Written answers

Thursday, 22 November 2007

  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will introduce a ewe scheme modelled on the suckler cow welfare linked to quality assurances and market requirements....
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will introduce an incentive for new entrants to the animal welfare, recording and breeding scheme for suckler herds in...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by the Irish Farmer's Association which showed that two-thirds of...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she has taken directly or in conjunction with her EU colleagues to ensure that all food and food products imported...
    • Bio-Security Measures
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans in place to counteract the threat to Ireland's bio-security following the confirmation of the incidence of bird flu...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans for the development of the fishery harbours at Bantry, Baltimore, Schull, and Union Hall; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will cater for farmers who have spent thousands of euros applying for planning permission only to discover that the...
    • Beef Imports
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will support a campaign to ban Brazilian beef following the finding of the FVO report which was recently published;...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to advise importers of livestock from Bluetongue affected areas to the new EU regulations governing...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will direct the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to require all local authorities to...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has plans to launch an updated initiative to improve safety practices on farms and to reduce the number of farm deaths...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to expand the land engaged in forestry as advised by COFORD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30134/07]
    • Division of Commonage
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her policy in relation to the division of commonages. [29860/07]
    • Food Prices
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that consumers are facing an imminent 15% rise in the price of chicken due to the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the Bord Bia survey indicating consumer preference for home-grown produce and her Department's acknowledgement...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if applications lodged between the 21 and 31 of October 2007 under the farm improvement scheme will be processed; the...
    • Fishing Fleet
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the other EU States involved in decommissioning their fishing fleet; and the percentage of their fleet being decommissioned...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the failure of an Irish food group to place the origin Ireland logo on their ham products...
    • Avian Flu
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the latest information available to her Department on the outbreak of bird flu in Britain; the steps she is taking to ensure...
    • Food Industry
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the threat to staple fruit and vegetable crops here due to climate change which is going to cause major changes...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to assist in the reduction of fertilizers and pesticides in the horticulture industries. [30035/07]
    • Beef Imports
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the contents of the latest FVO report on the failure of Brazil to meet EU standards and...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has considered an additional area-based payment for the biofuel industry, due to the competition from the cereal...
    • Sheep Industry
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the main proposals of the Development Strategy Group for the Sheep Industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food it the farm improvement scheme will be re-introduced; and if so, when. [29834/07]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has applied to the EU under revised EU legislation to have the age limit for compulsory BSE testing raised...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps being taken to amend legislation to ensure that foodstuffs of foreign origin cannot be labelled as produced in...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will abolish the restrictions that were imposed on forestry planting in areas of the country that were designated as...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will apply country of origin labelling to horticultural products including garden centre plants. [29892/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that all imported consignments of foreign timber are properly inspected for forestry pests;...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will set up a development strategy group for the pig industry as requested by the IFA, IAPP, and Teagasc; and if she...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has prepared an Irish position paper on the CAP health check. [30034/07]
    • EU Directives
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on changing the restrictions imposed on farmers for slurry spreading to facilitate a traffic light system; and if...
    • Beef Imports
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she has taken to be satisfied that Brazilian beef is safe to import, is unlikely to cause disease problems here and...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will revise her decision to close the farm improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30080/07]
    • Meat Imports
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she plans to take to protect the integrity of Irish beef and other meats following the food and veterinary office...
    • Marketing and Processing Scheme
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount a co-operative (details supplied) and its subsidiaries has received in direct funding from the Exchequer; and if...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason no funding has been approved for the biomass programme in view of the ambitious EU and national targets for heat,...
    • EU Directives
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to provide farmers with a derogation who are unable to comply with the Nitrates Directive or REP scheme conditions...
    • Seed Supplies
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the impact scarce seed supplies are having on farming; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Question No. 331 of 13 November 2007 the number of applications and the amount applied for in grants under the...
    • Sheep Industry
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress she has made with regard to the implementation of the Malone Report for the Sheep Industry; and if she will make...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if adequate moneys will be available in her Department for 2008 to meet all commitments under the farm waste management...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures in place to promote disease eradication; if there are plans for the introduction of an all-Ireland health...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she expects the 40% grant aid for farm development to restored; her views on whether this grant aid is vital for farmers...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the value for money review of the TB eradication scheme has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all of their entitlements in relation to tax rebates; if their tax...
    • Public Transport
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he will take to compensate private bus operators regarding the removal of the refund of excise duty on fuel which amounts to...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the cleaning of the River Breagagh, County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his estimate of the taxes raised from housing in each year since 2002; his estimate for 2007; and his forecast for 2008. [30479/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers whose income is above the standard cut off point in 2007; and his estimate for the number in 2008 assuming an...
    • Tax Credits
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of persons who claim home-carers tax credit in 2007; and the number projected to claim it in 2008. [30483/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of high earners earning over €250,000 for whom the effective rate of tax was 15% or less in the most recent year for which...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the number...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, from August 2007 University College Hospital Galway, is no longer financing orthotics equipment for special needs children;...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of nursing students leaving training for the past six years from areas of general nursing, mental health, and intellectual...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of cystic fibrosis diagnosed in each county in each of the past five years and to date in 2007; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the system in place to screen babies prenatally or at birth for cystic fibrosis where one or both parents are carriers; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it is official Health Service Executive and her Department policy that the communicative value of Irish speaking...
    • Health Services
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30377/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself with the way the Health Service Executive are treating applicants under the health repayment scheme...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the mobile BreastCheck clinic will be available in County Limerick mid west area. [30390/07]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the new nursing home payment support scheme due to become operable in January 2008. [30391/07]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages available in County Limerick; and the application or assessment criteria and procedure. [30392/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 27 June 2007, the position regarding her plans to deal with the situation at the Mid-Western...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if resources will be made available by the Health Service Executive to the Brothers of Charity as the service provider to increase the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to dedicated paediatric services at Cork University Hospital; and the paediatric consultant cover at the...
    • Health Services
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the provision of an adjustable chair which has been requested for a child with a special needs (details...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if maternity leave cover will be provided to ensure continuity of service by a qualified audiologist in 2008 at the Health Service...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the care case management programme has been withdrawn from Raheen Hospital in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the care of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30436/07]
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Department or bodies under her aegis have entered into dialogue with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union with particular...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the revenue raised from health levies and from other contributions, tax or levies paid directly by the public for each of the years 2005...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the number...
  • Department of Transport
    • Search and Rescue Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 5 July 2007, the progress that has been made in providing a new building for the Doolin Coastguard and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the number which have...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA will allow Galway City Council to take over the sewer system at Ballybrit, County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Arts Funding
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide capital funding for the provision of youth, community or arts centres in such towns as Maynooth, Celbridge,...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the number...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will allow persons in receipt of the State transition pension to earn more than €38 per week from employment and still...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for not including qualified adults who are on their partner's social contribution payment in the measures proposed...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to provide an income to people in the home who provide full time care and attention to someone who due to their spousal...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that rents here increased by 12% in the past twelve months according to the Central...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of legal opinions commissioned by the Pensions Board in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007; the cost of same; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if particular provision will be put in place to cater for the needs of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the...
    • State Bodies
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Drugs Awareness Campaigns
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is a funding initiative in his Department to support the production of a community based drugs awareness...
    • State Bodies
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the development of Doolin Pier; if funding is available for same; and if she will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on changing the restrictions imposed on farmers for slurry spreading to facilitate a traffic light system; and if...
    • Food Safety
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is satisfied that animal imports from Brazil comply with the principles established by the WTO and the international...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the Commission or the Cypriot Government have been able to identify the specific strain responsible for the foot and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has had a 1% penalty imposed on their area aid due to an over...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been disqualified from the 40% grant aid scheme; if her...
    • Quarantine Stations
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and location of State approved dog quarantine kennels; and the procedure for obtaining State approval as a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a transfer of single payment entitlements will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30424/07]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when building of the new DVO in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, is expected to be completed; the number of staff that will be...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has studied the impact of CAP reform on the agricultural sector here; if she has proposals to address such issues...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by pig producers; if she has proposals to address these...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which in the course of the forestry planting programme an effort is being made to ensure the planting of tree...
    • Sectoral Development
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her short, medium and long-term plans for the development of the agriculture and fishing sectors with particular reference...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent of the use of bonemeal imported or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30446/07]
    • Bio-Fuel Crops
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the acreage under bio-fuel crops in each of the past five years; her projections in this regard in the next five years; and...
    • Fish Stocks
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which she directly or through the EU has identified the cause or causes of over fishing resulting in catch...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action she will take unilaterally or at EU level with a view to ensuring security of food supplies within the European...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has satisfied herself that all food and food products sold here are accurately labelled to reflect the country of...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which sugar beet growing for food or fuel production continues in such countries as Great Britain and France...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all beef and beef products imported into Ireland and on sale through shops, supermarkets or through the catering trade...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Post-Graduate Funding
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding has been provided to an organisation (details supplied); the purpose of the funding; and the amount of funding provided by...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which had been granted permission to tender for new school buildings or extensions to existing buildings that...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to increase the number of education welfare officers based in County Wexford. [30376/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the start date for a school building project (details supplied) in Dublin 5 has been postponed; and the reason for same. [30404/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers in VEC schools and colleges, including the number of full-time and part-time teachers. [30421/07]
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teaching staff in Youthreach centres. [30423/07]
    • Adult Education
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of adult guidance counsellors and coordinators employed under the adult guidance initiative. [30431/07]
    • Traveller Education
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers employed in Traveller training centres. [30433/07]
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers employed in vocational training opportunity schemes. [30434/07]
    • Adult Education
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of adult literacy tutors in VEC schools. [30435/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the permanent accommodation scheme application forms will be made available to schools for the 2008 scheme; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a bus pass for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there are vacancies on the bus...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request for funding for the upgrading, replacement or provision of facilities at a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received submissions for the provision of a second level school (details supplied) in north Kildare; when she expects to be...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been relocated on a temporary basis over the past three years;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the number...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Residency Permits
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long term residency will be decided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person with a stamp three on their passport is entitled to work or attend college here; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when long-term residence will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30365/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will advise and assist on a query (details supplied). [30370/07]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on granting leave to remain or extending the visa of persons (details supplied) on humanitarian grounds as the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the course of the review of Garda divisions and districts, he has determined where the proposed new district or...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current, intended or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • EU Directives
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to EU Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1997 on the conservation of natural habitats and...
    • Local Authority Meetings
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of meetings that have taken place since the abolishment of the dual mandate in 2004 between county...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses that are currently under the control of Donegal County Council, specifically relating to...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding made available to each Health Service Executive department dealing with special housing...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if car tax collected in a local authority administrative area is spent on road upkeep in that particular area...
    • Tree Felling
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding on a once off basis following the outbreak of fireblight in areas (details...
    • Local Government
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to award town council status in the case of Celbridge and Maynooth, County Kildare and towns...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of commercial rates and of local authority development levies; and the value of motor taxation...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there was contact between Eirgrid and his Department regarding the proposed Meath Cavan 440kv power line; if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten...