Written answers
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied that the methodology of measuring consistent poverty as used under EU-SILC provides a true measure of the level...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the substantial waiting time for decisions on the payment of disability allowance, state contributory pension,...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his intentions to alter the criteria applying under the habitual residency condition. [5238/08]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on his Department taking lead responsibility for co-ordinating actions to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he has taken in respect of the commitment in the programme for Government to examine the possibility of introducing a...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements that are in place to collect PPS numbers from landlords who are benefitting from rent supplement payments to...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will roll out proposals allocating individual lone parents a trained welfare adviser from his Department to help access...
- Pension Provisions
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to introduce a special saving incentive account type pension scheme as part of proposals to increase pension...
- Departmental Estimates
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied that the allocation for jobseekers benefit for 2008 is sufficient to meet demand for the payment in view of the...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on proposed developments outlined in the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007 to 2016 in respect of social...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans he has to extend the number of hours a carer may work and still retain entitlement to carer's allowance and carer's...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the document, record and information programme will be fully implemented in his Department; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans he has to improve the income disregard available to claimants on jobseekers allowance to bring it in line with the...
- Registration of Births
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied that the registration system for births is robust and free of fraud; the actions his Department has taken to...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to alter the conditions of rent supplement in order that those in receipt of that benefit who are eligible for the...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of the fraud and abuse risk assessments undertaken of the four schemes examined in 2007; and the schemes that will be...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on allowing distance learning training courses and HETAC courses to be included on the approved list for the back to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which the personal advocacy service is now in place; and the reason for the delay. [5261/08]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he has taken in the past year to help low income families. [4616/08]
- Pension Provisions
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he will take to address the anomalous position of recipients of State pension, transition, who under the terms of the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he has taken to address the high number of decisions which are not upheld by the appeals office for payments where...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the continued justification for not back dating payments for waiting days in respect of claimants whose claims extend beyond the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in relation to recovery of unpaid maintenance to recipients of one-parent family payment by absent parents; and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will further raise the existing caps on rent supplementation to reflect real market costs to increase access to the private...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding each of the reviews of the Combat Poverty Agency; and the outcome and main recommendations of each. [5249/08]
- National Carers Strategy
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to publish a national carers strategy. [5260/08]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a report by the Irish Human Rights Commission, A Report on an Enquiry into the Impact of Certain provisions of Social...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the decentralisation programme in his Department and its agencies; and the parts of the programme that have...
- Social Welfare Payment System
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the tendering process and timetable with regard to the social welfare contract in relation to An Post;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on easing or improving the means test applied by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5226/08]
- Data Protection
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the review by the Data Protection Commissioner to improve data security procedures in his Department has been finalised; and...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the work in his Department to reduce overpayments and fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5253/08]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Bodies
Question 172: To ask the Taoiseach the date of establishment of Irish-American Economics Advisory Board; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body; the number of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are due to decentralise showing...
- Departmental Staff
Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement and capital project...
- Department of Finance
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date of establishment of the programme for peace and reconciliation; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are due...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of formalised contract reviews for large projects over €30 million by Department; and the number audited by his...
- Departmental Staff
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since his advice to Departments on this matter in 2005; the details of...
- Departmental Performance Tables
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide the performance table for Government Departments and State agencies regarding the extent of project outcomes versus...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has assessed the implications of the recommendation of the decentralisation implementation group that his Department should free...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date of establishment of the committee on top level appointments in the Civil Service; if this group is still in existence; the...
- Customs and Excise Service
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the customs and excise systems in place at private airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5379/08]
- Tax Code
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people and accounts liable to paying DIRT for each of the years 2002 to 2007; the number who received refunds; the...
- State Property
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has identified alternative uses for the spare capacity at the Government buildings in Ballina arising from the establishment of...
- Passport Applications
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has a record of the identity of the person on whose behalf an official telephoned a person (details supplied)...
- Department of Health and Children
- Community Pharmacy Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason pharmacists have not signed up to the full pharmaceutical contract issued by the Health Service Executive; and if she will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under her Department which are due...
- Hospital Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for physiotherapy in a Dublin hospital. [5395/08]
- Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for an audiology appointment in County Roscommon; the steps she is taking to address this backlog; and if she will make...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures to be put in place in view of the fact that there was no BCG vaccine available between October 2007 and March 2008 to...
- Medicinal Products
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a drug (details supplied) has been taken off the market here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5481/08]
- Alcohol Abuse
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 30 January 2008, the reason for her refusal to establish an office to...
- Medical Cards
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is afforded a psychological report, as same is...
- Mental Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when, 20 years after it was first promised, a psychiatric unit will be built in the grounds of Beaumont Hospital; and when patients will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people here who have a residual disability as a result of a stroke or an acquired brain injury; the types of residual...
- Health Statistics
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people affected by stroke here each year; the breakdown of same per age bracket (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (detail supplied) in County Cavan will be supported. [5627/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5647/08]
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5648/08]
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [5649/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments on this matter...
- Department of Transport
- Aviation Security
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport the security measures in place at private airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5380/08]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are due to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff employed by the Road Safety Authority; the future plans for employment by the RSA with a breakdown of location of staff across...
- Departmental Staff
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement and capital...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments on this matter in 2005;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are due to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date of establishment of Atlantic corridor project; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body; the number of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement and...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments on this matter in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Properties
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the development of a site (details supplied) in Cork, particularly on the extension of naval...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on abolishing capping on community, employment schemes in view of the fact that participants wish to be treated...
- Job Creation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Industrial Development Authority plans for job creation in Carrick-on-Suir; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Company Closures
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene to assist former employees of a company (details supplied); if to date any redundancy or other...
- Industrial Relations
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department agreed with the decision of the State to concede in the High Court case taken by a group (details...
- Employment Rights
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the situation where a company (details supplied) is refusing to allow workers from south...
- Grant Payments
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 28 September 2006, the grant aid returned to his Department by the company;...
- Industrial Development
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support enterprise development in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Bodies
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date of establishment of Council of National Cultural Institutions; if this council is still in existence; the purpose and role...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the initiatives his Department is taking, both in sport and tourism, to develop walkways and to promote walking holidays; and if he...
- Arts Funding
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the supports available to develop a school of music; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5320/08]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date of establishment of a company (details supplied); if this company is still in existence; the purpose and role of this...
- Departmental Staff
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments on this...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- School Meals Programme
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department will give early approval to a DEIS school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for inclusion in the free school lunch...
- Social Insurance
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that persons seeking PPS numbers are genuine applicants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when, in view of the continuing rise in rents, he will improve the maximum rents available to rent supplement recipients. [5442/08]
- Social Welfare Payment System
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce the payment of social welfare benefits through electronic fund transfer; the consultation taking place to...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the date of establishment of money advice and budgeting service; the purpose and role of this body; the number of members of the...
- Live Register
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on the live register on 31 January 2008 and on the same date in each of the past five years; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of disability benefit or allowance at 31 January 2008 and at the same date in the proceeding five...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the carer's allowance significantly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5547/08]
- Bilateral Social Security Agreements
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the bilateral agreements with the objective of identifying those countries with which the arrangement is most...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the increased hardship arising from job losses resulting in an inability to meet mortgage or...
- Departmental Staff
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the date of establishment of the national drugs strategy team; if this group is still in existence; the purpose and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a company (details supplied) received grants in 2007 under the dairy investment fund; and if, in the event of grants...
- Coastal Erosion
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 6 February 2008, if there are plans under the coastal protection programme...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under her Department...
- Grant Payments
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the hold up in REP scheme payments to farmers in County Mayo; when they will be receiving same; and if she...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the date of establishment of Relay — Research for Food Industry; the purpose and role of this body; the number of members...
- Legal Proceedings
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 5 February 2008, if an official of her Department involved in...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in REP scheme two whose plans have expired since the termination of the receipt of the REP scheme...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has received all outstanding information from Mayo County Council; if Dúchas has completed its work on a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has received all outstanding information from Mayo County Council in relation to a harbour development...
- Grant Payments
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their REP scheme payment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the budget allocated to the REP scheme programme; and the total amount of funding paid out to date in both REP scheme two...
- Grant Payments
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 28 September 2006, the grant aid returned to her Department by the company;...
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Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grant aid committed to the redevelopment of a plant (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the use of compulsory purchase order powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments on...
- Department of Education and Science
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under her Department which are due...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will guarantee that the existing home tuition allowance payable to parents of autistic children who attend a school in an area...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the development of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [5390/08]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth has not been granted a higher education grant; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department officials will visit proposed sites for a new school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
- Schools Recognition
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the contact her Department had with the proposed school (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason this application has not...
- Water Conservation Schemes
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are grants available from her Department that would assist schools to fund the installation of rainwater collection systems...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Gaelscoileanna that have been approved for new schools on a county basis. [5471/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special needs assistant was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who suffered brain damage at birth,...
- School Transport
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if free transport will be approved for a child with special needs (details supplied) in County Louth who is attending a primary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for new schools in the Balbriggan area and in particular her Department's plans to accommodate schools (details supplied) in...
- School Accommodation
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the severe accommodation problems in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the position in...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the context of persons who were in residential institutions and who were abused and who have been granted awards by the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to concerns being expressed around Tallaght regarding the urgent need for redevelopment of a complex...
- School Accommodation
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the technical assessment recommended by the commission on school accommodation has been completed for a school (details supplied)...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim to go to design; the timeframe for completion of same. [5630/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of cases for review that have been taken by the National Council for Special Education to date arising from a request by...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time frame for the mid-term review of schools not included in DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5645/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments on this...
- Department of Defence
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department which are due to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Defence the date of establishment of the Defence Forces canteen board; if this board is still in existence; the purpose and role of this board; the number...
- Departmental Staff
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement and capital...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Defence if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments on this matter in 2005;...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his Department...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date of establishment of Commission for the Victims of the Northern Ireland Conflict; if this commission is still in...
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Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date of establishment of the committee on court practice and procedure; if this committee is still in existence; the...
- Police Co-operation
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 31 January 2008 in relation to protocols, if he will make a statement listing...
- Sexual Offences
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, under the terms of the memorandum of understanding on information sharing arrangements between Ireland and the UK...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the official figures on which he bases his view that marriages of convenience are being increasingly availed of to avoid...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it takes to process a naturalisation application; the reason for the amount of time it takes to process...
- Residency Permits
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it takes to process a long term residence application; the reason for the amount of time it takes to...
- Garda Stations
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the establishment of a Garda station in the western suburbs of Limerick city in the general neighbourhood of...
- Drug Seizures
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the monetary value of drug seizures carried out by the Garda in the Clondalkin Garda district in 2005, 2006, 2007 and to...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when joint policing committees will be rolled out throughout the State and County Louth in particular; if County Louth will...
- Crime Levels
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of heroin incidents in Tipperary south each year since 2002. [5617/08]
- Prisoner Releases
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason that prisoners with an improved behaviour record are being refused sensible pre-release courses (details...
- Departmental Staff
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to Departments...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available from his Department for the provision of skateboard parks; the number of such grants...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his...
- Water Quality
Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to remedy the remaining deficiencies in public and group water supplies, as identified...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date of establishment of the Environmental Information Service; if this group is still in existence; the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any local authority has sought funding for the provision of initiating community garden allotment schemes...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on social housing lists in Dublin for the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Rural Renewal Schemes
Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application under the rural renewal scheme will be awarded for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Environmental Policy
Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent changes in the motor tax and VRT regimes that will result in a...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will quantify in financial terms the estimated cost to local authorities in respect of the...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will revise the conditions applying to estate management companies as these conditions are proving a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received plans from Galway County Council for a sewerage scheme for Kinvara, County...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will revise guideline criteria and income limits for affordable housing in view of the downturn in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received the preliminary report for the Gort regional water supply; when Galway County...
- Local Government
Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of each of the ministerial orders made under section 24 of the Local Government...
- Departmental Staff
Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will present in tabular form the progress at the end of 2007 in respect of units or agencies under his...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding bodies (details supplied); if each body is still in existence; the status of each; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name of each town with an operational metropolitan area network; the number and name of towns to be...
- Grant Payments
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications received in 2007 for grants for the provision of energy saving solar panels and wood...
- Mine Sites
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received a request from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to provide...
- Departmental Staff
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the use of compulsory purchase orders powers has increased since the advice of the Minister for Finance to...
