Written answers

Tuesday, 20 November 2007

  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has decided upon a measure of emissions which would form the basis for modulating VRT; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has assessed the impact of rising oil prices on different sectors; and if the automatic VAT add-on represents an excessive burden...
    • Tax Code
      Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether subsidising biofuels represents a cost effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. [29708/07]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the carbon proofing of all fiscal measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29709/07]
    • Tax Forecasting
      Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has received the report from the group chaired by a senior economist from the Central Bank which was established to review the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to amend the legislation governing the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 in order that it can initiate its own...
    • Semi-State Sector Remuneration
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he plans to make decisions on the recommendations made to him by consultants in respect of the pay levels of CEOs in commercial...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason he is unwilling to provide a costing of the proposals in the Programme for Government 2007 to 2012. [29689/07]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has met with representatives of disabled drivers in order that a phased programme of reform in tax concessions will be developed...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has assessed the differential impact of recent inflation on certain families. [29682/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the removal of the refund of excise duty on fuel used in passenger transport...
    • State Aid
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if State aid communications have been received by his Department since Budget 2007; and the subject matters involved. [29703/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason in respect of section 124 of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999, stamp duty is not being levied on certain cards and...
    • Economic Growth
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's forecast for the expected level of economic growth for the full year of 2007; the way this compares with the forecast...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the continuing high level of tax evasion as indicated by the number of financial settlements revealed in the quarterly...
    • Revenue Audits
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of individual claims examined in detail by the Revenue Commissioners other than as part of field audits in 2003, 2004, 2005...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the ten specific amendments to the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 suggested by SIPO in its most recent annual report;...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the areas of banking and finance operations that remain outside the remit of the financial services regulatory structure in view of the...
    • Taxation Commission
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proposed membership and terms of reference of the planned Commission on Taxation in regard to the commitment contained in the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way the proposed carbon budget to be produced in conjunction with the annual fiscal budget will work in regard to the commitment...
    • Tax Code
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the establishment share incentive and profit sharing scheme for small business; if these should be supported by the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to amend the legislation governing the Financial Service Ombudsman in order that he can make rulings on classes of...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the latest warning by the IMF that Ireland is one of the most vulnerable countries to the ongoing international banking...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his estimate of the deferred liability of pension commitments under social welfare provisions, assuming the maintenance of existing...
    • Tax Code
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals for major changes for mortgage interest relief for first-time buyers and those who bought a house in the past seven years...
    • House Repossessions
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has received reports of growing numbers of cases of repossession of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29700/07]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the extent to which he can identify, isolate and address the inflation creating factors not reflected in the consumer price index with...
    • Tax Code
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of mortgage relief given by way of tax relief at source in 2008, if the average ECB rate in the year is 5%. [29564/07]
    • Taxation Commission
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the work which has been done to date within his Department on the proposed establishment of a tax commission; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied the banking and financial services systems here are sufficiently protected against unwise or sub-prime lending in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his intentions with regards to directing the new Commission on Taxation to examine the equity issue in relation to personal tax credits...
    • Taxation Commission
      Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proposed membership and terms of reference of the planned Commission on Taxation in regard to the commitment contained in the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timetable for the completion of decentralisation of Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29715/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of doubling the level of rent relief available for tenants; if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of tenants...
    • Investment Policy
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the ethical investment guidelines being adopted in respect of investments and investment vehicles such as the National Pension Reserve...
    • Project Appraisals
      Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements that the maximum possible details in respect of appraisals of NDP projects are published, subject to not...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the implications of the shortfall in projected tax receipts in terms of Government spending plans and in respect of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals for a review of current VAT classifications with a view to reducing the rate of VAT applied to certain environmental...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has encouraged other Departments to slow down the roll out of capital projects under the National Development Plan in...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he had concerns regarding the extent of the pay increases proposed in Report No. 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent annual report from the Information Commissioner in which she expressed concern regarding...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the State is saving enough to provide for pension provision. [29686/07]
    • Tax Forecasting
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his most recent report at the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number, name and location of private hospitals and clinics in receipt of tax reliefs for private hospitals and their construction,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, having regard to his statutory functions in relation to the administration and business generally of the public finance of the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of outstanding uncollected taxes; the proportion of same the Revenue Commissioners expect to recover; if new measures are...
    • Economic Policy
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the failure to reform and democratise the World Bank and the detrimental impact of that institution's imposition of economic...
    • Tax Code
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will discontinue the discriminatory treatment of farmers and other self-employed sole traders in relation to personal tax...
    • Interest Rates
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the effect that the relentless pace of interest rate increases over the past 15 months may be having on families with...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other...
    • Tax Code
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of mortgage relief given by way of tax relief at source in 2004, 2005 and 2006; the number of properties to which this...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the guarantees the State offers to depositors with banks and financial institutions; if he has plans to review the level of protection...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's forecast for the expected increase in the consumer price index for the full year of 2007; the way this compares with...
    • Tax Code
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of indexing tax bands and personal and employee tax credits to the average rise in wages each year; if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising...
    • Tax Code
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if it is his intention to proceed with tax cuts proposed prior to the election and promised in the Programme for Government. [29624/07]
    • Taxation Commission
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has brought proposals to the Government in relation to the Commission on Taxation; and when it is expected that this commission...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Quarterly National Household Survey
      Question 125: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people over the age of 70 living here in 1997; the number who are over 70 years of age in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Meat Imports
      Question 126: To ask the Taoiseach the quantity of meats imported in 2006 from different countries on a county basis; the changes in importation for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 127: To ask the Taoiseach the cost and frequency of travel per month since the beginning of the new Government by him and Ministers of State by means of bus, rail or air transport; the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 128: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in each year of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • EU Funding
      Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the remit of his Department in each...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach the steps that have been taken to implement the Sullivan Report which was commissioned after the A Case controversy in 2006; if a report on risk assessment in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising post and are in position...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of the fuel rebate given to Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and private operators for each year since 2000 to date in 2007; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, further to his recent reply, he will indicate the current terms of reference for The Review Body on Higher Remuneration; the...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason staff and service users in St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park were not consulted by the Office of Public Works early in 2007...
    • Tax Code
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax saver scheme in Budget 2008 to include the purchase by employers of bicycles and electric bicycles for the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the aggregate cost of projects which are to be supported by the Irish Government under the heading All Island Co-Operation outlined...
    • Tax Code
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm that he does not plan to change the tax rebate on fuel schemes for bus operators who provide school transport in...
    • EU Funding
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the remit of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on an extension of the taxsaver commuter ticket scheme operated by Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann in conjunction with the...
    • Valuation Office
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will intercede with his officials to secure a reduction in the amount of commercial rates paid by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proposals he has to deal with the anomaly that exists for the first time site buyers who are ineligible to avail of stamp duty...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views regarding the impact of an expansion of low paid employment on income tax receipts. [29628/07]
    • Debt Relief
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the writing off of odious and illegitimate debt by the world bank, the IMF and other international lending agencies; and...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the proposal which has been put forward by the Society of St Vincent de Paul, the Money Advice and Budgeting Service and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there are plans to provide tax relief for carers for predetermined categories of expenses associated with their caring commitments....
    • Tax Yield
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in 2006 or the most recent year for which complete figures are available, who returned incomes in excess of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of a Government Department to Newcastle West, County Limerick. [29819/07]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of co-location hospitals in terms of tax relief to date; the estimated cost over the five year programme;...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of vehicle registration tax paid to the Revenue Commissioners for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a...
    • Vehicle Seizures
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of motor vehicles seized by the Customs and Excise section of the Revenue Commissioners for the alleged non-payment of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the discussions that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Transport regarding the removal of the refund of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in regard to the Governments decentralisation programme; if it is intended to proceed as originally indicated; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on alleviating or amending the stamp duty burden on house buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29927/07]
    • Price Inflation
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take to address the increasingly serious issue of the negative impact of hidden inflation affecting the...
    • Tax Harmonisation
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the implications for this country in the event of EU tax harmonisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29929/07]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if credit restrictions or guidelines are available to prevent sub-prime or otherwise lending; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the Government's stamp duty policy on residential property is equitable with particular reference to ordinary...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who have decentralised as of the original expected completion date of 31...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the breakdown of taxes under the headings of stamp duty, VAT and capital gains tax received from the residential housing sector in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the capital underspend for each Government Department to date; the percentage that this represents of each Department's capital...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the competitiveness of the economy; the sources of lack of competitiveness; the way it is impacting on inward investment...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the stamp duty tax revenues collected for the years 2002 to 2006 and the expected versus the budgeted for 2007, with the total figure...
    • Tax Code
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and amounts of income tax repayments made by the Revenue Commissioners to PAYE earners for 2006 and to date in 2007; the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of residential property sales which were the subject of stamp duty in each month to date in 2007; the value of net receipts...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing pension cover at Principal Officer, Assistant Secretary and Secretary General levels in terms of the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants available from her Department for the setting up of crèches or playschools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive an appointment to be assessed by the child and family centre for the Dublin...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused a medical card. [29451/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost per year of the introduction of a payment of €40 per week for people with disabilities regardless of whether they are in work...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is qualified to receive a domiciliary care allowance in view of the fact that their son has...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Budget 2007 allocation for the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Partnership
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the €5 million budget for young carers will be introduced as promised in Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pharmacy Sector
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the action she is taking to address such concerns; and if she will make a...
    • Public Health
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is concerned for public health with the large growth in the rat population in Dublin City; the measures she is taking to protect...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment of a claim under the public long stay repayment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps the Health Service Executive has taken to provide cancer care services for hundreds of patients who have, to date, been...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is easier to obtain funding for seminars rather than funding to assist eating disorders families who need urgent financial...
    • Health Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish an independent investigation in respect of claims (details supplied) in order to allay public concern in the area;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage the Nurses and Midwives Bill is at; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29348/07]
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the notification fee of €150 recently announced in relation to the new regulations on marriage registration is a new cost that was...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the private nursing homes, county by county that have beds contracted by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans, funds allocated and time-line for a 14 bed extension to the community hospital in Kenmare, County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the immediate plans she has to address the long waiting lists for speech and language assessment which appears to be nine months or...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national roll-out of the proposed screening programme for cervical cancer will take place; the reason for the delay in its roll...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the services that were scheduled to begin in Cashel once South Tipperary General Hospital took over a large amount of its work have...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to medical or general practitioner card. [29388/07]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date in Beaumont Hospital for surgery; and if she will...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Prospectus report commissioned in 2006, regarding future demand for long stay nursing home places will be published and...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise on a query (details supplied). [29410/07]
    • Civil Registration Service
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the recent commencement of the provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004, the number of marriages booked in all registry...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has to wait 12 to 18 months for a psychiatric assessment in St. James's Hospital; if...
    • EU Funding
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of EU funding received by her Department for programmes administered by her Department or by agencies under the remit of her...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the ambulance roster that comprises of on call; the amount of the on call element that is voluntary and mandatory; if she...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a grant will be awarded under the equal opportunities childcare programme 2000 to 2006 and the national childcare investment...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment for cochlear implant assessment can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the intermediate care section in the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and detail of public private partnerships entered into by the Health Service Executive since its introduction; and the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans the Health Service Executive has to provide extra capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in County Limerick. [29604/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information on general practitioner visit cards issued to persons (details supplied) since its introduction. ...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the system in place in her office to ensure that correspondence to her regarding matters of patient safety is brought to her attention;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [29609/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if cars are provided to employees or executives of the Health Service Executive; if so, the number of cars provided; and the cost in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to provide all full time carers with medical cards. [29753/07]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to increase the resources for the public health nurse service to deal with an expanding workload in view of the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment for a mammogram will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of their general...
    • Health Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given a neurology appointment prior to March 2008 in view of the fact that they...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines and timeframes the Health Service Executive parliamentary affairs division is following regarding parliamentary...
    • Health Services
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the refusal of the Health Service Executive to negotiate with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, on foot...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the nursing home charges repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a suitable wheelchair will be provided as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consortia involved in the provision of co-location hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29849/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will lift the present embargo on employment in the health services for disability services; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide revenue funding and staff to open phase two of the adult respite service in Newtownforbes, County Longford; and if...
    • Community Care
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Health Service Executive's commitment to provide a primary care campus at Clonbrook, Athlone, County Westmeath; if the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients who opt for and receive treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29934/07]
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have contracted MRSA or other hospital acquired diseases whilst receiving in-patient hospital treatment in...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of concluded questionnaires received to date from parents whose children at present use not for profit crèche and child care...
    • General Register Office
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the applications processed by her Department; the average waiting time to process each application; the steps which she is taking to...
    • Children in Care
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied child asylum applicants who have gone missing from State provided asylum accommodation; and if she will make...
    • Sudden Cardiac Deaths
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, particularly in view of several tragedies throughout the island of Ireland, she has not established a grant system to allow...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed relocation of the Central Mental Hospital to the site will require planning permission; and if she will make a statement...
    • Gender Reassignment Surgery
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will lay the appropriate order before the Houses of the Oireachtas, arising from the High Court judgment delivered on 19...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she remains concerned that the fluoridation of water may not be effective in combating dental problems, that fluoride ingestion may...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy in relation to ensuring that practical training and work experience is accessible to persons trained under...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport if discussion has taken place regarding a restructuring of the road from Cavan town via Enniskillen to Donegal as this is the main Dublin route...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the way local improvement scheme funding is allocated; the number of projects that were denied funding in 2007; and the amount each county has...
    • Rail Network
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of railway level crossings that are electronically operated throughout the country; the number that are manually operated; the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are proposals for the upgrade of Inch island pier in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29305/07]
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport the changes being proposed to remove the fuel rebate for buses operating in peripheral areas (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the plans...
    • Road Safety
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to allowing vehicles to turn left at a red light as is the case in the United States; if a study has been...
    • Public Transport
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will approve a licence to provide a town bus service in a town (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Transport the alternative measures being put in place to alleviate the serious impact of the removal of the refund of excise duty on fuel used in...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to establish Cork and Shannon Airports as independent, debt-free authorities in line with the State Airports Act 2004 and...
    • Rail Network
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposal for a use of the Broadstone alignment other than the Luas line to Liffey Junction which forms part of Transport 21 and the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport when the rebate on excise duty on fuel used in passenger transport services will be discontinued under the Energy Tax Directive; the reason the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006 proposals in relation to the £1.6 billion to be spent on the public transport...
    • Air Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport when he was first informed by the Secretary General of his Department that she was aware of the proposed Aer Lingus Belfast Heathrow hub; and if...
    • Public Transport
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of applications for private scheduled passenger services received by his Department for each year since 2000 to date in 2007; the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport when the 120 new intercity rail cars ordered by Iarnród Éireann in 2005 and announced as part of a €460 million rail investment package will...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the length of time his right to fill the two vacancies on the board of Aer Lingus has existed; when he will fill these vacancies; and if he will...
    • Road Network
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans in place for the Milford town bypass in County Donegal; the land that has been purchased; when same took place; the plans in place for...
    • Fire Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason there has been no response from his Department on the comprehensive submission given into his Department by the retained firefighters...
    • Road Safety
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent UK study which claims that there was no statistical evidence that enforcement of speed limits by cameras as opposed to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fact that a rebate or refund of excise duty on fuel used in passenger transport services, which amounted to 0.34533 cents per...
    • Public Transport
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport when real time information will be rolled out at bus stops in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29809/07]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising post and are...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has expressed his concerns to the Pakistan Ambassador in relation to the current imposition of martial law in Pakistan; and if he will...
    • EU Funding
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the remit of his...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising post...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who seeks a spousal permit under the new...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be made available for the appointment of a co-ordinator in Mitchelstown, County Cork to implement the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if FÁS is responsible for health and safety in relation to tourist attractions in a local authority area or if the local...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the person or body responsible for the determination for health and safety rules and regulations at beauty spots in the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategy the Government have in relation to job creation and re-training in the Border counties, specifically in County...
    • Work Permits
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 13 November 2007, if the requirements regarding a labour market test, eligible...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of FÁS within the Government's decentralisation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29882/07]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to amend the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 to end the legal obligation on Irish book publishers...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average length of time a person is waiting for their case to be considered by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. [29911/07]
    • Work Permits
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when work permits will issue on behalf of persons (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the need to employ persons...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding funding or grants to a club (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if this club will be assisted in 2008. [29316/07]
    • EU Funding
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the remit of...
    • National Library
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the heating system in the National Library will be replaced with an air conditioned system similar to the very effective system...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the responsibilities the Health Service Executive has [i]vis-À-vis [/i] the community and landlords in relation to private...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated assistance under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for retrospective jobseekers benefit will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [29313/07]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied with the operation of the construction workers pensions scheme; if reforms are intended; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department will review their decision to refuse a person (details supplied) in County Mayo their claim for jobseeker's...
    • EU Funding
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the remit...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who had successfully appealed a decision by his Department was only left a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the insurance fund of the improvements in the earnings limit from May 2007 for recipients of deserted wife's benefit...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 16 October 2007, the review has been completed; the conclusions of that review;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason persons coming from unemployment benefit or disability benefit into a community employment scheme do not receive fuel...
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 616 and 617 of 26 September 2007, if the Government has completed its consideration of the...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost per year of increasing the back to work allowance to five years with a phased reduction of 20% per year, as proposed by...
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the national carers strategy will be delivered. [29754/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted invalidity pension in view of the fact that they were...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to provide on-site toilet facilities for members of the public at the social welfare local office, Hanover...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if any town council has received grant assistance for the provision of Christmas lighting where appropriate signs are...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will furnish an up to date account of his Department's plans to extend the Glasson canal in towards the village...
    • Community Development
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the public service or community obligations that are placed on sports clubs or community centres that receive capital...
    • EU Funding
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the foreshore lease for the work on a pier (details supplied) in County Mayo has been granted; when the work on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment. [29765/07]
    • Census of Agriculture
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers involved in egg production in 1997 on a county basis; the number involved at present on the same...
    • Food Industry
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers involved in mushroom production in 1997 on a county basis; the number involved at present on the same...
    • Waste Management
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is satisfied with the farm plastic collection system; if all farm plastic is being collected and recycled; and if she...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive full REP scheme payment; and if she will make a...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if following the recent withdrawal of the farm investment scheme applications received between 21 October and 30 October...
    • EU Funding
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of EU funding received by her Department for programmes administered by her Department or by agencies under the...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of the cull of around 37 deer in early summer 2006 in the south County Dublin uplands for TB testing; and if the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a transfer of land application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo which is currently in the land services...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the farm improvement scheme will re-open; and what happens to farmers applications lodged between 21 and 31 October...
    • Fisheries Fleet Modernisation
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when applications will be invited from interested parties for benefit under the State aid scheme for restructuring the Irish...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the enterprises assisted with grant aid from her Department for the wood chip supply sector. [29838/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the implications for Irish agriculture of the EU Soil Directive. [29839/07]
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consultations her Department had regarding the criteria used to determine which bulk milk tanks would qualify for grant...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has met with representatives of inshore fishermen; and the measures she proposes to assist this sector. [29841/07]
    • Fish Quota
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the changes she proposes to the fish quota management regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29842/07]
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of appointments made to boards under the aegis of her Department in 2007; the details of same; and the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the specific work programme of the sea fisheries protection authority; its working and financial relationship with the Navy,...
    • Food Industry
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain Irish cheese brands which are no longer being produced here have...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to re-introduce the farm waste management scheme that was suspended or withdrawn on 31 October 2007 as many...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to her Department of the school transport scheme for each year since 2000 to date in 2007; and if she will make a statement...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Office of Public Works is actively seeking a site in Skibbereen for the new community school. [29914/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that all schools are accessible to wheelchairs and children's buggies. [29237/07]
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if proposals or changes will be made to the travel allowance given to VTOS learners; her views on the matter; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and names of schools in Dublin which participate in the school support programme under DEIS who received grant aid to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding additional new school facilities for a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [29259/07]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Sligo under the Dormant Account Fund in view the fact...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that under section 10 of Statutory Instrument 656 of 2006, a non-national married to an EU Citizen can not...
    • Cursaí Gaelscoileanna
      Question 403: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén bunús staitistiúil nó tuarascála a bhí leis an gcinneadh a ghlac sí ciorclán a eisiúint chuig Gaelscoileanna lena ndearnadh...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff employed in each VEC handling higher education grant applications; the number of grants awarded by each VEC in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the compulsory purchase of pension contributions for reckonable services which was not done when temporary...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted. [29317/07]
    • Disputes Resolution
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a dispute (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29350/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school caretaker (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been employed in a temporary capacity for over ten years...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will sanction the building for a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views, in relation to the special third level grant for disadvantaged students, of amending the regulations to incorporate a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to assist deaf parents of school-going children to interact with school principals and teachers; her views on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will advise and assist on a query (details supplied). [29411/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will be in a position to put in place an appeal mechanism whereby parents who feel that a child with special needs has not...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant a school (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to under the small schools scheme. [29447/07]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person whose income is below the guidelines of €16,000 would be refused the special rate of maintenance top-up grant;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the National Council for Special Education Implementation Report, submitted to her on 1 October 2006, she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will invite schools to make applications for a devolved grant in 2007; the reason the application date is so late...
    • EU Funding
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of EU funding received by her Department for programmes administered by her Department or by agencies under the remit of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department have refused to give technical or financial assistance to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in view...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of cases that have been brought to the attention of the National Education Welfare Board where a student misses 20 days of...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are sufficient primary school places in a town (details supplied) in County Cork to accommodate the projected intake of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects a design team to be appointed by her Department to a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick for funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the provision of new school facilities for a primary school (details supplied) in County Longford. [29512/07]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been changes in the restrictive entry regulations for teachers; the action that will be taken in relation to people who...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status with regard to the proposed construction of a new community college in Bantry, County Cork; when she expects work to...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in fifth and sixth class in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin following receipt of the roll taken on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will be in a position to appoint a design team for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the signing of a contract between her Department and the diocese in relation to the acquisition of a site...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to each disadvantaged school in Dublin south east under the summer works programme each year for the past three...
    • School Transport
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school bus will be provided for children (details supplied) in County Limerick. [29818/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide funding for the employment of support workers in playschools to facilitate children with special needs to attend...
    • School Staffing
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a resource teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent in capital expenditure for the construction of permanent school buildings in 2007; the amount in capital...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has approved funding under the summer works scheme 2008 for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for a new school building; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations in the 2006 mental health policy A Vision for Change; if her...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is actively seeking a site in Skibbereen for the new community school. [29913/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rate of payment under the primary school transport grant scheme; when this was last increased; her plans to increase the rate in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Defence if the RDF headquarters in Mallow, County Cork which is reported to have been condemned is to receive an allocation of funding toward the cost of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the remit of his Department...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising post and are...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the establishment of a regulatory body to oversee regulation of the multi unit development sector...
    • Border Controls
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Irish citizens travelling to Britain via Northern Ireland and British citizens travelling to Britain via the Republic of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the status of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan. [29260/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who seeks naturalisation. [29261/07]
    • Housing Management Companies
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on, as an interim measure pending the report of the high level inter-departmental committee on multi-unit...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been refused a visa for their daughter...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there was correspondence from the Garda to the Department of Education in 1996 relating to the matters covered in his...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the building of a new Garda station in Carndonagh, County Donegal; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the response measures he will put in place following the recent shooting of a police officer in Derry; if his attention has...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to appoint a new judge for the District Court in Donegal, in view of the fact that there is a two year waiting...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to build a new Garda station in Newtowncunningham, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans in place to provide Garda cars with the necessary equipment to test drivers for drug driving; and if he...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the roll-out of the TETRA programme for installing modern information and communication technology...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to extend the opening hours of border Garda stations in view of the fact that they are in close proximity to a...
    • Garda Remuneration
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to introduce an incentive of extra remuneration for gardaí to encourage them to live in rural areas; the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ask the Garda authorities to report on the number of complaints received in the past two weeks regarding...
    • Victims Commission
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of public money granted to victim support and other supports for victims of crime in 2007. [29408/07]
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently in prison following a conviction for rape or sexual assault; the number of same who have...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently in prison following a conviction of murder or manslaughter; the number of same who have...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average cost per annum of keeping a prisoner incarcerated; the average for each year of the past five years; and if he...
    • EU Funding
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by agencies under the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation on the status of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [29516/07]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the detection rate and the conviction rate for rape here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29543/07]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a safety and security plan will be put in place at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29613/07]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently under the supervision of the probation and welfare services. [29614/07]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the common practice at the community demonstrations against Shell at Bellanaboy, County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 13 November 2007, if he will confirm that the figures given refer to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-visa required nationals who enter the State as the spouse of an Irish...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on reviewing the manner in which applications for naturalisation are determined; if he will give priority to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved. [29798/07]
    • Criminal Law Review
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendations in the final report of the balance in the criminal law review group; his proposals in this...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the family reunion application filed by a person (details supplied) in County Cavan. [29822/07]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Gardaí in the Swinford district have adequate resources to deal with a situation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 13 November 2007, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to update the legislation on the control of dogs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in respect of the abolition of the special housing aid for the elderly scheme as currently administered...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Exchequer contribution to the local government fund in 2006, 2007 and expected for 2008, both in value...
    • Electoral Commission
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to establish the promised independent electoral commission which will, [i]inter...
    • Election Management System
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a review will be taken of the electoral area boundaries for the local authority elections; if the...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is concerned that fluoridation of water poses a threat to the environment; the status of the Fluoride...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had communications with the Private Residential Tenancies Board regarding strengthening its...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the unexplained anomalies in voting patterns in the general election in May 2007, he will...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 1 November 2007, if the letter sent to Waterford County...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department, in a series of new maps, has an area of land belonging to a person (details...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will put in place to protect businesses that are currently using 1.9 litre and higher...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on issuing a new directive to county councils to provide for, specifically set aside and zone...
    • Control of Dogs
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breeds of dog which are classified as dangerous and for which greater restrictions apply in respect of...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a review of planning and housing policy relating to multi-unit...
    • Waste Management
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will arrange for a national scheme to be put in place to adequately deal with farm waste materials...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities have the personnel and resources to administer the new grants schemes recently...
    • International Agreements
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the instrument of ratification of the Aarhus Convention to be submitted to Government...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the drilling of bore holes in the special area of conservation at Glengad, County Mayo by...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding provision of a sewerage scheme at Athea, County Limerick. [29749/07]
    • Library Projects
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to provide a library for Rathcoole, County Dublin where the local library was closed in 1962...
    • Fire Services
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the new senior officers brought in under the change programme are being used as breathing...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the building regulations state that eight units can only be connected to a 150mm drain, but local...
    • Water Services
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation governing charges for water supplied to Wicklow from Wicklow reservoirs; when it was...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for land at Moanvealagh Bog,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding provision of an upgrade sewerage scheme for Legan, County Longford where raw sewerage...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on the provision of a new fire station at Edgeworthstown on the N4 in County Longford; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the proposal to build 24 apartments (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce directly or through the SEI, grant aid towards the installation of heat recovery pump...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an application has been made for a licence (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he has granted a licence in...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps his Department has taken to promote the efficient use of energy leading up to and during the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of EU funding received by his Department for programmes administered by his Department or by...
    • Broadband Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo cannot get broadband on their home landline as they...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred...

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