Written answers
Thursday, 11 October 2007
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Official Engagements
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcomes from his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23129/07]
- Energy Policy
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the nature of communications he has had with union representatives in the ESB in recent weeks and months; and if...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has progressed plans for achieving the 100% broadband enablement of Ireland; if he has had contact with...
- Electricity Supply
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on ESRI warnings that electricity capacity is at a stage where forced shutdowns of ageing plants...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to remove limits on the fixed price tariff for wind farms, biomass and anaerobic digester power...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if arrangements have been agreed with RTÉ for the provision of RTÉ broadcasting in Great Britain in 2008; and...
- Electricity Generation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his policy to remove the transmission network from the ESB; if he will bring forward...
- Nuclear Power
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the increasingly pro-nuclear position that the EU is taking; his further views on the use of...
- Postal Services
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will issue a directive to ComReg to ensure that the postal universal service obligation is upheld and that...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the potential of energy crops, in particular wood and biomass, as an energy fuel; his strategy to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received and reviewed the National Council for the Blind of Ireland's general election manifesto for...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when 100% broadband penetration will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23126/07]
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are plans to bring gas pipelines from Northern Ireland into the Border counties; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on reports that his Department is examining the way private-sector investment in broadband can be...
- Renewable Energy Resources
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the contribution for renewable energy resources including hydro power at less than 9% of gross electricity...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the National Advisory Forum on Next Generation Networks; the regularity with which this...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address the skyrocketing levels of fuel and energy poverty in society here; when he will publish the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the idea of an all island broadband system will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Conservation
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way progress on the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan will be monitored; and if he will make a...
- Post Office Network
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of postal units and their locations that have closed down since 1997 to date in 2007 broken down by...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding plans for exploration of oil in the Porcupine Basin; the companies interested in this...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend and improve broadband availability to the standards applicable throughout the Eurozone; if...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the Broadcasting Bill; when it will be published; his views on abolishing the RTÉ...
- Telecommunications Regulation
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the introduction of legislation to incorporate Regtel into ComReg in order to properly regulate the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the review of the cost effectiveness and performance of the MANs will be completed and published; when he...
- Telecommunications Security
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the security failure from Eircom regarding its 250,000 wi-fi customers; his further views on...
- Telecommunications Sector
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the splitting up of Eircom in order to separate the wholesale network from the retail business; and...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish the Deloitte and Touche and William Fry report on the future of TG4; the way he envisages TG4...
- Biofuels Industry
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will work with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to address the continued...
- Energy Market
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the preparedness of his Department and Ireland for the opening of the all-island energy market; and if he will...
- Postal Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will publish the National Postcode Project Board's...
- Renewable Energy Resources
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm comments by a senior advisor from Sustainable Energy Ireland that Ireland's real target for...
- Water Supply
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will undertake and fund a comprehensive survey and reclassification immediately of the potentially large...
- Electricity Generation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will bring forward a microgeneration strategy in the context of figures that indicate that there are just...
- Electricity Market
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the stage discussions on the creation of a north west European electricity market are at; the estimated...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for Bord na Móna and in particular its role in the growth of energy crops; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Generation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans in place to implement a policy of installing smart electricity meters in every home to allow...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for enhancing the development of the alternative energy sectors with particular reference to the need...
- Energy Resources
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is confident that Ireland will meet renewable and climate change targets as set down in the Government's...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will issue a directive to the BCI to ensure that general campaigning advertising such as a campaign...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent State of the Net report which described the north west as a broadband black spot; and if...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will establish a unified broadcasting authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23124/07]
- Department of Finance
- Architectural Heritage
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the historic Swiss cottage in Cahir County Tipperary remains closed; when it will reopen; the costs of recent works carried...
- Tax Code
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a stamp duty refund will be made to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as soon as possible. [22474/07]
- Pension Provisions
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional relief for people on low incomes who wish to purchase back years of pension rights so as to...
- Flood Relief
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has received a request for funding for flood relief at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a refund of income tax is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will honour Clause 12 of the Pharmaceutical Contractors Committee of the IPU which supports consultation with the IPU. [23180/07]
- Health Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will get an appointment for physiotherapy in Claremorris; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a physiotherapist will be appointed to the D'Alton Home Claremorris; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23184/07]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients from County Kildare treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund since its inception; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card appeal for persons (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting over twelve months for an MRI scan; and if she will expedite an appointment for same in...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the disproportionate capital value of land relative to its capacity to generate an income, she will abandon proposals to...
- Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason transport is not provided to enable a person (details supplied) in County Galway to travel to and from Our Lady's Hospital for...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow can avail of the treatment purchase scheme to have orthodontic treatment carried out; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a specialist ward will be made available at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin for cystic fibrosis sufferers. [23271/07]
- Health Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be offered a long stay bed at Maynooth Community Care Unit; and if she will make a statement on the...
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Question 91: 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....
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be enacted to allow chemists who trained outside of Ireland to operate chemist shops here. [23320/07]
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a request for funding from County Cork Council for a project (details supplied); and if this project will proceed in...
- Rail Network
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans in place to replace the rolling stock on the Westport to Dublin line; when this will take place; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Network
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans in place and when is it envisaged the N61 from Roscommon to Boyle will be upgraded from a national secondary road to a national primary...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had contact with the American authorities regarding the recent violent death of a person (details supplied); if his attention has...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Statistics
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people of employed in the manufacturing industry in County Kildare in the years 1997 to 2006; and if he will...
- Grocery Industry
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has assessed the impact of the abolition of the Groceries Order on the retail sector; and if he will make...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 26 September 2007, if he will arrange for the organisation in question to...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason persons (details supplied) in County Sligo who are seeking mortgage relief payments were asked to submit a letter to...
- Family Support Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the household budget scheme to include people over 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports in a country (details supplied) that people from that State, are claiming child benefit...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the categories in which his Department fund or part-fund courses for recipients of social welfare payments; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a farm waste management grant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for any...
- Rural Development Programme
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will make a statement regarding the use of funds by her Department from modulation; the amount of money collected...
- Departmental Staff
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff working at her Department headquarters at Kildare Street; the number of these staff who have expressed...
- Grant Payments
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position of an application for the 2007 area based payment in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Department of Education and Science
- State Examinations
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has to pay six hundred euro for an assessment in relation to exemptions for...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the acquisition of a site for a replacement school for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [23194/07]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications by ABA schools for recognition within her Department; the number of ABA schools funded by her Department;...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is progress on the provision of funding towards new facilities for a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [23219/07]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo can not be awarded the full rate for giving home tuition to a child with...
- School Transport
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and when the issue will be resolved. [23229/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that the State has completed the purchase of a site (details supplied) she will appoint a design team; her...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Irish Language
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether there is a need to repeal or amend Section 3 of the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23175/07]
- Refugee Status
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for refugee status for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of towns in County Kildare included in the closed circuit television scheme to date; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date with regard to an application for visa extension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Garda Reserve
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda Reserves who have been assigned to Clondalkin Garda Station, Dublin 22; if there are further plans to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí added to the force in Ronanstown Garda Station, Dublin 22, in the years 2005, 2006 and to date in...
- Visa Applications
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision is expected to be made on the visa application of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [23222/07]
- Garda Investigations
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has offered additional resources to An Garda Síochána in respect of the investigation of a double murder (details...
- Compensation Payments
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if action will be taken to resolve the case of a person (details supplied). [23244/07]
- Garda Operations
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a proper safety and security plan in place when clubs (details supplied) meet. [23245/07]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation from a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be complete; the average time...
- Deportation Orders
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) is being deported; if he will review the case; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure for a person who is the father of an Irish new born child to re-enter the country on a holiday visa following...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be processed; if his attention...
- Refugee Status
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when travel documentation, green stamp or other documentation will be returned to a person (details supplied) in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for return of travel documentation and stamp four restoration in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects a decision to issue in the application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 947 of 26 September 2007, if he will arrange for the restoration of...
- Refugee Status
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Refugee Applications Commissioner who examined the application for refugee status in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will award stamp four or similar status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make...
- Visa Applications
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the missing documentation required to validate a new visa application in the family reunification case in the name of a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the immigration section of his Department continues to insist that the applicant came to the adverse attention...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the particular dietary needs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2...
- Residency Permits
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Forestry Sector
Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in respect of advice provided by his Department to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the concerns of the Irish Rural Dwellers Association regarding the appointment of members to An...
- Wildlife Conservation
Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Section 46 of the Wildlife Amendment Act, 2000 applies in the case of unauthorised developments; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation in relation to the essential repairs grant administered by Mayo County Council as the scheme...
- Rural Renewal Scheme
Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an inspection by his officials will take place for rural renewal eligibility for persons (details...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support of the Irish walled towns initiative; the locations and projects that will benefit from this...
- Heritage Council
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funds available in respect of implementing a report by the Heritage Council in respect of...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1098 of 26 September 2007, if it is the case that...
- Election Management System
Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in relation to each of the venues at constituency level, there is a long-term lease involved for the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Electricity Network
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of all island electricity interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Coastal Erosion
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will sanction funding for coastal erosion works in County Mayo (details supplied) in view of the fact...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans in place to upgrade telephone exchanges to broadband standard in areas (details supplied) to ensure...
- Electricity Network
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress of the east west interconnector. [23217/07]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects high quality broadband availability here to be on par with the service available in leading...
- Postal Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his preferred options for the provision of a next day delivery postal service throughout the country; and if he...
- Post Office Network
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the number of post office closures throughout the country; his proposals to ensure the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way his recent decision to slash the grants for the provision of alternative energy heating systems in...
- Electricity Generation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his preferred options for the future of the ESB, Eirgrid, the entire generation and transmission systems; and...
- Electricity Supply
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the uncertainty regarding the ready availability of electricity for major...
- Mineral Exploration
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the future development of the mining and exploration sectors on and off-shore, having due regard...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans in place for the provision of broadband in the Croghan/Elphin area of County Roscommon; when it is...
