Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
- Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on introducing a cost of disability payment as recommended by disability support organisations; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to carry out a national staffing audit on the nursing personnel in hospitals here; the intended scope of that audit;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce amending legislation to allow HIQA to monitor and enforce standards in private health care institutions; and if she...
- Hygiene Standards
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure that hygiene standards in public hospitals are significantly improved; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the further consultation with the community childcare sector that will be undertaken in relation to the community childcare subvention...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis, with regard to the primary childhood immunisation schedule, on which the decision was taken to include Hepatitis B and...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the investigation into breast cancer services at Midland Regional Hospital will be completed by the end of November...
- Medical Cards
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy regarding the treatment of medical card holders by private physiotherapists; the plans to alter same; and if she...
- Departmental Staff
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if staff in her Department have been redeployed or reduced in the context of the transfer of much of the responsibility for overseeing...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that will be taken in relation to the underspent money in the 2007 budget for the repayment to patients and families of money...
- Contract Staff
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is not appropriate to have contract cleaners responsible for cleaning in clinical areas of hospitals; and if she...
- Health Service Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the home help service has been affected by the Health Service Executive embargo on recruitment and overtime; if flexibility will be...
- Hospital Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, and the way it is intended to transfer resources including staff, from Mullingar and Portlaoise in the context of the transfer of...
- Children in Care
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is developing a policy to deal with the increases in both the numbers of children committed to care in the past two years and the...
- Hospital Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date she expects the cancer centres of excellence to be fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29997/07]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the Health Service Executive contract with a company (details supplied); the length of time the contract is for; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the flexibility that will be given to Professor Tom Keane with regard to the provision of cancer care in the north west; if the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contracts that have been awarded to a UK consultancy firm (details supplied) in relation to the health service here; the amount it...
- Mental Health Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the recent study by the Health Research Board which showed that one in three patients admitted to...
- Hospital Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contingencies in place to treat patients denied treatment due to the closure of the orthopaedic unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made on the provision of cocaine specific clinics where cocaine problems are most acute; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken on foot of the investigation carried out by the Joint Committee on Health and Children into orthodontic services; and...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the provision of a cervical cancer vaccine in this State; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recommended inpatient beds and the number of such beds in the health service. [29401/07]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed changes to the wholesalers margin will be implemented from 1 December 2007; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of radiologists employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of radiologists with an expertise in breast cancer; and...
- UN Conventions
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location she exercised her responsibility in protecting the rights of the child, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of...
- Hospital Staff
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that hospital staff who go on statutory leave are replaced during the recruitment embargo by the Health Service...
- Foreign Marriages
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to examine the laws governing the recognition of marriages by Irish citizens in jurisdictions outside the European...
- Hospital Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all oncology services in the north east region and at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, in particular, will remain in place...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the average cost of methadone treatment is per patient, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26307/07]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to proceed with plans to introduce legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with...
- Hospital Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29743/07]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inpatient beds in the health service to treat eating disorders. [29402/07]
- Health Service Reform
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans and the timescale for the rationalisation of the health services in the north east in the context of the Teamwork Report; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an assessment has been carried out on the way the recruitment embargo is affecting waiting lists for operations; and if she will...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when work will commence on the provision of additional beds at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire...
- Private Nursing Homes
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects that national standards on private nursing homes as announced by HIQA in August 2007 will be finalised; and if she...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be a standardisation of top-up and enhanced nursing home subventions across the country and an equality of rights for...
- Health Action Plan
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the OECD report on health in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29946/07]
- Hospital Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that there is adequate provision for the isolation of patients who are a risk to other patients due to infection;...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report on cancer diagnosis and care in relation to Barrington's Hospital/University College Hospital...
- Medical Cards
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people holding a medical card and a doctor only medical card at the end of October 2007; the figures for each of the...
- Health Service Reform
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the individual, body, group or agency currently influential or most influential in the determination of the location and delivery of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up an independent complaints procedure for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29987/07]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Service Executive, as well as that of her Department's Hospital...
- Hospital Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to close private cancer facilities that do not have the throughput of patients and standard of assessment and care...
- Health Service Staff
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts on 1 January 2007 and the number on 1 November 2007 in the context of the requirement for permission from her...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the increase in MRSA cases in hospitals from 445 cases in 2002 to 588 cases in 2006; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in preparing a report on transport needs within the health services as promised to the Public Accounts Committee in...
- Task Force on Alcohol
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations of the Task Force on Alcohol that are relevant to her Department that have been implemented; when she will implement...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Unemployment Levels
Question 128: To ask the Taoiseach the average rate of unemployment for men and women for each of the past ten years with a county breakdown in tabular readable form. [30147/07]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the budgets of the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will make a...
- Declarations of Interest
Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30177/07]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects each worked on; the cost to his...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Advertising
Question 133: To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on television, radio, print...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 134: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Statistics
Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach the figures on GDP and GNP for the Border Midland Western region and the south and east region for the years 2000 to the most recent available. [30317/07]
- Department of Finance
- Garda Stations
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the situation regarding the proposed construction of a new Garda Station (details supplied) in County Cork. [30031/07]
- State Property
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the circumstances in which an estate (details supplied) in County Cork which became State property on 1 September 1972 on the...
- Public Transport
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason private bus operators were not made fully aware that the fuel rebate on scheduled services within the State was being...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a tax clearance certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30063/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has procured a site for decentralised offices at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; the...
- Currency Strength
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the purchasing power as at 1 November 2007 of the Irish Punt at November 1997 prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of unclaimed tax refunds for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30150/07]
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the value of unclaimed assets in savings accounts in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30151/07]
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects each...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if and when a refund of tax deducted on emergency tax rate on a pension lump sum will be made in the case of a person (details...
- Public Transport
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the annual figure refunded in each of the past five years for excise duty paid on fuel used in passenger transport services to the...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will amend the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concession) Regulations 1994 to increase the repayment to...
- Tax Code
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if it is the case that the one parent family tax credit may be claimed by individuals who mind their children for only a handful of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his estimate of the cost of meeting future pensions and other commitments from the Social Insurance Fund up to 2055 under the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate she has made of the cost of paying salaries and pension contributions for additional Ministers of State appointed by her in...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on the implementation of the 33 recommendations of the Joint Committee report on High Levels of Suicide in Ireland...
- Domestic Violence
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the most comprehensive piece of research on domestic violence here, carried out by the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will make a contribution from its staff training budget to an employee (details supplied) in County...
- Mental Health Services
Question 160: 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...
- Child Care Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); if the group as determined by their figures lose revenue and thus numbers in...
- Hospital Facilities
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 204 of 6 November 2007, if there are designated smoking facilities available to patients in hospitals; the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason payment under the national repayment scheme has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has...
- Health Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to funding for non-core hour activities for members of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 17; when funding...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons trying to get their child vaccinated but who will have to wait until 2008. [30057/07]
- Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assisted. [30058/07]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin following her statement that the new Children's hospital is to be located at a site at the...
- Child Care Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the necessary funding and resources are put in place for a child care facility (details supplied) in Dublin 10;...
- Medical Cards
Question 170: 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,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by her Department, its agencies and the Health Service Executive on organising conferences that were subsequently...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the individuals or organisations that made a submission to the Health Service Executive regarding the location of the proposed regional...
- Health Service Staff
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical staff and administrative staff that are employed by the Health Service Executive with a regional breakdown of...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any of her Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the private consultancy firms her Department and the agencies which report to her Department used to date in 2007; the projects each...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints received by her Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards issued in each year since 2000 to date in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30253/07]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be made to see an ears, nose and throat specialist in Waterford Regional Hospital for a child (details...
- Community Care
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine a situation (details supplied). [30279/07]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to approve extra home help hours in order to relieve congestion in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which extra facilities have been provided at accident and emergency facilities in all hospitals here; if this is expected...
- Hospital Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review her proposals for the closure of St. Luke's Hospital having particular regard to its acceptability in terms of...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all the facilities currently available at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare are being utilised on a daily or...
- Community Care
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the improvement, upgrading, refurbishment or extension of existing health centres and the provision of new such...
- Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when assistance can or will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Care Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if child care subvention costs will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reported incidents of tuberculosis in each of the past five years; the locations where such cases are currently receiving...
- Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the recommendation from the Pollock Report has been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Care
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to upgrade and increase the scale of services available to local health centres with a view to improving primary care...
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who received orthodontic treatment in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Patient Statistics
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average number of children identified as being affected by autism or Asperger's syndrome on an annual basis within each EU country...
- Nursing Home Inspections
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the inspection of nursing homes has been affected by the Health Service Executive budget freeze; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Galway. [30320/07]
- Medical Cards
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position on a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available to allow a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to attend a hospital for a series of appointments; and if...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Bodies
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport the budgets of the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will...
- Bus Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to Bus Éireann's eastern regional expansion plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30118/07]
- Rail Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport the most recent estimated cost of the Dublin to Pace phase of the Navan to Dublin rail line. [30162/07]
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects each worked on;...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on television,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water Sports Vehicles
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation in relation to the registering of leisure craft, for example, jet skis, ribs and other types of speed boats; if there is...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Consular Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied); if there is financial assistance available to assist with the costs involved; and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budgets of the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he...
- International Agreements
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty. [30237/07]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- National Household Survey
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of 16 to 18 year olds in the State that are in training and employment. [30152/07]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimate he has made of the cost of paying salaries and pension contributions for additional Ministers of State...
- Consumer Protection
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consumer rights in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30029/07]
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for the IDA in 2007; and the amount spent to date, with a breakdown of this figure for each county in tabular...
- Employment Statistics
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people employed in manufacturing and call centres as of 31 December for each of the years 2005, 2006 and as...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects each...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he will make...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his estimate of the cost of meeting future pensions and other commitments from the Social Insurance Fund up to 2055 under the...
- School Meals Scheme
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for funding under the school meals local...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a calculation was made in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the further way an error was made in...
- Employment Support Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Employment Exchange Office, King Street, Loughrea, County Galway will be restored and re-opened to the public; the reason...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a delay in processing family income supplement applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30127/07]
- Departmental Statistics
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of duplicate PPS numbers that have been handed out in error since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a statement...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he will...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he will make...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Forum on Philanthropy
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the Forum on Philanthropy was established; the membership of same; the number of times the forum meets; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the budgets of the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department since 1997 to...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007;...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for a Gaeltacht house grant in view of the fact that...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Registration of Title
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a schedule will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30064/07]
- Grant Payments
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their area based payment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any of her Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if she will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the private consultancy firms her Department and the agencies which report to her Department used to date in 2007; the...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of complaints received by her Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if she...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount her Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if she...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an application under the farm improvement scheme will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Galway in...
- Grant Payments
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their single farm payment; if the entitlements have...
- Forestry Sector
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is understood locally that Coillte intend to sell off 180 acres of its...
- Crop Exports
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on disallowing the exportation of rape seed (details supplied). [28376/07]
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the applications processed by her Department; the average waiting time to process each application; the steps which she is...
- Department of Education and Science
- Student Statistics
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of 16 to 18 year olds in the State who are in education. [30152/07]
- School Accommodation
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for the retention of temporary school prefabs at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30039/07]
- Departmental Circulars
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of her answer to the Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 13 November 2007, she will set out exactly where in the past the...
- School Curriculum
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will put the 1999 Revised Curriculum 1999 into regulatory form as stated by her in comments she made to Dáil...
- School Accommodation
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that the remaining funding required for the development of a temporary school site at a school (details supplied)...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of ten additional classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available and the application procedure for the establishment of an ABA class for autism in a mainstream school; and if...
- School Accommodation
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an application from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for permanent accommodation; the date such an...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) was refused support from County Meath VEC; if the application can be reassessed; and if she...
- Student Statistics
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time and part-time mature students that withdrew from higher education courses for each of the years 2004, 2005,...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if any of her Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the private consultancy firms her Department and the agencies which report to her Department used to date in 2007; the projects each...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of complaints received by her Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount her Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for a school extension from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, which was formally granted an...
- School Transport
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school transport will be arranged for primary school students (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that have been taken to find suitable replacement school places for the 10 remaining pupils who were attending a school...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if higher education grant assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the breakdown of the 2008 building budget between the devolved and other schemes has been determined; and if she will make a...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the daily meal allowance paid to VTOS students; the travel allowance payable to those who have to travel more than three miles; the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a query (details supplied). [30323/07]
- Department of Defence
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Defence if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Defence the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects each worked on; the...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on television,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Censorship of Publications
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the considerable number of shops, petrol stations and book stores which display...
- Ministerial Salaries
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimate he has made of the cost of paying salaries and pension contributions for additional Ministers of State...
- Domestic Violence
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the most comprehensive item of research on domestic violence here, carried...
- Legal Proceedings
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will have a submission (details supplied) investigated under each of the headings stated as questions 1 to 4; and if...
- Pension Provisions
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it was appropriate that contributions paid under the superannuation scheme by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Applications
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the general principles and detailed rules permitting restrictions on the right of entry and right of residence of EU...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [30101/07]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgets of the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department since 1997 to date...
- Community Policing
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to establish the joint policing committee for Kilkenny City and County; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Investigations
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make additional resources available to An Garda Síochána if required, in respect of the investigation of the...
- Extradition Requests
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of extradition requests received from the UK, EU Member States, the USA and other countries for the past five...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public; and if he...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a renewal of a stamp four by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will be processed; and if he...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) will be accommodated at Clyde House, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will sanction funding for the extension of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals received by his Department in relation to the refurbishment of a housing estate (details...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if delays are being experienced in progressing the proposed new waste water treatment facility for Kildare...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on housing waiting lists for each local authority for each of the years 1997, 2002, 2007...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary...
- Violence Against Women
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of refuges for victims of domestic violence here; the number of spaces this amounts to; if there...
- Water Charges
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will put on the record, details of an audit carried out by his officials on the costing and methodology...
- Animal Welfare
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence in relation to a licence for a hunt (details supplied); his plans to...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will restore playground funding in 2007 to enable projects in villages such as Ardfert, Rossbeigh,...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to effect a roll out of broadband in County Westmeath; the steps being taken to provide...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department; the date of...
- Conflicts of Interest
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in...
- Complaints Procedures
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public....
- Departmental Advertising
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs;...
