Written answers
Thursday, 6 December 2007
- Department of Transport
- Transport Regulation
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will create the role of a National Transport Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32940/07]
- Air Services
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will promote direct flights between Moscow and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25601/07]
- Road Safety
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the report on his Department's investigation into the presence of vehicles that have been classified as total write-offs and...
- Road Network
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the National Consumer Agency's submission objecting to the proposed increase in tolls to come into effect when barrier-free...
- Public Transport
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of Bus Átha Cliath and Bus Éireann buses that can accommodate passengers with impaired mobility. [32851/07]
- Integrated Ticketing System
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Transport when integrated ticketing will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32852/07]
- Environmental Policy
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study of environmental costs caused by the transport sector with a view to introducing possible measures to reduce carbon...
- Air Services
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is aware of any plans by Aer Lingus to either dispose of or lease Heathrow slots to US airlines, or alternatively, if the airline has itself...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of fatalities involving drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, including motor cyclists, in which the level of blood alcohol was between 50...
- Port Development
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the proposed disposal of lands in the port of Cork's Tivoli estate; his Department's estimation of the values of these lands;...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received and reviewed a book (details supplied); his view on the finding of the report that the failure of the Government to re-establish...
- Departmental Offices
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport the issues covered by his press office on 13 and 14 June 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32936/07]
- Coast Guard Service
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport if there will be job losses as a result of the removal of Marine Resource Co-ordination Centres in Valentia and Malin Head. [32856/07]
- Traffic Management
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that operation freeflow in Dublin will continue all year round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32934/07]
- Road Network
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will direct the National Roads Authority under section 41 of the Roads Act 1993 to commence full upgrade works on the N11 from Wicklow to...
- Departmental Records
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Transport the process by which news items are brought to his attention by his Department or by his advisers or personal staff; the issues that were brought...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided under the 2008 specific improvement grant scheme to provide a replacement bridge at Ballingar, Lixnaw, County Kerry;...
- Public Transport
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will promote the provision of real time passenger information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32941/07]
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on introducing a unitary system of investigation into all serious road collisions involving the Road Safety Authority and the Health and...
- Public Transport
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the Meath master plan policy proposals on enhancing public transport and the protection of archaeological heritage in County Meath;...
- Driving Tests
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a moratoriumon the introduction of the learner permituntil all those holding a provisional drivinglicence, and who are currently on...
- Aviation Regulation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport the recent discussions he has had with the International Civil Aviator Organisation with respect to the regulation of aviation; and if he will make...
- Aer Lingus
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the States shareholding in Aer Lingus has been or can be used for the benefit of the company and its international operations;...
- Rail Network
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received representations regarding the reopening of the Phoenix Park rail tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32932/07]
- Road Safety
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision on whether to lower the blood alcohol limit for motorists; the national and international experts and agencies...
- Port Development
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on studies and proposals to relocate Dublin Port and the potential of sites such as Greenore, County Louth and Loughshinny, County...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport the financial measures he is proposing for route support, marketing and the enhancing of connectivity at Shannon Airport; when he will respond to...
- Departmental Records
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of news items covered on his Department's intranet on the 13 and 14 June 2007; the person who selected the news items and the order in...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of fatalities involving drivers, pedestrians and cyclists including motor cyclists, in which the level of blood alcohol was over 80 mg...
- Road Safety
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding and resources his Department are requesting in order to expand the drug testing programme of the Medical Bureau of Road...
- Western Rail Corridor
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress regarding the western rail corridor. [32854/07]
- Public Transport
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reform bus licensing legislation; when he will to publish proposed legislative changes; the areas of Dublin that still have...
- Regional Airports
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with his EU colleagues with respect to attracting new airlines and business to the Shannon region; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport the resources he will allocate to the RSA to dramatically enhance their programme for inspecting the driver and vehicle standards of HGVs; if he...
- Road Network
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport if the bypass of Adare Village is included in the Government's National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 in January 2007. [28791/07]
- Transport Policy
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will conduct an audit of the planning and implementation of Transport 21 in view of the ongoing delays in a significant number of Transport...
- Motor Taxation
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on plans to increase the motor tax burden on...
- Transport Policy
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport the input he or his Department have retained in respect of policy making in the transport sector; if his Department envisages changes in this area;...
- Port Development
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent decision to select a company (details supplied) to build the new Bremore deep water port; when he plans to amend...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent report released by the Central Statistics Office on the 2006 Census Travel to Work, School and College; if he has plans to...
- Driving Tests
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Road Safety Authority has briefed him on the performance of SGS in the provision of driving tests; if he has requested the RSA to undertake...
- Rail Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce incentives to encourage the transport of freight by rail including the introduction of competition; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed recent research undertaken by the UK Department of Transport on the use of speed cameras to reduce road death and serious...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision on the proposal by the Office of the Taxi Commissioner for the introduction of a subsidy scheme to assist with the...
- Marine Safety
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the number of marine inspectors employed by his Department; the number of spot-check inspections carried out in 2003, 2004,...
- Rail Network
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport if there will be a feasibility study undertaken regarding rail links from Derry to Sligo. [32853/07]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding discussions between his Department, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Courts Service on reforming...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recommendations contained in the KPMG Report on regional harbours and ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32943/07]
- Road Network
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport if the National Roads Authority has submitted plans for a new round of public private partnerships for the national road building and maintenance...
- Department of Finance
- Garda Stations
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the site has been acquired for the new Garda divisional headquarters for Wexford; the cost of acquiring the site; when he expects...
- Departmental Meetings
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of...
- Business Expansion Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to change the criteria to the business expansion scheme in the Finance Bill or at another time; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the statutory bodies for which he has ministerial responsibility, but for which he is not accountable to Dáil Éireann for daily...
- EU Directives
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Government has plans to postpone the adoption of the Energy Tax Directive 2003 in view of the financial difficulties that will...
- Tax Yield
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that has been accrued from inheritance tax for each year since 2000 with a breakdown by group A, B and C of the...
- Gaming Legislation
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if agreement was reached between any agency or State body attached to his Department to support or assist in any way in the development...
- Tax Code
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there is anything in European law or intergovernmental agreements that would prevent or impede Ireland from reducing corporation...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Insurance
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has given any further consideration to the pricing and cost of health insurance here especially in view of reported...
- Departmental Reports
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person who carried out the review of recruitment procedures for locum consultants; the date the review was completed; the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the embargo on recruitment of staff in the Health Service Executive will be lifted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Meetings
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of programme managers, special advisers, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of...
- Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Wexford has to wait two years for an appointment to see an ear, nose and throat...
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Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the premiums paid to home help personnel in the Kildare-west Wicklow areas for weekend periods; if this payment is in line with the...
- Hospital Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason the day procedures ward at Cork University Hospital was closed for the schools' mid-term break; and...
- Health Service Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the discrepancy between the statement issued in Dáil Éireann on 29 November 2007 and the letter received from...
- Departmental Funding
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); the funding allocated by her Department or the Health Service Executive to the group...
- Health Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of stabilisation service beds, community based residential detoxification beds, medical detoxification unit beds and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by the Irish Osteoporosis Society; if her Department or the Health Service...
- Health Service Reform
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expand the regulatory and inspection functions of the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if she will specifically...
- Department of Transport
- Coast Guard Service
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport if the jobs that were proposed for Malin Head and Valentia in the Deloitte and Touche report will be realised; if not, the reason for same; and if...
- Dublin Transport Authority
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation necessary to establish the Dublin Transport Authority; the reason there has been an ongoing delay with bringing...
- Integrated Ticketing System
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the ongoing integrated ticketing project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33201/07]
- Departmental Meetings
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the frequency of...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory bodies for which he has Ministerial responsibility, but for which he is not accountable to Dáil Éireann for daily operational...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify his Department's position on decentralisation; and his views on whether the centralising of jobs from peripheral areas such as...
- Air Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy influence retained by his Department in Aer Lingus through the 25% shareholding in the company; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which extra commuters are expected to be carried by bus in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Railway Stations
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport the car parking available for commuters at Sallins Rail Station, Sallins, County Kildare; his plans to increase this capacity in order to...
- Rail Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for the development of the rail transport system with particular reference to the need to provide an available, acceptable and...
- Road Network
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport if future roadworks, tunnels or bridges will have the ability to accommodate supertrucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33166/07]
- Transport Policy
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that Transport 21 can and will be delivered on time and within cost; the areas least likely to meet these targets; and if he...
- Rail Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which commuter capacity has been increased in respect of all trains serving the railway stations at Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip,...
- Driving Tests
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he gave instructions to the relevant authorities in regard to the reduction of waiting times for driving tests; and if he will...
- Road Traffic Accidents
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received recent reports setting out details of fatal and non-fatal traffic accidents in which provisional driver licence holders were...
- Road Safety
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will direct policies towards improved road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33175/07]
- Rail Network
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the Limerick to Foynes rail line was disconnected from the Irish Rail national network on 5 November 2007 in view of the cost of...
- Marine Safety
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce an emergency towing vessel service on the Irish coast; if he has held or intends to hold discussions with his UK...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Meetings
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the frequency...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of the...
- Official Engagements
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding that was spent in the USA by his Department in the past twelve month period; the events that took place in America that were...
- Departmental Funding
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding spent by his Department on a project (details supplied) in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33049/07]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas aid allocated to Sudan in 2007; and his views on withdrawing overseas aid to the country in protest at the decision...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review funding of Irish welfare centres in Britain in view of the reductions by the boroughs in Birmingham and London; and if he...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives the Government is taking or in which the Government is involved to ensure that the rights of the Kurdish people are...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Meetings
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are...
- Departmental Properties
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the lands in the ownership of the IDA, their acreage and the percentage of that remains undeveloped; and if he will make a...
- Company Closures
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action an employee can take to have their wages paid where a company has ceased trading; and if he will make a...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the National Competitiveness Council's report for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33117/07]
- Work Permits
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of green card work permits refused on the grounds that as a consequence of granting the permit the employer will...
- Skill Shortages
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the achievements to date of the Expert Group on Future Skills; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Regulations
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the third recommendation of the Business Regulatory Forum; if he will implement this recommendation; and if he will make a...
- National Conference Centre
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, during the 1989 to 1994 period, a commitment was given to fund and assist in the development of a national conference...
- Departmental Funding
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the National Irish Safety Organisation receives any grants or funding from his Department; the amount and timeframe of...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Meetings
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will announce details of the sports capital programme 2008. [33039/07]
- Sports Funding
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the same kind of scheme and the same money will be made available for county players who play for soccer teams in every county of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the statutory bodies for which he has ministerial responsibility, but for which he is not accountable to Dáil Éireann for daily...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the local authority swimming pools programme has been re-opened; if not, when is it planned to be re-opened; the proposals in...
- Sports Funding
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his view on sports clubs and community centres that accept large capital grants from the State but will not make their facilities...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if agreement was reached between any agency or State body attached to his Department to support or assist in any way in the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if social welfare benefits are withheld from convicts while they are in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Meetings
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal in the matter of the application for rent supplement will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether private citizens are saving enough to provide for pension provision; and his further views on whether the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who has been out of work owing to a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the formula used to determine State pension entitlements in view of concerns raised regarding the situation...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33206/07]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the concerns raised at a recent meeting (details supplied); if in view of these concerns, he will...
- Departmental Meetings
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly;...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel...
- Departmental Funding
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the National Irish Safety Organisation receives any grants or funding from his Department; the amount and...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Meetings
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are...
- Grant Payments
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payments from her Department for 2007; if any payments have...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the circumstances of a raid by gardaí and staff of the Sea Fisheries Authority on a premises in Union Hall on 29 December...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for a development grant for a school (details supplied) in County Cork to enable them to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has to date not established Education Ireland; when this new body will be established; the level of funding...
- Departmental Meetings
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of programme managers, special advisers, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Laois; the reason for the delay in commencement...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Laois under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in accepting the tender for the construction of the new primary school building at Emo, County Laois having...
- Youthreach Programme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a Youthreach student (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with an allowance towards their travel costs in view of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school building project design team appointment in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for additional accommodation; the reason...
- School Equipment
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status on an application for audio visual equipment for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she expects a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status on an application for a demonstration library project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she expects...
- School Transport
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if concessionary tickets for school transport will be issued to pupils (details supplied) in County Waterford as outlined in this...
- State Examinations
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of changes to the 2008 leaving certificate examination, she is satisfied that scheduling English paper two and...
- School Transport
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a group of children attending a primary school greater than 3.2 km from their home can avail of the school transport system due to...
- School Accommodation
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 3 July 2007, the further action she has taken regarding post-primary schools in the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the development grant application for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when she expects a decision to be made...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the need for a site to be acquired for a replacement school building for a school (details supplied) in...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve a grant under the summer works scheme 2008 for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Schools Recognition
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) will receive full recognition and funding; and if these children and staff might...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Meetings
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if so, the frequency of...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of the existing...
- Reserve Defences Forces
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Defence if there is a medical corps attached to the Reserve Defence Forces; the number of members thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Missions
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Defence the complement of medical officers that will be sent on the mission to Chad; if the proportion of medics will be higher than on previous missions...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has requested the Department of Foreign Affairs to strengthen diplomatic relations with Libya, Sudan, La RCA, Nigeria and Cameroon in view of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Stations
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with conditions for Gardaí employed at Wexford Garda Station; when he expects the new Wexford Garda...
- Departmental Meetings
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets regularly; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are...
- Residency Permits
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application to have the deportation order revoked for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a residency application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if he will expedite the decision in this...
- Remission of Criminal Sentences
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the power to grant or refuse remission to a prisoner lies with his office or with the Courts; if these powers derive...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the statutory bodies for which he has Ministerial responsibility, but for which he is not accountable to Dáil Éireann for...
- Business Permission Applications
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for business permission in each of the past five years; the number which were successful; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been granted long-term residency for each of the past ten years with a breakdown by...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been granted naturalisation for each of the past ten years with a breakdown by nationality;...
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Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average length of time it takes to process an application for naturalisation for each of the past ten years; and if he...
- Gaming Legislation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration was given to amend legislation to permit casino gaming during the 1989 to 1994 period; the involvement of...
- Disability Act 2005
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the regulations or Ministerial Orders which have been signed on foot of the enactment of the Disability Act 2005; when...
- Visa Applications
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he can arrange for transfer to alternative accommodation to facilitate special dietary requirements in the case of a...
- Residency Permits
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the residency application in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Galway on humanitarian or...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if staff and funding have been put in place for the processing of local authority grant aid schemes, the...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend the date for landowners who wish to object to the proposed designations of special...
- Departmental Meetings
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statutory bodies for which he has Ministerial responsibility, but for which he is not accountable to...
- Planning Issues
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures involved in the adoption of a strategic development zone plan by members of a local authority;...
- Coastal Protection
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government has formulated plans in place for dealing with the impact of climate change on coastal...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses allocated or given out under the affordable housing scheme in County Cork since the...
- Ethics in Public Office
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will conduct a detailed review of the ethical framework governing members of local authorities; and if...
- Hunting Licences
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will grant a licence for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans in relation to social and affordable housing lists; the way he proposes to eliminate those lists or...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Meetings
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has a management advisory committee or an equivalent management committee; if it meets...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of programme managers, special advisors, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the broadband action plan funding will be put in place to ensure that areas (details supplied) in County...
- Energy Research Projects
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the results of the inventory compiled by his Department and SEI of energy research projects under way in 2004,...
- Electricity Interconnectors
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of the timetable that will ensure delivery of the east west electricity interconnector with Great...
- Electricity Power Lines
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of people regarding the erection of 400kV power lines in...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the statutory bodies for which he has ministerial responsibility, but for which he is not accountable to Dáil...
- Electricity Transmission
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the stage the plans to transfer ownership of the electricity transmission system from ESB to Eirgrid are at;...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps that have been taken since the forum on innovation and employment in energy, held on 13 July 2007, to...
