Written answers

Tuesday, 18 December 2007

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Carbon Budget
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he envisages a more comprehensive carbon budget for budget 2009 that will expand on a speech and a press...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it his intention to appoint a regulator of the waste sector; when such legislation will be forthcoming; and...
    • Election Management System
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make the decision to scrap the electronic voting machines currently in storage; his views on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite the implementation of the commitments in Towards 2016 to reform social housing, including...
    • Community and Recreational Facilities
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action taken to implement the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that provision...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the effort made to date to bring forward legislation to regulate lobbyists as promised in the programme for...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to provide for directly elected mayors in Dublin and other local authority areas; and...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the internationally accepted norm that even in countries with compulsory registration, 15% to 20%...
    • Election Management System
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to recoup to the State the losses incurred through the e-voting project; the way he will dispose of...
    • Waste Management
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he proposes to take to make the Poolbeg incinerator project redundant and unviable; and if he will...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the need for Ireland to achieve its Kyoto targets by real reductions in carbon...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way his Department will meet targets to end homelessness here; the plans he has to ensure a continued...
    • Housing Estate Completions
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a national database of developers who fail to properly complete housing estates in...
    • Community and Recreational Facilities
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending and providing funding for the skate-board parks in communities in...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has begun development of a national housing strategy for people with disabilities as...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 32% of the total number of affordable housing units provided...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will apply the emissions based tax regime to road freight vehicles; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electoral Area Boundaries
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the local authority electoral area boundaries in advance of the next local elections having...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends amending section 246(b) of the Planning Act 2000 which requires that public representatives pay...
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in making a decision on a licence application by a group (details supplied); and if...
    • Codes of Conduct
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to ensure greater compliance with the ethics and disclosure requirements that apply to...
    • Climate Change
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps the Government has taken to comply with the letter of warning from the European Commission reference...
    • Transboundary Pollutants
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to effect the National Emissions Ceilings Directive which gives Ireland specific ceilings for...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures planned by his Department to prevent unsustainable rezonings by local authorities, including...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to introduce a cap on spending by candidates in local elections; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the proposal contained in the Dublin Bay study for the development of a South Bull Island along...
    • Climate Change
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Government commitment referred to in the national climate change strategy to...
    • Dublin Bay Task Force
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the terms of reference, the membership and the report date of the Task Force on Dublin Bay; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his plans to require councillors to explain the reason for their zoning decisions; and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on local authority housing lists at the latest date for which figures are available;...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by Sustainable Energy Ireland in 2005 that indicated...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the explained anomalies in voting patterns in the general election in May 2007, he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with reference to his Department's sectoral plan, protocols on individual housing needs and social...
    • Residential Dwellings Register
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase funding for the Private Residential Tenancies Board which will allow further investment...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason €10 million for Kyoto credits was in the voted budget of the Department of Environment, Heritage...
    • Community and Recreational Facilities
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which projects in the arts, sports or tourism sector are emerging to avail of the innovation...
    • Election Management System
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date of the development, roll out and promotion of the electronic voting and counting system; the...
    • Water Charges
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the imposition of metered water charges for commercial customers should be extended to...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the merits of family car engine size of 1.6 litres rather than a vehicle's carbon emissions...
    • Water Quality
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a nationwide assessment of water treatment plants to ensure safe drinking water can be provided...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the targets that have been set for reducing carbon emissions from electricity generating stations; and if...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the report by the State funded Centre for Housing Research, it is his intention to put in...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact the proposed North-South interconnector will have on the local environment in the areas through...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the issue of carbon credits; the cost and breakdown of carbon credits to the...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a project (details supplied) in County Clare which is working to save old Irish goats and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will detail what constitutes the carbon sinks referred to in the budget carbon emissions table as sinks...
    • Water Charges
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated revenue that will accrue from the metering and charging of non-domestic water users under the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he will achieve compliance with the guidelines discussed, identified and set out during...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Population Statistics
      Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach the marriage rate per 100,000 in 2006. [34961/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach 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 year; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 133: To ask the Taoiseach the number of posts that have been decentralised as part of the current decentralisation programme with respect to his Department and agencies; the cost of...
    • Departmental Communications
      Question 134: To ask the Taoiseach if, following his announcement of his telephone conversation with Senator Ted Kennedy, he will confirm the discussion that took place in that conversation; and...
    • Average Industrial Wage
      Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach the way the average industrial wage is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34695/07]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the National Economic and Social Forum, the First Information Society Commission and the National Millennium...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach when he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35077/07]
    • National Statistics
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the number of cocaine related deaths to date in 2007. [35131/07]
    • Departmental Records
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department maintains a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35547/07]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 11% increase in rent relief will have little impact on persons on low incomes who...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of boats available to customs officers to assist their efforts to disrupt the supply of illegal drugs into Ireland. [35126/07]
    • Tax Code
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the basis on which and by whom CO2 emission levels for pre-owned cars imported after 1 July 2008 will be calculated; and if he will...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his proposals for the restoration, protection and preservation of Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a survey has been undertaken to determine the potential damage from water saturation of the retaining wall at Dun Carrig, Captains...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide details of VRT receipts on both a pre and post-budget basis for 2006 and 2007 and forecast receipts for 2008 to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of the 2007...
    • Tax Code
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on granting a tax exemption to a voluntary group based in Cobh, County Cork whose members operate an emergency response...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure a full uptake of the national development plan in the Border midland western regions; and if he will...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in relation to a project (details supplied); the amount spent over the past few years; and if work is completed to a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeals; if the agency is still operational;...
    • National Lottery
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if ministerial or departmental approval was given in 1993 or 1994 of the involvement of the national lottery in discussions with the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if provision has been made in budget 2008 for the maintenance of the Dunkellin river basin from the estuary through to Killeely,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and value of PAYE refunds made in 2004 and 2005; the years to which these claims applied; the number of claims for each of...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason there is flooding at Cloonfaughna, Glinsk via Castlerea, County Galway on an annual basis during winter; if his attention...
    • Tax Code
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will re-examine a case (details supplied). [35325/07]
    • State Property
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the use for which the Taoiseach's residence at Farmleigh is being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35526/07]
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if will launch an investigation to ascertain the source of the leak that led to details of budget 2008 appearing in a newspaper...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department maintain a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans for the provision of a replacement Garda station (details supplied) in County Limerick; the status of an application by the...
    • Compensation Payments
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding compensation claims by persons (details supplied) lodged against the Office of Public Works. [35553/07]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to cases where moneys being paid electronically in November to the Revenue Commissioners have not been...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a temporary unestablished civil servant is disqualified from being a member of a local authority or from contesting local...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Grant Payments
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has received a request for funding from a group (details supplied); and if same will be considered in the context of grant aid...
    • Health Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34822/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Wrixon report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34823/07]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the concerns expressed in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the core funding she is providing for the Irish Osteoporosis Society to ensure the continuation and expansion of its work. [34842/07]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, due to the delay in rolling out BreastCheck in County Mayo, this service will be made available to women aged 65 and over when the...
    • Community Development
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial supports available from her Department in terms of both start-up costs and running costs for community groups who wish to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of the 2007...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 13 November 2007 if he will provide the funding required to ensure that the facility...
    • Health Services
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 28 November 2007 the reason no answer has been forthcoming from the Health Service...
    • Victim Support Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Government is taking steps to support victims of female genital mutilation here; and if this is already the case if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when core funding will be allocated to the Irish Osteoporosis Society in order for this charity to continue and expand its vital work;...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of presentations at accident and emergency units having self-harm and attempted suicide under 30 years of age; and the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the State has unfettered ownership of the site occupied by St. Luke's Cancer Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6; if the board of St. Luke's...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a claim under the health repayment scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34974/07]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a cataract operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the urgent medical circumstances...
    • Health Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34988/07]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be assisted. [34995/07]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional financial provisions provided by her Department from the 2008 Estimates and budget for the care and support costs for...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede with the Health Service Executive to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo receives their long...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 19 November 2007, the date on which an applicant for a transfer (details...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for surgery for a knee replacement operation; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation of funding by the Health Service Executive to people with Asperger's syndrome; the budget of the HSE in the north west...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the freeze on recruiting staff will end; the way the situation is impacting on the South Tipperary General Hospital; and if the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Laois, when referred from Portlaoise Hospital to...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme; and when this money will be...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck is expected to be rolled out to County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35123/07]
    • Drugs-related Deaths
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cocaine related deaths to date in 2007. [35130/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and will be provided with home help by the Health Service Executive. [35160/07]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of places provided in 2006 for people with an intellectual disability; the services where people were placed; and the number...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an issue (details supplied). [35182/07]
    • Health Services
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35185/07]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that all cancer patients are entitled to a medical card. [35271/07]
    • Alcohol Consumption
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans, she has to ensure that alcohol consumption will be reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35298/07]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are proposals to change the terms of the long term illness scheme; if so, the reasons for the changes; her views on the matter;...
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a case (details supplied) a priority. [35326/07]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede with the Health Service Executive to ensure that long stay patient repayments are made to a person (details...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on awarding primary medical certificates to disabled and handicapped persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is the holder of a medical card is entitled to dentures; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the high prevalence of osteoporosis here and the valuable work in providing information and support carried out by the...
    • National Health Strategy
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress of the working group on eligibility for healthcare; and when she will publish its report. [35367/07]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the changes she announced as part of budget 2008 in relation to the increase in the monthly threshold for the drugs payment scheme...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of payments by private health insurance companies to public hospitals in respect of private patients on a hospital basis for...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that all adults and children with disabilities are protected following the Galway abuse report; if she will ensure...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if applications to the Health Service Executive by persons (details supplied) to foster children will be expedited in view of the...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a drug (details supplied), available under special licence in the UK and elsewhere, for pain relief for those suffering from...
    • General Practitioner Contract
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the impact that recent decisions by the Competition Authority to prohibit negotiations between the Government, or its...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department maintain a record of visits by her to the headquarters of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a knee replacement operation will take place at Orthopaedic Hospital, Croom, County Limerick for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments to date under the long stay charges repayment scheme; and the amount of this that has been lodged to patients' accounts...
    • Health Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it takes so long to issue post-mortem and autopsy results from the Health Service Executive, Pathology Department, Midlands,...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her recent proposals to resolve the ongoing dispute with the pharmacists with particular reference to the need to enter into open-ended...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare or on behalf of parents whose children are...
    • Health Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation to be made to the Irish Osteoporosis Society in 2008 in view of the work they do; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will be taking applications for claims from patients who were in private nursing homes in the same way as she is accepting...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the strategic goals for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider the decision to downgrade the marine stations at Valencia and Malin Head; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a project (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [34857/07]
    • Rail Network
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to upgrade the Dublin to Westport rail service; the status of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34866/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of the 2007 financial year;...
    • Air Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if Aer Lingus indicates to him, plans to lease or otherwise transfer some of the Heathrow slots either to other airports or to other airlines; and...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if the economic and tourism plan for the mid-west region is near completion; if funding will be made available for the plan; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the Integrated Ticketing Project Board and the Marine Casualty Investigation Board; if these...
    • State Airports
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of scheduled passenger traffic from Shannon Airport to North America, Great Britain, Europe and Dublin Airport, for...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and full details of the number of mobile telephones used by him and supplied by his Department; the annual cost of same for each year...
    • Rail Network
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the negotiations that have taken place between his Department and the Northern Ireland Minister for Transport, in relation to a railway link...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department maintains a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35548/07]
    • Rail Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the proposed cessation of the 8 a.m. Dublin to Sligo train which stops at Maynooth and various other locations;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government is taking steps to support victims of female genital mutilation internationally; and if this is already the case if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will process an application for foreign birth citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [35507/07]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the protection of fundamental human rights in Sri Lanka and work to facilitate dialogue in that country and to raise this...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the plight of the Miami Five wives at UN level. [34862/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of the 2007 financial...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a passport was refused to a person (detail supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34924/07]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the Development Education Advisory Committee; if the agency is still operational; the...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department maintain a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts the European Union is making to secure the release of Ms. Ingrid Betancourt and other political hostages held by the FARC...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Directives
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he and the Government have reiterated their opposition to the draft EU Directive on Temporary Agency Workers;...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment participants that were and are on CE schemes in County Mayo in the years 2002 to 2006...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of...
    • Work Permits
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an appeal in relation to the issuing of an employment permit to a person (details supplied) in south...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the An Foras Áiseanna Saothair, the National Competitiveness Council, the...
    • Refund Policies
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the no refund policies that often apply not only to airline travel but to associated...
    • Job Losses
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has received notification through its Department's early warning system of Shannon free zone firms where...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial assistance provided to the National Irish Safety Organisation on an annual basis from State or public...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the forthcoming changes to training requirements announced by FÁS under the construction skills...
    • Work Permits
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason his Department is holding up the issue of work in Ireland visas administered through the work in Ireland...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of people who complete community employment schemes who subsequently go onto full-time employment; and if he...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department maintain a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in respect of the decentralisation programme of Enterprise Ireland in Shannon, County Clare; the number...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to introduce a players grant scheme for camogie players and ladies football players; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of the 2007...
    • Campus and Stadium Ireland
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will lodge a planning application for phase one of Sports Campus Ireland as described in their development control plan; and...
    • Culture Ireland
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the terms of reference, functions and purpose of Culture Ireland; if the agency is still operational; the reason these functions...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the grant in aid to the Irish Sports Council of €57 million for 2008 includes the €3.5 million promised for Gaelic players...
    • Campus and Stadium Ireland
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the purpose for which approval has been given for capital works to the extent of €1.2 million to the National Sports Campus...
    • Air Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prior to the decision to open the Belfast base, Aer Lingus considered expansion...
    • Campus and Stadium Ireland
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost to date of legal and consultant costs incurred in connection with legal cases involving CSID since 2005; and if he will...
    • Natural History Museum
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has considered the possibility of transferring some or all of the items which are currently on display in the Natural History...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of funding made available to a recipient (details supplied) in County Limerick by his Department for the period 1997 to...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department maintain a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will abolish the category of qualified adult within the social welfare system making all people so categorised independently...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will credit the work of homemakers within the social insurance system abolishing the category disregard and replacing it...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce a means tested full-time parental allowance for all low income parents of children up to the age of eight...
    • Pensions Ombudsman
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the Family Support Agency and the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman; if the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will change the rule whereby when an employee is out sick or temporarily laid off due to shortage of work, they do not...
    • Departmental Estimates
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of subhead X contained the 2008 Estimate for his Department. [35347/07]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in relation to a free travel pass which has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, their spouse, when...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding available from his Department for 2008 for organisations working in the area of marriage counselling; the criteria...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale behind not paying a qualified adult allowance to spouses of a person receiving carer's benefit where the spouse does...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department maintain a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to incentivise motherhood as is the case in a number of other European countries having particular regard to the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the financial supports available from his Department in terms of both start-up costs and running costs for community...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money that has been granted to a group (details supplied) since its establishment; the benefit to...
    • Youth Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the breakdown on funding under the Drugs Initiative/Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund in terms of capital...
    • Community Development
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the application for funding made in 2006 and 2007 by Wicklow County Council for CLÁR Funding; the discussions...
    • Tuarascálacha Bliantúla
      Question 341: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil cóip de Thuarascáil Bhliantúil Bhord na Leabhar Gaeilge do na blianta 2004, 2005 agus 2006 ar fáil agus...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department maintain a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Community Development
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps taken to provide funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make funding available for the upgrading of the Coolnagalach pier outside Kenmare; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payments due under the area based scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34849/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department, or its agencies, has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the Irish National Stud; if the agency is still operational; the reason...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way the 2% increase in milk quotas due to take effect from 1 April 2008 will be dispersed among milk suppliers; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the single payment section of her Department will accept an application to activate the entitlements of a person (details...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the information provided to officials in her Department that illegal fishing is still unregulated. [35262/07]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an Ombudsman for the Marine will be appointed. [35314/07]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is her decision to renew licences issued to a group (details supplied) in October 1994 to continue to include two...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment. [35381/07]
    • Departmental Records
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department maintains a record of visits by her to the headquarters of her Department; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Education Schemes
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to resolve the contradiction which has emerged between the Department of Education and Science and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when will she outline the school building projects to proceed to tender stage and to construction stage in 2008. [34819/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the Exchequer in 2007 of allowing primary schools to appoint their extra allocated teacher in the 2007/2008 school year...
    • Departmental Communications
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is policy in her Department to restrict members of political organisations or individuals other than members of the media from...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the summer works scheme has come to an end; if so, if the schools (details supplied) in County Cork which have already submitted...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of three second level schools (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Outdoor Education Centres
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; if funding has been allocated to any other outdoor pursuits...
    • State Examinations
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no response issued from her or from the State Examinations Commission regarding concerns raised in relation to a...
    • Water Charges
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures being put in place to ensure that the commitment within the Programme for Government to ease the burden of metered water...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [34856/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children (details supplied) in County Cork are entitled to benefit from her Department's school transport system. [34876/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of the 2007...
    • School Transport
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department did not sanction a new school bus for students (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [34903/07]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take such steps as to ensure that where a mature student in receipt of a higher education grant fails to complete a course...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the ongoing negotiations between her Department and the Teaching Council regarding the procedural difficulties...
    • School Staffing
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason chaplaincy is not recognised in the voluntary secondary school sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 16 October 2007, the status of the application; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Assessment Schemes
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reassess the early assessment in relation to increasing the number of such teams within her Department in view of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be assisted. [34934/07]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the one acre former reserved site at Littlepace, Dublin 15 that Fingal County Council has transferred the ownership of to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in relation to the new secondary school in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; when the school will go to design stage; if she...
    • School Staffing
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a resource teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [34955/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the post primary school transport area at Patrickswell and Croom, County Limerick. [34956/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [34957/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure of the National Council for Special Education for each of the years since its establishment; the estimate proposed for...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she had approved of the big ballot project forming part of the SPHE Curriculum and the CSPE Curriculum. [34987/07]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34991/07]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [34993/07]
    • Irish Language
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a survey on parent and student views on the all Irish language policy in the new community school (details supplied) in County...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will waive the requirement regarding residency in the matter of the third level maintenance grant application of a student...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 27 November 2007, the alternative she proposes to provide for traffic...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the decision of her Department to delay the funding for the provision of an extension to a school (details...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes in County Clare for the school year 2006/2007 showing in each case the number of pupils in...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service. [35104/07]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of those schools which have applied for the summer works scheme, recently discontinued by her; the number of schools in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the problem many post primary schools are facing in recruiting Irish teachers; and if she will make...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Government has considered the resolutions passed by the European Parliament in 1988 and 1998 in regard to the recognition of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the application for funding for improvement works made by a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when these were made;the...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes she plans to make in the summer work scheme; if the scheme will be in place for the summer 2008 season; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for a community youth worker from an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the applications received by her Department in 2007 from schools in County Cork under the summer works scheme; and when they can...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding is available from any source in her Department for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in relation to refurbishing...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 27 November 2007, when the Chief State Solicitor's Office was instructed to finalise the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team will be appointed immediately to a school (details supplied); the year in which under her Department's multi-annual...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 485 and 500 of 27 November 2007, what constitutes her Department's multi-annual school building...
    • Health Services
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Adult Education
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will address the plight of 26 mature students who are at present doing the Access to Arts and Human Sciences Certificate Course...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will be granting recognition for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the inadequate accommodation at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; her plans to provide...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an appeal for a higher education grant for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is receipt of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for funding under the summer works scheme 2008; if...
    • School Management
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the code of practice with regard to child supervision in primary schools before school; the code of practice with regard to child...
    • School Staffing
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools; the number of full-time teachers employed at both primary and secondary level; the number...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action the Government proposes taking to implement the recommendation contained in the report published on 11 December 2007 into...
    • School Transport
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on a document (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35385/07]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that her Department's financial Estimates have been allocated, she will confirm that the building project at a...
    • Schools Planning
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's attention has been drawn to the fact that Tralee Town Council is taking submissions up to 12 December 2007 with...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's attention has been drawn to the fact that there are lands zoned educational in Farranstephen, The Kerries, Tralee...
    • Schools Planning
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department have contacted Kerry County Council with regard to areas zoned educational in the county development plan. [35398/07]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will be in a position to determine the long-term projected staff figure for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name, address, roll number, telephone number, e-mail address, principal's name, chair of board of management's name and number of...
    • State Examinations
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a re-marked script (details supplied). [35511/07]
    • School Transport
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if transport is being provided for children from the Rossinver, Glenade, Glencar, Mullies and Lougahboy areas of County Leitrim to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school principals who have secretarial support with a breakdown by full-time and part-time support; and if she will make...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way school principals are remunerated in terms of paygrades, bonuses and expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her view on the case being taken by Protestant schools against her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35521/07]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanisms in place to remunerate teachers who take after-school activities such as sports and societies; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department maintains a record of visits by her to the headquarters of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when decision will be made on a request by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [35551/07]
    • School Staffing
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are steps a person (details supplied) in County Limerick can take to return to teaching; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that there will be no summer works scheme in schools during 2008; if other measures are available for schools to...
    • School Staff Remuneration
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a disparity exists between the payment methods to school secretaries, where some are paid by her Department and others paid...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made on the building of a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which she...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish naval officers can board vessels in the hours of darkness. [35310/07]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of the 2007 financial year;...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Defence the mechanism or guidelines available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to permit and allow them to remove material from his...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Defence the terms of reference, functions and purpose of Coiste as Asgard; if the agency is still operational; the reason these functions cannot be carried...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Defence if a sum of approximately €86 per week is an appropriate pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will increase the payment made to asylum seekers who are accommodated in direct provision; and if he will make a...
    • Ground Rents Abolition
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to abolish ground rents. [34858/07]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place to ensure the number of outlets that sell alcohol are reduced or prevented; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers here in each of the past ten years; the country of origin of each asylum seeker; the average...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers who are in direct provision here while awaiting their applications to be processed; the number...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in place a safety and security plan in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [34859/07]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the traffic corps in the Mayo Garda division with a breakdown of their ranks; and if he...
    • International Terrorism
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent on the security operation at the perimeter of Shannon Airport in 2006 and to date in 2007 to prevent...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before the end of...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an update to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 1 November 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken in relation to the status of a person who has been granted post-nuptial citizenship when the marriage...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 4 October 2007, the position regarding the case; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to restore and vindicate the rights of children of parents who are on student visas, to primary...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application for Irish citizenship through...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of indictable crimes in 2006. [34963/07]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in County Clare for the years 2005, 2006 and to 30 November 2007; the type of drugs seized; and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the visa application for a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an issue (details supplied). [34996/07]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the examination of applications for certificate of naturalisation only begins three years after they have been...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in south Tipperary; when a decision will be made...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to increase Garda numbers in Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of prisoners not granted automatic remission for good behaviour in each year of the past five years; and if...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his officials have completed a report on an organisation (details supplied); the conclusion in the report; when the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, the Censorship of Films...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing number (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35075/07]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will give...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; their prospects for a renewal of...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is considering making funding available for the purchase of a second x-ray machine for use in ports on trucks by...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it was reported on an RTE production (details supplied) on 10 December...
    • Courts Service
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement detailing the selection process for juries in Coroner's Courts; and the way the Coroner's Court...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of complaints received by the gardaí in relation to the operation of the ultrasonic youth deterrent device...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued for breaches of the three tonne restriction on Kennelsfort Road,...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied), who has provided additional information as requested, is waiting for a decision on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage the application for a stamp four visa for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is at. [35342/07]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been deported to date following deportation orders made pursuant to Section 3 (1) of the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the under staffing levels at Ronanstown Garda Station and the need for extra Gardaí to...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for investigation that have been made to the referee since the introduction of the Interception...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the use of tasers by members of the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35509/07]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for long-term residency of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [35518/07]
    • Departmental Records
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department maintains a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the number of break-ins, thefts and occupation of property by persons known or unknown,...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the process in respect of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intercede with his officials to ensure that a person (details supplied) who has been granted a three month visa,...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policies in place within his Department for the provision of specialised housing types for persons on...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Draper report; the consideration he or his Department has given to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34818/07]
    • National Parks
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place to produce a management plan for the Burren; if there is a plan in train; when it might be...
    • Waste Management
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Government policy on waste management and the mix that should be expected in re-use, recycling, landfill,...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if discussions have been held with Coillte on this body's policy towards wind farms, in view of the fact that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department, or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application under the rural referral scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding for refurbishment of an estate (details supplied) in County Limerick including...
    • Bilateral Agreements
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, under section 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997, the Government has bilateral...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the terms of reference, functions and purpose of the Comhar Sustainable Development Council, the Affordable...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of regeneration schemes carried out by a local authority (details supplied) on estates under their...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the formula used to calculate the level of CO2 emissions from the agriculture sector; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the applications processed by his Department; the average waiting time to process each application; the steps...
    • Waste Management
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has to introduce new measures, whether by way of producer or consumer levies or otherwise to...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the performance and output of the Environmental Protection Agency; if he has...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is proposing to designate new areas under HEA or special area of conservation designations; the areas...
    • Pest Controls
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sign the specific order as requested in correspondence (details supplied). [35371/07]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will include the upgrade of a sewerage system at a village (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the committee which is reviewing local election boundaries in Limerick City and County will report; when...
    • EU Directives
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the document on the Common Strategy on Implementation of the Water Framework Directive is being used by...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has in relation to parks and wildlife (details supplied). [35494/07]
    • Departmental Records
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department maintains a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports regarding the pollution of ground water throughout the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an assessment has been done to evaluate the efficiency of various waste water treatment plants throughout...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the calculation carried out to assess the carbon generated from the combined air transport of all...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve a project (details supplied) submitted by Roscommon County Council; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Efficiency Initiatives
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he will make up the shortfall of 50% in budget 2008 for energy efficient initiatives, in view of his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department or its agencies has paid in advance for works or services that will not be completed before...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of fishing fines imposed in 2007 in each of the fishery board areas; the nature of the offence in...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the major expansion of the electrical grid here, in particular the 400 kv Meath-Cavan power line, is part of...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent to date on the works carried out at the Dinan Fish Pass, Kilkenny; if it is intended...
    • Broadband Coverage
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a response to correspondence (details supplied); if he will support the proposed funding...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on an extension to the cut-off date for the acceptance of offers under the salmon hardship scheme,...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department maintain a record of visits by him to the headquarters of his Department; and if he will make...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns that a gold mining assessment in Cregganbaun, near Louisburgh, County Mayo, is damaging...