Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
- Department of Education and Science
- Psychological Service
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only 127 educational psychologists serving more than 800,000 students, with...
- School Curriculum
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 2 October 2007, if relationships and sexual education as part of the SPHE...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 2 October 2007, the progress that has been made in relation to the...
- Early School Leavers
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is notified, on a regular and structured basis, by secondary school authorities of the numbers of young persons...
- School Staffing
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 125, 150 and 158 of 2 October 2007, the number of teachers hired since 2004; the...
- Library Service
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 501 and 502 of 6 March 2007, the system used to count or measure for the library...
- Schools Recognition
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with reference to her press statement of 17 February 2007 announcing her plans to establish Diswellstown Community National School,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure the completion of the 13 new schools by September 2008, in rapidly growing communities throughout the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 6 February 2007, when the Special Education Appeals Board will become operational; the...
- School Enrolments
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is making provision to provide more school places for pupils entering the primary school system in 2012 in view of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 2 October 2007, the exact number, name and location of the schools who are in receipt of...
- Third Level Fees
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the fee scales which a non-EU national is charged for entry to first year medicine in each third level education institute; and if she...
- Scéimeanna Tógála Scoile
Question 67: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil iarratas ina Roinn le haghaidh scoil úr (sonraí tugtha) a thógáil a bhfuil suíomh faighte agus ceannaithe di; céard é...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which class sizes have been reduced since the beginning of the 2007/08 school year as compared with the previous year;...
- Adult Education
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to a previous parliamentary question, if the expenditure on adult literacy has been increased to €30 million in 2007 as...
- Student Support Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the specific resources available to third level institutions to fund on-campus medical and counselling facilities for students; if she...
- Student Visas
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent reports (details supplied) which state that non-EU secondary school students, whose...
- Health and Safety Issues
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to introduce measures that will encourage more students to walk to school or encourage a car pooling system to combat...
- Halla Spóirt
Question 74: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil cinneadh déanta halla spóirt a chur ar fáil ag scoil (sonraí tugtha) a bhfuil airgead curtha ar fáil don tionscnamh, cén...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the average cost of rented accommodation for students in Dublin city centre is €600...
- Grant Payments
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of grants made to schools under the school building and school support programmes during each year from 2002 to date in 2007...
- School Catchment Areas
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the present school catchment area boundaries are in many cases archaic and giving rise to injustice; and the...
- School Staffing
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 6 March 2007, the number of primary schools with access to a qualified...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which during each school year beginning September 2002 to date in 2007, have pupil teacher ratios of 35:1...
- National Monitoring Programme
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 16 November 2006, when she will introduce a separate programme of national...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 2 October 2007, if the student maintenance grant has increased in line with the increases...
- School Accommodation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons for the delay in finalising a site for a new and permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7....
- Language Support Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has plans to assist the one fifth of children in primary schools in the Dublin 15 area who require English language...
- School Accommodation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to connect her Department's planning and building unit to the Central Statistics Office in order that the unit...
- Second Level Education
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent study undertaken by the ESRI on behalf of the National Council for Curriculum and...
- Third Level Fees
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 on 23 October 2007, if she envisages a closer working relationship between the British and...
- Privately-Owned Schools
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 2 October 2007, the comprehensive details of the long term lease agreements...
- Third Level Courses
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of recent reports (details supplied) about the high failure rate among third level students studying science courses, her...
- Early School Leavers
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils who left school before sitting their junior certificate examinations still participating in education and other...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 24 October 2006, if she will provide a list of the 670 primary schools and...
- School Enrolments
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expected number of students, including the percentage increase, to enrol into secondary schools in September 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011...
- Third Level Courses
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason is it necessary for medical colleges to charge overseas students to raise revenue at the expense of Irish students who are...
- Psychological Service
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53, 54 and 80 of 2 October 2007, if the 17% increase in funding for the service...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to address the growing demand for second level school places in Swords, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) is being penalised in relation to a grant application; if it is Government policy to penalise...
- Access to Third Level Education
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) which suggested the replacement of the CAO points system with a...
- State Examinations
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the charge proposed to be levied on students wishing to sit the 2008 junior certificate examinations; the charges that were levied in...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in respect of the average annual cost of a primary school teacher as being €60,000 per annum, as per her reply to Parliamentary...
- Second Level Charges
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to fact that applicants for secondary school places are usually required to accompany their application...
- School Staffing
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her policy in relation to limiting the expansion of existing second level schools in terms of total student numbers with respect to...
- School Accommodation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and second level school children accommodated in prefabricated classrooms; when she expects to be in a position...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Labour Force Statistics
Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach the average and mean unemployment here at present and for every year since 1997. [28628/07]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who were employed by his...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the person who has responsibility for monitoring the use by insurance companies of data in relation to the flood plains of rivers and...
- Flood Relief
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the person who has responsibility for designating the area covered by the flood plain of a river; the data used in such designations;...
- Tax Code
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider removing capital gains tax for farmers who are forced to sell their land to local authorities for road building or...
- Tax Collection
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of all their tax concessions in view of their age bracket; and if he...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of PPPs in operation; the commercial value of these plans; the number of PPPs due to be delivered under the national...
- Tax Code
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on reviewing the vehicle registration tax being charged for personnel currently involved in the taxi industry who buy a...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on an appeal on an application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Tax Collection
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of landlords of private rented dwellings not paying the appropriate tax against whom action was taken during 2006; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who...
- Tax Code
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has proposals to allow elderly persons who incur expenditure on essential home improvement and repair works to reclaim the VAT...
- Departmental Properties
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of the refurbishment of the Steward's House in the grounds of Farmleigh by the Office of Public Works; the use the house is...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in granting approval from the Revenue authorities to a centre (details supplied) in County Carlow in respect...
- Tax Code
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on extending the period for the reclaim of VAT from four years to six years as recommended by the Joint Committee on Finance...
- Garda Stations
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has for the old Garda station in Enfield, County Meath; his views on giving priority for a...
- Tax Code
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby the high rate of VAT applies to photography on disc but the low rate applies to...
- Tax Yield
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of income tax payers in the State in each of the past ten years. [28659/07]
- Pension Provisions
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in respect of appendix D of the Green Paper on pensions, he will provide the same information in respect of PRSAs and RACs for...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve a staffing grant for a child care group (details supplied) in County Roscommon which will be forced to close down...
- Health Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to examine the criteria for eligibility for home care to ensure that they meet patient needs. [28721/07]
- Mental Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the availability of child psychiatric services throughout the country with particular reference to the...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a meeting will be held between the Health Service Executive and the pharmacists on the issue of the pharmacy contract and the price...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the event of the death of a general practitioner, a patient must await the...
- Medical Cards
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income limits for medical card eligibility in each of the past five years; and her plans to increase the current limits. [28051/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding seriously ill public cancer patients in accessing services; and if she will clarify the alleged claim that...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Health Service Executive's negotiations with Fingal County Council in relation to the acquisition of a site...
- Child Care Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children currently living here whose parents are claiming the early child care supplement on their behalf; and the cost of...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 3 October 2007, when she expects to receive the final report of the vaccine damage group;...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application to the health repayment scheme is deemed null and void when the elderly person in question passes away; the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was told they would have to wait six to 12 months will be urgently provided with an...
- Medical Cards
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their circumstances regarding outstanding medical expenses reviewed. [28110/07]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11 on a matter. [28136/07]
- Departmental Reports
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the recent Indecon report commissioned by the Health Service Executive has not been published; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who...
- Hospital Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operating theatres in the Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of these currently in use; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of gynaecologists based at the Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of hours of operating theatre time each is...
- Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an application by an organisation to the Health Service Executive for grant aid for fit-out costs for...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists are refusing to treat long-standing patients once they turn 70 and receive a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will make funding available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended that multi-annual budgeting will be introduced by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Staff
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the third part-time nurse urgently required at the paediatric unit at Cork University...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended that the payments will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the health repayment scheme; and...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a statutory requirement for community welfare officers to retain records in regard to rent allowance payments; the period...
- Communications Masts
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the safety of masts near residential areas and their public health implications. [28229/07]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied). [28230/07]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for public cancer patients accessing radiotherapy treatment, broken down by hospital or by region; and if she...
- Youth Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make funding available to youth cafés to support them in their works; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004 will be commenced; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount a company (details supplied) is receiving to administer the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the Health Service...
- Medical Cards
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an appeal for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Louth is not being dealt with by the appeals office,...
- Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients in the National Rehabilitation Hospital are being refused funding, home care and nursing home packages to enable...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment in University College Hospital, Galway. [28381/07]
- Departmental Properties
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of more suitable accommodation for the community welfare office at Mary Street, Dungarvan, County...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that payments which have been approved under the national repayment scheme have been...
- Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost per year of increasing the medical card threshold by an additional €66 per week for a single person, €158.50 for a couple...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in getting storage heaters connected to the ESB for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28405/07]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the location of the new regional hospital in the north east will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress or otherwise being made in respect of implementation of the national mental health policy framework A Vision for Change;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual operating budget of HIQA; the proposed operating budget for 2008; the number of staff engaged in its operation at present;...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of sending smear tests to a company (details supplied). [28416/07]
- Ambulance Service
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a new ambulance centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage this project is at; when it...
- Medical Cards
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost per year of allowing a person returning to the labour market, where eligible, to keep their medical card for five...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home care packages and nursing home packages are available to patients that can be discharged from the National Rehabilitation...
- Adoption Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposed age limit for adoption in the legislation currently being prepared; if current declarations of eligibility and suitability...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the health repayment scheme administrator to in future sign all letters personally and not sign with a scribble with...
- Hospital Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the starting date of a new breast surgeon for the Letterkenny area; if the surgeon will be located in Letterkenny or in Galway; and if...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the exact date when the BreastCheck service will be available to the women of Donegal; and the frequency with which this service will be...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are procedures in place to deal with situations whereby Health Service Executive staff mislead or misinform a meeting of the...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the national immunisation programme tuberculosis vaccinations in secondary schools as advised by the 2002 National...
- Medical Cards
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons persons with medical cards are being refused dentures and similar dental treatment; if her Department has completed a review...
- Hospital Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is waiting to have tests for MS carried out by a consultant...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the publication and enactment of the Pharmacy No. 2 Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28649/07]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); if her Department has a policy in place to deal with the provision of nursing supports...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget for the year 2005 and the number of staff for 2005 for the National Breast Screening Programme; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget and number of staff for the National Rehabilitation Board for each year from 1997 to 1999; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to direct the Health Service Executive to resolve the ongoing dispute with dentists which is having a direct...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has personally made contact with a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary regarding their concerns; if she has been...
- Health Service Executive
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of members on the board of the Health Service Executive; the attendance rate of each board member at meetings of the HSE; the...
- Department of Transport
- Irish Coast Guard
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport the rationale behind the proposed closures of the Valentia coast guard station and Malin Head coast guard radio station, Donegal; and if he will...
- Rail Network
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding discussions with CIÉ on the use of the old Broadstone rail line and specifically if a decision has been made on whether it...
- Transport Policy
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been spent on Transport 21; the key outstanding infrastructural projects still to be commenced; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Dublin interconnector project; the anticipated capital cost for the project; the expected completion date; the state of...
- Railway Stations
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport the future plans for disabled access at Donabate rail station in view of its inadequate disabled facilities; if he will enter into discussions...
- Rail Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the delivery of 183 railcars announced in early 2007; the number of trains that have been rolled out and onto which...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are proposals for the Inch Island pier; his views on incorporating the Inch Island document into the inland fisheries review; and if he...
- National Car Test
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the problem persons (details supplied) have been encountering in trying to have a converted fire engine pass a...
- Rail Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date on the Kildare route project, in particular for users of the Hazelhatch and Sallins stations; and if he will make a statement...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who were...
- Road Safety
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are plans to introduce legislation in order that all cars using roads here meet the minimum standards as set out by the national car test...
- Road Network
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has guidelines on specifications in relation to work under the local improvements scheme (details supplied); and if so, if such...
- Light Rail Network
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Luas BX line to Liffey Junction will be completed by 2012; if the line will be constructed in a single phase from Stephen's Green to Liffey...
- Rail Network
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Mullingar to Athlone rail line will be re-opened following the recommendations of the Iarnród Éireann report; the position regarding...
- Air Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Aer Lingus has ceased the practice of allowing pets who have full travel documents to fly on...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the application of the penalty points system to persons holding a driving licence from outside of Ireland. [28514/07]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount the Transport 21 report cost the taxpayer; the position he is at regarding Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost involved in compiling the Deloitte and Touche report on coast guard stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28519/07]
- Rail Network
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposals made by Iarnród Éireann, Galway County Council and Galway City Council towards the delivery of a double rail tracking system...
- Strategic Management Initiative
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in accordance with the principles of better regulation, it is his Department's practice to monitor and collate data on the implementation,...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Transport if negotiations have taken place regarding a patient transport service through the rural transport initiative, in conjunction with other...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport the person who is responsible for the issuing of taxi plates to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28618/07]
- Industrial Development
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will make available the €53 million to implement the recommendations of the Shannon International Airport in Open Skies Mid West Tourism...
- Air Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress the Shannon Airport Authority and Dublin Airport Authority have made to ensure the establishment of a full US customs and border...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will appoint the two directors of the Aer Lingus board which he has failed to appoint to date; if he will give the new appointees a clear...
- Public Transport
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason passenger transport operators were not notified of the changes due to take place regarding the removal of the rebate of excise duty on...
- Rail Network
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures Irish Rail is taking to upgrade the bridge over the river Shannon on the Sligo/Dublin line to improve safety and journey time. [28673/07]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) has been unable to get justice due to a speech impediment in a case that has dated back to the 1970s...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who were...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Export Licences
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of military equipment exported by Irish based companies in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he proposes to regulate counselling bodies such as a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on extending the spousal work permit scheme to cover persons waiting for the outcome of their application for...
- Employment Rights
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the worsening working conditions for persons employed in the private sector who are without trade union...
- Departmental Properties
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a table for the amount his 62 vacant factories or units owned or leased cost each year including payment...
- Job Creation
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant assistance available to a new business (details supplied). [28665/07]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ministerial Staff
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees...
- Departmental Staff
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of core function staff dealing with arts, sports and tourism relative to support staff numbers in his Department; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of grants committed to projects under the sports capital programme in 2007; the value of budgetary provision for sports...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for swimming pool capital grants that remain on hand from the round which closed to applications in 2000;...
- Museum Projects
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on establishing a city museum for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28249/07]
- Film Industry Development
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if discussions have taken place between his Department and the other owners of studios (details supplied) in County Wicklow...
- National Library
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received the report into the purchase of the Finnegan's Wake documents; if he will publish that report when he has...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an organisation with a 21 year lease will be considered for eligibility under the sports capital grant; the reason it had to be...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the guidelines in relation to what his Department considers as means (details supplied). [28089/07]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the social welfare benefits due a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who is in a women's refuge as a result of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of medical referees attached to his Department; the number of medical referee refusals and approvals by each referee;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost per year of increasing the earnings disregard under the social welfare allowance rent mortgage supplement by €25 per...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded and paid the State non-contributory pension from their 66th...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost per year of increasing the maximum disability allowance payment of €185.80 per week by €20 to €205.50 per week....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be held for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been refused their claim for disability...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will issue to a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary in relation to security for the elderly....
- Ministerial Staff
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 295: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na comhlachtaí agus na fiontair a bhfuil tacaíocht ó Údarás na Gaeltachta acu i nGaeltacht Iardheisceart...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Coastal Protection
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding she will allocate to address a coastal erosion problem (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28432/07]
- Foreshore Licences
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has received a foreshore licence application from Mayo County Council in relation to a development (details...
- Tree Planting
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide funding on a once off basis following the outbreak of fireblight in the Sutton area in order that...
- Grant Payments
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will make a decision on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath referred to her Department by the...
- Foreshore Leases
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 23 October 2007, the length of time the legal advisers to her Department have...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the farm improvement scheme has been abolished after such a short period in view of the fact that the scheme...
- Grant Payments
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the disadvantaged area payment scheme and single farm 50% payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to provide funding for farm improvement schemes in 2008. [28408/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who availed of the facility where they had one set of single farm payment entitlements of equal value...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will reintroduce the farm improvement scheme to allow farmers to increase their capacity as this scheme was a...
- Grant Payments
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received increased entitlements from the national reserve;...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in dealing with the bonamia ostrea outbreak in Lough Swilly; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused payment of the REP scheme in 2006; and if she will make...
- Grant Payments
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be awarded area aid and single entitlement payment due in September...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the ending of the farm improvement scheme; the estimated cost of the scheme to date; the anticipated cost of...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to develop Killybegs Harbour with special emphasis on fishing, commercial tourism and recreational activities; and...
- Grant Payments
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be granted their single farm payment and REP scheme for 2007; and if...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications and the amount applied for in grants under the farm improvement grants scheme received by each...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the construction of a sports and recreation centre on lands at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the practical ways of assisting teachers against bullying and sexual harassment from pupils particularly in second level schools....
- Driving Tests
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of qualified driving instructors who are employed at second level to prepare students for their driver theory test; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of both a primary and secondary school at Castlelands in Balbriggan; if her Department has...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people applying for research grants for postgraduate studies for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the college and...
- In-service Training
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason special needs assistants are not permitted to go on training courses for the purpose of establishing behavioural support...
- School Staffing
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extra teacher will be put in place at a school (details supplied) in County Cork to avoid the necessity for split classes....
- School Transport
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children of parents who are minded since infancy in a different primary school catchment area are entitled to school transport to a...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the consideration of a report (details supplied) on the submission of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to university...
- School Transport
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an accident and if the child of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is hurt, will her Department take full...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a laptop for their studies in view of their dyslexia and that the student has...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist in progressing a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider a decision to allow a grant to be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and the fees in view of...
- School Transport
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of a free bus pass; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the duties and responsibilities of the Minister of State with special responsibility for integration policy at her Department; the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that up to 18% of second level pupils are estimated to have special education needs, she will give effect to...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to bring teachers' salaries into line regardless of whether they achieved first, second or third class honours in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has residency on the basis of their Irish born child and on the basis of...
- School Staffing
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the sanctioning of the retention of a resource teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick....
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an amalgamation of schools to be known as Scoil Machellog will be constructed. [28286/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to the proposed decentralisation for Mullingar, her Department has finalised its plans in this regard; if her...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Polish residents, resident and educated here, are entitled to grant support for third level colleges in Ireland; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will provide the extra resources needed which will allow a person (details supplied) to stay on in a special needs...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that schools are asked to pay the cost of installation and removal of temporary classrooms and prefabs when her...
- Preschool Services
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost per year of providing free pre-school places for all children aged three to five. [28404/07]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the applications received from County Monaghan schools for capital grants and under the summer works scheme 2008; when she expects the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the construction of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Limerick will commence. [28493/07]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, a precedent exists for assistance under the higher...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding planned refurbishment work and a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [28510/07]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately approve an increase in the resource teaching hours for a pupil (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a review of the travel and meal allowances for VTOS students will be carried out in view of the fact that these have not been...
- School Enrolments
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding admission to second level schools; and the way families should deal with refusals even though their children...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the precise date the construction of a new six classroom primary school building at Loughagar, Mullingar, County Westmeath, will be...
- Irish Language
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in ensuring that relevant third level colleges and voluntary organisations for Irish will be asked to provide...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the responsibilities of the various VEC's in the State under the Freedom of Information Act 1997. [28579/07]
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant full funding for a full-time home-school liaison officer for a school (details supplied) in County Louth. [28580/07]
- School Supervision
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are guidelines for primary schools as to how early before the start of formal lessons children may be admitted to school...
- Pension Provisions
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department recognises years of teaching service in the Six Counties when assessing an application for early retirement; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if full-time learning supports will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 1 November 2007, the name and location of each school in County Laois that is the...
- Road Safety
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will research and implement the Ennis County Clare based Irish school of excellence model of educating drivers to...
- School Accommodation
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress of a school development (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28646/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for major capital funding in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 856 of 26 September 2007, the status in relation to same (details supplied); and if she will...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 867 of 26 September 2007, if the balance of grant has been awarded to a school (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has reviewed a stage two submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when this application is expected to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra provision she has made since the beginning of the 2007-08 school year to meet the requirements of children with autism or...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to address the full requirements of the school building programme at primary and second level in...
- School Accommodation
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children accommodated in prefabricated classrooms or other temporary accommodation at present; when she expects to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which the current complement of remedial, resource or special needs teachers is adequate to meet the requirements at the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in respect of the various developmental stages in the matter of the new school project at Kill, County Kildare; when she...
- Psychological Service
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects adequate child psychological services to become readily available at all schools throughout the country; and if she...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers that have been appointed in the 2007-08 school year; the degree to which this has positively impacted on...
- School Accommodation
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanisms that exist in her Department to alert her to upcoming school accommodation requirements arising from population trends...
- Department of Defence
- Pension Provisions
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all of their entitlements on retiring from their civilian position with his...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Defence the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who were employed...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Defence when it is expected that negotiations between PDFORRA and his Department under the conciliation and arbitration scheme, in relation to payment of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will amend Article 38 of the Pension Scheme 1937 whereby if a member of the Army is granted a service pension and is in receipt of a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of Trafficwatch; the plan for its development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28046/07]
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of reference and timeframe for the Gallagher investigation into the 1981 Stardust fire tragedy; and the efforts...
- Deportation Orders
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been informed by the Irish Embassy in...
- Residency Permits
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for residency stamp four in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [28028/07]
- Residency Permits
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of an Irish born child has been received...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship will be decided for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make...
- Garda Investigations
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [28055/07]
- Residency Permits
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his Department will return the marriage, birth and professional certificates submitted by a person (details supplied)...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to an application for Irish citizenship from a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he determines whether legislation is effective if his Department does not collect the requisite statistics on...
- Public Order Offences
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public drinking fines handed out in Clondalkin and Lucan; the number of these fines that have been paid for...
- Visa Applications
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to a visa to enable them to remain in this State. [28090/07]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been further progress on his stated intention of establishing funding for political parties to appoint and...
- Garda Investigations
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns being expressed by local residents regarding a person (details supplied) in...
- Public Order Offences
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been applied in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional gardaí have been allocated in recent years to K district, Dublin metropolitan area west, and above what...
- Garda Stations
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected date for the temporary closure of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station; the duration of the closure time involved;...
- Residency Permits
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used to determine if the non-EEA spouse of an Irish citizen is granted a C visa or a D visa before entering...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost of operating the asylum centre in Ballaghadereen, County Roscommon in each year since it opened; the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); the reason for the delay in providing a response; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for green card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
- Crime Levels
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries reported to and recorded at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this number...
- Garda Stations
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the opening hours of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of gardaí permanently based at the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details involved in the rural policing plan in County Kildare; the number of gardaí attached to this scheme; the...
- Public Order Offences
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been initiated in each of the Dublin policing districts since the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the duties and responsibilities of the Minister of State with special responsibility for integration policy at his...
- Garda Deployment
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based at each station in the Dublin region for the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007; and if...
- Garda Training
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present capacity of the Garda driving and training school; his plans to increase its capacity to take on the work of...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons detected, prosecuted and convicted for failing to have their vehicle undergo a mandatory national car...
- Crime Levels
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the car theft offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts in County Mayo for 2002 and 2003; and if he will...
- Garda Strength
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full-time members of the Garda Síochána as of 31 October 2007. [28218/07]
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff at the Garda Vetting Unit in Thurles; if it is intended to increase this number; and if so, when same...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his discretionary power to grant citizenship by way of naturalisation to persons (details supplied) in view...
- Garda Operations
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in place a safety and security plan at a location (details supplied). [28231/07]
- Asylum Applications
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 leave to remain in the country on humanitarian grounds as...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to provide closed circuit television facilities in Mullinahone, County Tipperary. [28261/07]
- Coroners Service
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time for inquests in each county; if he has received requests from coroners for additional support to...
- Garda Stations
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision has been made on the proposal to relocate the Cork north divisional Garda headquarters from Fermoy to Mallow;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied) from Dublin 18; and if he...
- Children Act
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the gardaí will have available to them the provisions of the Children Act 2001 whereby parents may be held to account...
- Visa Applications
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 6 November 2007, the errors which applicants frequently make when applying...
- Sexual Offences
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding sexual assault on people with an intellectual disability. [28547/07]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007. [28548/07]
- Garda Deployment
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the Garda station in Pettigo, County Donegal; if there are plans to have a Garda patrol...
- Immigration Policy
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-EEA citizen children between the ages of 16 and 18 who are registered with the Garda National Immigration...
- Asylum Applications
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the asylum applications of persons (details supplied). [28602/07]
- Garda Deployment
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí, including their rank, assigned to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork. [28615/07]
- Garda Retirement Statistics
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have retired in each county for every year since 1992; and if he will provide this information as...
- Garda Deployment
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full-time gardaí dedicated solely to dealing with the problem of drugs in County Tipperary. [28634/07]
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Ennis, County Clare will be provided with a closed circuit television system; the reason for the delay in providing...
- Court Procedures
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is provision whereby representatives of a local community may apply to the court to make a victim impact statement...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the necessary conditions that a person (details supplied) would need to fulfil to obtain Irish citizenship. [28648/07]
- Residency Permits
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the fact that leave to remain in Ireland for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary expires on 15...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Management Companies
Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if legislation governing management companies will facilitate the transfer in newly completed housing estates...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the gardaí claim that they do not have powers to prevent the illegal hunting of wild hares; and...
- Departmental Reports
Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the terms of reference, the membership and the report date of the Task Force on Dublin Bay; and if he will...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if consideration has been given to changing the claw-back system for people who bought a home under the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will to agree to or when he will make a decision on Dublin City Council's scheme of lettings which...
- Fire Service
Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if European Union funds were used for all or any portion of the costs of the Bray fire station and training...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if plans have been submitted by Kildare County Council in relation to the provision of a new sewerage scheme...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend the closing date for completion of work under the national conservation grant scheme and in...
- Planning Issues
Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the legislation which includes a provision for a pre-application consultation by...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the extension to the waste water treatment plant in Gorey, County Wexford will be finalised; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will discontinue the practice of equipping new social housing units for heating except for...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the upgrading of a sewerage scheme at Glin, County Limerick. [28418/07]
- Fire Service
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authority areas here currently served by a full-time fire service; the local authority areas...
- Environmental Policy
Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action being taken to curb the growth of gunnera tinctoria in parts of County Mayo (details supplied)....
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the EU Commission's attitude towards the ban on genetically modified corn in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on waiting lists for local authority housing for each local authority; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 October 2007, when an application will be completed for a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce regulations to implement the recommendations of the working group to review the...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the restoration of a building (details supplied) in County Donegal which has huge significance...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on making statutory provision for the naming of estates by requiring local authorities to appoint...
- Fire Service
Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of call-outs made in 2006 by both retained and full-time fire services in response to domestic...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available to persons registered disabled, to provide burglar alarm systems for their houses, in...
- Fire Service
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide emergency funding as a matter of urgency to Clare County Council for the acquisition of...
- Election Management System
Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to put in place a boundary commission to review local authority electoral boundaries; and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of the expenditure involved in the budget designated for the advancement and promotion of...
- Tax Code
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been an increase in the Government fuel levy; and the amount this additional revenue is expected...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of broadband for north Dublin; the number of subscribers in the area; the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans to provide broadband access to residents in the Hackballscross and Kilkerley areas of County Louth....
- Official Engagements
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on his itinerary of 5 October 2007; the groups he met; and the functions carried out. [28574/07]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for his decision to withdraw €10 million from the group broadband scheme and award it to...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of all members of the board of SEI; when they were appointed; and the criteria he used for selecting...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding that has been spent on broadband outside of the MANs areas for the past three years on a...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has adjudicated on a prospecting licence application for a project at Cregganbaun, Louisburgh, County...
