Written answers

Thursday, 27 September 2007

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Buiséad na Roinne
      Question 7: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé mhéid airgid a tháinig óna Roinn a caitheadh i ngach ceann de na Gaeltachtaí in 2006; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the additional funding he is considering making available to allow for the introduction of new services and the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in regard to the review of sceim labhairt na gaeilge in the context of modern day needs and ways to...
    • Job Creation
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the up to date position regarding the strategic review in relation to the employment support work of Údarás na...
    • Irish Language
      Question 11: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta leis an bhfoclóir leictreonach Béarla-Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the introduction of a restriction on the right to purchase pay as you go mobile phones over the counter,...
    • Rural Transport
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made in relation to the provision of increased public transport services in rural areas...
    • Rural Development
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his future proposals in relation to rural development; the effect it has on existing schemes; the anticipated impact...
    • Community Development
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in relation to funding under the new rural development programme for LEADER programmes; when this funding...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of the organisations that have been allocated funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund since...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent report of the Working Group on Drug Rehabilitation that represents the fifth pillar of the...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the up to date position regarding the review of the sports and funding schemes in the context of their impact in the...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to increase the number of participants on the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      Question 23: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé cuntas ar na deontais atá ceadaithe ag a Roinn do gach oileán ar chósta Dhún na nGall ó thosach na...
    • Disadvantaged Areas
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans, in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government for the further use of the Young People's...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 25: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó post atá cruthaithe sa Ghaeltacht i mbliana le cabhair Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if discussions have taken place between him and his Department with EU Commissioner Charlie Mc Creevy in relation to...
    • Úsáid na Gaeilge
      Question 27: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na moltaí atá aige i leith theorainn na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20992/07]
    • Official Languages Act
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs what is the up to date position regarding the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act; and if...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the need to offer added support to community based groups involved in combating...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals for the reform of the charities sector; if his attention has been drawn to the need for regulation of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to extend, expand or restrict any of the grant aiding projects under his aegis; and if he will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the number of reported deaths from cocaine use; the steps he will take to reduce cocaine use here; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for the Department of...
    • Irish Language
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in regard to An Foras developing materials specifically for families who wish to raise their...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      Question 39: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na deontais a ceadaíodh do chomhlachtaí (sonraí tugtha) go dtí seo; an méid de na deontais a íocadh go dáta;...
    • Voluntary Sector
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an application from a group (details supplied) for grant aid under the new scheme to support...
    • Waterways Ireland
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the timescale for the extension of the Royal Canal to Longford Town; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is intended to implement the recommendations of the study on roll-on and roll-off transport services for the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on reports of the spread of crack cocaine in urban Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to recent...
    • Irish Language
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proposals he will bring to Government in regard to alterations to the boundaries of the Gaeltacht; and if he will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the operation of the RAPID scheme over the past 12 months; if he is satisfied with the operation...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that a general waiver of rates on all registered childcare facilities is implemented; and if he will...
    • Tourism Development
      Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when criteria for grant aid relating to tourism projects within 12 km of the river Shannon as announced in April 2007 will be issued;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to reduce the amount of inheritance tax a person has to pay for inheriting land from a relative, namely an aunt or uncle;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the square footage of leased or rented office space now vacant due to decentralisation with details of the length of leases still to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his view, in the interests of promoting renewable energy sources, of allowing companies based in Northern Ireland to benefit from the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food regarding the tax implications of the sugar beet...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been waiting ten years for orthodontic treatment; the reason the C treatment...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the anticipated start up date of BreastCheck in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21191/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on this Deputy's concern regarding any downgrading of Ennis General Hospital, particularly in relation to the golden hour,...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) have been told that they are not entitled to a recoupment of the moneys paid for accommodation at a...

    • Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the claim for a person (details supplied) under the nursing home repayment scheme was rejected; if there are further options...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out a mid term review of the five year programme for the development of disability services, which should include in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases that have been initiated against her Department in respect of the Government's refusal to meet necessary medical care...
    • Health Services
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay of 27 months for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it has been decided to penalise working parents through the cessation of the equal opportunities childcare programme and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to employ much needed additional full time equivalent positions in the ambulance service with the HSE west; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the first phase of phase 2B will be completed and ready for handover at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath;...
    • Food Safety
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her intentions in relation to the recent report issued in the UK regarding the adverse effects of certain E numbered food additives on...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when advance payments to pharmacies under the GMS will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21267/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when dental treatment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration will be given to an application to her Department for National Lottery funding by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Services
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered a full time carer due to their ill health; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of an application in relation to a claim submitted under the health repayments scheme from a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 20 March 2007, if a further assessment on this person (details supplied) in County Laois is...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the HSE regarding its decision to impose staffing and other cuts in hospitals; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the development of planned radiation oncology centres; the estimated timetable of delivery of these centres; and...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Health and Children...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was charged for medical expenses; and if she will review this decision in view of the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the plans in place to introduce legislation to allow Gardaí to test drivers for drugs and to compulsorily test for drugs and...
    • Road Network
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the status of the proposed new Shannon bridge crossing for the towns of Ballina and Killaloe, County Tipperary; when construction...
    • Air Services
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 3 April 2007, the reason he is not taking the action as outlined in the response to the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the incentives he is putting in place to encourage cyclists to wear helmets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21363/07]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Missing Persons
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 to trace the whereabouts of their spouse; and if he will arrange for...
    • International Agreements
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position on the US/India Nuclear Agreement as this currently stands; the discussions that have taken place recently on this agreement;...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to previous correspondence, the reason the adopted children of an Irish person (details supplied) cannot obtain an Irish passport;...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in respect of the tragic killing of an Irish citizen overseas (details supplied) he will consider introducing or has plans to introduce...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits undertaken and arranged by the IDA to visit the IDA industrial park and lands at Marlinstown; the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the waiting times for processing each category of work permit and green card; the number awaiting a decision under each...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of field staff in the Labour Inspectorate; the timetable for the increase in numbers of inspectors; and if he...
    • Job Losses
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the proposed closure of a plant (details supplied) in County Louth with the loss of 256 jobs; the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the progress of the swimming pool project in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, in view of the fact that a...
    • Arts Council
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money which will be made available to the Arts Council for the year 2008; if it will be near the €100 million they...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the mechanisms available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in order that they can obtain funding to ensure that they...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reference under EU regulation EEC No. 1408/07, including article and paragraph, that allows Ireland apply the (AxB)/C formula...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [21229/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will award credit for pension purposes to carers who have not given up their employment to become a carer but who have cared...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if recipients of the back to education allowance will be granted any other allowances or benefits from his Department while in...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals other than legislative proposals in regard to the Irish language for implementation in the new Dáil...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Decommissioning of Fishing Vessels
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in relation to...
    • Live Exports
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures that are in place within her Department to promote the live export of weanlings in autumn 2007; and if she will...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is satisfied that there is sufficient awareness amount the agricultural community of the threat by the Bluetongue...
    • Beef Imports
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is satisfied that adequate control mechanisms are in place at EU level to ensure the continuing importation of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for transfer of entitlements to the single payment scheme will be completed for a person (details...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an inspection will be carried out under the new farm improvement scheme 2007 on behalf of a person (details supplied)...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her proposals to deal with the crisis in the pig industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the first instalment of the 2007 single farm payment will be made; when the compensatory allowance payment will be...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will introduce the animal health schemes for sheep and suckler cows; the annual budget available for both schemes;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the first and second instalment of the sugar beet diversification fund will be paid; the discussions she has had with...
    • Live Exports
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the countries to which Ireland is prohibited to export live cattle; the reason for the prohibition in each case; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff employed in the Farm Development Service in North Tipperary to process applications under the farm...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has and the legal position in relation to booster seats for children travelling on school buses. [21178/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects construction to begin on the proposed new national school at Nurney County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for the home based July education provision grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for an alternative educational provision for a town (details supplied) in County Wexford has not been forthcoming;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist persons (details supplied) in County Donegal urgently with special needs for resource hours for their children....
    • Third Level Facilities
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given by her Department or other interested parties in relation to the provision of a third level facility...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the provision of temporary accommodation in Mullingar to facilitate personnel from her Department who wish to come there...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants and the level thereof which are available to schools who purchase an area of land, to provide car parking facilities...
    • Irish Language
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals in regard to simplifying the grammar of the Irish language in order to facilitate students in achieving an earlier...
    • School Staffing
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to provide assistance to Gaeltacht national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21272/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is adequate to meet current and future...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an educational grant will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of autism units in primary and secondary schools; the number of students in the autism units in each of these schools; the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21328/07]
    • Third Level Places
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intercede with the CAO to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo can transfer from Dundalk Institute of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review her Department's decision to withdraw funding for the outreach resource teaching previously provided to a person...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the refurbishment or improved accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Irish Language
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the examiners she has approved under Section 4 of the Legal Practitioners (Qualifications) Act 1929; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Defence
    • Irish Red Cross
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of Government nominees to the central council of the Irish Red Cross. [21360/07]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile telephones which have been seized in each prison in the past twelve months; if any prosecutions for...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been brought to the fact that third level grants are not available to the non-Irish parents of Irish...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the continuing delay in citizenship being granted to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if his...
    • Garda Reserve Force
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for membership of the Garda Reserve his Department has received from the people of County...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if having regard to the increasing membership of An Garda Síochána, additional personnel will be deployed to the growing...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 155: 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...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will refer to the case history of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary and determine if an error has been...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be dealt with; if he will take...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm having received an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will be transferred to alternative hostel or temporary accommodation to accommodate both...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in regard to the application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa or permission will be given for the return to Ireland of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a transfer to an alternative hostel will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [21298/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or intended residency or reunification status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the whereabouts of the passports in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a residency application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his Department has dealt with...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill will be published; the matters that will be addressed in the Bill...
    • Legal Qualifications
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to repeal Section 3 of the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties with sewerage treatment in Glenties, County...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a new fire station (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the grant scheme for the provision of community playgrounds made available to local authorities in 2005...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 6 October 2005, when the person will be awarded the top-up...
    • Bog Purchases
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1041 of 24 April 2007, when the sale will be agreed; the reason for the...
    • Water Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 28 June 2007, if his Department differentiates between...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has traced and fully audited all of the stone infill taken from a quarry (details supplied)...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work is expected to commence on a new fire station in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department is planning to move the Turoe Stone Galway from its environment; if his attention...
    • Election Management System
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions in relation to the voting machines which are currently in storage. [21256/07]
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions in relation to the re-issuing of hunt licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the additional safeguards that have been added to incineration technology that now makes it an acceptable...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when moneys will be allocated to a local authority (details supplied) in County Kildare for the purchase of...
    • Water Quality
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the establishment of a separate stand alone authority which would have jurisdiction for matters...
    • Water Charges
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the procedures in place for water pricing through metering; if he will provide specific...
    • Rural Renewal Schemes
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that a house in the ownership of persons (details supplied) is inspected by his Department...
    • Housing Estate Completions
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the meetings he has had or plans to have with the legal system to determine the reason solicitors allow home...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the new Legan and Kenagh Water Schemes have not been provided despite a two year wait and the fact...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to reintroduce the remediation grants scheme to assist householders to take precautionary...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to the breakwater for the RNLI in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; the...