Written answers

Tuesday, 19 February 2008

  • Department of Defence
    • Hearing Impairment Claims
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of claims for damages by members of the Defence Forces for deafness determined in court or settled out of court at the latest date for...
    • Army Strength
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Defence when the commitment made in the programme for Government 2007 to provide the Defence Forces with an additional 350 military personnel in training...
    • Public Information Campaign
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals in regard to the 2008 annual programme of major stimulated exercises and to use these structured exercises to support sustained public...
    • Defence Forces Patients Charter
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress to date on the implementation of the Defence Forces patients charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6354/08]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the explosion that occurred in the Lebanon on 8 January 2008 injuring two members of the Defence Forces serving with UNIFIL;...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals in 2008 to increase the size of the Navy flotilla and develop the Air Corps airlift capabilities. [6345/08]
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason it is not possible for all former medical officers employed in the Defence Forces to conduct annual medical examinations and assist in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants by grade serving in his Department by grade on 1 January 1996, 1 January 2000 and 1 January 2008 together with the...
    • Medical Appointments
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of enlisted personnel referred to medical consultants in 2007; the average waiting period; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Facilities
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made on providing a workplace child care facility in the Curragh Camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6359/08]
    • Court Cases
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated cost to the Defence Forces of payments and legal costs arising from a decision of the Circuit Court to dismiss a case taken by his...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the operation of the equality and anti-bullying measures in the military in 2007. [6342/08]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops currently serving in Kosovo; if he is satisfied with all arrangements for their safety and security having regard to the...
    • Veterans Groups
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of subvention provided in 2007 to support and encourage the work of the officially recognised veterans groups (details supplied) and the...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposals for official commemorations in 2008 for the anniversary of the Easter Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6334/08]
    • Compensation Payments
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid out to members of the Defence Forces for each of the past five years in respect of compensation claims for injury or illness; the...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the proposed renovation of military accommodation in A, B and C blocks in Cathal Brugha Barracks has not commenced on schedule; when work...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the option of co-locating elements of his Department and elements of defence headquarters was not implemented as part of the Government's...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the call by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to raise the minimum age for membership of the Defence Forces to 18; the number...
    • Defence Forces Medical Officers
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of currently serving Defence Forces medical officers who meet the criteria for membership of a specialist register; the register...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian doctors, dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists providing services to the Defence Forces, for the year ending 31 December...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has proposals to augment the strength of the Defence Forces all ranks male and female; if he will augment, upgrade or otherwise enhance...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Defence the Defence Forces properties disposed of in 2007; the amount accrued from each disposal; and the capital and new equipment the proceeds of these...
    • National Monuments
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding his proposal for a national memorial to commemorate deceased members of the Defence Forces who have died in service; when he...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of non-nationals (details supplied) serving in his Department; the number serving at each grade and by gender; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Medical Officers
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of retired Defence Forces medical officers employed by the Defence Forces; the types of contracts operated; and the number employed who...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to promoting greater cooperation and knowledge sharing between the coastguard, the Navy and the Air Corps to ensure...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will correspond with party leaders asking them to nominate representatives to the all-party Oireachtas consultation group on the...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of the study group to examine the possible introduction of the use of roll-over protection systems in Irish troop...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated costs involved in the decentralisation of elements of his Department to Newbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Defence if there has been progress in recruiting additional staff at the military archive in Cathal Brugha barracks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Defence if a cost benefit analysis was conducted on the decentralisation of elements of his Department to Newbridge and elements of Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Defence the new proposals in regard to strengthening the Defence Forces Reserve in 2008. [6343/08]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made by the chief of staff in regard to his previous review of recruitment into the Defence Forces at all levels and implementing...
    • White Paper on Defence
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in the review of the implementation of the White Paper on Defence. [6337/08]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Information Society Commission
      Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach the date of establishment of the Information Society Commission group on the content industry; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of...
    • Population Statistics
      Question 168: To ask the Taoiseach the population figures in each of the 18 Dublin Garda districts in the 2006 census. [5946/08]
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 170: To ask the Taoiseach the number of capital projects funded by his Department in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; the number of cases in which the percent for arts grant was...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems; the cost of maintaining the...
    • Travel Schedule
      Question 172: To ask the Taoiseach the official programme for his recent visit to Manchester; the projected cost of the visit; the mode of transport used; the names and titles of the persons...
    • Tourism Sector
      Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people directly and indirectly employed in the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5873/08]
    • Equity Stakes
      Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6638/08]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach if there have been any new developments in receiving the co-operation of the British Government into the investigation of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a VRT rebate is allowable on all vehicles purchased since Budget 2008 which have the relevant manufacturer's CO2 documentation;...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps that need to be taken to remove the scaffolding from the Rock of Cashel as it is coming into the busy tourist season. ...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress that has been made on the selection of a new location for the Dundrum Garda station; when construction will commence;...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of capital projects funded by his Department in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; the number of cases in which the...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems;...
    • Data Protection
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the results of the review of systems and procedures operated by Departments and agencies to protect the confidentiality of personal...
    • Tax Code
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people who have availed of tax relief for childminders minding children at home; the breakdown of the counties they...
    • National Parks
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have applied for a tree felling licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the financial arrangements the State has entered into with regard to the collocation of private hospitals on publicly owned lands...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if he will...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the site has been acquired for the new Garda divisional headquarters for Meath; the cost of acquiring the site; when construction...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proposals and their cost that have been submitted to his Department under the Gateways Innovation Fund; when he expects the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to remove creches and preschools from the rateable valuation net or the plans his Department has to open a new category of...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance in County Louth; and the number of applicants successfully awarded the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale behind a system which requires people who have qualified for an invalidity pension to have to reapply annually for a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will provide the necessary funding to Kerry General Hospital in order that it can provide a proper orthopaedic service, that...
    • Health Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if responsibility for the provision of respite care for the wheelchair sector has been transferred (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount drawn down through her Department for the percent for arts scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of capital projects funded by her Department in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; the number of cases in which the...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of financial management systems in place in her Department; the persons who provided her Department with these systems; the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department investigated the cost saving factor of subvention for applicants to reside in retirement villages rather than long...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, contrary to the Government's decentralisation policy, certain Health Service Executive offices are being moved from rural...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare would be facilitated with a place for residential living; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork with special needs can be provided with the required dental treatment. [6115/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the human resources section of the Health Service Executive will provide information requested by the Department of Social and...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme particularly as the claimant...
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for patients requiring artificial limbs. [6193/08]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason sufferers of Huntington's disease are excluded from the long-term illness scheme. [6211/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to get a bed for surgery in Galway Regional Hospital. [6214/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Mental Health Tribunals that have been held since the implementation of the Mental Health Act 2001; the cost of these...
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for speech and language assessment in north Clondalkin and the urgent need for...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to ensure that a locum is employed to replace a dermatologist in the Mater Hospital who...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of Comhairle na nOspidéal; if this group is still in existence; the purpose and role of this group; the...
    • Dental Health Foundation
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the Dental Health Foundation; if this group is still in existence; the purpose and role of this group; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre; if this group is still in existence; the purpose and role of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the Hospital Trust Board; if this group is still in existence; the purpose and role of this group; the...
    • Voluntary Hospitals
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the Central Mental Hospital; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this board; the...
    • Voluntary Organisations
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the Central Remedial Clinic; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this board; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this...
    • Voluntary Hospitals
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of Mercy University Hospital; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the National Maternity Hospital; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body; the...
    • Voluntary Hospitals
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of St. James's Hospital Board; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body; the...
    • Voluntary Organisations
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of St. Mary's Hospital and Residential School in Baldoyle; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and...
    • Voluntary Hospitals
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of St. Vincent's Hospital; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body; the number...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the advisory committee for human medicine; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the Beaumont Hospital Car Park Limited; if this company is still in existence; the level of equity held by...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of establishment of the national child care management committee; if this committee is still in existence; the purpose and role...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proceedings of the meeting of the Joint Committee of Health and Children on 12 February 2008 attended by the Health...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to an application on a behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the nursing home charges...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a decision regarding an application for special housing aid for the elderly by a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children suffering from diabetes in Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath who are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects a liaison nurse for cystic fibrosis patients to be appointed for the mid-west area; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nature of each of the grade VIII or above Health Service Executive posts that were approved by her Department and the Department of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the renal dialysis unit at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore will be fully operational; if the uncommissioned section will...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for treatment on the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the number of these people who are on...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on handing over land (details supplied) in County Galway to a voluntary organisation; the number of organisations seeking to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that payments due to a hospital (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of facilitating sessional...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the application by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry for a home care package; and if she will...
    • Judicial Proceedings
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 12 February 2008, when she expects to have the costs of the action referred;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a position (details supplied) within the Health Service Executive in County Mayo will be filled temporarily to cover a maternity...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an extension to the deadline for the contractual stage of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo can be extended; and if she...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (detail supplied) will receive a refund under the nursing home scheme. [6553/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for children seeking speech therapy in Tipperary north; if she will compare them with other areas nationally; and if...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the companies in which her Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath who was referred from the Beaumont Hospital to St. Luke's for radiation therapy...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will release the multi-disciplinary Pollack report on cystic fibrosis facilities and treatment requirements; when the...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been in contact with the Health Minister in the Six Counties in relation to joint approaches to hospital-based infections...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12, an elderly person recovering from cancer who...
    • Health Services
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for a new health centre at Ballydowd, Lucan, County Dublin; when it is expected to commence construction; when it is expected...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the universal screening programme for cystic fibrosis will be implemented; the form this test will take; if the resources for the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the already planned consultant specialising in cystic fibrosis will be commencing work in Cork University Hospital, and Limerick...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been considered for a gym in the Cork University Hospital in order to carry out fitness assessments for out-patients; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reporting system and management within the Health Service Executive; the manner in which management is structured; if it is...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason children with cystic fibrosis cannot be allocated a medical card in their own right, even if their families do not apply; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a programme to educate parents on cystic fibrosis and the way to manage it, as well as the probability of families...
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason getting permission for ethical permission for surveys and studies takes one year to process; if she will implement a standard...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a consultant specialising in cystic fibrosis for children will be recruited for Waterford Regional Hospital. [6825/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allow late application for the nursing home refund scheme where the late application was due to reasonable cause; and if she...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason childcare communities (details supplied) that have been approved provisionally for funding are not eligible to be considered...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine proposals (details supplied) on Familiscope; and if she will develop them as part of the Mental Health Strategy....
    • Health Services
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if stage two of the national review of Health Service Executive funded adult day services was completed in 2007; if a progress report on...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if she will...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork will not have penalty points removed from their driving licence three years to the date...
    • Commissioners of Irish Lights
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport the date of establishment of the Commissioners of Irish Lights; if this body is still in existence; the purpose and role of this body; the number...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount drawn down through his Department for the percent for arts scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems; the cost of...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has been requested to fund in any way the proposed development of the new terminal at Dublin Airport; and his response to such a...

    • Question 345: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the advantages that would arise from a second airport serving the greater Dublin area, Leinster; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport the agency within his Department that has responsibility for marine tourism; and the budget allocated to marine tourism for 2008. [6189/08]
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to ensure progress on the development of the LUAS line through the Tallaght west estates to City West and Saggart; if his...
    • Public Transport
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the application by Dublin Bus to use the port tunnel to service the fastest growing town here and possibly Europe, namely...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the impediment encountered by wheelchair users, persons who are visually impaired, elderly and people with...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Transport the course of action open to a group of pensioners of Dublin Port Company whose pensions are linked by agreement to the salary of a Secretary...
    • Road Network
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Transport his role in designating roads to be national roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6554/08]
    • Departmental Records
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 12 February 2008, the content and detail of the personal information which was...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6639/08]
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Manchester Martyrs
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any moves to have the remains of Larkin, Allen and O'Brien, The Manchester Martyrs, brought back to Ireland for re-interment;...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount drawn down through his Department for the percent for arts scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems; the cost...
    • Conflict Resolution
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way, regarding the development of a conflict resolution unit announced in June 2007, existing Irish mediators will be involved in the...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that were routed through members of Dáil Éireann in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6526/08]
    • Equity Stake
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Offaly Regeneration Company
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date of establishment of Offaly Regeneration Company Limited; the purpose and role of this body; the level of equity held in this...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date of establishment of the Advisory Irish Council for Technology, Science and Innovation; if this body is still in...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of board members of Screen Training Ireland; the number of whom are appointed by him; the person by whom the...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of land owned by the Industrial Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland in west Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of capital projects funded by his Department in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; the number of cases in...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these...
    • Job Losses
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Industrial Development Authority supported companies in Kerry which have ceased to operate or have laid off workers...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Industrial Development Authority supported companies which have ceased to operate or which have laid off substantial...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employers who have been found to have failed to pay the minimum wage to their employees can be fined; the maximum fine...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to the privatisation of Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Union Recognition
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to of the situation where a company (details supplied) is refusing to recognise union...
    • Job Creation
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide assurances that every action possible will be taken to attract new jobs to Tallaght, Dublin 24; if his...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funds made available by the Government and his Department to fund land banks, or receipts returned to his Department,...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if FÁS is looking at other properties in Birr; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6565/08]
    • Equity Stake
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the lands in the ownership of the Industrial Development Authority in County Meath; their acreage; the percentage of that...
    • Job Creation
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Authority within the Border midland western region for each of the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm receipt of an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of board members of the national coaching and training centre; the number of whom are appointed by himself; the person by...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems;...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of League of Ireland games he has attended in his capacity as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on his dealings with South Dublin County Council in respect of a stadium (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the Budget 2008 document was correct when it stated under the Arts, Sport and Tourism Group section C.7 that €1.5 million was...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6844/08]
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if he...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of rent supplement who the community welfare officers have deducted overpayment money from their...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if compensation will be made available to those affected by the recent floods in Fermoy town and Mallow town; if his attention has...
    • Live Register
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people on the live register in Bandon, County Cork including the number of those who are long term unemployed for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in relation to rent supplements payable under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal will be heard for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [6101/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid out in rent supplement by the Health Service Executive to recipients in Cork for the years 2005 to date in 2008;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will allow more flexibility in pension payments relative to the electronic payment method; if an agent will be allowed to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a bereavement grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted in respect of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an application for supplementary rent allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the members of the implementation activation group for the implementation of the Proposals for Supporting Lone Parents; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria agreed with An Post for the provision of electronic payment card machines in small rural post offices for the payment...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out an audit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6531/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a person in a position (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6533/08]
    • Disability Sectoral Plan
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of a sectorial plan (details supplied). [6534/08]
    • Equity Stake
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplements
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of a local authority mortgage interest supplement in 2005 and 2006; the number in receipt of...
    • Translation Services
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the languages for which his Department or persons contracted by his Department provides translation services; the average amount...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if he...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a panic alarm through the social...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount drawn down through his Department for the percent for arts scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008;...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names of organisations qualifying for recent grant assistance under a scheme (details supplied). [6106/08]
    • Community Development
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to meet the concerns of a project (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the withdrawal of...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance his Department can give an organisation (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to funding;...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Safety Works
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in the completion of a lease to ensure important safety works are carried out in an area (details...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide with regard to Sean Fisheries Protection Authority, the purpose and role of this body; the number of...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Departments attention was drawn to the fact that REP scheme two and three payments were going to be deferred from 1...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount drawn down through her Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of financial management systems in place in her Department; the persons who provided her Department with these...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be awarded their correct REP scheme money for 2007; and if she will...

    • Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when 10.01 outstanding entitlements under the single farm payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County...

    • Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [6122/08]
    • Disposal of Animals
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason in relation to the disposal of cattle and sheep seized from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted the installation aid grant. [6176/08]
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the early retirement scheme. [6177/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [6178/08]

    • Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved the installation aid grant following their appeal. [6179/08]

    • Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [6187/08]

    • Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the single farm payment for 2007 will be processed and awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her officials will meet with farming organisations' representatives in Connemara, County Galway to brief them on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a REP scheme payment for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has been delayed; when payment will...

    • Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a payment under the farm waste management scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [6238/08]

    • Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if restrictions and quotas have been placed on the fishing of dog fish or spurdog fishing; the details of any restrictions...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the issue of advance REP scheme payments will be settled between her Department and the EU; the circumstances under...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farm improvement scheme applications received in the Mayo Agriculture, Environment and Structures Offices...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she became aware that there was a problem with the payment of REP scheme two and three; when she communicated that to...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the companies in which her Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if she will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to the payments due to participants of REP scheme 3. [6735/08]

    • Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a farm grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6741/08]

    • Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme three payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [6742/08]

    • Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a way that an application for the installation aid grant by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo could be...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis of the statement on 24 October 2007 on the REP scheme; if she will outline what has changed since that date...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that has been made on an all-Ireland approach to animal health and safety, food safety and imports from outside...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is planned to streamline the procedure for applying for a foreshore licence and to ensure that applications are dealt...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of members of the steering group overseeing the work of the RELAY Service; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the terms of the public private partnership contract that has been agreed between her Department and a construction company for the...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount drawn down through her Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if she will...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of financial management systems in place in her Department; the persons who provided her Department with these systems; the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department and Fingal County Council have identified and acquired a site for a post primary school (details supplied) in County...
    • Youth Services
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason every application, since 2001 to date in 2008 made by an group (details supplied) in Dublin 6 for funding to Special...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has been unable to secure a place in their first choice...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction a prefab for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6090/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for providing a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 with a permanent site; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when sanction will be approved for the purchase of a portakabin for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [6105/08]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to funding for an astro turf pitch for a school (details supplied) in County Longford. [6113/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a new school building (details supplied) in County Kildare; when funding will be announced for the project; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will form a task force to examine the accommodation shortfall for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will introduce the new provisions of the Teaching Council Act 2001; if she is satisfied that there is a sufficient resource...
    • School Transport
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis on which school transport has been refused in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Wexford who attends a primary...
    • School Staffing
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of Primary Circular 11/02, regarding the secondment of primary school teachers, it is possible to re-categorise colleges...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made on acquiring a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy approach adopted by her Department in relation to facilitating single parents at both second and third level; and if she...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal towards renovation and extension to the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure for recruiting staff for a planned new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the way vacancies will be...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be receiving their technical visit; the timeframe for the refurbishment or...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the building of a new school (details supplied), especially in the context of the fast-tracking of a new school...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of all Irish post primary schools which have received permanent recognition from her Department in the past five years; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to her reply to Question No. 468 of 12 February 2008 and in view of her application to Athy Town Council for planning...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the serious structural deficiencies in a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if she has...
    • School Transport
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school transport will be provided for children attending a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the appointment of a home-school liaison co-ordinator for each of the two schools (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the emergency works grant; when the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the legal cost to her Department in respect of defending or initiating cases through the courts in respect of special needs education;...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have been granted temporary recognition by her Department; the names of the schools concerned; the length...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the companies in which her Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway; if sites are now purchased for both...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Meath for the proposed refurbishment and new extension of a 20...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase the meal allowance rate payable to VTOS learners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6645/08]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on adopting the proposal (details supplied) where, in Catholic schools, up to a third of all places would be set aside for...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been selected for the building of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of Athlone IT; the number of whom are appointed by herself; the person by whom the remaining board members...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of Ballsbridge College of Further Education; the number of whom are appointed by herself; the person by...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of Advisory Council for English Language Schools Ltd; the purpose and role of this company; the date of...
    • Royal Irish Academy
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of Royal Irish Academy; the number of whom are appointed by herself; the person by whom the remaining...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of Sallynoggin Training Ireland; the number of whom are appointed by herself; the person by whom the...
    • National University of Ireland
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of Shannon College for Hotel Management; the number of whom are appointed by herself; the person by whom...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of the Centre for Cross Border Studies; the number of whom are appointed by her; the person by whom the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of board members of Integrate Ireland Language and Training Limited; the purpose and role of this company; the date of its...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the next schedule of schools to proceed to tender and construction stage will be published. [6736/08]
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to a previous parliamentary question the action that is being taken to combat the levels of absenteeism in Mayo schools; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance her Department can give an organisation (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to funding; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in urgent need of same; and...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of the funding package worth €6.5 million announced in 2006 for the sole purpose of replacing and upgrading physical...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6837/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support proposals (details supplied) to tackle educational disadvantage. [6845/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding has not been allocated by her Department for a new school project (details supplied) in County Sligo; if her...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if she will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of capital projects funded by his Department in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; the number of cases in which the percent for arts...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems; the cost of...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of properties (details supplied) owned by his Department in County Cork. [6378/08]
    • Equity Stake
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Defence the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6629/08]
    • EU Summits
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has had discussions with his EU colleagues in the context of European defence or security; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Defence the full extent of possible locations to which EU battlegroups or RAPID response forces are expected to be deployed; if all such deployments require...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to increase the strength of coastal surveillance and defence with particular reference to the need for increased air and sea...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Defence if the training and equipment available to Irish troops expected to serve overseas is in keeping with the best international standards and...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Defence the full intended strength of members of the Army, Navy and Air-Corp expected to serve overseas on UN or EU missions in the next 12 months; and if...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that all military hardware and equipment is sufficiently updated in line with modern requirements; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans to develop or expand facilities at Finner and Lifford Army installations in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Defence the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Residency Permits
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for long term residency that have been granted and the number that have been refused, for each...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application by a person (details supplied) on behalf of their spouse. [5990/08]
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people between the age of thirty and thirty five years of age who have applied to join the Gardaí in the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6088/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons (details supplied) in County Cork, who applied for long term residency here in June 2006 have not...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases, initiated in the High Court and naming himself as a respondent, relating to judicial reviews of...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to previous correspondence (details supplied), the reason for the lengthy delay in issuing a reply; and if he is in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of a residency application for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on a dealing (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6156/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1227 of 30 January 2008 in which he states that the future of McCurtain...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 can be supplied with a passport or travel documents; and if he will make a...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his Department will publish details of the community closed circuit television scheme 2008. [6192/08]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the documents withheld by his Department will be returned to a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 31 October 2007, the reason no contact has been made with the person as...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when he will amend the Landlord and Tenant Acts 1967 to 1994 to allow a commercial tenant to waive their right to a...
    • Garda Communications
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it is taking in excess of three months for Garda clearances to be provided for prospective staff in a facility...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the increasing rise in the theft of satellite navigation systems; if there is...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to provide additional funding for Garda bike units; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the further recruitment of members to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made regarding...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to increase Garda numbers in a station (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a person (details supplied). [6517/08]
    • Non-EEA Nationals
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-EEA nationals registered with GNIB as being resident in the State; the number of these people who have...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons seeking residency here can be granted it on the basis that their spouse has residency; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing a TD helpline for the purpose of facilitating TDs in dealing with immigration cases, in view of...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans in place to ensure that a permanent Garda is stationed at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Sligo;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [6575/08]
    • Equity Stake
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make a statement...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the National Property Services Regulatory Authority will be responsible for regulating management companies and...
    • Travel Documentation
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the granting of a passport to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 is eligible for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6839/08]
    • Civilianisation Programme
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-Garda clerical staff employed by the Garda Síochána; the number placed in each Garda division; the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of Garda Special Branch in terms of numbers and its strength in January 1998. [6848/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made on plans to refurbish the Cork North Garda Divisional Headquarters in Fermoy, County Cork...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006 and 2007; and...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding noisy neighbours and the action elderly residents can take within the law to deal...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the individual grade of local authority worker that are debarred from contesting local government elections;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the transitional accommodation project (details supplied) in County Monaghan which is seeking funding...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding his Department has given to sewerage schemes in south Tipperary in each of the years 2002 to...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his officials will meet with farming organisations' representatives in Connemara, County Galway to brief...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Rock of Cashel is nominated for world heritage status;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a company (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and his views on the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be allocated to Wexford County Council under the housing aid for older people scheme and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans in his Department to upgrade and extend sewerage facilities in St. Johnston, County...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is fair that persons who purchase their home on the affordable housing and shared...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department proposes to exclude town councils from involvement in housing allocations in the...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the instruction and guidelines which he has issued to local authorities regarding the implementation of the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Galtee regional water supply scheme will be completed; the amount of the allocated budget that has...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans, in view of recent reports of maintenance work being carried out on Dublin's Georgian street-scape...
    • Gateway Innovation Fund
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals and their cost that have been submitted to his Department under the Gateway Innovation Fund;...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Employer's Liability Insurance
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it was a requirement in March 1977 that companies which were holders of State mining leases were to be in...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available to persons seeking to renovate buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • State Property
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the ownership of the site on which the GPO stands; and if ground rent is being paid for...
    • Electricity Transmission
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide assurances that a study (details supplied) will include all projects planned or in progress...
    • Percent for Art Scheme
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount drawn down through his Department for the Percent for Art scheme in each year since 2002 to date in...
    • Financial Management Systems
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant aid that was given to applications received in his Department after 16 February 2007 (details...
    • Unsolicited Mail
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has plans to introduce an initiative to reduce the amount of unsolicited junk mail delivered through the...
    • Public Procurement Procedures
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contracts awarded by Postbank which should have been subject to public procurement tendering rules; and if...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that there has not been and will not be queue-jumping or interference by his Department in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be extended to an area (details supplied) County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant aid available for the development of wind turbines; the detail and criteria necessary. [6415/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide with regard to An Post, the number of members of the board of this body; the number of whom...
    • Equity Stake
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the companies in which his Department holds an equity stake; the level of the equity stake; and if he will make...
    • Regulatory Authorities
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total operating budget for all regulators and regulatory authorities within the State for the years 2006...

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