Written answers

Wednesday, 31 October 2007

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of the age allowance; the amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26195/07]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of oral hearings for social welfare appeals held each year, by county; the way the locations are determined for each...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of the one parent family payment; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will alter the qualifying criteria for the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26186/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when it is intended to implement the proposal to transfer the administration of rent allowance from health centres to local...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the implications for the proposals contained in the Programme for Government to cut PRSI contribution rates of the findings of the...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the pro-active measures currently undertaken by his Department to discourage welfare dependence among teenagers; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he proposes to take to alleviate hardship to recipients of rent allowance whose rent has increased and who are expected...
    • Advocacy Services
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if work has begun on establishing a personal advocacy service for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Combat Poverty Agency
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has received either or both reviews recently undertaken of the Combat Poverty Agency; and the action he will take...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the timeframe envisaged for the completion of his Department's technical review of the entire social welfare code to examine its...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of the living alone allowance; the amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Insurance
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether there is an injustice arising from many self employed spouses on family farms and in family businesses not...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on allowing people to transfer the free electricity to the free gas allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied that the new measures planned to control overpayments are sufficiently robust; the targets that have been set...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the proposed fundamental changes in State support for lone parents, referred to as activation strategies...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide details of each of the non-statutory schemes provided by his Department; the expected expenditure on each of...
    • PPS Numbers
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied with the procedures in place regarding the issuing of PPS numbers to foreign nationals; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he is taking to reduce the rate of fraud or overpayments generally and specifically among non Irish national groups;...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progression rate of long-term recipients of disability payments off welfare and back into the workforce; and his Department's...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to fulfil the commitment in the Agreed Programme for Government where the Money Advice and Budgeting...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his policy in relation to relaxing or abolishing the means test for qualified adults on contributory pensions. [26281/07]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether it is time to develop a new longer term benchmark against which the evolution of social welfare rates can be...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of personnel devoted to the enforcement of the law requiring employers to make PRSI contributions; the level of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take to extend the all-Ireland free travel pass to all free-travel pass holders. [26288/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to fulfil the commitment in the Agreed Programme for Government to introduce phased retirement which allows...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his priority areas for additional expenditure in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the pre-Budget 2008 outlook in so far as...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way and when he will increase eligibility for the carer's allowance. [26273/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the time-frame envisaged for completion of the public consultation on pension reform and acting on any policy proposals that...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of qualified children's allowance; the amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take on foot of the issues highlighted in the Pension's Ombudsman's 2006 annual report; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Industrial Wages
      Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the average industrial wage for persons in the State for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and most recent available for 2007 with a breakdown for each year...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach when he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied); when he will establish a commission to investigate the matter as proposed by the Joint...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach if the inter-Departmental committee he established to consider the putting in place of an annual commemoration of the Great Famine has reported to him; if so,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people working in his Department's media monitoring unit; the cost of same; the rates of pay paid and to whom; the type of contract each...
    • Employment Levels
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people employed in the construction industry on a county basis in the years 2002 and 2006; if he expects this trend to continue; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26584/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the country of origin for beef,...
  • Department of Finance
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the number of drug arrests at Dublin Airport arising from the Johannesburg, Zurich, Dublin route;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the new Garda station at Shantonagh, Castleblayney, County Monaghan. [26205/07]
    • EU Funding
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the mechanisms that have been agreed upon to facilitate the distribution of funding under the forthcoming INTERREG programme; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the tax saver scheme in Budget 2008 to include the purchase by employers of bicycles and electric bicycles for...
    • Debt Relief
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the writing off of odious and illegitimate debt by the World Bank, the IMF and other international lending agencies; and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people affected by the amendment of Section 86 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003; the number of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in relation to the new pension regulations for the self employed, IT14, he will respond to a query by a person (details supplied)...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will examine the car parking requirement for Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin 9 in the context of the ten...
    • Tax Code
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of the Government's stated ambition to promote the use of commuting options other than the private car, he has considered...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when work will commence on the extension for refurbishment to the Garda station at Mallow, County Cork to be used by the Traffic...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of unauthorised used car dealers in County Louth that will be audited by the Revenue Commissioners as part of their ongoing...
    • State Property
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the premises the State is renting or leasing in County Louth; the amount of rent paid for each such premises; if the premises are...
    • Garda Headquarters
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the stage the Office of Public Works are at regarding the design for a new Garda divisional headquarters for Galway in view of the...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position of an application for vehicle registration tax by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there plans by the Office of Public Works to refurbish and renovate Coolock Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the IFA Budget 2008 submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26397/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way the money value of the entitlements are determined where entitlements under the single farm payment system are sold and there...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to a previous parliamentary question the grades of staff and the number of each grade of staff that will move to Navan in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26579/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the justification for the regime whereby the same income tax exemption threshold for persons over 65 is applied to widowed persons as...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a long stay repayment claim for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending medical card cover to patients who are celiacs, asthmatics and diabetics; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive much needed treatment. [25964/07]
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to resolve the dispute between the Health Service Executive and the pharmacists, particularly where if affects...
    • Health Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the application to the health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) was rejected; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with a medical card has to pay for a blood test each month; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to deal with the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25993/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that will be taken regarding the equipment for cancer treatment at Mayo General Hospital, that has been fundraised for and...
    • Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding of home care packages and nursing home packages is adequate to allow the discharge of patients from the National...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26028/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment. [26064/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve funding for a service (details supplied) in County Roscommon following their submission of 29 August 2007 to...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the structures in place to cover the deficit of €46,000 at a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry which has arisen due to a...
    • Health Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on introducing an appeals process for the Health Service Executive's fosters maintenance allowance for a person (details...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages provided in the Kildare and west Wicklow areas for each year since the inception of the scheme; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an occupational therapy appointment will be offered to a child (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Budget 2008 will provide for significant increase to resources for the mental health service reflecting the economic and social...
    • Health Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was refused a drug which would benefit their medical condition; and if she...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been on the waiting list for three years for the cochlear implant...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people employed by community child care groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26152/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money donated to the repayment scheme donations fund in respect of the nursing home refund scheme for the repayment of...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent community mental health teams that have been established in respect of the Vision for Change...
    • Health Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will receive a kidney transplant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26201/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will investigate the delays that have occurred in...
    • Health Services
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for speech and language therapy in County Louth and in the electoral areas of Julianstown and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards and doctor-only medical cards held by patients in County Louth and in the electoral areas of Julianstown and...
    • Health Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26229/07]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of the child psychiatric services in County Kildare: the number of cases on hand or pending; the degree of availability...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions with the Health Service Executive regarding proposals to reopen the Grove Hospital in Tuam as a health care...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo went on a waiting list to be seen at an orthopaedic outpatient clinic. [26250/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proportion of total payments repaid to date in the refunding of nursing home charges; the number of payments processed each week;...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the uncollected hospital charges in each hospital on 31 December 2005, 31 December 2006, and for the latest available date in 2007; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has costed the proposal of extending medical card cover to all children under the age of five years; and if she will introduce...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be provided to increase the bed capacity of Our Lady of Lourdes National Rehabilitation Centre, Rochestown Avenue,...
    • General Practitioners
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way general practitioner practices are currently regulated; the way the number is determined; the number of doctors currently in GP...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of ambulance cover at locations (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26335/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of community physiotherapy available at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and the reason this service is being...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the figures for ambulance response times for Dublin for each of the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that post mortem facilities covering County Clare which operate out of Limerick are under...
    • Health Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the figures in relation to waiting times for a child to see a speech and language therapist in County Kildare; the number of therapists...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people that have used an x-ray facility at a Kildare Hospital (details supplied); the opening hours of this facility; and...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints to a medical facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount of money invested in this facility by...
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details attached) in County Cork will receive an out-patient appointment. [26376/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 26 September 2007, if she will provide a breakdown of the whole time equivalent of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will be allocated a second full time speech and language therapist and a full time...
    • Health Service Report
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Health Service Executive of an independent review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 26 September 2007 the position of training for home helps; if she will explain each model...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if occupational therapists are available from the Health Service Executive, Rathdown Road, Dublin 7 to elderly persons who require...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications in relation to the reimbursement of nursing home charges that have been processed; the number of applications...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been negotiations between the Health Service Executive and potential investors regarding the construction of a private...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the number of people holding a medical card on the basis of the EU pension rule; and the percentage this represents of...
    • Health Services
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a new dentist will take up their position in the Inchicore Dental Service; when they will start seeing patients; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for an appointment with the dermatology service in St. James's Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the Health Service Executive's plans to provide a new health centre in Carrigaline, County Cork; the amount...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps, further to a recent meeting (details supplied) her Department will take to support the development of services in the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of BreastCheck services in the Health Service Executive south region. [26565/07]
    • Child Abuse
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an enquiry that was established over nine years ago by the then Western Health Board into alleged abuse (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that was spent by her Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26581/07]
    • Health Insurance
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's role in regulating the health insurance market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26592/07]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the fair deal for people in nursing homes is still scheduled to be commenced in January 2008; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of buildings within her Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26635/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when entitlement to rebate through the national nursing home charges scheme can be ascertained in the case of a person (details...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be admitted for an operation to Cork University Hospital; and if she will make...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the Malin Head and Valentia coast guard radio stations and the plans for their future; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Development Projects
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department's media monitoring unit brought press reports relating to the establishment of a hub by Aer Lingus in Belfast to his attention;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and distribution of park and ride facilities in the Dublin metropolitan area and in neighbouring counties; the number and distribution...
    • Road Network
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are plans to upgrade the Bridgend-Buncrana road to a national primary road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25996/07]
    • Public Transport
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the 41X bus route; the date the private bus operator was granted a bus licence by his Department; the date the private...
    • Road Safety
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimate his Department has made of the survival chances of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle travelling at speeds (details supplied) in view of...
    • Motor Insurance
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport his most recent estimate of the number of vehicles without motor insurance on the road here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26047/07]
    • Public Transport
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimate he has made of the change in cost to the passenger of public transport in real terms in each year since 1997, broken down by mode of...
    • Airport Security
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of security alerts there have been at each commercial airport here in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Satellite Navigation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to undertake a review on the use of global positioning in-vehicle information systems; his views on all safety aspects of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the upgrade of a bridge (details supplied) in County Donegal which is posing a serious hazard to the safety of motorists...
    • Public Transport
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a licence has not been granted for Dublin Bus to operate the proposed 141 bus route from Swords to Dublin city centre via Santry,...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the positive benefits of cycling in terms of gridlock and CO2 emissions, he will lobby to have the purchase of bicycles and...
    • Public Transport
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new buses it is planned to provide to Bus Éireann for services in Cork City and county in the next twelve months as part of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is his intention to make the maximum permitted blood alcohol content 0.5 mg/ml in all Member States as per the European Commission...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the annual cost and termination year of each public private partnership and private finance initiative contract with his Department and its...
    • Airport Security
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport the recent assessment he has carried out into the length of delays at airports here as a result of changes to security measures introduced in...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport the statistics for the years 2001 to 2006 for the number of driving licences issued for class A, B, C, D and E; and the number of provisional...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport the legally required ratio of passengers to crew on ferries sailing between the mainland and the islands. [26349/07]
    • Road Network
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will designate and identify the R352 road from Tulla, County Clare to Whitegate, County Clare to be a strategic route as it is the main...
    • Air Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department did not inform the Shannon Airport Authority as a statutory body formed under the State Airports Act 2004 of the Aer...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Freedom of Information Act 1997 will be extended to cover the Dublin Airport Authority, Shannon Airport Authority and Cork Airport...
    • Air Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention was drawn by the Department of the Taoiseach's media monitoring unit or his own Department's media unit to the decision of Aer...
    • Road Safety
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on introducing on to his Department's website an interactive rules of the road section. [26552/07]
    • Public Transport
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding allocated towards the roll-out of green routes and quality bus corridors (details supplied) in County Cork. [26567/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26582/07]
    • Air Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the airport coordinator, as defined by Council Regulation 95/93 and amended by EC 793/2004, has a veto on transferring...
    • School Transport
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide clarification on the new regulations within the school transport scheme that may come into effect from September 2008, in...
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the country of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Referendum Commission
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will set up a referendum commission soon with time and resources to inform citizens about the new European Union Treaty. [25802/07]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied); if he will facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25971/07]
    • Military Neutrality
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that Ireland retains its impartial, independent and neutral status at UN and EU level; and if changes are planned in the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures in place to ensure that money allocated to overseas aid is not misappropriated through corruption in recipient countries; if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26580/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the country...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has sought the views of the Government's chief scientific adviser on the issue of genetically modified feed; and if...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees that remained in employment as a result of the employee retention grant scheme for each of the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the loss of jobs (details supplied) in County Donegal; the measures that have been or will be...
    • Job Creation
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings he has had with the IDA in relation to creating employment in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26249/07]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of vacant IDA sites in Kildare; the number of these sites that have being placed on the open market...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of trade missions that he and his Department have been involved in during the past year; the destination of...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant support or assistance available to a small to medium business, employing 18 people, manufacturing textiles, and...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people employed in the State that work for the minimum wage as of 30 September for each of the years 2004 to...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new start up SMEs that have commenced trading in the State for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date...
    • Job Losses
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies made in the State for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 in tabular readable...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made to the Employment Appeals Tribunal for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in...
    • Job Creation
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by State agencies under his Department's control for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to...
    • Job Losses
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses from employment created by State agencies under his Department's control for each of the years...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans he or his Department has to put in place legislation that will compel employers to grant bereavement leave to...
    • Youth Employment
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of 15 to 18 year olds in full-time employment for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and as of 31 September 2007...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26577/07]
    • Export Licences
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of international import certificates, military licences, community general export authorisation, global dual-use...
    • Job Creation
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the counties and local authorities that have a skills register; his views on the introduction of a skills register for each...
    • Small Business Forum
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 251 of 28 March 2007 and 546 of 26 September 2007, if he is proposing to introduce...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total budget and the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department. [26602/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Sports Recognition
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to his reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 102 and 103 of 11 October 2007; if the National Sports Council has received...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make funding available for the provision of youth indoor facilities in Clane, County Kildare with particular reference to...
    • Road Signage
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has plans to undertake a survey of overseas visitors to Ireland in order to establish the effectiveness of road...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will re-open the local authority swimming pool programme; and if he will provide funding for a project (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26572/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the National Carer's Strategy will be published before the end of 2007 as promised in the social partnership agreement, Towards...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the timescale envisaged for the completion of the Green Paper and consultation phases on pension reform. [26627/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent allowance and other benefits have been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25942/07]
    • School Meals
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when moneys which were promised by 1 October 2007 for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to subsidise a lunch club will be...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) who applied for an Irish pension in July 2006 can expect a decision on their application; and if...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all schools that come within the CLÁR area and have the disadvantaged status are receiving the school meals scheme. [26444/07]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way, under current rules, the taking of parental leave affects a worker's PRSI contribution record. [26445/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26583/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building;...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which carers qualify for social insurance credits; his intentions to improve the situation; and if he will make a...
    • International Agreements
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the degree to which bilateral social welfare arrangements are in place with other jurisdictions; the extent of which expeditious...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he proposes to ease the qualifications for the back to education allowance in the coming year; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he proposes to ease the habitual residency clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26649/07]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Ferry Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason his Department has not put out a tender for the contract to provide a ferry service from Baltimore to...
    • Rural Development
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the guidelines for the new LEADER programme 2007 to 2013 will be published; the reason for the delay in issuing...
    • Coistí Ranna
      Question 357: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le cur i bhfeidhm mholtaí an Ráitis ar an nGaeilge ó d'fhoilsigh an Rialtas é...
    • Local Development Companies
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the procedure in selecting the organisation that would be a nominating body for position on partnership boards in...
    • Community Development
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is participating in a community services programme; and if there are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26574/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the development of a business park in the Ardara area of County Donegal. [26620/07]
    • Íochaíochtaí Deontaisí
      Question 363: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist deontais a chur ar fáil do bhóthar áise i gContae Dhún na nGall i mbliana; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Gréasán Bóithre
      Question 364: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ,mar gheall ar an droch-chaoi atá ar an mbóthar réigiúnach ó Chroithlí go hAerfort Dhún na nGall, an féidir breis...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has plans to invest in infrastructure for a pier (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the aquaculture grants that were awarded in Mayo in 2006; the persons to whom they were awarded; and the precise purpose for...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is required to provide Ministerial consent under Section 10(1) of the Foreshore Act 1933 for a marina development....
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that hay is being imported from continental Europe as fodder, mainly for horses,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the disadvantaged area scheme payment. [25947/07]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of mink, arctic foxes, silver foxes and other animals that were killed on fur farms here in 2006 and 2007; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their DAS payment. [26070/07]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to introduce country of origin for the labelling of pig meat; the measures she is taking at EU level to address...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps which she will take via Teagasc and secondary legislation to promote the use of organic manure as a preferential...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she will take to address the rapid increase in the cost of imported feed as a result of the Government position...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their single farm payment. [26077/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was in receipt of a pension from her Department has an...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the factors that have contributed to the increase in feed prices for pigs. [26223/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when forestry grants will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if applications for the farm improvement scheme will be accepted if in excess of 10,000 applications have been received...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is legally permissible to grow genetically modified grain varieties here. [26332/07]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been awarded the single farm payment entitlements of their...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the growth of farmers markets throughout the country, she or her Department has plans to support these...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a 1% penalty was imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that the owner was...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans in place to ensure that equine influenza presently raging in Australia does not reach Ireland; and if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will issue grant aid approval to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to allow them proceed with work on a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 23 October 2007 in relation to responsibility for marine related...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) will receive their disadvantaged area payment and area aid payments; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount that was spent by her Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26571/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of buildings within her Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Accommodation
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive funding for much needed additional classroom facilities. [25941/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation of the 217 Montessori trained teachers employed by her Department working in the special needs area in mainstream...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make funds available to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to carry out essential drainage works on the soccer...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she will put in place to copper-fasten a realistic time-scale for the completion of the new schools which her Department has...
    • Health and Safety Issues
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her recent comments regarding the provision of defibrillators in schools and the training of students and staff in using...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a request for funding was received from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 for remedial works; and when the funding will be...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to establish a secondary school for autistic children in Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status on the extension of a bus route for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be made; her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status on an application for grant aid for major capital works for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will grant a school (details supplied) in County Clare a temporary teacher for the remainder of the 2007-08 school year; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is intended that building work will commence on a new national school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will issue approval to Bus Éireann to provide school transport for a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an educational welfare officer will be appointed for County Monaghan. [26204/07]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for registration with her Department as a...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the dispute between parents, students and the board of management at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress towards the objective of achieving class sizes of no more than 20 for children under the age of nine made during 2002 to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans regarding the upgrading and modernisation of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the stage this school is at in...
    • School Management
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 472 of 23 October 2007, the way parents who are not fluent in the language are to participate on boards of...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that children from low income families are less likely to choose home economics as a school subject; her plans...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are special services available in County Wexford for children (details supplied) in County Wexford with high IQ; and if she...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the capitation grant due to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in September 2007 was not paid until 12 October...
    • School Management
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no payment has been made for principals who act as secretaries of boards of management despite being due since September...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 submitted building proposals for a four classroom block,...
    • School Transport
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allow a person (details supplied) in County Limerick to obtain a bus ticket to allow them to use her Department's...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); if she will have it expedited;...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria she uses to establish a post primary school in an area; the way the provision of such a school can be initiated; and if...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will negotiate with An Post to allow schools an exemption from the television licence fee particularly in view of the fact that...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if measures are in place ensuring school books in braille ordered before the summer break are provided when returning to school in the...
    • Bainistíocht Scoile
      Question 446: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cé mhéad scoil den 30 scoil nua a fógraíodh le déanaí go mbeidh siad le tógáil a bheidh ina nGaelscoileanna agus an fíor go...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she and her Department have taken to have a school sports hall built for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12, in view...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of fifteen to eighteen year olds enrolled in second level education in the State for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of an extension at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [26562/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that was spent by her Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26576/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of buildings within her Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of a new national school at Gortahork, County Donegal. [26619/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) will be offered urgent course subject tuition in view of the fact that they are sitting their junior...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is possible to issue confirmation that a person (details supplied) underwent and passed a test for driving licence for a motorcycle while they...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26575/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the country of...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the areas in which Ireland exercises opt-outs and opt-ins from treaty provisions; the instances in which opt-outs and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will contact a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25983/07]
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles reported to the Gardaí in each of the past five years for which...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for legislation in respect of property management companies and property management agents; and if he will...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of behaviour warnings issued in respect of adults and children in County Louth since their inception under the...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for dealing with the annual mayhem at Halloween; the way he will police the proliferation of illegal...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria necessary to enable an immigration officer to issue a stamp four certificate for a resident of more than five...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown on the crime figures for each county from 2004 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a Garda station (details supplied) only opens for three hours each day in view the fact that the town is...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will confiscate all mobile phones in prisons here; the reason it is possible for prisoners be able to...
    • Exchequer Returns
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts seized and returned to the Exchequer under Sections 39 and 62 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994 each year to...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put a safety and security plan in place at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [26030/07]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of breathalyser tests, that is, tests conducted with either an alcometer or the blow in the bag Alcolyser,...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a visa to a person (details supplied) in County Louth to facilitate family reunification; and if he will...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will deal with anti-social activity at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [26063/07]
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the members of An Garda Síochána in the Muscraí Gaeltacht are not receiving the Gaeltacht allowance. [26080/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure for a child born in Ireland to a non-Irish national to receive a passport; if he will contact a person...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the proprietor of licensed premises (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be requested to ensure that their customers do...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is in agreement with the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors who believe that the establishment of forums...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a new road will be built to allow access and egress to the proposed prison at Thornton Hall; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 487: 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 will be expedited. [26138/07]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in County Leitrim as opposed to the number stationed in the Inishowen peninsula in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans in place to encourage gardaí to live in rural Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of summonses issued in relation to driving without tax or insurance respectively in 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to any form of monitoring or surveillance of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will attend the conference organised by the community policing forum of the north east inner city, Dublin 1 on 9...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way the pre-budget 2008 outlook as published will impact on the functioning of An Garda Síochána, on Garda manpower,...
    • Public Transport
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role the Garda had in designating a bus depot for Dublin Bus at Mountjoy Square at the entrance to a public park,...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda reserves that have been appointed to Cork city and county to date; the stations they have been...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons deported from this jurisdiction during the month of October 2007; the locations to which they were...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 23 October 2007, his Department's policy on which visa or stamp is to be...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist in the release of a report to a person (details supplied) in respect of an ongoing inquiry in his...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of houses that were searched for drugs in each of the Kerry Garda divisional areas in the past year; the number...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the provision of a new Garda divisional headquarters for Galway; when he envisages that work will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the month and year in which applications for naturalisation currently being processed by his Department were originally...
    • Legal Profession
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken in relation to each of the 29 recommendations contained in the Competition Authority's December...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of property stolen for each of the years 2000 to 2006 inclusive; the value of stolen property recovered for each...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí who are stationed at Dundalk, Drogheda, Navan and Ashbourne Garda Stations in the years 2001 to 2006;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will issue a visa for a person (details supplied) to come to this country to be with their mother. [26362/07]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; the timeframe involved; if more...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a study visa was refused for a person (details supplied); if the applicant can appeal this decision; the other...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for Irish citizenship; if his...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Work Permits
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 holds a visa that entitles them to undertake employment; and if not, the steps...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the closed circuit television programme promised for an area (details...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who seeks to have their spouse re-united with...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ask the Garda Authorities for a report stating the number of times they have been called out in recent weeks to...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ask the Garda Authorities to report on the action they are taking further to repeated telephone calls to Store...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their application for family reunification; and the reason there...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship through naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Employment Rights
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to ensure that seafarers are paid their full wages due to them if their ship is arrested and sold...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if complaints made to An Gardaí by members of the public regarding PIPS, a bogus investment scheme originating from...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recorded headline crimes in the Louth/Meath Garda Division for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of 15 to 18 year olds in custody of the Prison Services for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 23 October 2007 the engine capacity for each Ministerial vehicle; and the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to a previous parliamentary question the grades of staff and the number of each grade of staff that will move to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26585/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans his Department have for the upgrading of a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Communications Masts
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the law regarding the placing of mobile phone masts and generators next to residential developments; and if...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his most recent estimate of the number of vehicles without motor tax on the road here; and if he will make a...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status in relation to the purchase of bog lands (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government is planning legislation on the regulation of professional lobbyists; and if so, when the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the planning guidelines for one off rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for a sewerage scheme in a village (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25952/07]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed per local authority in each of the past ten years and to date in 2007; and if...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will re-consider his decision to allow the Turoe Stone located at Bullaun, Loughrea, County Galway to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made in respect of the application (details supplied) for funding for Crossboyne...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an undertaking to reintroduce a grant scheme to provide funding for householders to allow...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date an application was first made in relation to the purchase of a number of housing units by a local...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review and reconsider a decision made by his Departments heritage section not to allow proposed...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on providing funding for the restoration of Killarney House. [26078/07]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funding available for the implementation of the recommendations as outlined in the Rathkeale...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sale of a bog to Dúchas by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to an application under the rural renewal scheme (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered the proposal put forward by Athlone Town Council for the re-generation of an estate...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the relevant legislation in order to require developers to consult with local residents...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage it is at; when the necessary...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the remedial works scheme will be approved for an estate (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [26206/07]
    • Hunt Licences
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the licence application to hunt deer made by a hunt (details supplied); if the licence...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department have guidelines to prevent bus depots from being installed in architectural conservation...
    • Community Fora
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the campaign in Tallaght to set up a Tallaght community forum; if such a...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria laid down for deciding the number of elected members of a county council; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 23 October 2007, if he will address the particular problem of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the proposed sewerage scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork; when he expects work to...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to increase the maximum grant payable under the disabled persons grant scheme from €20,300...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems being experienced by gardeners who seek a permit to deposit...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest estimate from each local authority required to meet capital requirements to provide good quality...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the context of the river basin proposals the Frenchfort Wetlands in their entirety, that is, the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money allocated to Meath County Council for future sewerage scheme works with a breakdown of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26578/07]
    • Waste Management
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the money raised from the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007 will be specifically...
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the Glenties sewerage scheme, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are proposals to reinstate the grant rates under the greener homes schemes for heating systems based...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements made to compensate ESOP as a result of his decision to alter the ESB and give away sites...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on providing a channel dedicated to the democratic discussions in Dáil Éireann and make it...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is grant-aid available from his Department in respect of the proposed project (details supplied); and...
    • Communications Masts
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the person who is responsible for testing emissions from telecommunications masts; the legislative framework...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the past 12 months. [26573/07]
    • Departmental Facilities
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location...

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