Written answers
Thursday, 31 January 2008
- Department of Health and Children
- Proposed Legislation
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Nursing Home Support Scheme Bill; the reason the fair deal for nursing home care was not introduced as planned...
- Hospital Services
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the development of modular units at St. Vincent's Hospital in order that people with cystic fibrosis can be treated...
- Mental Health Services
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 43% of the Vision for Change development funds in 2006 and 60% of funding provided in 2007 was diverted to...
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by Professor Tom Keane on the development of cancer services; if a budget has been determined for 2008 to commence the...
- Pharmaceutical Sector
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent discussions with pharmacists and if progress has been made; if she will appoint an independent body to...
- Health Service Staff
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in the Health Service Executive on long term leave due to illness; if there is a strategic management plan for the...
- Hospital Services
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to address the radiography and nursing staff shortage and ward closure at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a commitment that the accident and emergency services at St. John's Hospital, Limerick will not be downgraded but will...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recently published Acute Hospital Bed Capacity Review commissioned by the Health Service Executive....
- Health Service Staff
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to agreement of a common contract between the Health Service Executive and consultants; the process of...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contracts that have been signed for co-located private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals; if she is satisfied that her...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role that will be assigned to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the implementation of the fair deal proposals; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to develop a national framework of palliative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2715/08]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce a programme of vaccination against cervical cancer will be implemented;...
- Health Promotion
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious concern of the medical profession and the physical education association of Ireland...
- Medical Cards
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an Irish person (details supplied) studying as a mature student in the UK is not entitled to a medical card despite returning...
- Health Service Staff
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the 52 additional infection-control staff promised in 2006 that have yet to be recruited; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the Health Service Executive's 2008 service plan. [2205/08]
- Health Service Reports
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of the report by Dr. Ann O'Doherty on cancer diagnosis in Portlaoise Hospital; and if she will make a...
- Medical Education
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the promised increase in general practitioner training places to 150 in 2008 is delivered; and if she will make a...
- Mental Health Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has departed from the policy as recommended in the report of the development of the mental health services A Vision for...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; if she will, in particular, include Huntington's disease; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an undertaking that there will be no further delay in the implementation of the recommendations of the Pollock...
- Health Services
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will issue a policy white paper on orthodontics in view of the critical delays and long waiting lists for school children in many...
- Fuel Poverty
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the issues raised in a recent policy paper entitled All-Ireland Policy Paper on Fuel Poverty and Health published by...
- Departmental Reports
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of the HIQA report in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to further extend eligibility for the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2199/08]
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consideration being given to addressing the transportation needs that will arise in association with the consolidation of cancer...
- Medical Cards
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Government's commitment to allow people with disabilities to work without losing their...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 19 December 2007, if the draft national standards for services for people with disabilities...
- Hospital Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to strengthen the capacity of maternity hospitals here to address the growing demand on their services; and if she...
- Hospital Staff
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of the internal report by Cork University Hospital into the appointment of a pathologist (details...
- Child Care Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes made to the initial proposals for community childcare facilities in response to concerns that the initial proposals would...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of a report by HIQA of a review of pathology services at University College Hospital Galway in the wake...
- Mental Health Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to increase the number of child and adolescent psychiatric beds in the short and medium term; the locations where...
- Health Services
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent discussions with dentists; if progress has been made on the ongoing dispute; the plans she has to ensure...
- Eating Disorders
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives that are ongoing by her Department to reduce the level of obesity in this country; and if she will make a statement on...
- Detention Centres
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to make an order pursuant to Section 11 (2) (a) of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 to enable the Ombudsman for...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the special vests that alleviate the symptoms associated with cystic fibrosis are available to such patients here; if they are...
- Eating Disorders
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the ACE schools project aimed at addressing obesity in school children in the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster region will...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is unacceptable that persons applying for inter country adoption have to wait for five years or more before they...
- Departmental Funding
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra funding has been allocated to the National MRSA Reference Laboratory in response to concerns expressed in 2007 as to its...
- Departmental Studies
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are provisions in place to examine or research the supports and services of caring on young carers and introduce an appropriate...
- Suicide Prevention Strategy
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the Government's commitment to suicide prevention in view of the freeze in the 2008 Budget for the...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the information available to her on the incidence of MRSA, C Difficile and other infections in hospitals here; the measures being taken...
- Child Abuse
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place in her Department to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the number of children who are the subject of reports to the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to establish a national cancer screening register; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2710/08]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on statistics published in a newspaper (details supplied) which showed long waiting times for out-patients appointments for...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug detox beds available; if this number meets the demand for such facilities; the areas where such facilities are...
- Hospital Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with her counterpart in Northern Ireland regarding the use of hospital services in the border regions on a...
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the survey by the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish College of General Practitioners showing that public...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has given consideration to alternative funding mechanisms for the care of older people in nursing homes instead of the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive front-line staff are being replaced while on maternity leave, leave of absence, long-term illness or...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a waiting list for BCG vaccinations since October 2007, that there is currently...
- Health Service Staff
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department continues to require its approval for senior administrative posts in the Health Service Executive; the number of such...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time frame for the roll-out of cervical cancer screening; the funding that has been set aside in 2008 for same; and if she will make...
- Hospital Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans for the development of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2307/08]
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the effectiveness of spending in the health area; and if he has plans to improve scrutiny. [2123/08]
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Flood Policy Review Group; and the recommendations of the...
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of DIRT-exempt bank accounts that have been established during each of the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 6 November 2007, if all legal matters relating to the agreement for a Garda station...
- Tax Code
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will advise on a query from a person (details supplied). [2900/08]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children seeking asylum who arrived in the State in each of the years 2000 to 2007; the number of such children...
- Mental Health Services
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the dedicated services currently in place for children aged 16 years and over who require in-patient psychiatric hospital treatment; the...
- Child Protection
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to date to extend social work services provided to families and children at risk to a seven day 24 hour service as...
- Children in Care
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is not a special provision in place here for children in foster care who have special needs or difficulties; the plans...
- Child Abuse
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reports received by the Health Service Executive in 2006 and separately in 2007 relating to child abuse or neglect; the...
- Health Services
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements made by the Health Service Executive to provide accommodation for separated children seeking asylum; the steps that...
- Child Care Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions in legislation enacted by the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to children's legislation which have not been brought...
- Child Abuse
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints made in each of the years 2000 to 2007 inclusive of sexual or physical abuse of children in the care of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they can have a scan as a matter of urgency; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a domiciliary care allowance has not been awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for surgery at Tullamore General Hospital; and if she will make a...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding a protocol with Belarus with respect to the adoption of children in relation to the points raised in reply to...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made and payment approved under the health repayment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
- Medical Education
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the new graduate medical programme at the University of Limerick, leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of...
- Hospital Staff
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to introduce changes to the current statutory and contractual definition of hospital consultant as meaning a registered...
- Medical Education
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to introduce legislation to remove from the Irish Medical Council its power to prescribe the standards of education and...
- Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to consolidate all Health Service Executive services in Mallow, County Cork, to a single location in view of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people awaiting an MRI scan at all Cork County hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2835/08]
- Health Service Staff
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the management reporting structure of Mallow General Hospital to Cork University Hospital compared to that of Bantry General Hospital;...
- Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home-care packages that have been distributed in each local Health Service Executive area in the Dublin region from the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a specific aid can be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2882/08]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria used by the Health Service Executive in selecting which private nursing homes host public contract beds. [2883/08]
- Health Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific plans that will be put in place to fully implement the 10 recommendations (details supplied) in the annual report of the...
- Nursing Homes
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate amending the definition of nursing home in the Nursing Homes Act 1990 to also apply to a class of institution...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the McCauley Ward, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire is closed; and when it will re-open. [2916/08]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the dates for the commencement of construction, completion of construction and opening of the new 250 bed hospital at the National...
- Hospital Services
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if set national criteria are in operation for the cancellation of medical operations. [2919/08]
- Departmental Reports
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the policy of her Department in the future is expected to be influenced by the various reports commissioned by her...
- Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has given consideration to the upgrading of health centres with a view to extending the scale of services...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which elderly patients have suffered from accidental falls in hospital in the past 12 months; the action taken to address...
- Health Service Staff
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agency nurses currently employed here; the requirement in nursing posts to be filled; when these posts are expected to be...
- Hospital Staff
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing, medical and consultancy posts to be filled at the present time; the plans to fill these posts; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the clean air theatre to become functional at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts to be filled at all grades at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of families compensated under the health repayment scheme to date; the number outstanding; when it is expected that all...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the review processes that have taken place or she has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and reporting...
- Hospital Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to provide for the creation of a national guideline for clinical practice in maternity care; the consequences to be...
- Department of Transport
- Traffic Management
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport the growth in the volume of traffic in the Greater Dublin Area since 1997 to date in 2008; the growth in traffic volume for each of the years...
- Coastal Protection
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the provision of an emergency towing vessel service for the Irish coastline; if this matter will be progressed in...
- Public Transport
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport when Dublin Bus will be given permission by his Department to run buses through the Port Tunnel; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and reporting systems...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the case brought before the European Court of Justice seeking to allow Ireland to be part of the EU security arrangements...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and reporting systems...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outcome of an appeal for a work permit by a person (details supplied). [2819/08]
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of the funding allocated to Cork North Enterprise Board for the years 2000 to 2007; the amount of revenue...
- Job Losses
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he proposes to deal with the significant job loses (details supplied) in Dublin 24; his views on the upset of...
- Property Management Companies
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the 146% increase in complaints regarding property management companies, as registered by the Office of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of sports capital grants that have not been drawn down over the past five years in County Kildare; the amount not drawn...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the new swimming pool programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2921/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and reporting...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- General Register Office
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the legal position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who has been unable to get her child registered; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Drugs Awareness Campaign
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will be in a position to provide some financial support for the production of a community-based...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting,...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fisheries Protection
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on whether the quota system is workable for fishing vessels operating in a mixed fishing area. [2908/08]
- Coastal Protection
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps that have been taken by her Department to advise the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if funding will be provided for the extension of Doonbeg Pier in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has had recent discussions with the IFA or the former sugar beet representatives from the Carlow or Mallow areas in...
- Grant Payments
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the payments outstanding to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for the year 2007; if a DAS payment and full SPS...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the review processes that have taken place or she has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when, in connection with the farm waste management scheme, she will request a deferral beyond December 2008 for up to two...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to seek home tuition for a child; if her Department or any of...
- Irish Language
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of a recent survey sent by her Department to students and parents of students in a school (details supplied); the length...
- Departmental Properties
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will release a site (details supplied) in County Mayo. [2803/08]
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the long-promised report in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be concluded and published; if the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify the continuation of the school summer work scheme in order that boards of management can plan ahead for their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has approved the tender for the new primary school for Ballybunion, County Kerry; when work will commence on the project; and...
- Medical Education
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new graduate medical programme at the University of Limerick, leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if legislation will be required in respect of new community VEC primary schools; if the heads of the legislation are ready; when this...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the acquisition of a site for a new primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [2873/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the appointment of a design team for a proposed new school building for a primary school (details supplied) in Cork...
- Road Safety
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the road safety message is communicated to students in schools around the country;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction funding for new primary school buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [2891/08]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no reply has issued from her Department to a letter dated 21 November 2007 for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the school building unit of her Department will sign off on a new school building project (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if she...
- School Curriculum
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage the development of a senior cycle programme in social personal and health education is currently at; when she expects this...
- Educational Support Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a social personal and health education regional development officer, with responsibility for collaboration with the local drugs...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the review processes that have taken place or she has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and reporting...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a technical team will visit a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to decide on the design and site for the new school that...
- Teacher Training
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of training given to trainee teachers to provide an element of understanding of applied behaviour analysis teaching skills;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm funding for an autism support unit for County Mayo in respect of which contact has been made with her Department;...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Defence the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and reporting systems within...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Freedom of Movement
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps in place, or proposed, to refuse, limit or restrict the right of citizens of other EU member states with serious...
- Sale of Fireworks
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will raise directly with his counterpart in Northern Ireland, the possibility of introducing an all-island ban on the...
- Noise Pollution
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the type and level of enforcement action taken by the Gardaí to enforce laws governing the noise emissions from cars and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a final submission from the Chief Justice on the proposals to establish a body to regulate the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if members of the Garda Síochána are exempt from the ban on the use of hand held mobile telephones while driving; the...
- Garda Stations
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are proposals for a full time Garda station in Dunboyne, County Meath in view of its increasing population and a...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the arrangements in place to facilitate the input by JPCs into the district and...
- Human Trafficking
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way and the steps through which the Gardaí intend to improve their co-operation with other police forces in relation...
- Law Reform Commission
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the primary recommendation of the Law Reform Commission's Report on Spent Convictions LRC 84-2007 has not been...
- Police Co-operation
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement listing and describing the protocols governing co-operation between the PSNI and the Gardaí....
- Sex Offenders
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a memorandum of understanding on information sharing arrangements with regard to sex offenders negotiated by...
- Garda Investigations
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 18 December 2007, relating to a report made on an RTÉ production that their...
- Children Act 1997
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions in the Children Act 1997 that are not yet in force; the reason for the delay in bringing them into force;...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of warning notices issued to children for alleged anti-social behaviour pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act...
- Sex Offenders
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, in respect of each year since the coming into force of the Sex Offenders Act 2001, of convicted sex offenders...
- Garda Stations
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the establishment of a local police station in the Ongar area of Dublin 15 and to the servicing of the entire...
- Garda Expenditure
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost on a yearly basis for the hire of interpreters by An Garda Síochána in County Clare for the years 2005, 2006 and...
- Residency Permits
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an updated stamp four will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
- Visa Applications
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Residency Permits
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to extended residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a stamp four card has been restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has applied for...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission can or will be given to relocate to self catering accommodation in the case a person (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the special dietary needs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 are currently being met; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin qualifies for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when residency status will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting, financial and...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the contrast in the treatment of extra income earned by a low paid person...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a sewerage scheme for Tarbert, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date incurred in respect of the electronic voting machines; the estimated storage cost for 2008...
- Election Management System
Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations and guidelines issued by his Department to returning officers regarding the lay out of ballot...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to implement into law the recommendations contained in the Constituency Commission Report...
- Local Government Members
Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of councillors in each local authority area here; the population of each local authority area as...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the rules regarding the obligations of elderly people who apply for grant aid to local...
- Recycling Policy
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the operation of the WEEE scheme to date; the position regarding the workings of the...
- Housing Grants
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of adapting a house for a person who has acquired a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers of local authority houses throughout the country that have attic insulation; and the percentage...
- Flood Risk Assessment
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken by his Department to develop planning and development guidelines in relation...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the notification procedures under European Union law that will have to be complied...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken by his Department to develop the adaptation strategy required under the...
- Recycling Policy
Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Fitzpatrick Report that was carried out for the National Strategy Group on...
- EU Directives
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken by Ireland to comply with the Birds Directives and Habitats Directive...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the processing of water and sewerage schemes in his Department from conception to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Rate Assessors
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons qualified as building energy rate assessors on a county basis; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Generation
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of electricity storage capacity Ireland currently has; his plans to increase the electricity storage...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on relaxing the drift net ban for drift net fishermen who did not participate in the compensation...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when land-line broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting,...
- Prospecting Licences
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received an application for prospecting licences (details supplied); if he has examined this...
