Written answers

Thursday, 1 November 2007

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the basis on which he proposes to reduce the number of LEADER committees from 36 to 22; if his attention has been...
    • Aistritheoirí Gaeilge Cáilithe
      Question 12: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén plean atá aige chun go leor aistritheoirí Gaeilge cáilithe a chur ar fáil go práinneach chun freastal ar éileamh...
    • Voluntary Activity
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the level of volunteerism here; if he is satisfied that the recent trend of a drop in such in relation to...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he expects to assist by way of financial support various community based groups involved in...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the level of recreational activities on waterways here, that is canals, lakes and rivers; the...
    • Rural Development
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in relation to the retention of the maximum number of rural farm units and development of rural life in...
    • Irish Language
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to assist in the training and qualification of Irish language interpreters for European languages other...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress in terms of implementing the recommendations of the report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation...
    • Irish Language
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress he has made to advance the use of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Development
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to the farming or rural communities through any aspect of funding from his Department towards the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals in relation to altering the boundaries in Gaeltacht areas following the report on the Linguistic Study...
    • Community Development
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding currently being provided, on a county basis, towards community development programmes; and if he will...
    • Rural Transport
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he has financially supported or assisted rural transport initiatives to date; his future...
    • Regional Drugs Task Forces
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and location of the regional drugs task forces; the amount of money invested in these task forces over the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding allocated under Scéim na mBóithre Áise on a Gaeltacht area basis in 2006 and to date in 2007; the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants allocated under the Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts in 2006 and to date in 2007, in each category such as new...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding his Department allocates to a group (details supplied); the number of meetings he or his officials has...
    • Community Development
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in relation to the provision of funding or grant assistance by his Department or other such Departments...
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the meetings he has had with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to ensuring the...
    • Community Development
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the applications processed by his Department; the average waiting time to process each application; the steps he is...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost in relation to the decentralisation of his Department's office to date; the status of the programme; the cost...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applicants in each Gaeltacht area who have applied for and were approved Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge for...
    • Na hOileáin Mhara
      Question 49: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le haerstráice d'Oileán Thoraí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh....
    • Community Development
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding that is available for community alert groups under the scheme of community support for older...
    • Ministerial Council
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on his meeting with the Northern Ireland Ministers for Culture, Arts and Leisure and...
    • Community Development
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of areas that have RAPID status; the number of areas that have CLÁR status; the funding that has being...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the aggregate cost of the taxation measures and the expenditure measures outlined in the Programme for Government agreed by the parties...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the details of the increases in expenditure outlined in the existing level of service which are due to demographic change. [26658/07]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine the feasibility of removing the burden of rates from voluntary and community sports clubs here; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will work with local community groups in Navan, County Meath to make available Government buildings (details supplied) in order...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will expand the disabled drivers relief to allow the deciding officer to use their discretion in deciding applications as is the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 23 October 2007, the number of Office of Public Works headquarter staff who have accepted...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 23 October 2007, the area in square feet or square metres for each property that is leased...
    • Tax Code
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason he continues to levy a charge of €40 on credit cards, €20 on laser cards and €10 on ATM cards which acts as a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the Office of Public Works in the matter of the withdrawal of funding for a prefab building at a school...
    • Tax Code
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ask the Revenue Commissioners to ensure that persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10 do not have to wait until January 2008...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will detail and itemise the performance-based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries...
    • Tax Code
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a C45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of requests for access to drug treatment programmes before her Department; the average waiting time taken to accommodate such...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concern by community crèches and playgroups regarding the proposed changes in funding; her...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a clinic (details supplied) has been closed down in the last number of weeks at the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of funding in the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if the fund is adequately resourced to meet the demand from patients for...
    • Health Services
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Longford has been forced to endure years working in inadequate premises,...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra staff will be reallocated to a house (details supplied) in County Cork in order to ensure that home helps are paid correctly and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities that will be put in place for medical card holders and persons with long-term illness cards in the event of an escalation...
    • Health Services
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the new care home in Balrothery and in the former Beaumont Convalescent Home has not been opened on schedule; and if this is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin for surgery; and if she will make...
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that fair reimbursement for medical card services is made to pharmacists, especially those in rural areas with a high...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of agreement with the wholesale suppliers of medicines to pharmacists. [26745/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Marketing of Alcohol
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further action has been taken by her Department to regulate the sponsorship of sporting and youth-related events by alcohol companies...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in County Galway will be assisted. [26819/07]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [26842/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money being paid for travelling and subsistence to employees of the Health Service Executive in view of the crisis and...
  • Department of Transport
    • Air Services
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport when his Department's Press Office first became aware of press reports relating to the establishment of a hub by Aer Lingus in Belfast; the way...
    • Rail Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all representations made during the past 10 years in relation to a proposed rail link between Letterkenny and Derry;...
    • Road Transport Operators
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport the operators who are registered as legal hauliers or registered as holders of the road transport operators licence; if the list is available...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in the section which has responsibility for interaction with the National Roads Authority and local authority capital...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Passport Applications
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 could not be issued with a 10 year Irish language version of their passport; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries in his...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will challenge the recent US foreign policy activity which is damaging to the Cuban people and raise this issue at EU and UN levels....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Labour Inspections
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections and prosecutions under the Protection of Young People (Employment) Act 1996, in 2005, 2006 and to...
    • Job Losses
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the permanent redundancies in a plant (details supplied) in County Tipperary and of their...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and Assistant...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to introduce pension and PRSI changes, in view of the fact that the number of people over 65 is expected to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to increase the carers' allowance, and for increased provision of respite; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is policy to distribute social welfare payments only on Fridays resulting in long queues at certain post offices; and if he...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of local drugs task forces in the city of Dublin; the location of same; the support provided to each in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for grant aid assistance to his Department for each of the past four years from applicants...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of reports carried out or pending financed by his Department, State agencies within the remit of his...
    • Community Development
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will allocate funding in three year blocks to community development projects in the future, instead of year to...
    • Regional Development
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in relation to the recent census figures for areas within the Borders Midland Western region; the proposals...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and...
    • Community Development
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he has or intends to offer financial assistance to community groups attempting to combat...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which the decentralisation programme for his Department has progressed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Community Development
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of community based schemes involved in drug rehabilitation funded by his Department in 2007; the extent to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the moneys on a county basis awarded by his Department by way of a grant or other support in the year ending 31...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the rules regarding the granting of mussel licenses on traditional native wild oyster grounds; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the assistance that may be available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding purchase of a thoroughbred...
    • Tree Felling
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide a detailed listing of all trees felled in the Sutton and Bayside areas due to the recent suspected...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of the 2007 budget for farm improvement schemes that has been spent; and if the scheme will be retained for its...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and assistant...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has an entitlement to a single farm payment. [26863/07]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she plans to introduce legislation that will permit the Office of Public Works or the Department of Education and Science to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if mature students who work in low paid jobs, below €19,000, in the year preceding their return to education, will be awarded the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of all school building projects in County Laois including projected time-frames for completion of same. [26661/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 140: 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 Enrolments
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the High Court in Belfast to deny access to Derry schools to children whose...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has had consultation with the Union of Students of Ireland regarding the proposed Student Support Bill; if not, if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to their efforts to have a new...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if tuition will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26702/07]
    • Road Safety
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants or supports available to schools to undertake road safety measures outside schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the location, in view of the recent announcement by Fingal County Council and the DEIS that sites were being acquired for a new...
    • School Staffing
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a language teacher will be appointed to schools (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 24 October 2007, the funds already committed under the new National Development Plan in...
    • Grant Applications
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for a top up grant; the reason a person from a disadvantaged background who had the top up grant during their degree and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a commitment that funding will be provided early in 2008 for a project for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the structure, management system and number of personnel in her Department's Tullamore building unit; the number in each grade working...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the system in operation in her Department's building unit which contains information on the condition of each primary school, the year...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the approximately 800 primary schools here that have lodged requests for financial assistance to renovate, extend, or...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of contracts her Department has entered into, directly or sanctioned indirectly, for the renting of temporary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of private consultant architects that have been retained, directly or indirectly, by her Department to provide professional...
    • School Staffing
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school teachers that are employed and paid for by her Department; the amount she expects to retire at the end of...
    • Higher Education Research
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the formal relationship between her Department and Science Foundation Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26855/07]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the student population in second level schools by category for each of the years from 2000 to date in 2007; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of permanent wholetime teacher positions in second level schools here by category in each of the years from 2000 to date in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries in his Department...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Ground Rents Bill will be enacted; when it will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been committed to prison for non-payment of fines resulting from penalty point convictions...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost of the lease of a building (details supplied) in County Mayo; the length of the lease; and if he will make...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the long promised closed circuit television facilities for Mullingar town, County Westmeath has not...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for long term residence by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be expedited; and if he will make...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected timetable for the installation of closed circuit television facilities for Athlone town, County Westmeath; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of legal actions pursuant to the functions of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year of its operation to date,...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress on the application for subsidiary protection by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions there have been under Part 3, Section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007, which refer to the...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 17 October 2007 and the statement in the CAB Annual Report that...
    • Public Transport
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 24 October 2007, if the Garda authorities will confirm that the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 5 July 2007, when a decision will be made on an application for persons...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 27 February 2007, the status of an application for residency visa for a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a case for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be decided upon in the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to make a decision regarding an application for long term residency by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí located in the Dublin South-Central electoral area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Levels
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded from January 2005 to date in 2007 in each area of the Dublin region; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protection that currently exists for people who provide sensitive information to the Garda; if he is considering...
    • Gaming Legislation
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislation that applies in relation to the setting up and running of a casino; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if stamp four status will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and assistant...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the recent High Court ruling on 19 October 2007 regarding gender dysphoria and gender identity...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress on the application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to remain here on humanitarian grounds; and if...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it takes forensic results to be analysed and to be reported back to the originating Garda station; the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing spate of burglaries in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water Supply
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the figures his Department has in relation to the amount of water that is available from present sources to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps taken by his Department in relation to the requirement under the National Spatial Strategy that the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the knowledge his Department has of the proposed Loughrea/Kilrickle/Killimor water scheme in County Galway;...
    • Waste Management
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to his comment that Ireland requires no more than two incinerators to deal with waste, which are...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to the Dáil Éireann adjournment debate of 10 October 2007 in regard to the proposed new fire...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for the preservation of the Market House, Castlepollard, County Westmeath which is the oldest...
    • Local Government Representation
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the under-representation of councillors in Fingal County in view of the...
    • Fire Prevention
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the rise in the number of chimney fires across the country; if he has...
    • World Heritage Sites
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the response to the previous parliamentary question on the issue, he will give a commitment to...
    • EU Petitions
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a European Parliament petition (details supplied); if the documents mentioned by...
    • EU Directives
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures taken to comply with Article 3(5) of Directive 2003/4/EC on Access to Information on the...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the boundaries for county council electoral purposes; if so, when; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Unsolicited Mail
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to tackle the growing problem of postal spam, or junk mail; his views on restrictive measures...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail and itemise the performance based bonuses or other bonuses paid to Secretaries General and...