Written answers
Thursday, 13 December 2007
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Deployment
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to community policing; if this represents less than 4% of the overall strength of the force;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the justice being served by imprisoning a person (details supplied). [34115/07]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is his intention to re-introduce the Ground Rents Bill 2003; if his attention has been drawn to the demand to do so...
- Garda Strength
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has undertaken a detailed analysis of the Garda to person ratio to ensure every region in the State has appropriate...
- International Terrorism
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the extension of EU proposals on passenger name record data; if the Government will adopt these...
- Visa Applications
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the specific requirements for a non-EEA spouse of an Irish national to obtain a D-type visa before they enter Ireland; the...
- Public Order Offences
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued to date; if he is confident that ASBOs will result in the reduction of...
- Garda Deployment
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who were allocated to the national and local Garda drugs units for each of the past ten years. [34628/07]
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Irish Prison Chaplains Annual Report 2006/2007 in terms of juveniles in prison; his views on the fact that...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that rehabilitation measures available to former prisoners are seriously...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to address under age drinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34571/07]
- Drug Seizures
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug sniffer dogs available and used in the fight against illegal drugs here (details supplied); his views on...
- Garda Equipment
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the call by the Garda Representative Association for consideration of the possibility of allowing gardaí to...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional funding will be made available to establish local lieutenants to pursue drug dealers in the rural Garda...
- EU Directives
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government has decided to opt out from a new EU directive which makes it a criminal offence for employers to employ...
- Victims Commission
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will establish a victim's council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34579/07]
- Public Order Offences
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1 January 2007; the...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the findings in the report on Ireland by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture; if it is his...
- Execution of Warrants
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will address the shortcomings in the system for the execution of warrants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to allow for greater Garda visibility by reducing the amount of Garda time spent in court; and...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce legislation repealing the Independent Monitoring Commission in view of the unjustified drain it exerts...
- Garda Operations
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Bedrock is being commissioned or monitored by his Department or any particular Department or Minister; if it...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 9 October 2007, when he expects to receive the findings of the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is putting in place measures and staffing to deal with the backlog and inordinate delays in processing applications...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will present a breakdown of the budget for the Youth Justice Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Enforcement of Court Orders
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has proposals to change the system of enforcement of court orders, particularly in relation to the collection of fines...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Government's promised legislation on same sex unions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Court Procedures
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given by him to revise family law to create an in-court mediation service to facilitate the early...
- Organised Crime
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which he or his Department have identified, located and monitored the activity of known criminal gangs...
- Departmental Reports
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has decided where the gaming commission will be located. [27573/07]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes he proposes in respect of enduring powers of attorney to allow for general health care decisions to be taken by...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to proactively test drivers for the presence of illegal drugs in a similar manner to the successful random alcohol...
- Grant Payments
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a centre (details supplied) has received no additional funding since it...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce mandatory drug testing for prisoners on admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prison Discipline
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures being planned by the Irish Prison Service for the introduction of mobile phone jamming equipment; the reason...
- Crime Prevention
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to address the use of illegal firearms and offensive weapons; and if he will make a statement...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amendment he will make to the draft guidelines for the operation of joint policing committees; and if he will make a...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 will become operable; if he is satisfied that it will be sufficient to deal...
- Garda Investigations
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Commissioner has completed his consideration of the report submitted by the superintendent appointed to carry...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the substantial sums of money being paid to members of the public in respect of court awards or out of court...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken to date on the commitment in the programme for Government to examine the possibility of introducing a...
- Garda Equipment
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the establishment of the new Garda Síochána fingerprint database. [34529/07]
- Garda Civilianisation Programme
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further civilianisation of the Garda in order to free trained members for front line duty; his views on...
- Garda Deployment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has assessed the number of gardaí available to new and developing communities; if following this assessment he has...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to roll out fixed speed cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23643/07]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the talks between his Department and representatives of the Judiciary regarding the introduction of a...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sporting organisations that have yet to apply for registration for Garda vetting for their employees and...
- Prison Deaths
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances surrounding the death from suicide by a person (details supplied) in Limerick Prison. [34477/07]
- Garda Investigations
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made by the gardaí in their investigation into possible involvement by Irish residents in an international...
- Data Protection
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the recently announced Garda data protection code of practice; if he is satisfied that...
- Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress his Department has made in its examination of the report of the study group on pre-nuptial agreements published...
- Crime Levels
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2007; the number of...
- Garda Discipline Regulations
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the regulations governing the involvement of members of the Garda in party political matters and their attendance at...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the Estimate for his Department for 2008. [34540/07]
- Immigration Policy
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the proposals from a group (details supplied) for the introduction of a bridging visa for a short period for...
- Crime Prevention
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of youth diversion programmes in operation here; the locations they are in place; his plans to expand these vital...
- Immigration Policy
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has agreed a definition of integration and integration policy with the Minister of State responsible for integration;...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement detailing the rationale behind cutting funding to probation services for offenders by 10%....
- Irish Prison Service
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the report on the prison system here, recently issued by Catholic prison chaplains, which described the system...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will bring forward good samaritan legislation as outlined in a recent Law Reform Commission report; and if he will...
- Garda Reserve
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether automatic remission of prison sentences should be removed and replaced with remission that is earned by...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners serving life sentences that were released each year during the past decade, outlining the number of...
- Data Protection
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has expressed his concern to the Data Protection Commissioner on a recent report in relation to the disposal of...
- Garda Ombudsman Commission
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the work to date of the Garda Ombudsman Commission. [34531/07]
- Garda Investigations
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to have the results of efforts to establish the identity of the body of an unidentified female, washed...
- Public Order Offences
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to address the issue of anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25233/07]
- Sentencing Policy
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of prisoners who serve their full sentences; if he will examine the practice of automatic remission in the...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concerns expressed by a person (details supplied) that the building of large scale prisons, such as...
- Enforcement of Court Orders
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given to date to implementing arrangements between this State, the United Kingdom and other European Union...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to reform regulation of the property management sector, in order to cease practices such as developers refusing to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason funding to the Irish naturalisation and immigration service is being decreased by 4% when according to his...
- Courts Service
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to expand and develop the drugs court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/07]
- Witness Intimidation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to confront the issue of witness intimidation; his views on the necessity to tackle this issue; if he will take...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use the powers available to him under section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 to provide for the...
- Regulation of Legal Profession
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the comments made by the Master of the High Court, Mr. Edmund Honohan SC, who referred to...
- Court Judgments
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the High Court judgment in the Mr. G case which gave recognition, for the first time, to the rights of...
- Garda Stations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the inadequacies and lack of facilities at a Garda station (details supplied) in County...
- Sexual Offences
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce a version of Megan's law to allow communities the information that a former sex offender is living...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on introducing a VAT reduction, exemption or refund for community voluntary groups purchasing emergency life saving medical...
- Tax Collection
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of income-earners in the State; the number of whom pay income tax; the number who do so at the standard and higher rates;...
- Tax Yield
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos that have been purchased for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated value of the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34699/07]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 26 September 2007 (details supplied), if the report has been referred to the national...
- Tax Code
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the proposals contained in budget 2008 relating to the claw-back of stamp duty by first time buyers who cease to be owner-occupiers...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the extension of the full medical card to all persons under 18 years. [34651/07]
- Health Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding sanction for the appointment of a nurse qualified in phototherapy for the dermatology unit at University Hospital...
- Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people attending the respective warfarin clinics in Cork; the number of people attending clinics from the east Cork area;...
- Children in Care
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in Counties Laois and Offaly in foster care; if she will confirm that all children currently in foster care in...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a drug (details supplied) is not available on the GMS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34706/07]
- Medical Cards
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason people with medical cards may only receive four doses of drugs (details supplied) per month without having to pay the market...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to her Department and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of the 2007...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a private hospital on the grounds of University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the health services; the areas her Department is responsible for; the areas the Health Service Executive is...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Records
Question 127: 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...
- Insurance Industry
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport which of the 21 recommendations of the first report of the Motor Insurance Advisory Board 2002 have not been fully implemented; and the progress...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department and agencies;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of the 2007 financial...
- Rail Network
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the accessibility works programme approved by the board of Irish Rail in respect of the northern line; the details of the...
- Railway Stations
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application from the board of Irish Rail for the sanctioning of the scheme to extend car parking at Donabate railway...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of the 2007...
- Missing Persons
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps his Department is taking to help track down an Irish person (details supplied) who has gone missing in Argentina or Chile; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if funding was given by his Department or the Government for the use of a property (details supplied) or if funding was given towards the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Investigations
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of the...
- Grant Payments
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding which is made available through his Department or agencies to support local community festivals; and if he will make a...
- National Museum
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the recent purchase by the National Museum of the portrait of Thomas Ashe painted by Leo Whelan, he will request the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department provides financial assistance to persons returning to full-time education to complete the leaving certificate...
- Live Register
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the provision that has been made in budget 2008 and the Social Welfare Bill 2007 to cater for an increase in number on the live...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are in receipt of disability benefit for each of the past ten years in raw numbers and also as a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies under the habitual residency clause in view of the fact that their...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status in relation to an application for funding under the community services programme for a group (details...
- Evening Transport Service
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way the pilot night-time rural transport scheme has performed; the number of communities that were selected for...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before...
- Community Development
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the CLÁR programme funding for local improvement scheme roads 2007 in a county (details supplied) has...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the 2007 single farm payment has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and location of sites in County Kildare included under the welcome initiative as administered by Coillte; if...
- Grant Payments
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the 2007 single farm payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [34667/07]
- Fishing Fleet Protection
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on whether the €21 million announced in budget 2008 towards the decommissioning of the white fish fleet is less...
- Grant Payments
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will approve farm development grants submitted after 21 October 2007 in view of the fact that many farmers were...
- EU Directives
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made at the Agriculture Council meeting on 26 November 2007 regarding the proposed directive limiting the use...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to her...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end...
- Grant Payments
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application under the national reserve will be dealt with for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of overseas trips taken by her and her Ministers of State since 14 June 2007; the number of air miles travelled...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a student (details supplied) in County Cork who has Down's syndrome does not qualify to receive resource hours teaching in...
- Early School Leavers
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the incentives available from her Department for persons returning to full-time education to complete the leaving certificate and who...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding available under the summer works scheme for schools in 2008; and if she has received an application from a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures being taken to ensure that funding is available for autism support at schools in north Dublin; her proposals for the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to her Department and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of the...
- School Curriculum
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on criticisms in relation to Department circular 0044/2007; and her further views on the NCCA's proposals regarding language...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a funding scheme available in her Department for proposed works at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [34742/07]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the details of each stage of this project; the breakdown of each...
- Department of Defence
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department and agencies; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the end of the 2007 financial...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Visa Applications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the decision to refuse a visa in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation made by a person (detailed supplied) in Dublin 7; and when a decision can...
- Garda Deployment
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí working in Tipperary South in 1997. [34688/07]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced before the...
- Garda Stations
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for improvement or replacement of the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare; the extent to which...
- Garda Deployment
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects an increase in Garda strength in Clane, Maynooth, Kilcock, Celbridge and Leixlip Garda stations; and if he...
- Organised Crime
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which criminal gangs have infiltrated the security or financial services areas; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when naturalisation will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 and residency status in the...
- Residency Permits
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who has applied for residency status and is carer for their...
- Organised Crime
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of co-operation between the Garda Síochána and other police forces through...
- Garda Investigations
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of criminals currently living overseas and possibly the subject of the extradition process; and if he will make...
- Public Order Offences
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour incidents reported to each Garda station throughout County Kildare in the past 12...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of proposals to build a new prison in Kilworth, County Cork, he will meet with community representatives to...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Architectural Heritage
Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding the Government has made available to the Irish Heritage Trust; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced...
- Wildlife Conservation
Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the derogation order for the current period (details supplied) will be renewed in accordance with...
- Departmental Properties
Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of compact fluorescent light bulbs and light emitting diodes bulbs fitted in his Department's...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department or any of its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be commenced...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding available to a person to construct a wind turbine for either domestic or commercial operation; and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of compact fluorescent light bulbs and light emitting diodes bulbs fitted in his Department's...
