Written answers

Tuesday, 5 February 2008

  • Department of Transport
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the results of a feasibility study into a possible Rathfarnham LUAS line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3472/08]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will reform the penalty points system to address the issue of up to two thirds of drivers who accumulate twelve penalty points failing to...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to have 100% wheelchair accessible taxis in cities as promised in the Programme for Government in 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Port Development
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the conflict arising out of the use of private security personnel in Dublin Port; and if he will make a...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to fast track the independence of Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the impact of the recently sanctioned price increases for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann on developing the modal shift to public...
    • Transport 21
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the targets set in Transport 21 are expected to be met as predicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3588/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the calls from the Road Safety Authority to his Department to immediately introduce legislation to give powers to the gardaí to...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is still of the opinion that a railway order will be made by 2009 for the proposed rail interconnector in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the maritime radio rescue centre at Malin head. [3468/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to reduce the legal blood alcohol level for drivers on a learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3489/08]
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if preliminary work has begun on the proposals for light rail systems for Limerick and Cork; if so, the work that has been undertaken; when he...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding the Rural Transport Programme currently receives; the number of bus and other transport services the RTP supports; if he has...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress in bringing forward legislation to introduce mandatory alcohol testing as was promised in a Dáil Éireann motion in October 2007 and...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport if plans to extend the green Luas line to Cherrywood are being reviewed to include provision for its eventual conversion to a Metro system; his...
    • Transport Policy
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the Sustainable Transport Plan; the agencies and stakeholders his Department consulted with in the preparation of the plan;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he revisited a draft Dublin Transport Authority Bill; the summary of the changes he ordered; when he expects to publish this Bill; when...
    • Carbon Emissions
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of cars in total and types of cars classified by level of CO2 emissions currently on Irish roads; the number and types of commercial...
    • Air Services
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the establishment of a public service obligation on the Shannon-Heathrow route; the contacts his Department has had with UK...
    • Public Transport
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department instructed Dublin Bus to reduce the number of buses servicing the 25X route to Lucan on foot of a complaint by a private...
    • Rail Network
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a rail freight subsidy on a per tonne basis for materials that are transferred from existing road freight onto rail freight;...
    • Carbon Emissions
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans in relation to the reduction of carbon emissions from the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3492/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of all expenses associated with integrated ticketing since it was announced by Government in November 2000; and if he will make a...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the latest information received by his Department from the Road Safety Authority indicating the number of people currently on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will amend the Harbours Act 1996 to facilitate the development of Bremore Port; if he will provide an update on proposals to relocate...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of motorists tested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs in each year since 2002; the level of funding and resources...
    • Motorway Service Areas
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of applications for motorway service areas that have been submitted to his Department by the National Roads Authority; the number that...
    • State Airports
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport the overall level of debt of Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports; the estimated level of debts for each of these airports for 2008, 2009 and 2010;...
    • Rail Network
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he or his senior staff here had with CIÉ in response to a CIÉ spokesperson claiming that the proposed Dublin-Navan rail line was...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport his Departmental policy on the drug testing of transport workers; if there is a drug testing programme in place across all the public transport...
    • Rail Safety
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has contacted Irish Rail and other public transport agencies regarding the contingency plans that are in place in case of an accident or...
    • State Airports
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to make funding available to develop cargo traffic through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3361/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will estimate the average vehicle speed on Irish roads; if he will estimate the average vehicle speed on a county basis; if he is planning...
    • Air Services
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will initiate an investigation in conjunction with the National Consumer Agency, the Competition Authority and the Commission on Aviation...
    • Public Transport
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedure necessary for Bus Éireann to establish a new route or change an existing one in its network; if Bus Éireann will be regulated by...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in his discussions regarding a bilateral agreement with the UK Government in having drivers banned in either jurisdiction,...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the maritime radio rescue centre at Valentia. [3469/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding and budget made available to the Marine Casualty Investigation Board each year since its establishment; the number of staff employed...
    • Carbon Emissions
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will encourage the reduction of carbon emissions in air transport by encouraging eco-friendly flights; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department do not make use of internet versions of the daily newspapers instead of the cost involved in buying hard copies everyday...
    • Small Craft Register
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will establish a register for certain small craft as proposed by his Department in 2005 and supported by the Revenue Commissioners in order...
    • Port Development
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Transport if there has been consultation between his Department and Dublin City Council over the council's plans to transform the Dublin Port area into a...
    • Air Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport the basis for his Department including a statement (details supplied) in the third draft of the note for his attention that was included in the...
    • Small Craft Register
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will establish a register for certain small craft which would, as the Revenue Commissioners have suggested to his Department, be of...
    • Air Services
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he has monitored the use or availability of landing slots at Heathrow with particular reference to the retention of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the Road Safety Authority's recommendations to strengthen the HGV roadworthiness testing regime which he has accepted; when...
    • Railway Safety
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will transpose into Irish law outstanding provisions of the Railway Safety Directive as requested by the Railway Safety Commission and the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will examine ways of improving access and affordability to small public service vehicles for people with disabilities as recommended to his...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the report on the presence of both Irish and foreign registered car write-offs on Irish roads; the information the Revenue...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3079/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 184: To ask the Taoiseach the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3096/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 189: To ask the Taoiseach the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's quarterly return to the...
    • Security Industry
      Question 191: To ask the Taoiseach if he has statistics in respect of the number of people working in the private security industry; the number who are subcontractors; the number who are...
    • EU Funding
      Question 192: To ask the Taoiseach the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the European Union; the amount of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way the new vehicle registration tax will work. [3046/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [3294/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position in relation to the long promised refurbishment of the Garda station in Dunmanway in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Customs Clearance Facilities
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if customs clearance facilities are available at all harbours, ports and airports that facilitate through traffic from abroad; and if...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the request from Mayo County Council given in February 2007 for a flood relief scheme on a river (details...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3091/08]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure that an application for a primary medical certificate and the application for a disabled drivers and disabled...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and the type of hybrid electric vehicles purchased here in each year from 2002 to 2007; the vehicle registration tax...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of task forces currently operating in his Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's quarterly...
    • Tax Code
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the cost to the Exchequer of extending the income tax and inheritance tax benefits of married couples...
    • State Property
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount that has been spent on refurbishing the gatekeeper's house at Farmleigh, Dublin 15; the amount it costs to maintain it per...
    • Income Statistics
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average wage for a PAYE person working full time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3267/08]
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the playground at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3269/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on proposals to open the Phoenix Park to public buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department in conjunction with the Revenue Commissioners have advised or will advise the embassies of foreign countries who...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of plans to decentralise 200 Departmental jobs to Youghal. [3513/08]
    • Social Partnership
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to achieve better value for money in public service delivery, proposed in Towards 2016 with a view to...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the remedial action he proposes to take regarding the severe flooding in the Ballycolgan/Skeaghbeg area of Headford, County Galway,...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on carrying out research to examine the influence of fiscal policies on consumer purchasing and their impact on overweight...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Government required the exclusive purchase of CFL light bulbs for use in public bodies by the end of 2007, as announced in the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the requirements to enable a person to be listed on the priority transfer list within the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of the decentralisation of his staff to Tullamore; the number of staff already decentralised; the numbers yet to be...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people who received tax relief under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme in 2007; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3863/08]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her intention to relocate the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum to the site of the proposed prison at Thornton Hall; if her...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the implementation of a policy for the provision of an integrated inter-Departmental approach to addressing overweight and...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical criteria that applies where domiciliary care allowance is awarded; and the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on ensuring that grant recipients under the equality opportunities childcare programme provide confirmation that they are in...
    • Health Services
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a physiotherapy service will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in introducing a national cervical screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3050/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been a lack of information regarding the nursing home support scheme, also known as fair deal, which, if...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to tackle the arbitrary nature of the allocation of beds for patients requiring long-term care; the way she plans to...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the proposal that 80% of disposable income be charged to patients admitted to nursing homes; if it will be 80% of...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the inadequacies of residential services, both in nursing homes and in the community; and if she will make a...
    • Foster Care
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans for the future to have specialised facilities in place for children in foster care with special needs or...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statutory bodies for which she has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3093/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the pay scheme for chiropodists providing a service to GMS card holders has not been reviewed since 1978; and the further...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her office will request an application for capital grant funding under the National Child Care Investment Programme 2006 to 2010 by...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional bed capacity being planned for in the new Mater adult hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3143/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position at Sligo General Hospital with regard to the provision of cancer services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of task forces currently operating in her Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to her Department's quarterly...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a drug (details supplied) available on the GMS in order that general practitioners may give it to high-risk patients...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role the Health Information and Quality Authority has in advising on the cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical and other therapies;...
    • Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the Pollock Report have been implemented, in particular the number of isolation rooms available to cystic...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Budget 2008 continues to fund the Health Service Executive based on the old health board regional divisions rather than the...
    • Childhood Study
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis for the Government's decision to include DNA sampling in the scientific longitudinal childhood study; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3276/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that all facilities from the old Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly will be fully transferred to...
    • Health Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when intervention services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3281/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place between the Mater Hospital and Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, for lung transplants for cystic fibrosis patients;...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the ongoing negotiations between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the two orthodontic surgeons who left St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork, serving north and south Lee, west Cork and Kerry, in October...
    • Health Services
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive occupational therapy in order to meet the needs of their illness; and if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in the Health Service Executive who are on the assistant national director pay scale; the title and job...
    • Health Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when speech and language therapy will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on re-evaluating present policy on asset stripping of mental health property to be re-distributed locally and targeted for...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services, in view of a cap on over-run of budget spend in 2008, which will be adversely affected, in view of the fact that there is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on the advancement of a radiotherapy centre of excellence for the northwest; the negotiations that have taken place between...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be enacted in relation to the fair deal scheme; the role of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when Donegal will have BreastCheck; the regularity with which this service will be available; if the service will be on a permanent...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the implementation of the Child Care (Pre School Services) Regulations 1996 and Child Care (Pre School) Services...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted. [3639/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3641/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continuing delay in bringing forward legislation to prohibit the use of sunbeds by persons under 16 years of age; and...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the incidences of hospital infections of different kinds in the major Dublin hospitals; if she will provide an indication of the trend...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will be in a position to recruit home helps in the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the extreme circumstances surrounding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16, she will intervene...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied); and if she will respond to the issues raised. [3742/08]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the special housing aid for the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for funding 14 palliative care beds adjacent to Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available to cystic fibrosis patients in Mayo; the locations where treatment can be received; the number of staff employed...
    • EU Funding
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names of the programmes and schemes operated by her Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for occupational therapy for their fine motor skills development. [3777/08]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she has received a grant application from an association (details supplied); if she will grant the request; and...
    • Departmental Strategies
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to implement the National Diabetes Strategy; when the report of the Expert Advisory Group on Diabetes will be...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that offers made to elderly persons or their representatives under the nursing home...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for approval of an ophthalmology appointment in County Roscommon; the steps she is taking to address the backlog; and...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the in-house cleaning costs and contract cleaning service costs for each hospital in the State for the years 2005 and 2007; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions that have been made to help children with dyslexia in County Meath for 2008; the supports her Department offers on same;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost to her Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3865/08]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received to date under the health repayment scheme; the number and amount paid; the number still outstanding...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts, surgical, medical, nursing or otherwise remaining to be filled at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; if...
  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3097/08]
    • Railway Stations
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposals for the Metro stop and station at the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3144/08]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport the action being taken in relation to a right of way (details supplied) in County Mayo that has been blocked off, in view of the fact that this...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of task forces currently operating in his Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the estimate cost of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's quarterly return to the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is proposed to introduce penalty points for parking offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3237/08]
    • Railway Stations
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the new Park West station on the Kildare commuter line to open; the cost to the taxpayer of this station; the number of parking...
    • Public Transport
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects integrated ticketing to be fully operational in Dublin; the cost of the integrated ticketing project to date; and if he will make...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects construction on the LUAS line F to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3312/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to introduce the legislation necessary to establish the Dublin Transportation Authority; the proposed responsibilities of the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are plans to re-open the railway line to Youghal; and if he will make a statement on plans for the rail network across east Cork as a...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount that has been invested in the City of Derry Airport, by the Irish Government, for each year from 2000 to 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 1 November 2007, when his Department will supply the information sought; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport the person who is responsible for the initial investigation into road traffic accidents involving one vehicle. [3659/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of the close out grant of €5 million to Dublin City Council to pay for the Port Tunnel, he is in a position to indicate the total...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the re-establishment of the Cork Swansea ferry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3747/08]
    • EU Funding
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the European Union;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the decentralisation of the road haulage section to Loughrea; the number of staff already decentralised; the numbers yet to be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3868/08]
    • Air Services
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Transport if the requisite slots required for the continuation or enhancement of scheduled air flights from the various airports throughout the country to...
    • Public Transport
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which progress on Transport 21 is progressing in accordance with projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3887/08]
    • Railway Stations
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Transport the full extent of extra car parking spaces expected to be provided at Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip, Confey, Hazelhatch and Sallins rail stations in...
    • Rail Services
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which it is intended to improve or increase the number of scheduled commuter rail services from Sallins, Hazelhatch, Confey,...
    • Congestion Charges
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the imposition of congestion charges on motorists who already pay more than €5 billion annually to the Exchequer; and if he will...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is expected that the DART service will be extended to Maynooth and the various other rail stations throughout County Kildare; and if he...
    • Heavy Goods Vehicles
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Transport if super-trucks are banned from this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3896/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Transport if extra funding will be awarded to Kildare County Council to carry out urgently required repairs to the network of minor roads throughout the...
    • Regional Development
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the €53 million Mid-West Tourism and Economic Development Plan to address the impact of open skies on Shannon Airport and the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Transport the date the two outstanding Government director nominees will be placed on the board of Aer Lingus; the steps the Government is taking through...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • EU Reform Treaty
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date for the forthcoming referendum on the Lisbon Reform Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3092/08]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the arrest in Malaysia of human rights activists, including a person (details supplied), following a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of task forces currently operating in his Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the estimate...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's quarterly return...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of a name change on an Irish passport for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3302/08]
    • Reconciliation Fund
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if funding will be provided to a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [3651/08]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the planned expenditure on overseas aid in each of the years 2008 to 2012; the estimated proportion of GNP and GDP this expenditure...
    • International Agreements
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government plans to ratify the United Nations Convention against Corruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3723/08]
    • Rapid Response Corps
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people assigned to the Rapid Response Corps; the funding allocated to the Rapid Response Corps in each of the years 2008 to...
    • EU Funding
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the European...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3818/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3864/08]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [3064/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his view that providing grant funding to the National Irish Safety Organisation gives them an unfair competitive...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money allocated to the Irish Technology Leadership Group recently launched in Palo Alto, California; and if...
    • Work Permits
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application to transfer a work permit by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3341/08]
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Irish personnel, resident and domiciled here and working as employees of an embassy are to be treated as workers under...
    • Job Creation
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for job creation in east Cork; and the impediments to job creation his Department has identified in the region....
    • Flexible Work Practices
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work undertaken by the National Framework Committee for Work-Life Balance in 2007; and the way the group has supported...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on introducing criteria which would prohibit the issuing of employment grant aid to companies who have made...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget of the Industrial Development Authority; and the amount of same that is allocated towards attracting investment...
    • Job Creation
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Authority in County Kerry in 2007. [3643/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full status of conditions attached and amount of money allocated to a company (details supplied); if he will recoup...
    • EU Funding
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part...
    • Work Permits
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a work permit application for a person (details supplied) was refused; if his Department took into account that,...
    • Arms Trade
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an Irish based, or Irish supported company manufactures cluster munitions or components for cluster munitions; and if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the decentralisation of FÁS to Birr; the number of staff already decentralised; the numbers yet to be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3861/08]
    • Work Permits
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns by the Irish Nurses Organisation regarding the green card scheme, which imposes...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3084/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's quarterly...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on coordinating with the Department of Education and Science on the shared use of sports and physical activity facilities...
    • EU Funding
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3856/08]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3095/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 27 November 2007, his plans to review the operation of waiting days in respect of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the apparent anomaly surrounding the transition pension, whereby individuals in receipt of this pension may earn no...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on carrying out a review of social welfare payments to take account of the relatively high cost of healthy food for...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the inclusion of access to a healthy diet, for example fruit and vegetables, as an indicator to measure food poverty,...
    • Child Support
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in processing child benefit applications; and the steps he is taking to address same. [3649/08]
    • EU Funding
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the decentralisation of his staff to Carrick-on-Shannon; the number of staff already decentralised; the numbers yet...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3867/08]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his...
    • Charities Regulation
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will regulate the hours that leaflet drops by businesses and stickers and bags seeking donations by charities...
    • Community Development
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when his Department proposes to approve an application by a company (details supplied) in County Galway under the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if local sporting organisations can avail of grant aid to offset the cost of defibrillators from his Department or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3858/08]
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is satisfied that the Irish coastal community with particular reference to families dependent on the fishing industry...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in the reversion of entitlements from her Department to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the statutory bodies for which she has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies....
    • Legal Proceedings
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if legal proceedings are ongoing between her Department and an association (details supplied) or if difficulties between...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme was made available to farmers; the number of applications to date; the number paid to date; and if she...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications for foreshore licences from Waterford County Council that are before her Department; the date...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of task forces currently operating in her Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to her Department's...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is having difficulty transferring their entitlements from their...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if forestry and bog land are used as calculators when determining the CO2 contribution of agriculture; and if she will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on whether it is cruel to slaughter animals for their fur alone; if she has proposals to ban fur farming here; and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has documentary evidence available in her Department to state when off farm income was calculated for eligibility for...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the policy on licensed mussel growers in Lough Swilly being allowed to go into other licensed grounds on the Swilly to avail...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the farm improvement scheme; and the reason they have...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the Government conducted, during 2007, an analysis of research needs required to support the development of future...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Laois is eligible for the milk quota trading scheme 2007/2008 second stage; and if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grant aid committed to the redevelopment of a plant (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement...
    • EU Funding
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names of the programmes and schemes operated by her Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department operates a grant scheme to provide financial assistance to young people wishing to purchase milk quotas in...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of animals tested from meat processing plants for scrapie in 2007; the cost of the testing of these animals; the...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the regulations and licence requirements laid down by her Department for fox rearing here; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average cost to her Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3855/08]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application by a school (details supplied) in County Laois under the grant aid for major capital works for...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the benefits that may be available where a number of national schools in a parish intend to merge into one school; if their building...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the concessions available to students sitting the leaving certificate who have been diagnosed as dyslexic. [3068/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was refused a mature student grant by County Dublin VEC; if this decision...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the statutory bodies for which she has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3088/08]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application for major capital works for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; when this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if under special extenuating circumstances, her Department would agree to providing funding for a maintenance grant for postgraduate...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the special needs of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3139/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the construction of the extension sought by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 and the undertaking of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of task forces currently operating in her Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to her Department's quarterly...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the school sites acquired by her Department in 2007; the location, area and cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Secondary Schools
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the difference between secondary, comprehensive and community schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3232/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has acquired land in the Kellystown, Porterstown or Annfield areas in Dublin 15 for the purposes of providing a...
    • School Equipment
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding for white boards has been granted for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [3279/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a project (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3292/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a school (details supplied) in County Offaly. [3293/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the application for a devolved grant for an extension to a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Psychological Service
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the fees paid by her Department per year over the past five years to psychologists and other expert witnesses in legal proceedings...
    • School Transport
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is unable to attend school in their locality owing to a lack of...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make it a requirement for schools which receive public funding to make their enrolment policy publicly accessible and not...
    • School Placement
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school place will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [3356/08]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will appoint two student representatives onto the Higher Education Authority and the National Qualifications Authority of...
    • School Transport
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from the section on school buses in the Programme for Government, her Department conducted a review of the school...
    • Youth Services
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will outline the objectives and timetable for the Youth Work Development Plan, for the period 2008 to 2012, as promised in...
    • School Management
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish the manual to support school boards of management as promised in the Programme for Government; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department recruited extra staff to the Educational Welfare Board and the National Educational Psychological Service as...
    • School Staffing
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make provisions to expand primary teaching colleges here in order to meet the increasing demand for teachers in primary...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the developments and implementation as part of a health impact assessment, schemes and policies, including public...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent safety standards survey carried out on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 which...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a targeted fund in place to alleviate fees in public institutions for part-time courses at third level for those at work...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been provided for the commencement of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will specifically state if the scheme for the compulsory purchase of reckonable service which is currently being offered to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the present position regarding the proposed building of the new school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason it is taking so...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on achieving the optimum 60 minutes of physical activity per day recommendation, excluding physical education time, for...
    • In-service Training
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the provision of resources for adequate teacher training to support healthy eating and active living; if she will develop...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the issue of nutrition and physical activity levels of school children being seen as part of the duty of care of each...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the restructuring of the senior cycle curriculum to incorporate social, personal and health education, a focus on life...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on home school community co-ordinators incorporating healthy life skills within the wider framework of home visitations; her...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on post-primary schools encouraging the engagement of their student councils and parents' associations in promoting the...

    • Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on encouraging third level colleges and institutions to adopt the health promoting college concept and to actively address...
    • Industry Sponsorship Policy
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the development and implementation of a national regularly reviewed code of practice in relation to industry sponsorship...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the introduction of an evidence based intervention programme to all primary schools on a consistent basis in line with...
    • Road Safety
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the provision of safe walkways, cycleways or transport to permit every child to receive a safe and active passage to...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on increasing opportunity for physical activity in schools that are inclusive and appropriate to age, gender and ability,...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the introduction of a skills programme, which teach and develop training in basic food preparation and budgeting in...
    • State Examinations
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused support for the junior certificate examinations, despite detailed reports on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the application for a new unit for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be approved; and if the current site is...
    • Climate Change Strategy
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if biomass heating was installed in eight schools in the summer of 2007 as announced in the national climate change strategy; if this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress towards the restructuring of a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if money has been allocated towards same;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the money that was spent every year since 2000 to develop ABA schools and education; the percentage of this that was of the education...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide as a table, the total budget for back to education schemes for every year since 2000; and the amount of that...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a third level grant will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who is in the second year of a course...
    • EU Funding
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the programmes and schemes operated by her Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the decentralisation of her staff to Athlone; the number of staff already decentralised; the numbers yet to be...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Meath was awarded a higher education grant for 2007/2008; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions that have been made to help children with dyslexia in County Meath for 2008; the supports her Department offers on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost to her Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3860/08]
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if University College Dublin is contemplating or negotiating the sale of part or all of Lyons Estate, Celbridge, County Kildare; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an urgently needed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Defence the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3087/08]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Defence the period of time a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was a member of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of task forces currently operating in his Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the estimated cost of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Defence the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's quarterly return to the...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the military barracks in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/08]
    • EU Funding
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the European Union; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Defence the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3859/08]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the setting up of a national property services regulatory authority, as recommended by the National...
    • Cultural Events
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concept of the organisation of an international parade day for foreign national communities in order to...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the Land Registry if a person was left a house on the death of their mother in 1984 and they...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in the Director of Public Prosecutions report on the tragic deaths of persons (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies....
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda clearances processed each month in the past six months in respect of voluntary and social activity; the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason his Department has...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of task forces currently operating in his Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his Department's...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the outsourcing of the speed cameras and enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Identification Cards
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will require legal non-EU immigrants and their children to carry biometric identification cards; and if he will make...
    • Criminal Compensation Tribunal
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role of the Criminal Compensation Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3248/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis for the refusal of the 509 applications for naturalisation in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff assigned to assessing applications for naturalisation and long-term residence for each of the past five...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person who is responsible for the policing of the Phoenix Park; the plans in place to improve the level of policing in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intercede with his officials in the Garda National Immigration Bureau on behalf of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the amount of anxiety, frustration and upset that many so called boy racers are...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [3287/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for naturalisation and for a work permit. [3288/08]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the new evidence in the case of a person (details supplied); and if their family will be assisted....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several Garda stations in the Dublin south central electoral area, namely...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position following the Dillon versus the Director of Public Prosecutions ruling on begging; the impact this will have...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford has not had a decision on their asylum application following...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a certificate of naturalisation will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a copy of previous information will be forwarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford under the Criminal Injuries Board following an...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to delays being experienced by people seeking Garda clearance to work with people with...
    • Casino Regulation
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the gaming and leisure report; and the plans for legislation to regulate the sector in the future....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the expired passport of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be returned to them in order that they can...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3705/08]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a first registration certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [3728/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budget for the proposed rural Garda station programme nationally; the number of places in Tipperary south that will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí who worked in Fethard in 1998; the number that currently work there; the amount he plans to have...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who is seeking naturalisation. [3734/08]
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the impact the Prison Rules Revision enacted in October 2007 has had; the eligibility of prisoners to receive extra...
    • EU Funding
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a Garda patrol car will be reallocated to the Garda station at Newtowncunningham in Letterkenny, County Donegal. [3775/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the decentralisation of the Land Registry to Roscommon; the number of staff already decentralised; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3866/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for transfer to alternative accommodation for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin having regard...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if in relation to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 5 December 2007, there was correspondence from the Garda...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number — in relation to REP scheme 3 for hill sheep farmers in the designated areas — of herd owners...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on changing the present system to permit motorists purchasing new vehicles with low emissions...
    • Land Sales
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in the issuing of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has ordered or asked Meath County Council to place a development exclusion zone in archeologically...
    • Electoral Boundaries
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review committee on local government electoral boundaries will take public submissions; and the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [3058/08]
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) has had the tax on their car increased by 10%; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these...
    • Water Quality
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of defective or failed waste and water treatment systems brought to the attention of his...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the decentralisation of part of his Department to Waterford City; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken to regulate the adult entertainment industry; if he has set up a working group on...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number with regard to the operation of the Affordable Housing Partnership in 2007, of affordable housing...
    • Special Amenity Areas
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a wood and lake (details supplied) in County Laois are under the remit of his Department; if so, the steps...
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the granting of a licence to a hunt (details supplied), in view of the important...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will exempt hunt kennels from the provisions of legislation or ministerial order regarding dog breeding...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 16 October 2007, the position in relation to a local authority...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to turn Spike Island into a natural heritage site, complete with a visitors centre. [3511/08]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the capital funding to local authorities for the development of playgrounds as promised under the National...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Action Plan for Green Public Procurement was published in 2007 as scheduled; and if not, when it will...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the revised part L building standards regulations, due to come into force in 2008 and to achieve up to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Guidelines on Sustainable Development due to be published in draft for consultation in autumn 2007...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding his Department has given to sewerage schemes in County Mayo in each of the years 2002 to 2007; if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he plans to publish a new housing strategy for people with disabilities; if his attention...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the review of the Building Regulations Part M will be completed. [3772/08]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers of people on local authority social housing waiting lists for each local authority area; and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 14 November 2007, if beaches are included for the purposes of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3862/08]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements in place in his Department for the licensing, supervision and inspection of puppy farms; and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines or the policy of his Department in relation to contracts funded by Department funding for...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the decentralisation of Ordnance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the statutory bodies for which he has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the national broadband scheme; when he expects the tender to be awarded; and when the roll out...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of task forces currently operating in his Department; the membership and terms of reference; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to his...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to effect the roll-out of broadband in County Offaly; the steps being taken to provide...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are plans to extend a natural gas supply to Youghal. [3509/08]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Sustainable Energy Ireland extended the energy agreements programme to the small and medium enterprise...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Power of One awareness campaign was extended to an all-island campaign during 2007 as scheduled; and if...
    • EU Funding
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of the programmes and schemes operated by his Department which were or continue to be funded in full...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the decentralisation of the Central Fisheries Board to Carrick-on-Shannon; the number of staff...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3857/08]

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