon...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position on the roll out of broadband in Kildare; the number of MANs in Kildare; the location of same; the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 1187: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the guidelines an angling club must address or have in place to ensure that they can appoint water bailiffs to...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, pursuant to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 26 June 2007, he will ensure that the electricity...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that one third of electricity consumed will come from renewable energy by 2020. [19931/07]
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which he plans to introduce co-firing at each of the three peat stations with biomass; and the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in the implementation of the National Bioenergy Action Plan; and the level of greenhouse gas...
    • Energy Consumption
      Question 1195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to incentivise people to move towards greater energy efficiency in their homes. [19938/07]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1197: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to stimulate the development of alternative energy resources. [19940/07]
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 1201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if gas will be supplied to a town (details supplied) in County Mayo in phase II; if same has been approved by...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will bring forward legislation to protect consumers in the communications sector when telecoms operators...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the companies that were awarded a mineral oil tax relief licence for the production of biodiesel under scheme...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1208: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of June 2007 the position in relation to the awarding of the...
    • Postal Services
      Question 1210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the retention of the reserved area for the postal service; the action he will take to support the...