Written answers

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Arts Council
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the key recommendations of the arts and education committee report; the action he will take in reaction to these recommendations; if...
    • National Museum
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans being considered for the Natural History Museum's collection while the museum is being refurbished; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a review of the implementation of the tourism policy review group, New Horizons for Irish Tourism: An Agenda for Action, is...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will re-launch the local authority swimming pool programme in view of the fact that the closing date for applications under...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of departmental staff who have decentralised from the Dublin offices of his Department to the new offices in Killarney,...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will give preferential treatment to applications that involve multi-sports facilities when he is deciding on the awarding of...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the budget set aside under the swimming pool programme for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4930/08]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has carried out a national audit of sports facilities nationwide; if so, when this audit will be published; and if he will...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has instructed An Taisce to carry out an investigation into the likely effects future rises in sea levels and coastal erosion...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the formal links that exist between his Department and the Department of Education and Science in view of the positive role played...
    • Sports Events
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the support he has given to the Football Association of Ireland proposal to host the 2011 UEFA Cup Final at Lansdowne Road; and if...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his Department's policy in relation to promoting and supporting drama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4938/08]
    • Sports Funding
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of the estimated €9 million cost that will be borne by the central Exchequer in relation to Tallaght Stadium; if is it...
    • National Museum
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if all artefacts available to the National Museum are on public display; the extent to which such items are kept in storage; and if...
    • National Concert Hall
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall integrating the former University College Dublin site on Earlsfort...
    • National Theatre
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the redevelopment of the National Theatre on Abbey Street; the estimated cost of this project; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Energy Consumption
      Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of electricity used in the offices of his Department at Government Buildings for the past three years; if he will provide a monthly breakdown for...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach, further to his interview on RTÉ news on 26 September 2006, the persons he has appointed to sit on the boards of public bodies during his term as An...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4791/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from his Department; and if he...
    • Cabinet Committees
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on housing, infrastructure and public private partnerships last met; and the regularity with which it meets. [5088/08]
    • National Statistics
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the number of drug related deaths each year for the past five years in Waterford. [5168/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and grade of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007; and if he...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of re-registering written-off UK cars here and a report (details supplied); the action...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a site has been selected for a new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [5153/08]
    • Vehicle Registration
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the length of time a motor vehicle imported from a State within the EU by a non-Irish national resident here may be driven on Irish...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress the Government has made in implementing the regulations on the European Groupings of Territorial Co-operation. [5225/08]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the construction costs of the Leinster House shop recently opened at Kildare Street gate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the maximum value of cash which can be transferred to a niece or nephew which is exempt under inheritance tax in group B; his plans to...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a response to correspondence from persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will initiate a process that superannuation benefits be preserved retrospectively for all public servants with more than ten...
    • Tax Code
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was made redundant in October 2003 is entitled to top-slicing relief; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the recommendations of the Competition Authority regarding banking that he has introduced to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of first time buyers who claimed the stamp duty rebate brought about in the Finance (No.2) Bill in May 2007; and if he will...
    • Theatre Licences
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of theatre licences facilitating the sale of alcohol that were issued in each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of the Office of Public Works purchase of a site (details supplied) adjacent to Mountjoy Prison; the use the OPW will put...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4786/08]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works will apply to the national parks and wildlife service for consent to address flood risk at Clonlara;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason inheritance tax is charged in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4942/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from...
    • Departmental Publications
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason for the error in the State diary 2008 which has resulted in the month of May being recorded incorrectly; the cost to the...
    • Financial Projections
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will calculate 2008 post-budget estimate for the current budget balance, the Exchequer balance and the general Government...
    • Data Protection
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them any...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the sanctions imposed on tenants who fail to meet their obligation to deduct tax or to provide a certificate to the non-resident...
    • Tax Code
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on, as a measure to discourage drink-driving, implementing an exemption on VAT on the purchase by publicans of mini-buses or...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on an application under the disabled drivers and passengers tax concession scheme by a person (details...
    • EU Funding
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the figure of all EU investment here since joining the EEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5143/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of personal taxpayers who claimed mortgage interest relief in the most recent year for which figures are available. [5154/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when outstanding tax owed to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Investment Framework
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if cases of non-compliance with the capital investment framework were reported to his Department in 2007; the Departments and the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of treatment for drug addiction in Waterford. [5167/08]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if research has been carried out on the number of accidents that occurred causing death which could be clearly shown to be related to...
    • Nursing Home Charges
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report on the legal defence by the State of cases seeking to recover the private nursing home costs incurred by...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the exact entitlements of medical card holders regarding dental services; if a statement exists in relation to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is on a waiting list for a tonsillectomy; and when they can expect to be called. [4481/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare will be appointed a home help in view of the fact that their present home help is on...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug addicts registered in County Clare. [4487/08]
    • Youth Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the youth facilities including youth cafés planned for County Clare in 2008. [4488/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cystic fibrosis services available at Cork University Hospital; the number of patients availing of these services; the plans in...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 13 December 2007, if a vacant social worker position is still outstanding; and if she...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lengthy delay in the midlands area with regard to the assessment of appropriate candidates for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the bed places currently closed in Clonakilty community hospital will be made available to those in need of them; and if there is...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide core funding for the Irish Osteoporosis Society in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4525/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will insist on the reinstatement of physiotherapy services at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had communication with a person (details supplied) who has been appointed to play a role in the dispute over pharmacy fees...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria for approving applications for funding under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 to 2010; and if she will...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the nursing home charges repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. ...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future position regarding nursing staff at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and her views on the proposed changes. ...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future status for a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and her views on whether works will be carried out to update this...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the tobacco industry or their representatives were appraised of options that her Department were considering with respect to the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions being afforded to cystic fibrosis patients; and the plans to improve care for sufferers; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a group (details supplied). [4590/08]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of immigrant unaccompanied children who have gone missing from Health Service Executive accommodation in each of the past...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will verify the exact financial loss resulting from the abandonment of the Progesa computer system by the Blood Transfusion...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no provision for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to receive speech therapy; if her attention has been drawn...
    • Health Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has implemented any of the Competition Authority's recommendations regarding optometrists to date; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it can take three months or longer to receive the results of a smear test in the Cork region; her plans to rectify this...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date at Portlaoise General Hospital for an operation; and...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the concerns of an association (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Government have failed for the past 17 months to give the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community an answer as to when a...
    • Community Care
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams the HSE plans to establish on the north side of Dublin city and what these primary care teams are; the...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to commit funding for drop-in-centres for homeless drug and alcohol users in Abbey Street in 2008; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application to the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to ensure that the additional €1.1 million she announced in December 2007 towards progressing the care costs in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agency workers employed by her Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of her Department. [4788/08]
    • Judicial Proceedings
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the State of the recent High Court proceedings regarding the health warnings on cigarette packets sold here being published...
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment in relation to their circulation problems. [4807/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4812/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to increase funding for the home help service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4820/08]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected to have a 24 hour ambulance service located at the ambulance base in Scariff, County Clare. [4821/08]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has refused funding for a society (details supplied); and...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the plans by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to commission an...
    • Data Protection
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider a staffing grant application by a group (details supplied) in County Mayo as had been promised, rather than...
    • Health Services
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for community services in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and audiology in...
    • Alcohol-related Deaths
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of alcohol-related deaths recorded in County Kerry during 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5050/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital bed nights taken up by people with alcohol related problems in Kerry General Hospital and in other hospitals...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is policy to ensure that patients with mental and physical disabilities in residential homes are segregated from residents...
    • Data Protection
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been informed by any of the agencies attached to her Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them any...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy for developing facilities for children and teenagers admitted to accident and emergency with mental health crises such as...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to provide additional capacity in the dialysis unit at the General Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal. [5102/08]
    • Departmental Studies
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis for the Government's decision not to include DNA sampling in the scientific longitudinal childhood study; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has responded to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5120/08]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the application for work to be completed to the house of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of specialist nurses that have been employed in the various departments of Waterford Regional Hospital in each of the past...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the drug sodium amytol was licensed for use here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5156/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers employed in each community care area in each of the past five years in the south-east region;...
    • Health Statistics
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug related deaths each year for the past five years in Waterford. [5166/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in County Cork can be accommodated in a special speech and language class at a school in County Cork. [5183/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new nursing home fair deal scheme will be become operational in the Mayo area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason transport was withdrawn in mid-2007 from a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if her Department's cutbacks will...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, she is satisfied that the level of 24 hour ambulance cover is adequate to meet the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the persons (details supplied) were made aware of the review of ultrasounds at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the case for supplying all cystic fibrosis suffers with medical cards; and the estimated cost of doing so. [5208/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the range of services available to stroke victims, their families and carers at the stroke rehabilitation unit at Baggot Street...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if emission levels from the transport sector in 2006, estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency to be 14.013 million tonnes of CO2, are in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the requirements of applicants for taxi licences; if there is a differentiation between Irish and non-Irish national applicants regarding these...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to provide public transport access to Malin Head, where the public service was discontinued in 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road and Rail Networks
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport the consultations that have taken place between his senior Department officials and officials from the Northern Ireland administration in relation...

    • Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria he used to determine the viability of the Cork-Dublin railway line; the amount the project cost; the breakdown of where the funding...

    • Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fact that Transport 21 precedes the signing of the Belfast Agreement, he will reconsider current policy, in view of potential...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 30 January 2008, the responsibility of the Government in relation to policy direction, in view of...
    • Road Network
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown by county of funding spent on national primary roads between 1997 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4721/08]
    • Rail Network
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on putting a railway line along the proposed new dual carriageway from Derry to Aughnacloy or through the centre; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4792/08]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the liberalisation of the taxi service has not been applied to the airport at Shannon. [4824/08]
    • Air Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of negotiations with the USA Government regarding the provision of full custom and immigration clearance at Shannon Airport; and the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport when the construction of the Clondalkin Fonthill train station will commence; when it is expected to be open to passengers; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will issue local authorities with details of non-national road grants as same are long overdue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport the person who has initial responsibility for investigating the health and safety aspects of accidents involving one vehicle. [4961/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from his...
    • Public Transport
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of proposals to provide a bus service for the town of Ennis and Hinterland. [5014/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a report from the National Roads Authority on the feasibility or otherwise of an eastern bypass for Dublin; if so, when a...
    • Data Protection
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them any disks, laptops...
    • Rail Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the strategic management plan being followed for the delivery of the rail service for the east coast for 2008, particularly since the arrival of...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of public service vehicle licences that were in existence in County Clare prior to taxi deregulation; and the number that currently...
    • Road Network
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an expenditure profile and additional information regarding the R312 Belmullet — Castlebar road from Mayo County Council; if...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will meet with all Oireachtas representatives from County Kerry in the near future to discuss the future of Valentia Coast Guard station,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the reports on two women with Downs Syndrome being used as suicide bombers in Baghdad, Iraq are correct; and if he will raise this at...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford can not be issued with passports for themselves and their children as Gaeilge,...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation regarding the Darfur region of Sudan; and the action his Department is taking to assist in resolving the humanitarian crisis...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason his Department stated on 21 January 2008 that it was no longer accepting personal cheques as it takes ten days for clearance by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4787/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from his...
    • Consular Services
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of representations made by, or on behalf of, Irish citizens for each of the past four years seeking financial aid for the payment...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Mogolino orphanage situation in Bulgaria; if there has been further development of the issue; the extent to which...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 6 February 2008, the funding provided to each country in Africa in each of the past five...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the procedure to be followed in obtaining a passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made in respect of the decentralisation of the Health and Safety Authority to Thomastown, County Kilkenny; if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take in response to the letter he received from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 in view of the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many reputable electrical firms in the electrical contracting industry are...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the standard of having the ratio of two apprentices to every qualified electrician has fallen as far back as ten...
    • Job Creation
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to address the need to attract high tech, high value jobs in Inishowen; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his...
    • Data Protection
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce legislation to regulate agency workers; the areas the legislation will cover; when he expects it to be...
    • Data Protection
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the regulations pertaining to participation on community employment schemes, particularly those relating...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the input or role he or his Department had in the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the board of governors and guardians...
    • National Aquatic Centre
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the heavy loss making National Aquatic Centre, all staff and management positions will be retained. [5142/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4779/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them any...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the proposals under the tourism development programme established under the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 for the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the applications for grant aid in the past 12 months from the various sporting...
    • Youth Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the Kildare Youth Services development plan for the future; if he has examined the possibility of...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his preferred options for the promotion and development of participation and interest in the arts among young people at community...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he has had discussions with all sporting authorities in the context of meeting ongoing funding requirements; his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [4591/08]
    • Registration of Marriages
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of marriages by civil ceremony which have taken place through the Civil Registration Office in Cork since the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a termination of rent allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be reviewed and restored; and if he...
    • General Register Office
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views with reference to his Department's customer charter, that the General Register Office in Roscommon town has made...
    • Official Languages
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recognition of sign language as an official language here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4699/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of social welfare rent supplements nationwide and in Dublin city; the cost to his Department for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. ...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if assistance is available to persons with diabetes who have to incur extra expenses by being on special diets; if he has given...
    • Data Protection
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent allowance was discontinued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if it will be reinstated; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the first €200 of a person's occupational pension could be disregarded in the same way as from employment...
    • Data Protection
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the reduction in rent allowance payable to a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [5098/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the earnings limit which applies to some recipients of deserted wife's benefit is a barrier to full time...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of a local authority mortgage interest supplement in 2007; the number in receipt of private...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of funding provided for his Department's DRIM project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the 2007 data from the MABSIS system in relation to the number of new clients, the number and percentage of new clients on social...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appeals made in 2007 with a breakdown by payment type; and the outcome of the appeal. [5271/08]
    • Customer Service Targets
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the customer service targets for his Department and the percentage of these that were met in 2007. [5272/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of landlords of Irish properties in 2006 and 2007 who were living outside Ireland and receiving payments for rent...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to review the conditions on the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4796/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the homemakers credit beyond 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4795/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an evaluation of the national drugs strategy 2001 to 2008, outlining both its merits and shortcomings, will be...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the timescale involved for decentralisation of his Department to Knock and Charlestown; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps being taken to ensure that there is a ferry service to Cape Clear, Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Data Protection
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      Question 394: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta leis an obair feabhsúcháin ar an ché ag Rannaigh, Oileán Árainn Mhór, Contae...
    • Gréasán Boithre
      Question 395: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta maidir leis an drochstaid atá ar an bhóthar réigiúnach go hAerfort Dhún na nGall, an mbeidh deontas á cheadú don...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the drug treatment and support services in receipt of public money in Waterford. [5172/08]
    • Community Development
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money allocated to the community services programme operated by Pobal on behalf of his Department; if,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the grant will issue for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4702/08]
    • Food Industry
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will ensure that the €50 million fund available through Enterprise Ireland for the restructuring of the beef...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a foreshore licence will be issued (details supplied). [5209/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment for 2007, in view of...
    • Land Division
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the division of lands in a town-land (details supplied) in County Mayo; the way that land was...
    • Rendering Industry
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names and number of rendering plants in operation within the State; the categories of material they are licensed to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the total 2007 single farm payment has not been granted to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has instructed her Department and the semi-state bodies responsible to her Department to promote and facilitate the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of appeals to the independent appeals boards from each AES region within her Department for the years 2006 and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the dual claim issue on a 2007 single farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has been resolved...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a foreshore licence will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who applied for this almost four...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [4606/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been granted their 2006 single payment. [4607/08]
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a foreshore lease will be issued to facilitate the construction of a slipway (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4704/08]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she plans to fund optimal locations for marina development in Sheephaven Bay, Mulroy Bay, Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of agency workers employed by her Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of her...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the funding is in place for a scheme (details supplied); and if the scheme will be paid on all the animals or on a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme III year two payment in view of the fact that...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications received to date under a scheme (details supplied); and the projected number of applications...
    • Data Protection
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will inform the Agricultural, Environment and Structures offices in County Mayo that farm improvement scheme...
    • Data Protection
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has been informed by any of the agencies attached to her Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason payments have ceased in relation to REP scheme two and REP scheme three; if she will elaborate in detail on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will revise the application for grant aid under the installation aid package for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 5 February 2008 if a person (details supplied) was eligible for the milk...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their REP scheme three payment; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason vocational teachers who paid into a compulsory widow and orphans scheme which existed from 1935 to 1969, are required on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when construction work will begin on a school (details supplied) in County Meath; if the building work will be completed on time to...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm receipt of correspondence relating to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; if a reply was issued on the...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make provision from her Department to a group (details supplied) in County Galway to enable them to fund the Young Mothers...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the Post Primary Policy Document on Second Level Education for People with Autism; if she will publish this document;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive approval to proceed with urgent improvement works; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of the discussion between her Department and a school (details supplied) in north Dublin regarding the shortfall in school...
    • School Management
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the proposed new vocational education committee model primary school for the Diswellstown area in Dublin 15; if a new...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application for a new Gaelscoil from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused a maintenance grant from Cork County Council; if in other years the...
    • School Management
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals for a new community primary school at Phoenix Park; the management structure for the school; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of new buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will purchase land for the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the ten categories of projects will be funded to keep the affected school buildings, facilities and staff and pupil...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for an extension from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be dealt...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide accommodation for an Educate Together school as expressed by parents in Greystones, County Wicklow. [4640/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent figures on the staff numbers in the National Education Welfare Board; her plans, with timescale, to bring this vital...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the data she has available to her in respect of school attendance rates over the past ten years on a national level and in respect of...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed use for an educational building (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and the timescale for bringing it back into use. [4644/08]
    • School Management
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm, in respect of schools operating under the public private partnership model, if it is the case that school...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of unqualified teachers that are working within primary and post-primary education; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in primary education for children of nine or under who are in a class of 30 or more; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding those school building projects that have been sanctioned and completed to the tender process, and which are not...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 355 and 357 of 22 February 2006, she will indicate the progress that has...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when construction will commence at this location;...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools here to which her Department has granted temporary recognition; the schools granted temporary recognition on a...
    • Youth Services
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for funding for a centre (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for capital grant aid under the summer works...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a psychological assessment; and when an individual education plan...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the shortage of second level school places in Balbriggan; if she will provide an assurance that pupils leaving...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the establishment of Education Ireland, the body responsible for promoting Ireland as an international destination for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of agency workers employed by her Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of her Department. [4783/08]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 26 September 2007, the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to build a new primary school in Clonburris, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; when it is expected that this school...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in view of her Department's decision to acquire land for a post-primary school in an area (details supplied) in County Kildare her...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Dr. Jim Port report on the submission of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to university status is supportive of...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arising from the Government decision regarding local authorities and the water rate charges for schools she will increase the...
    • Water Charges
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department's building unit, based in Tullamore, will prepare advice and technical assistance for the 3,300 primary schools with...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that the intake of trainee teachers to the various centres for teacher education is sufficient to meet the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science in respect to the 30 schools that were contacted by her Department before budget 2008 requesting them to put a hold on their building...
    • School Staffing
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the system she has of monitoring the appointment of primary school principals in the 3,300 primary schools; the way her Department is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special educational needs organisers that are working for the National Council for Special Education under the aegis of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has rejected the recommendation made by the task force report regarding the need to make provision for laboratory technicians...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the proposed new primary schools at stage six of the planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when sufficient funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [4957/08]
    • Water Charges
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements for water payments for primary schools and secondary level schools. [4962/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are proposals to pay the pensions of retired vocational teachers through the vocational educational committees rather than...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an application in her Department for the refurbishment and extension of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a technical visit will be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has been informed by any of the agencies attached to her Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them any...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [5114/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made by officials of her Department on a green field site for the relocation of a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will appoint the conservation architect to a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • School Placement
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department can ensure a school place is secured for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [5182/08]
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the figures for student absenteeism for both primary and post-primary schools in Mayo each year from 2002 to 2007;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to a mature student who wishes to sit the leaving certificate exams in County Mayo; and if she will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need for an additional second level school for Lucan south; if a site has been identified for a school;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Defence if flight activity at Baldonnel Aerodrome has increased over the past five years; if there is a restriction on night-time flights; if Baldonnel...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4782/08]
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will review his previous decision and allow a club (details supplied) to use the local army reserve hall as a training facility on the basis...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on authorising the release of pension application files by those who participated in the Easter Rising and War of Independence, in view of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Defence if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the number and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the end of 2007;...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Army Barracks
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Clancy Barracks was used to store guns and ammunition for the Garda in 1999 to 2000; and if so, the procedures that were...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements and procedures for the secure and controlled destruction of the quantities of illegal drugs that are...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will continue to make funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a...
    • Integration Policy
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures being taken in large towns like Balbriggan where incoming, new and longer term residents are experiencing...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people in receipt of a direct provision allowance. [5266/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4472/08]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers randomly breath-tested on roads in 2007; the number and percentage of those who were taken to Garda stations...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí based in Clondalkin each year from 2000 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 22 for each of the years from 2000 to 2008; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the family reunification application for persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the application by persons (details supplied) in County Waterford to be allowed to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a long term residency application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4515/08]
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for training for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a stamp four application and the naturalisation application by a person (details supplied)...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an application for long term residency will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
    • Crime Levels
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been murdered from 2007 to date in 2008 by way of stabbing. [4570/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to bring legislation forward in relation to the curtailment of the carrying of knives. [4571/08]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of roadside checkpoints undertaken by An Garda Síochána in 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted naturalisation. [4578/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be dealt with. [4579/08]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to study here; if an appeal will be made on their application;...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans in conjunction with An Garda Síochána, for the provision of policing in rural areas of County Clare; if his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the processing time in relation to the approximate 30 month processing time for naturalisation...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a group (details supplied) will be assisted. [4648/08]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on delivery services offered by many off-licences at present and the manner in which the licensing laws are...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for a D type visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent by An Garda Síochána on motor fuel for each year since 2001 to date in 2008. [4692/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the waiting time for applications for citizenship; if different procedures and waiting times applied where an applicant is...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, having regard to the exercise of his statutory authority under section 71 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, and the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on setting up a programme whereby members of the Garda visit schools on a regular basis to discuss the issue of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved. [4736/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his...
    • Property Registration Authority
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1273 of 30 January 2008, if he will outline the companies involved in each of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support an application (details supplied). [4828/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm the right to residency of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [4844/08]
    • Garda Ombudsman Commission
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to receive the first report from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. [4943/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for asylum on humanitarian...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of the following person (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [4968/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for citizenship over a long...
    • Data Protection
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing for a person (details supplied) will be completed in respect of a Land Registry matter in County Kilkenny....
    • Adult Entertainment Venues
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures that exist for licensing lap-dancing clubs; and his views on policy changes in order to avoid the high risk...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for family reunification by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency under subsidiary protection for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will be supported. [5136/08]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether under the Equal Status Act 2000, the Equality Act 2004 and the Employment Equality Act 1998, political...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to increase the number of gardaí assigned to Rathfarnham Garda Station in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to increase the number of mountain bikes allocated to Rathfarnham Garda Station in Dublin; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the powers members of the Garda have to penalise a disqualified driver when stopped at a checkpoint; if changes are being...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the installation of closed circuit television in the centre of Clonmel is expected to proceed; and his estimate of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures made in Waterford with a breakdown by type of drug and volume each year for the past five...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in Waterford with a breakdown by rank and specialty unit. [5170/08]
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of checks that have been carried out by the Garda to vet persons dealing with the care of children, including...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions and the number of convictions that have taken place for driving under the influence of drugs...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date and agenda of the last meeting between the Garda National Immigration Bureau, the Department of Enterprise, Trade...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for subsidiary protection that have been received; the number that have been approved; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Vacant Dwellings
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has assessed the extent of vacant housing property in the Irish market; and the implications for public...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status in relation to the purchase of bog lands by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his officials or bodies under his remit will take to relocate the seals that are currently feeding...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the Government's emission reduction targets for 2008 to 2012 between the EU...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the performance improvement indicators applied to local authorities and to which Departments; the person who...
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend the date for appeal under the special protection area of Friday, 8 February 2008 for at...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inspections that have been carried out by local authorities of privately rented properties by...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is in receipt of an application for funding from Kilkenny County Council for the provision of a new...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Government has adopted a policy to purchase carbon credits abroad and does not have a policy...
    • EU Directives
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the resources, including additional resources, which he proposes to make available to local authorities in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on proposals for the installation of proprietary waste water treatment plants; if a grant scheme...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on affordable housing waiting lists for each local authority area in 2006; and if he...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Wicklow town is exempt with regard to clean air policy and smoking coal; if the clean air policy will be...
    • Election Management System
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring the e-voting machine situation to a conclusion. [4629/08]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of the implementation of S.I. 666 of 2006 where planning permission is granted after 1 January...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a submission (details supplied) from Athy Town Council on the purchase of a number of...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations of the Competition Authority regarding architects that he has implemented to date; and if...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of landlords who have subscribed to the rental accommodation scheme to date in Dublin city; and if...
    • Light Pollution
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the severe light pollution caused by a centre (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when final approval and execution will issue in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the national parks and wildlife service received an application to remove silt from the Shannon Cut,...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if regulations (details supplied) are in place; if legislation has gone through Dáil Éireann in this...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the national parks and wildlife service will be in a position to make a decision on the proposed works...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new Ennis water treatment system will be operational. [4827/08]
    • Water Charges
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, arising from the Government decision of 4 January 2008 with respect to transitional arrangements for...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed new fire station for Tallow, County Waterford in view of his Department's...
    • Purchase of Lands
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make funds available to Kells Town Council to commence a refurbishment plan (details supplied)...
    • Data Protection
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in publishing the regulations governing dog breeding, promised in 2007. [5083/08]
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects that have been completed in the two national development plans to date in respect of each hub...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the national parks and wildlife service fleet of 160 vehicles moved to a bio-fuel blend of 5% during 2007,...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are grants available from his Department to enable people who are experiencing health difficulties...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals for the co-ordination of the foreshore licensing regime and the planning code in addition...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a motion passed by Carrick-on-Suir town council on 14 January 2008 and sent to him on 15 January...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the formula his Department uses to assess the financial contribution of local authorities towards capital...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make grant assistance available to householders who wish to go eco-friendly and install their own...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Enterprise Ireland and Sustainable Energy Ireland are scheduled to review and recommend on economic,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the fuel poverty action research project was completed by the end of 2007 as stated in the energy White...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a review of dividend policy for the semi-State energy enterprises was completed in conjunction with the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans with regard to the transmission assets of ESB; and if there are Government plans for the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on external consultants in 2007, including a detailed breakdown of the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of local phone exchanges enabled or due to be enabled in County Clare in 2008 for broadband. [4486/08]
    • Energy Imports
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the east west interconnector; the proposed route of this interconnector; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the broadband coverage and available broadband speeds in County Wicklow; the percentage...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the home insulation programme; when these energy efficiency incentives will be implemented; and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a project (details supplied) from a community, educational, health and business point of view; and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress or otherwise in respect of the roll out of broadband through the MANs contract in the south east...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide further information regarding the replies he received and referred to in a previous...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to effect the roll out of broadband in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will broaden the terms of his independent study into the transmission line infrastructure to address...
    • Fishing Licences
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the rise from €64 to €128 for the fishing licence, there are plans to introduce a reduced...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request the Fisheries Board to explain the reason it is unwilling to match the 80,000 fry put into...
    • Data Protection
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if hotels and other licensed premises are required to pay a television licence fee for each TV set on the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provisions being made to provide additional electrical storage capacity to meet fluctuations in supply; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of...

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