Written answers

Tuesday, 23 October 2007

  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way consuls are appointed; if any consul has been replaced since 1 January 2007; and if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken or can take to raise concern about the possible violation of the Iranian people's fundamental human rights; and if he...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Government chose to avail of an opt out in the areas of criminal procedure and police co-operation in the EU Reform Treaty;...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advance the proposal that a permanent secretariat be established in order to advance proposals for peace in the Middle East such...
    • International Conventions
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position in relation to enacting universal jurisdiction; and if it accepts that it is the duty of every State to exercise...
    • Freedom of Expression
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government in relation to the reports of the rights to free expression and dissemination of information in Pakistan being...
    • Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon capability; the nature of his concern; the action taken to date by this State...
    • International Agreements
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has to seek to be a signatory to the Antarctica Treaty 1959; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25020/07]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the answer he has given to the representations made to him regarding the continuing abuse by Government forces in Zimbabwe of political...
    • Irish Emigrants
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the links he has with Irish emigrants in the USA; if he provides funding to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25018/07]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is willing to call on the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, to prioritise the investigation...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of aid given to organisations in Nepal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25027/07]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the problems forcing persons to seek asylum within the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he had with the Secretary of State of the USA on his recent visit there; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the very serious, extensive and fundamental breaches of human rights involved he will indicate his view on the request to the...
    • International Conventions
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he will ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of aid given to organisations in Sudan; the way this funding to used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25024/07]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the reported killing in the Central African Republic by Government troops of civilians since June 2005; and if in the context...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he or his colleagues in the European Union are concerned or intend making a statement on the widespread concern by Human Rights...
    • International Agreements
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the United Nations instruments awaiting ratification that will be ratified in the current Dáil term and which he expects to have ratified...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will express to the Chinese Government, the Irish Government's concern at attempts to suppress dissent and introduce restrictions of...
    • Nuclear Issues
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the next meeting of the Nuclear Supplies Group will take place; and the agenda for discussion. [24983/07]
    • Humanitarian Emergencies
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of personnel in the rapid response unit; the role they have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25007/07]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and the Government are in favour of establishing a regime of inspection of such civilian and military traffic in order to among other...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the establishment of transit and processing centres for migrants and asylum seekers outside the EU; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the need to promote and protect human rights internationally by controlling more effectively the conditions under which...
    • Freedom of Expression
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government in relation to the reported crackdown in Egypt on journalists and dissidents in the exercise of freedom of...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on purchasing a transport aircraft for the Air Corps as part of the overseas aid programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Conventions
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, following the damning report of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture regarding the conditions in Irish...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is in a position to comment on the recently published Human Rights Watch report Criminal Politics: Violence, Godfathers and Corruption...
    • UN Conventions
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government expects to ratify the UN Convention against Corruption in the current Dáil period or in the lifetime of the current...
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals he envisages in advance of the referendum on the European treaty to address the issue of the accountability deficit in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on sexual violence in southern Darfur; and if he...
    • UN Conventions
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the present position in relation to Irish rights in regard to the Law of the Sea as far as Rockall is concerned. [25003/07]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons aged fifteen and over living in Dublin classified by means of travel to work as revealed by Census 1996, Census 2002 and Census 2007....
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24746/07]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the number of new houses and new apartments which received planning permission from Fingal County Council, and Dublin City Council and An Bord Pleanála for...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed over to his Department or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Construction Industry
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people employed in the construction industry in County Meath in the years 2002 and 2006; if he expects this trend to continue; and if he will...
    • Marriage Registrations
      Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach the number of notifications of marriage received to date in 2007, with a breakdown of this figure for each county registrar. [25194/07]
  • Department of Finance
    • Garda Stations
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the special provision for access for persons with disabilities available at the Garda stations at Mountjoy, Dublin 7 andFitzgibbon...
    • Tax Code
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of the Government's encouragement and support to passengers who choose public transport, with the imposition of a car...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who have relocated from Dublin to Meath under the decentralisation programme to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will transfer the lands at Mountjoy Prison to the Mater Hospital when the prison closes in order that the hospital can acquire...
    • Tax Code
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to reintroduce the living over the shop scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/07]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24741/07]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed new Garda station at Kilfinane, County Limerick; and the stage the proposal is at. [24769/07]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has ever used a compulsory purchase order to acquire land for a school or education use; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount it would cost to make the personal and PAYE income tax credits refundable; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works when people in certain positions within the Office of Public Works will be paid...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed...
    • Tax Code
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on a reduction in VAT and VRT on disability friendly taxis in view of the huge cost involved and the 75% reduction in the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money raised by stamp duty on financial cards for each of the years 2004 to date in 2007 with a breakdown for each year...
    • Tax Code
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the plans he has to remove VAT from solar panels for houses and from the cost of installation of solar panels. [25052/07]
    • Tax Investigations
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of unauthorised used car dealers in County Meath that the Revenue Commissioners are going to audit as part of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the tax policy in order to ensure more support for families in budget 2008. [25104/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the list of premises that the State is renting or leasing in County Meath; the amount of ground rents paid for each of these premises;...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of residential property sales in County Meath which were the subject of stamp duty in each of the past five years; and the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of PAYE employees that have claimed tax relief on refuse collection fees paid to private collectors with a breakdown for...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed programme of flood alleviation at Mornington, County Meath; the role of the Office of Public Works...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department's plans for a vacant public building (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25207/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way the rates of stamp duty applying here and in Northern Ireland compare in respect of different taxable transactions including...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a construction contract has been agreed and signed for the provision of a new Revenue office in Newcastle West, County Limerick;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he intends introducing legislation dealing with the issues of betting exchanges here; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Education Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to implement Recommendation No. 5 of the Joint Committee on Education and Science second report on the provision...
    • Violence Against Women
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to provide additional funding for groups that front-line violence against women; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Provision
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to track the average cost of childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25099/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the domiciliary care allowance is available to children who have been diagnosed on the autistic spectrum; the criteria required to...
    • Child Care Provision
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Government has proposed a new approach to funding for playschools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the concern expressed by pharmacists throughout Limerick west in relation to proposed reduction in the wholesale...
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for speech and language therapy in the Health Service Executive west; the number of children...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed recruitment of two psychologists for a service (details supplied) in...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the ambulance section of the Health Service Executive will fill in a form for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24710/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if patient transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for their hospital appointment on 24 October 2007....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people whose medical cards were replaced with general practitioner visit cards since December 2006 with a breakdown of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people admitted to the hospital services for drink related emergency cases for each of the years 2002 to date in 2007 with...
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a neurological appointment being provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she...
    • Mental Health Policy
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an inter Departmental working group will be established to co-ordinate action by all Government Departments in respect of the vision...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have graduated through hospital attendants positions to qualified carers in hospital situations; when it is...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her output statement has been published on her Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24743/07]
    • Child Care Provision
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to introduce a new scheme for funding community childcare facilities as in its present form the new...
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way community pharmacists are remunerated for the methadone maintenance scheme; the amount of money paid to pharmacists...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has had a medical card since 1999 has lost same despite ongoing health...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the relocation of female psychiatric patients currently on St. Bernadette's ward in St. Conall's Hospital in...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new ambulance base will be in operation at Maynooth, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24807/07]
    • Misuse of Drugs Act
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a young woman collapsed and was hospitalised during the summer 2007 having consumed...
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on funding a dedicated nursing service to respond to cardiac patients who need advice, a service which was previously funded...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the plan to transfer a number of patients in St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick to Ashley Lodge will be implemented; if and the reason...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of people employed by all the health boards who were solely providing an administrative role; the number of people...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the enhanced facilities that Naas Hospital will have after completion of phase three; when the project is set for completion; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way cutbacks will affect the cardiac rehabilitation services in Sligo General Hospital in relation to County Leitrim; if she will...
    • Food Safety Regulations
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of compliance in the restaurant and catering sector regarding beef labelling; the number of inspections that have been carried...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed over...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy services will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding is in place in respect of the recently announced cancer control programme; the amount of funding available in 2007 and 2008;...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to delays and waiting lists for assessments regarding inter country adoptions; if her attention has been drawn...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of gynaecological consultants in Cork and that this is causing...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the suspension of inter country adoptions from certain countries; the countries on the suspension list; and the reason...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an ultra sound or scan will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding approved for a group (details supplied) in County Mayo will issue to them. [24959/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in resolving the dispute which has seen dentists withdrawing from the dental service treatment scheme;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the provision of the proposed regional hospital for the north east. [25061/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the funding available to the Health Service Executive north eastern region in order to prioritise autism...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address an issue (details supplied). [25103/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be assisted. [25105/07]
    • Courts Service
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Registrar of Wards of Court is unable to apply for redress for these wards of court...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she read the Health Service Executive publication, Health Matters; how often this magazine is published; the cost of each edition;...
    • Health Services
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress of the roll out of the sexual assault treatment units; the status on the units; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25204/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the agreements and regulations will allow the collocated private hospital to provide oncology services and in particular breast care...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive have plans to fund the life-start programme in Milford, County Donegal which is currently in a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected time-frame for the full roll out of BreastCheck on a nationwide basis and its availability to women over 65; and if she...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a situation where the health repayment scheme in Tralee is sending letters to applicants under the certificate...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that all arrangements are in place to introduce the new uniform nursing home support scheme as promised on 1 January...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will ensure that the salaries and allowance of Health Service Executive management teams be made available in the same way as...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) are being refused payment under the nursing home repayment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was refused a grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25267/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the waiting list in the Dunboyne area, County Meath for young people who are waiting access to speech...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Galway was deemed to be an employee of the Western Health Board from 1990 to 2002 in their role...
    • Health Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the domiciliary care allowance has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a site will be made available for the supply of services to the mentally handicapped at St. Bridget's Hospital, Ballinasloe, County...
    • Health Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place for the use of the hydrotherapy pool at Our Lady's Hospital Manorhamilton, County Leitrim in view of the relocation...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the health repayment scheme. [25300/07]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel in the ambulance services; the number on leave; and the number of vacancies. [25307/07]
    • Infection Control
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in St. Colmcille's Hospital who have contracted MRSA or C. difficile each year since 1997 to date in 2007. [25308/07]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to redevelop St. Columcille's Hospital as was the case in Naas General and James Connolly Memorial Hospitals during...
    • Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for an increase in occupational therapy services in County Wexford. [25325/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of staff security will be undertaken in psychiatric units. [25327/07]
    • Child Care Provision
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25336/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cuts being planned for services in Kerry General Hospital; the cuts in services already in place; and if she will make a statement...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application under the housing aid for the elderly will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Community Development
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding supports available in his Department for community groups wishing to build a children's playground. [25439/07]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has a grant scheme or funding source to which an adoption support group (details supplied) may apply for financial...
    • Health Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as a matter of urgency; and if she will...
  • Department of Transport
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles registered for use on roads in Counties Dublin, Wicklow, Meath and Kildare in 1996, 2002 and 2006 distinguishing cars,...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the Government's policy towards the mid-west region; and when he will sanction on the delivery of vital infrastructural...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on allocating funding not now required for some years for the LUAS Line BX to the construction for a LUAS line for Rathfarnham; and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24747/07]
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to rectify the lack of satisfactory rural transport in County Westmeath; the reason the rural transport group is failing to...
    • Airline Charges
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the failure of airlines to refund taxes paid on flights which have been cancelled by consumers; what happens to...
    • Road Safety
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will provide funding for the provision of flashing amber lights on the road immediately outside all schools as is currently...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed over to his...
    • Road Network
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated travel time by road to Shannon Airport from Dublin; when that time will be reduced and by what amount; and if he will make a...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding his plans to expand the LUAS into the Broadstone, Constitution Hill areas of Dublin 7; the extent to which this has been...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to make it an obligation for insurance companies to notify his Department that vehicles involved in accidents are written off;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland's estimate that uninsured drivers kill 20 people each year and leave a further 2,000 others...
    • Public Transport
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport the circumstances surrounding reports that his Department instructed Dublin Bus to remove three buses from the 25X morning service serving Lucan,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport when a high frequency bus service from Swords via the Port Tunnel to the city centre will start in view of the fact that the licence has been...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he proposes to take to ensure persons holding a driving licence from outside this State who are guilty of a road offence can have...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to amend the system of provisional driving licences. [25169/07]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport if, as part of his new proposed legislation for mandatory alcohol levels testing at the scene of road traffic accidents, he will introduce...
    • Road Network
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will provide outline plans for the proposed outer orbital road for the greater Dublin region. [25184/07]
    • Public Transport
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys that have taken place on public transport originating from each of the towns Kells, Trim, Navan and Athboy to...
    • Port Development
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on a planning application (details supplied) in County Louth; and if it is aligned to the National Spatial Strategy....
    • Rail Network
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport the position with regard to the proposed Shannon to Limerick rail link; when the steering group is expected to report to him; the last estimated...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress being made by his Department to obtain statistics in respect of carbon emissions from aviation in respect of aircraft flying to and...
    • Airport Security
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport if the extension of the US customs and border protection facility is on target for Shannon Airport; if the facility will be operational for the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport the Government's proposals for development of the Broadstone railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25284/07]
    • Road Safety
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ascertain from the Road Safety Authority, the budget commitment for road safety and bicycles in schools. [25313/07]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Conflict Resolution
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the structure of the Centre for Conflict Resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25426/07]
    • Rapid Response Corps
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the personnel involved in the Emergency Response Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25427/07]
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent discussions he has had with respect to the situation in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25428/07]
    • Diplomatic Relations
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the dealings Ireland has with Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/07]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24742/07]
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed over to...
    • Departmental Statistics
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens permanently residing here who have died in each EU country in each of the past five years; and if he will make...
    • Diplomatic Relations
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the view of Ireland regarding the present legal status of Taiwan under international law; and his views on its current application for UN...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a fund available for dealing with the costs of the families of Irish Citizens who have died in unexpected or tragic...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a statement...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the Government's announcement that work will commence in the near future to reopen the two cross-Border bridges along the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his colleagues at EU or UN level have addressed the issue of war, genocide and starvation in the various African...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which discussions are taking place in the matter of EU enlargement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25477/07]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has fully satisfied himself that development aid and funding in respect of all African States is actually being received by those for...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he directly or through the aegis of the UN or EU he has examined the situation in the various African countries from...
    • Debt Relief
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which promised debt relief has been delivered to the developing countries; the areas not yet delivered on; and if he will make...
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of the current dialogue between Bosnia and the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25484/07]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is mechanism whereby a Moldovan national who came here on a visa and work permit which both expired two years ago...
    • Labour Force Skills
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he refused funding to the OECD for participation in a study of the labour force skills base here; and if he will...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 26 September 2007, if he will instruct the IDA to release information...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he has had with FÁS in regard to raising the age limit for retirement from the community employment scheme...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits the IDA have made to Navan, County Meath to date in 2007; if he will provide a progress report on the...
    • Company Closures
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by his Department for a replacement company to take over the NEC factory plant in Ballivor, County Meath;...
    • Job Creation
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs his Department or State bodies under his control have created in County Meath for each of the years 2002...
    • Job Losses
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the potential job losses as a result of the failure of IDA to resolve the issue of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a club (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive the grant of €19,000 under the transition support programme...
    • Employment Regulations
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he ensures that his Department's Labour Inspectorate ensure that contracted workers working in the south of Ireland...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will...
    • Work Permits
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the list of jobs for which a work permit can not be granted. [25337/07]
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself with the composition and operation of the county and city enterprise boards; his views on...
    • Work Permits
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the information that has been collected by his Department since the introduction of the green card scheme under the...
    • Training Programmes
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the share of FÁS budget directed at training those in employment in view of his stated priority of upskilling the...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism he has put in place in view of the publication of the National Skills Strategy by the Expert Group on Future...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his view on the consequences for foreign direct investment of the Government's failure to keep up with other OECD countries...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consolidate the seventy pieces of employment legislation into a single Act; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will prioritise the Shannon development site known as the Askeaton Business Park for development and location by...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is a local contribution being sought towards a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the amount of money being sought;...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24734/07]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will increase funding to the Arts Council and the Irish arts sector to €100 million to ensure growth; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation regarding grant aid funded by the National Lottery available to local sporting organisations; when the next round of...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Insurance
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of contributors in 2007 to the social insurance fund with a breakdown of this figure by PRSI class type; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24745/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of a supplementary rent allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on extending the over 80 allowance to persons who are qualified adult dependents on a social welfare claim; and if he...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the special provisions for access for persons with a disability at his Department premises at Cumberland Street, Dublin 1; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on appointing a disability officer at his Departments premises in Cumberland Street, Dublin 1 and other similar...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average turnaround time in respect of cases that come before the chief medical adviser to his Department; the number of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will take into account the difficulties of women who had to give up work because of the rules when they got married and now...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce phased retirement; his views on whether workers who are nearing the statutory retirement age who wish to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told that their rent allowance will be reduced by approximately...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has conducted a review of the provision here of rights and of financial supports for flexible parental leave which could...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an audit procedure will be established to review access of personal data by Departmental staff. [25328/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent of supports provided to private pension schemes through addressing and retransmission of correspondence with pension...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the upgrade of a pier (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date by Foras na Gaeilge on the development of a new official standard of Irish language grammar...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a project (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered for funding which falls under the flagship...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the long delay in proceeding with a project following agreement reached between Dublin City Council...
    • Community Development
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason it has it has been decided to cut funding under the local improvement scheme for CLÁR areas; and if he...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will answer the query of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when country of origin labelling will be extended to pork, chicken and sheep meat; and if she will ensure that substantial...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will postpone the implementation of S.I. 531 of 2007 to allow for consultation with stake-holders and an appropriate...
    • Pesticide Residues
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of mushrooms that tested positively for carcinogenic substances in 2006; and the number that were tested in...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has submitted an appeal under the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her output statement has been published on her Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website....
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an ICES report on fish stocks in Irish coastal waters is in the process of being prepared; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has appealed the decision not to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if she will...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to protect the pig industry here in view of the high feeding costs and the fact that they have to...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide funding to market the Irish pork and bacon products here under An Bord Bia assurance scheme; and if she...
    • Beef Imports
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she plans to reconsider her position in relation to Brazilian beef, in view of the safety fears over its importation; and...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding the transfer of milk quota in 2007; further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 1 March 2007, if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the farm development service is not processing CFP and DHS grant applications. [25402/07]
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 70% of the cost of producing a pig here is associated with the costs...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the Commission proposals of 17 October 2007, she has an estimate of the scale of illegal fishing within Irish...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a dealing (details supplied) taking place within the Land Commission. [25468/07]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Office of Public Works has contacted South Dublin County Council regarding a new site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Music Network Feasibility Report for provision of local music education services will be implemented. [25208/07]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Office of Public Works will release payment for land (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to harmonise the two educational Departments on the island allowing parents of children living in border areas the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is in receipt of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for assistance in securing a new...
    • State Examinations
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown in subject area of the 2,063 successful appeals by students of the leaving certificate 2007 results; and the change in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [24707/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the speech and language service currently available to a school (details supplied) in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new premises will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her output statement has been published on her Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24738/07]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry and it courses are recognised by her Department; and if the school received funding...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will pass the necessary legislation to facilitate the transfer of responsibility for the administration of the higher education...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the site being proposed by Fingal County Council at Kellystown as a future post-primary school is suitable in...
    • Rental Costs
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with regard to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 2 October 2007, she will answer the question in a format of her choosing; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the thirteen new schools she has promised to build in Fingal by September 2008; the communities or areas they will serve; and if she...
    • School Placement
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of places in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which had to significantly...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of her recent criticisms of local authorities for granting too many planning permissions in areas with inadequate school...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce a leaving certificate politics and law course as a natural follow-on to the junior certificate CSPE programme;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a new community school that was to be constructed in Ballinamore, County Leitrim. [24801/07]
    • Language Support
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources that are available to schools where a student requiring language support arrives at a time other than at the beginning...
    • School Examinations
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions she has had with the State Examinations Commission regarding the use of dictionaries in exams; and if she will make a...
    • Integration Policy
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to appoint a national coordinator to support and facilitate schools in facing the challenges of the increasing...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places which are available at each training institution to train teachers in the teaching of English as a second...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that have been taken by her Department to implement Recommendation No. 6 of the Joint Committee on Education and Science...
    • Performance Management
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will expand on her proposals in relation to the dismissal of teachers who are not performing well; if badly performing...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the proposed date for completion of...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to include the use of solar panels or other renewable technologies in the design of schools here; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to address problems at a school (details supplied) in County Laois where facilities for children with...
    • Class Sizes
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools consisting of class sizes five, six, seven and eight that have been built in the north west area within...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 27 September 2007, the provision made for an alternative education centre to mainstream...
    • School Transport
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will favourably consider a school transport request by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24872/07]
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who requires resource hours allocated to assist them;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the development of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24932/07]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposal for a school amalgamation (details supplied) at second level in Tuam, County Galway; the progress...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if full and early consideration will be given to a secondary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which has applied for the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the third level maintenance grant. [25036/07]
    • Third Level Education
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide a third level education campus in County Meath in order to allow the people living there to advance their skills...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the start date for construction work on a school (details supplied) in County Offaly under the current public private partnership...
    • School Management
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has directed that parents representatives on boards of management of Gaelscoileanna must be fluent in the Irish...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 11 October 2007, when the long-term projection assessment for a school (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper. [25140/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the bus tickets to children (details supplied) in County Limerick waiting for same to allow them to avail of...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has narrowed the qualifying standards for tutors providing tuition to pupils for which parents are availing...
    • School Staffing
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the moneys paid to primary teachers in promoted positions in the last financial year; the moneys paid to voluntary secondary school...
    • School Management
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the training that exists for boards of management to take on positions of responsibility within a school structure; her views on...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of temporary classrooms and prefabs which are in place within all primary schools; the cost in terms of granting these...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on extending the 26 week period referred to in Circular 10/048 (4)(B), to one year to facilitate teachers who took leave...
    • School Management
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the VEC have been debarred from applying for the potential governance of new primary schools, which may or may not be...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no right of appeal in terms of decisions made by special education needs officers; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the special needs assistant and resource teacher allocation in each post-primary school in the country with a breakdown between those...
    • Road Safety
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her position regarding the cost associated with establishing road markings outside schools as a means of improving student safety; if...
    • School Inspectors
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of inspectors within the primary school sector in each year over the past five years; if each primary school would receive...
    • Learning Support
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the general allocation for learning support is based on figures five years old in terms of each school's catchment area;...
    • School Transport
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school transport has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a detailed response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding support for deaf parents and hearing children....
    • School Transport
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond specifically to a previous parliamentary question regarding persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; if these...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available to primary schools for the provision of renovation works such as renewal of outside walls due to dampness,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support services available to parents of children suffering from autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25240/07]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25257/07]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a grant upon returning to education as a mature student; if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on discussions involving her Department and South Dublin County Council regarding a refurbishment project (details...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the special rate of higher education maintenance grant and the need to ensure that all independent mature...
    • School Staffing
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has not reopened in autumn 2007; what has happened to the pupils; if and...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a provision for the payment of interpreters for parents who are deaf to assist them when meeting their children's...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the report of a person (details supplied) examining the designation of Waterford Institute of Technology as a university will be...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for registration as a post-primary teacher. [25411/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to staffing allocation approval by her Department at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [25443/07]
    • Grangegorman Development Agency
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on including An Garda Síochána as stake-holders in the development of Grangegorman; if she will include them as an...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Defence if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24737/07]
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed over to his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the treatment being given to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and his views on same. [25241/07]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the concerns in regard to the Defence Forces possible service with MINURCAT (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Naval Service is adequately resourced to deal with illegal fishing within Irish waters. [25444/07]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce the governing legislation for management companies and appoint a regulator of management companies...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a mechanism whereby a Moldovan national who came here on a visa and work permit which both expired two years...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants and other public servants who have relocated from Dublin to Meath under the decentralisation...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the future plans which the Government has for accepting refugees; the nationalities and numbers involved; and if he will...
    • Driver Testing
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by members of the public in acquiring a public...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of ministerial cars converted to environmentally friendly and fuel efficient alternatives; the Departments they...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be informed of a decision made on the family reunification...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied). [24689/07]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to a spouse visa for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when this visa will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the applications for naturalisation by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website....
    • Firearms Theft
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and type of legally held firearms which ended up in the hands of criminals every year for the past five years....
    • State Laboratories
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will publish the review (details supplied) into the resource needs of the forensic laboratory; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be processed; the expected...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in place a safety and security plan in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5 as a matter of priority....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant long term residency to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24864/07]
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage the repatriation process has reached for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a newspaper article (details supplied); if he will ensure that the Garda authorities clarify that the person...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who were committed to prison for penalty point violations recorded since their introduction; and if he...
    • Foreign Lotteries
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which foreign lotteries are operating here; the number of prosecutions under the Gaming and Lotteries...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the property of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his influence to ensure that the Criminal Evidence Act, 1992 is amended in order to ensure that persons with...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) who has been seeking naturalisation since 2004 is not being processed for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has proposals to provide for the offence of corporate manslaughter arising from the proposals of the Law Reform...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will award stamp four or temporary residency status in the case of a person (detail supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he...
    • Garda Training
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if specific training is part of the programme for Garda recruits at the Templemore training facility to enable them to more...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when precisely closed circuit television will be installed in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Training
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to provide funding to the Garda to provide a dedicated firearms range; the facilities available to the Garda for...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda investigations into PIPS, a bogus investment scheme, are ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision regarding applications for naturalisation made by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22....
    • Garda Operations
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans there are to move the Garda divisional headquarters from Roscommon Town; if he will review the situation; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has placed new restrictions on the issue of holiday visas; and if he will examine the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 27 March 2007, if his Department will reassess if a person (details supplied)...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí on active duty at the end of September 2007 and the same figure for October 2006; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for a certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Cork...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for refusing the granting of a holiday visa to a person (details supplied); the evidence that would satisfy to...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Gaming Commission will be set up; where it will be located; the time schedule as to when it will be established;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the new Garda station at Buncrana County Donegal. [25248/07]
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated date for the completion of the new prison facility to replace Cork Prison; and the approximate cost of same....
    • Ground Rents
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he will take action to resolve the general ground...
    • Parental Leave Provisions
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has conducted a review of the provision here of rights and of financial supports for flexible parental leave which...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations that have internet access; the number that have e-mail accounts; the number generally equipped...
    • Garda Training
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proportion of serving Gardaí who have information technology training; if basic competence in information technology...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for a visa by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was recently refused; if this...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if non-EU nationals who enter the State as the spouse of an Irish citizen are entitled to a C or a D visa while their...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if same can be expedited as the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of the €3 million promised to the graffiti removal operation launched in June 2006 that was actually spent...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the comments by a senior Garda Officer (details supplied) to the effect that the local...
    • Courts Service
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make additional resources available to the Courts Service for the Circuit Criminal Court to speed up the...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his response to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 17 October 2007, the person who will be invited to participate...
    • Statutory Inquiries
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date he expects to publish the report of the statutory inquiry headed by Mr. Hugh Hartnett SC into the death of a...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water Pollution
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the processes that are in place to stop water pollution in Meath's rivers and lakes; the new measures that...
    • Aarhus Convention
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status on the adoption of the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25201/07]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to allow tenants of voluntary housing agencies who are living in three bedroom houses which are...
    • Road Network
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford relating to the M3...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the local authority playground grant was suspended for 2007/2008; if the scheme will be...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up...
    • Management Fees
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of management fees for people living in apartments and...
    • Library Projects
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the submissions he has received from Kildare County Council in relation to the provision of a new branch...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that buyers of affordable housing can not change their mortgage...
    • Election Management System
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will enact section 22 of the Local Government Act, 2001; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has produced guidelines for local authorities in setting the level of bonds that must be...
    • Election Management System
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when current district electoral divisions for the purpose of the census were last reviewed; if he will carry...
    • Incinerator Safety
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether there are significant health risks associated with incineration; and if he will make a...
    • Election Management System
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial cost of breaking the contracts with the storage providers of the electronic voting machines in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names and addresses of all housing estates that were deemed to be unfinished arising from the request for...
    • Construction Materials
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role of the EPA in relation to investigating quarries for pyrite in stone; if he will outline reports...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the checks carried out by local authorities to determine whether or not housing applicants both national and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is proposed to address the issue of local authorities which have very low commercial rate bases and...
    • Waste Management
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new information he received which led to the claim that 1.3 million tonnes of Irish municipal waste, 40%...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money awarded to Meath County Council as payments in lieu of the requirements of Part V of the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of additional funding allocated to Meath County Council during October 2007 for DPG's and ERG's....
    • Recycling Centres
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce additional recycling bring centres to the Johnstown, Beechmount, Windtown, Blackcastle...
    • National Parks
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to develop a national park along the River Liffey; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper;...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a need to introduce additional fire protection features in buildings such as automatically...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the preliminary report for the Bundoran sewerage scheme, County Donegal; when the report...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding council development plans requesting that only people living within or from a...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to push for an international agreement to keep the rise in global temperature to two...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1140 of 26 September 2007, when an application will be completed for a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the works undertaken in an estate (details supplied) in County Louth in the course of the remedial scheme...
    • Noxious Weeds
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 10 October 2007, when the regulations referred to will be drawn...
    • National Parks
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has prepared a deer management plan for the Wicklow Mountains National Park since the previous...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to deal with the matter of the affordable housing clawback clause in relation to the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an abbey (details supplied) in County Donegal. [25333/07]
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a gratuity scheme for retiring councillors similar to the 1999 scheme for 2009; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of resources that have been allocated to Athlone Town Council in respect of proposals submitted by...
    • Fire Service
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his or the local authority whose responsibility it is to set up a full-time fire service in a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received representations from the Italian based environmental organisation, OPEN, asking that he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is being penalised in relation to a reduction in the...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person in a commonage holding situation can stop an activity (details supplied). [25037/07]
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are grants available to householders to install the appropriate insulation procedures in particular...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his output statement has been published on his Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on...
    • Departmental Travel
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if...
    • Departmental Responsibilities
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, further to the confusion that exists in relation to ministerial responsibility for marine-related...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when service will be available from the Kiltimagh metropolitan area network; the obligations of a company...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the Loughs agency will award a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has signed up...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent on paper and stationery in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are plans to provide broadband services to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; if it is...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will designate all competitive sporting events staged here and all competitive sporting events involving...

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