Written answers
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
- Department of Health and Children
- Control of Infectious Diseases
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the chief medical scientist at the national MRSA reference laboratory that...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General in his 2006 annual report, she is confident that the ICT governance in...
- Mental Health Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding for mental health services will be increased from the current 7.7% to 12% in line with the overall global proportion of...
- Community Pharmacy Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the threat to the community drugs scheme and the fear that some pharmacists may not be able to continue to provide a...
- Hospital Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of a 10% increase in births over budgeted targets for the first seven months of 2007 and the increased strain on the State's...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has given power to the Health Service Executive to retain one quarter of all interest generated from private accounts held...
- Departmental Staff
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will proceed with the appointment of a chief nursing officer to provide her with professional advice at a salary of between...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in her plans for co-located private and public hospitals, she has considered the way highly specialised medical personnel can be...
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on the inquiry it ordered into the circumstances in which a person...
- Health Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her recent meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister, Mr. Michael McGimpsey; the matters on the agenda; her...
- Mental Health Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress and expected progress on the implementation of the mental health policy, A Vision for Change; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community child care facilities which have received staffing grants under the equal opportunities child care programme...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce the HPV 16/18 vaccine to prevent cervical cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23768/07]
- Health Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase services available for those suffering from eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23986/07]
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints received by the Health Service Executive in relation to harassment of home helps by family members of recipients...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time frame for the full roll out of BreastCheck country wide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24000/07]
- Community Care
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community care packages affected by funding freezes under Health Service Executive cuts; and if she will make a statement...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the research that has been carried out to ascertain the success of BreastCheck in improving outcomes for women; if there are statistics...
- Health Service Staff
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of consultants in microbiology and infection control in the health service; if there are plans to extend that...
- Ambulance Service
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she has rolled out the community first responder programme in the Health Service Executive areas in which it operates to...
- Health Service Staff
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns that newly qualified nurses, dieticians and other health professionals will be forced to emigrate for work due to...
- Hospital Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether, in view of the opinion of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive as well as that of her...
- Departmental Reports
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review being undertaken by the Office of the Minister for Children of compliance by State bodies and NGOs with the children first...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the Euro Health Consumer Index Report which stated that waiting times here were among the worst in Europe;...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the quality control in place where public patients are transferred to private institutions for treatment under the National Treatment...
- Health Service Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that adequate numbers of front line staff are available throughout the health service; the extent to which she has...
- Mental Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of beds dedicated to the child and adolescent psychiatric services; when plans will be implemented to increase...
- Child Care Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the introduction of the community child care subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24059/07]
- Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings in a report published in October 2007 by the Women's Health Council and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of co-operation and communication that exists between her Department and the Department of Education and Science with regard...
- Dietary Supplements
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to vitamin and mineral supplements; the reason it is proposed to substantially reduce the recommended daily...
- Mental Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, in relation to the A Vision for Change strategy, of catchment area teams that have been established; the number that are...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her proposed fair deal for nursing home care will be introduced as planned on 1 January 2008; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for children between the ages of five to 12 and 12 to 16 for orthodontic treatment in each of the Health Service...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns at the effect of the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo on the discharge of patients from acute...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify that the €340 million that was allocated for payments under the Health (Repayment) Scheme Act 2006 will be...
- Community Care
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the context of the report entitled Women, Debt and Health, she will ensure that information on the Money Advice and Budgeting...
- Control of Infectious Diseases
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to ensure that Ireland is prepared for a possible pandemic of avian influenza; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on the recent comments by the National Implementation Body, which criticised the manner in which the Health Service Executive...
- Hospital Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in view of the investigation into breast cancer treatment in Barringtons and other concerns with regard to quality control in...
- Health Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the implementation of the minimum data set method of determining the care needs of elderly patients as recommended...
- Control of Infectious Diseases
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recorded incidents of MRSA each year in the past five years; the degree to which she or her Department are successfully...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the nursing home refund scheme for the repayment of illegal nursing home charges; the number of claims received and...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing appropriately trained multi-disciplinary teams on a 24 hour basis to cater for persons who present...
- Health Service Staff
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the effect of the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo on the discharge of patients in hospitals where social...
- Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that she intends to ensure that the resources of St. Luke's will be utilised in the best interests of the health...
- Medical Cards
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on widening the availability of medical cards in view of the return to the Exchequer of nearly €23 million assigned to that...
- Control of Infectious Diseases
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to counteract the problem of MRSA in hospitals here; and the action taken to date. [22318/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pathology laboratories here that hold recognised accreditation; if she has plans to introduce legislation to require...
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has carried out a study into the arrangements between general practitioners and hospitals in areas such as Mallow,...
- Ambulance Service
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the helicopter landing pad in Bantry Hospital will be restored to a safe and operational state for the use of air ambulance...
- Health Service Staff
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the comments of the Taoiseach on 3 July 2007, that there have been significant increases in recent years in administrative...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on the provision of a new national children's hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22319/07]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an analysis has been carried out on the relative cost of treatments under the National Treatment Purchase Fund as compared with...
- Hospital Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements she will make for patients in County Limerick who cannot be accommodated at the dialysis unit in the Mid-Western...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to regulate fertility treatment following concerns expressed in an independent inquiry commissioned by the family of a...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions that have been put in place to assist patients affected by the immediate closure of breast cancer services at 13...
- National Health Strategy
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy on stroke victims and persons who have suffered acquired brain injury; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is anticipated that the budget allocated to the Health Service Executive for 2007 will allow for the transfer of all facilities...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed relocation of the Central Mental Hospital to the Thornton Hall site will require planning permission; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at the County Hospital, Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23645/07]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in terms of their potential...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 163: To ask the Taoiseach if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up posts due to...
- Department of Finance
- Public Service Contracts
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the time-scale for advancement to work commencing on a 21 month programme in view of the fact that the tenders have been received for...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a review of eligibility for a primary medical certificate will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department; the date of establishment; the number of...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to review the maximum repayment thresholds under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme....
- Flood Relief
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 5 July 2007, the Office of Public Works has been in contact with...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 9 October 2007, the initiatives referred to in his reply and the Office of Public Works'...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up...
- National Monuments
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on an allocation of funds for the completion of restoration and maintenance of works at Portumna Castle in view of the...
- Tax Code
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the details of the scheme announced in budget 2006 extending to the middle Shannon region incentives for tourism related projects; if...
- Pension Provisions
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the State of tax expenditures on supplementary pension schemes in each of the years this century with a breakdown of the...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in regard to the interdepartmental review of the 1994 disabled drivers disabled passengers tax concessions; when it is...
- Tax Collection
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when P21 certificates for tax years ending 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on hospital waiting list figures which were exposed in the media recently; the steps she will take to reduce waiting lists;...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of her Department; the date of establishment; the number of...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in her Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in terms...
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Mater Public Hospital is tendering for the outsourcing of the central supplies department in relation to buying and distribution...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has updated facts on the impact of Sellafield on the health of the population on the east coast of Ireland. [24125/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she had to wait 19 months to be informed by her Department or the Health Service Executive of serious concerns regarding...
- Departmental Reports
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of a report finalised earlier in 2007 and referred to in a previous question (details...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are on waiting lists to see consultants at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; the length of time each patient has...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the involvement of her Department with refuge centres for those who have suffered from domestic violence; the funding or personnel her...
- Child Care Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24170/07]
- Health Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the discrepancies in dental charges from one dentist to another (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she will put in place to remove the discrepancies in relation to farm families that will see the provisions of the new...
- Medical Cards
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she considers it appropriate or essential that a person applying for a medical card or general practitioner visit card should...
- Health Service Staff
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will break down the figures for temporary staff into career break cover, project based staff and staff employed on contract to do...
- Hospital Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the new paediatric and special care units at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar will open in mid-October 2007 as promised by...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will urgently support persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [24195/07]
- Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that the legal changes required to give an eligibility to children in all schools both public and private access...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not received an official decision by the contractors for the Health...
- Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated for Limerick city and county for home care packages for 2007; and the amount of home care packages this...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [24231/07]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise and assist persons (details supplied). [24232/07]
- Departmental Properties
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided, as promised, for the restoration of the Old Work House at Portumna, County Galway, formally the property of...
- Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time patients have to wait for an assessment with an occupational therapist; the number of people in County Galway...
- Departmental Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a chief dental officer will be appointed in her Department; when did the former chief dental officer leave; and when her Department...
- Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the funding as promised in correspondence (details supplied) was allocated; if not, when this money will be allocated; if the Health...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a commitment that the accident and emergency services at St. John's Hospital will not only be retained but enhanced....
- Health Service Staff
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure that sufficient home help personnel will be in place by the winter months in view of the health cuts embargo on...
- Hospital Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that the Health Service Executive will save by closing the orthopaedic unit in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan for the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the areas throughout the Health Service Executive most seriously affected by a shortage of accident and emergency staff; and if she will...
- Ambulance Service
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the strength of the ambulance service in Dublin city and county; if this is sufficient in the event of a major accident or emergency;...
- Health Research
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the research into the high incidence of autism here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24469/07]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the augmentation of the public hospital bed complement in the short term; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long stay nursing beds available throughout the country; the number of same in 1990; and if she will make a...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has studied the incidence of the various forms of cancer throughout the country; if this indicates a particular trend in any...
- National Carers Strategy
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to engage in discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs with a view to expanding, liberalising and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting period for heart or hip replacement surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24475/07]
- Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons throughout the country whose home help hours were reduced in the past two years; the reason for this reduction;...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases dealt with under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the past five years; the costs involved; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of hospital hygiene audits to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24478/07]
- Hospital Staff
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant posts currently vacant or about to become vacant throughout the Health Service Executive; her timetable for the...
- Medical Cards
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has ordered improved entitlements in respect of medical cards with particular reference to the raising of income...
- Mental Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend community based mental health services in County Kildare and throughout the country; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all the facilities including state of the art operating theatres are fully operational at Naas General Hospital; her...
- Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting treatment for orthodontic services throughout the country; when she expects to have in place the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full scale and extent of services and beds occupied or available at Peamount Hospital, Newcastle, County Dublin; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be included on their mother's medical card; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Staff
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel currently employed in the delivery of health services throughout County Kildare; the number employed in 1990;...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reported incidents of tuberculosis in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24499/07]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for further improvements in nursing home subvention with particular reference to improving income qualification...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of respite care for parents and carers of children and adults with special needs; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the needs of cancer sufferers are best served by the retention of St. Luke's Hospital and the facilities there,...
- Health Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of speech therapy services in County Kildare and throughout the country; and if she will make...
- Mental Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an assurance that the money realisable from the sale of psychiatric hospitals is expected to be sufficient to...
- Health Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy and frequency of school medical examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel dedicated to dealing with children at risk throughout the Health Service Executive; the degree to which her...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has evaluated the services available at a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; the extent to which she...
- Adoption Services
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Adoption Board has, in determining a number of applications, rejected the opinion...
- Health Service Staff
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to secure long-term employment for immigrants who are employed in the health service in areas which are...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Bodies
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department; the date of establishment; the number of members, staff...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in terms of their...
- School Transport
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to promote alternatives to the private car as a school transport option in view of the recent report published by the Dublin...
- Public Transport
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the way Dublin south central electoral area will benefit from Transport 21; if his attention has been drawn to the lack of public transport in...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport the critical conditions that need to be met to establish readiness to vest three airports; the way the airports currently measure against these...
- Air Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport when his attention was drawn, formal or otherwise, to Aer Lingus's proposal to withdraw all services from the Shannon to Heathrow route and BMI's...
- Tourism Industry
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport when Government funding will be put in place for the full implementation of the €53 million mid-west tourism and economic development plan....
- Rail Network
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport when Government funding will be provided for the construction of a rail link between Limerick city and Shannon Airport. [24422/07]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a once-off grant, perhaps from national lottery funds, to a company (details supplied) in County Dublin in order to carry out...
- Road Safety
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to make the wearing of safety helmets by cyclists mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22322/07]
- Air Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the report from the group of senior officials, operating under the auspices of his Department, who were asked to evaluate the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up posts due to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding an application for a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [24179/07]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in terms of...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the support the Government is providing to Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24178/07]
- Illegal Irish Emigrants
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the sponsorship schemes for citizenship available for Irish people living illegally in the United States of America at present; and the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up posts...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation with respect to the proposed decentralisation of the NSAI to Arklow in view of a letter (details supplied);...
- Departmental Properties
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA lands (details supplied) in County Wexford are available for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Development
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding supports or initiatives in place for small and medium enterprises in County Donegal; if his Department will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Bodies
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department; the date of establishment; the number of...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of occupational pension schemes registered with the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years this century; the number...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on increasing the living alone allowance in view of the fact that this allowance has been unchanged for the past seven...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare against the decision to refuse their application for a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has plans to rectify the pension anomaly of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [24241/07]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the justification for including carer's allowance as part of the means test for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Bodies
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department; the date of establishment;...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in her Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are...
- Animal Deaths
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will put in place a system that can react properly and carry out immediate post-mortems within hours and not weeks...
- Grant Payments
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the area aid application for 2007 in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been accepted; when...
- Food Industry
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will make a commitment to the Irish meat producing sector that all meat served in the public service canteens in her...
- Sheep Industry
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will revise the conditions and eliminate the anomalies in the implementation of the Malone sheep report which now...
- Deer Population
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of deer in County Wicklow; the percentage being tested for tuberculosis; the measures in place to cull the deer...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who...
- Department of Education and Science
- Departmental Bodies
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of her Department; the date of establishment; the number of...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in her Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of her contacts with the Bureau of European Schools (details supplied). [24126/07]
- Languages Programme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports provided by her Department to primary schools in respect of English language support. [24127/07]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will set out, in respect of County Laois, the name and roll number of each primary school; the number of students and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the appointment of a design team for an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [24153/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she provides assistance towards the cost of commercial pilot training for mature students. [24162/07]
- Schools Recognition
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria which her Department uses to establish that a new multi-denominational school deserves permanent recognition. [24183/07]
- School Transport
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used when allocating school catchment areas; if there is a review of boundaries; and when it will take place. [24199/07]
- Youth Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of the recent meeting with a group (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of schools in an area of high population density in County Kildare (details supplied); the number...
- School Curriculum
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the plans she has or is proposing to address the issue; the cost to her...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to enhanced school facilities for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if her attention has...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that Fingal County Council is correct in informing its councillors that the residual one acre reserved site at...
- School Transport
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for the provision of a supervisor on all school buses to eliminate potential distractions to the driver;...
- State Examinations
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the standard of allocation of grades in the leaving certificate examinations 2007 in view of the fact that...
- School Accommodation
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a much needed class room extension at a school (details supplied) in County Galway as there is...
- Third Level Fees
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will incorporate the cost of college registration fees in the third level maintenance grant for students; and if she will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent to date on the land purchased and preliminary works for the new secondary school which had been proposed for a town...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare following an information seminar attended by...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up...
- Department of Defence
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are evaluated in terms of their...
- Departmental Properties
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department owns properties (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of units owned; and the future plans his Department has for the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who have taken up posts due to...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proceeds of Crime
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts returned to the Exchequer under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 each year for which there are records. [24192/07]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all policies are...
- Public Order Offences
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in setting up anti-social behaviour action teams in the local authority areas of County Kerry as set out in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of women and girls deported to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past twelve months; if the extent of...
- Youth Diversion Projects
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a Garda youth diversion project for Carrigaline, County Cork. [24154/07]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and when a decision is due; and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a reduction in the Garda force at a town (details supplied) in County Laois. [24190/07]
- Immigration Policy
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [24196/07]
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the evaluation review of the pilot joint policing committees will be undertaken and completed; and...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if within his Department there is funding available to groups (details supplied) who are involved in the support mechanism...
- Garda Strength
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí specially trained within each division of the Garda to deal with domestic violence incidents; if such...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the period of time an applicant must wait for an appointment at the free legal aid centres in Newbridge, Portlaoise and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to make a decision on the application by a person (details supplied) for leave to remain in Ireland. [24220/07]
- Residency Permits
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to make a decision on the application by a person (detail supplied) for a stamp four. [24221/07]
- Visa Applications
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for a holiday visa from a person (details supplied); and when he expects to...
- Prison Staff
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible to extend an employee's contract in the Irish Prison Service beyond the age of 60 (details supplied)....
- Visa Applications
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which an application for naturalisation has been progressed in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800 people who...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Special Protection Areas
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding sheep farmers on the Nephin Beg mountain range; if the sheep farmers in question...
- Air Pollution
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, arising from air pollution monitoring outposts throughout the country, he has noticed an increase in...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department; the date of...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the figures for each local authority stating the number of houses sold under the tenant purchase scheme over...
- Fire Service
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to meet the concerns of SIPTU regarding the Bray fire tragedy (details supplied). [24131/07]
- Planning Issues
Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an observation was made by 27 September 2007 as indicated in a reply to a previous question (details...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the grant scheme for capital works under the playground initiative; and if he will make a...
- Voluntary Housing
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of refuge centres in each local authority area; the number proposed; the stage of those that are...
- Fire Service
Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an action programme to drive forward the recommendations of the fire safety and fire services here...
- Planning Issues
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce planning regulations to govern the location of adult shops and other similar activities....
- Noise Pollution
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available in budget 2008 for noise amelioration measures, the need for which has been...
- Industrial Pollution
Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce procedures to the Environmental Protection Authority to investigate under its authority...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24228/07]
- Library Projects
Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money that has been awarded to Monaghan County Council for the new library in Clones; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in dealing with the preliminary report on Athlone main drainage which was submitted...
- Housing Grants
Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants on waiting lists for disabled persons grants and essential repair grants; the length...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in the upgrading of the Gort water supply as investigations on this scheme started...
- Fire Service
Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if adequate funding has been provided by his Department to the various local authorities to ensure the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Greener Homes Scheme
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications received in his Department for each county, under the provision of alternative...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department; the date of...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in his Department on the roll out of the poverty impact assessment to ensure that all...
- Mine Sites
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the environmental condition of the old Tynagh Mine site in Loughrea, County...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a club (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on its application for a foreshore...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has ascertained from all public service agencies involved in decentralisation the make-up of the 2,800...
