Written answers
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Legislative Programme
Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the Green Paper on Local Government Reform to be published; and if he will make a statement on...
- Waste Management
Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to reduce waste from packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/08]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will appoint a national waste regulator; when such an appointment will be made; the powers such a...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions taken as a result of any reports concluded to date (details supplied); when reports not completed...
- Planning Issues
Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will abolish the €20 fee that has to be paid by members of the public wishing to make a submission to...
- EU Directives
Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to transpose the Environmental Liability Directive into Irish law to hold...
- Planning Issues
Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is permissible for a local authority to facilitate a Part VIII development, if the local authority has...
- Legislative Programme
Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the pending review of local government and the revision of local election boundaries, he will...
- Electronic Voting
Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views and proposals in the ongoing matter of the costly storage of the e-voting technology; if he will...
- Flood Risk Assessment
Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the need to prevent future housing development on flood plains and in particular areas...
- Planning Issues
Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy directives given to local authority planners as regards density levels in high rise apartment...
- EU Directives
Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that people here have access to justice in respect of environmental matters in...
- Local Government Elections
Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the recently established Commission on the local electoral area boundaries will take cognisance of...
- Motor Taxation
Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to reconcile the new motor taxation scheme commencing on 1 July 2008 with the existing motor...
- Water Quality
Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he can guarantee an adequate and secure supply of domestic drinking water over the next 10...
- Energy Conservation
Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take, in view of the fact that electricity consumption at the Custom House has increased by...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he is overlooking the national inventory of heritage sites, which is leading to places of heritage...
- Waste Management
Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Poolbeg incinerator; the role his Department has had in the project; and if his Department...
- Environmental Protection Agency
Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the review and revision of the role of the Environmental Protection Agency....
- Parking Regulations
Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which his Department is liaising with the Department of Transport and An Garda Síochána to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will to amend Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to ensure that the social and affordable...
- Planning Issues
Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the interaction he has had in relation to the development of either county development plans town plans or...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when, in view of the 2008 legislative programme and the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, he...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to implement the Birds and Habitats Directive and to comply with the judgement of the...
- Planning Issues
Question 51: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will re-examine his decision to impose a local needs restriction for building houses in the non CLÁR...
- Local Government Reform
Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the pending review of local government, he will amend the Standards in Public Office Act 2001...
- Planning Issues
Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will re-examine the structures where increased capital charges are being sought from industries and...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on proposed developments outlined in the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007 to 2016 in...
- Planning Issues
Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to ensure that developers are reminded at preplanning stage of their obligations to...
- Water Charges
Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has undertaken discussions with other Departments, such as the Department of Education and Science and...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to amend the legislation governing the Private Residential Tenancies Board such that...
- Planning Issues
Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if reform of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is planned in order that it is clearly set down in law that...
- Water Charges
Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if her attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers have faced increasing water charges from local...
- Waste Management
Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to comply with the Waste Framework Directive and the European Court of Justice...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Programmes for Government
Question 62: To ask the Taoiseach if a commitment to vote in favour of the Referendum Bill on the Lisbon Reform Treaty is part of the agreement reached between the Government parties and the...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department has examined the need for the cleaning of rivers or tributaries with view to eliminating the...
- Tax Code
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying DIRT tax on an income when their combined income does not exceed...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the sections and subsections of the Finance Act 2007 that have been commenced; and the dates when they came into force. [8236/08]
- Tax Code
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the criteria for receiving a VRT reduction on a vehicle due to a disability or physical impairment; and if the vehicle in question can...
- EU Funding
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the levels of funding received from the EU and EEC by Ireland since 1973 to date in 2008; the level of contributions by Ireland to the...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he will review the eligibility criteria for the disabled driver and disabled passenger scheme and other vehicle adaptation...
- Department of Health and Children
- Eating Disorders
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to take the lead responsibility in providing an integrated and consistent proactive approach to addressing...
- Home Help Service
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the home help crisis in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8225/08]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the permanent bed capacity of St. Camillus Hospital, Limerick; the number of long-stay beds; the number of respite beds; the...
- Health Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages that were funded in each month of 2007 in County Kildare; and the number of such allocated and funded...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a claim under the health repayments scheme by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24 where...
- Medical Cards
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will investigate the case of refusal by the Health Service Executive to grant a medical card to a person (details...
- Health Service Staff
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of posts left unfilled in the ambulance technician area and the vital work carried out by...
- Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a home care package will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the long delay in the payment of a claim for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and when this payment will...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the long term illness card to persons suffering from Lupus; the reason this illness which is very debilitating, is...
- Medical Cards
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the tendering process for home care packages scheduled to take place for specific health board areas in February 2008, but deferred,...
- Hospital Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who, having been discharged from hospital, were re-admitted within 14 days with a similar or related condition in...
- Medical Cards
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with medical cards in 2005, 2006, and 2007; the number of people who proved to be ineligible for medical cards for...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money the Health Service Executive has spent on private rented accommodation in 2007; the number of properties it regularly...
- Hospital Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cystic fibrosis patients living in Kerry; the measures that the Health Service Executive propose to put in place to look...
- Hospital Staff
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant neurologists in the country; her views on the appointment of a specialist consultant in the area of myasthenia...
- Hospital Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn the fact that demand for dialysis services in Letterkenny General Hospital exceeds supply which leads to...
- Eating Disorders
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps the health services have taken to promote a change in emphasis from the primacy of individual responsibility to environments...
- Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) will have orthodontic treatment in advance of the two-year wait advised of in Navan, County Meath; and...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there was an embargo placed on a caring provider (details supplied) in South Tipperary, from allowing evening or night-time...
- Hospital Services.
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for a urology appointment. [8369/08]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people over the age of 66 in County Clare; the number of public bed facilities available for elderly people in the county;...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8384/08]
- Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8385/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied). [8388/08]
- Home Help Service
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when arrangements for home help visits to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will take place; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when pension pay and a lump sum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be concluded; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of the cost of disability payment has been commenced; if so, when he will publish such a review; and if she will make a...
- Department of Transport
- State Airports
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 11 December 2007, when he expects legislation to be published to give effect to the extension of the...
- Parking Regulations
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he will address illegal parking in disabled car parking spaces through enforcement, increasing fines and public awareness as per his...
- Road Network
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in constructing a linked metropolitan corridor from Waterford through Cork, Limerick/Shannon to Galway as outlined in the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Consumer Protection
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) imposes a penalty charge on customers who cannot or do not choose to pay their bill...
- Employment Rights
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanisms in place to ensure that migrant workers are not exploited in the services sector of the economy; and if he...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Council
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding level for the Arts Council for 2008; if this is €82 million as stated in the Budget 2008 document; the location where...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is entitled to rent supplement; if so, when they can expect to receive payment; and if...
- Pension Provisions
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in a sector (details supplied) who have been refused a State non-contributory pension due to the habitual...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has conducted a review of social welfare assistance payments to take account of the relatively high cost of...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether access to a healthy diet should be included as an indicator to measure food poverty as part of the National...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to meet the concerns of a project (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Surveys
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which he will conduct an enterprise audit to review the use of existing and redundant agricultural...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this company obtained State grants; if so,...
- Departmental Appointments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of appointments made to the position of agriculture inspector general in 2007. [8234/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will publish the revised costings for farm buildings; if she will ensure that such costings are based on the date...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is legally responsible for the provision of supported education for autistic children; and if she will give the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide new premises for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8209/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a national school (details supplied) in County Cork to build additional classrooms; when she expects...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress of building works at a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8218/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefabricated classrooms installed in schools during 2007; the average cost per prefabricated classroom; and if she will...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the assessment of projected enrolment trends, demographic trends and housing developments has been completed in the case of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in south west Donegal who applied for a grant under the devolved schools scheme; the number of applications...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the meal and travel allowance for students attending the VTOS course in a centre (details supplied) in County Limerick will be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for the erection of a new primary school at Rathwire, Killucan, County Westmeath; the stage...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding in place for schools in County Mayo for them to upgrade their outdoor play areas; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8375/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8376/08]
- Computerisation Programme
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the allocation of money made in 2006 and 2007 for the purpose of the provision of a computer room at a school (details supplied); the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress regarding the provision of a new school for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the stage the project is at;...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to initiate a financial support package aimed at introducing primary school children to swimming as outlined in the Agreed...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of flexibility for adults returning to education, she will make arrangements to consider applicants for VTOS courses...
- Higher Education Authority
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, under Section 9 of the Universities Act 1997, a deciding authority has to take cognizance of Government policy; and if she will...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of UN peace support operations worldwide in which the Irish Defence Forces participated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the pension record of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 and the pension entitlement of this person's spouse. [8269/08]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an evaluator has been appointed to carry out a review of the prison strategy, as detailed in the National Drugs Strategy...
- Residency Permits
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/08]
- Asylum Applications
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to the case of a person (details attached) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Asylum Support Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his intentions to increase the rate of the direct provision allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5262/08]
- Garda Reserve
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda Reserve members who are currently employed in County Galway; the number who have successfully applied...
- Crime Levels
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the spate of larceny in the south Galway area, in particular the theft of car livestock...
- Residency Permits
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his Department will decide on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath for renewal of permission...
- Public Order Offences
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an issue (details supplied). [8383/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to the long-term residency application from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will...
- Succession Rights
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a legacy left under the provision of a legally executed will to a person who predeceased the signatory (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place for persons claiming residency once they have been here five years; the waiting time in relation to...
- Asylum Applications
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant indefinite residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Deportation Orders
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); if an effort has been made to follow up on their...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected naturalisation will be completed in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Community Service Orders
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce a community payback scheme that will require prisoners who are not subject to automatic long prison...
- Garda Deployment
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to conduct a regular detailed analysis of the Garda to population ratios to ensure every region of the country...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Community Wardens
Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress in extending the pilot scheme of community wardens; the number of community wardens currently;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received a revised preliminary report from Cork County Council regarding the need for...
- Waste Management
Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans in relation to education and the explanation of EU directives in relation to waste here. [8241/08]
- Building Regulations
Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking, in conjunction with the Dublin City and Fingal county managers, to address ongoing...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of members that currently sit on the board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board; when they...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to increase the capital allocation to the various local authorities throughout County Kildare...
- Environmental Policy
Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that methane gas trapping at landfills throughout the country is in accord with his...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the necessary remedial action to be concluded in the matter of methane gas emissions from the...
- Waste Management
Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of landfills currently in operation here; if it is his intention to continue with the use of...
- Fire Service
Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of part time and full time firemen currently employed here by the various local authorities; if he...
- Air Quality
Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he has studied air pollution reports from the various monitoring stations here; if these...
- Illegal Dumping
Question 203: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he proposes to deter illegal dumping or fly tipping; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Waste Management
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his preferred options to meet waste management requirements; the extent to which he will put in place the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of pike removed from Lough Sheelin in 2007 by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board using gill nets;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of travel and subsistence payments paid to each member of the seven regional fisheries boards and to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available in the area (details supplied) in County Mayo particularly as the village was...
- Electricity Generation
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 31 January 2008, the national surveys he is referring to; if the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position of the provision of broadband rollout in County Kildare and specifically in the Kilcullen,...
- Departmental Projects
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will make a decision on a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
- Postal Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that An Post addresses access issues at company owned post offices within two years, as...
