Written answers

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when he will introduce legislation amending the provisions governing the operations of An Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent increase in the amount of heroin being seized in view of the fact that this is an indication of the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the reported comments of a person (details supplied) that moneys confiscated by the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the aspects of the capital budget for juvenile justice that have been cut back in the current budget; and if he will make a...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he or his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will amend the law on the matter of theatre licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9056/08]
    • Regulation of Legal Profession
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the effective regulation of solicitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8992/08]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inquiries in respect of any tribunal of inquiry, commission of inquiry or investigation for which he has...
    • Family Law Proceedings
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the issues raised by the Final Report of the Family Law Reporting Service on changes to the in camera rule,...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda investigation into the Northern Bank robbery in 2004 has been completed; if the Gardaí are of the view that...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his assessment of the performance of the local police committees; when it is intended to have such committees established...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to detain young offenders at the planned Thornton Hall Prison complex in north Dublin; if he is satisfied...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who participated in drug detoxification programmes in Irish prisons in 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Publications
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports commissioned by the Government in the areas covered by his Department between July 1997 and 1 January...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda reservists assigned to Garda stations to date; the name and location of each station along with the...
    • Asylum Process
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he shares the view expressed by the Minister of State with responsibility for integration that cases taken by a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murders since the beginning of 2008 in which firearms were used; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the report submitted to him on 14 December 2007 by the designated judge under the...
    • Garda Compensation Tribunal
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Garda Compensation Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9053/08]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy in relation to deportation of non-Irish nationals who under Section 3(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Immigration Act 1999,...
    • Sale of Alcohol
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use the powers available to him under Section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 to provide for the...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to permit closed circuit television projects to go to tender which have received grant allocation...
    • EU Directives
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to implement the recent EU data retention legislation; the main features of what is proposed; if it will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the respective number of Gardaí in total in Limerick and Tallaght; the number of community Gardaí functioning in both...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to date in the creation and functioning of the PULSE system; the original predicted cost of the PULSE system; if...
    • Road Safety
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by his Department during 2007 for the provision of speed cameras; the amount allocated for 2008; the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the proposed Thornton Hall Prison plan; the latest estimate available to his Department of the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for asylum submitted in each of the past five years; the average time being taken to process...
    • Witness Intimidation
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to prevent the intimidation of witnesses; if such action is expected in the near future; if...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has considered making provisions for the ring-fencing of Garda numbers engaged in duties other than those of the...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason An Garda Síochána is without a national digital radio service. [9046/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the Government's promised legislation on same-sex unions will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Prison Population
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inmates in each of the State's prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9058/08]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that proceedings have been initiated in just 96 cases since 2003 to date in 2008 for offences in...
    • Security Industry
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether sufficient Garda and Army resources are being dedicated to combat the ongoing threat of attack by...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it has been decided to seek tenders for drafting of a Courts Bill; the estimated cost of such a project; the...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out research to establish if there is a link between educational disadvantage and juvenile...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take notwithstanding the recent and ongoing successes by the Gardaí in respect of drug seizures,...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug detoxification places available in each of the State's prisons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs here during 2007; the proportion of the...
    • Pre-Nuptial Agreements
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is still examining the recommendations of the report of the study group on pre-nuptial agreement...
    • Disability Support Service
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 7 November 2007, if the National Disability Strategy Stakeholder Monitoring...
    • Garda Diversion Programme
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of children to whom the Garda diversion programme as provided for under the Children's Act 2001 has been applied...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken in relation to drugs confiscated here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5683/08]
    • Civilianisation Programme
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí freed from desk duties by civilian employees to date; the steps he will take to increase...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report of the Hartnett inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); the reason the report...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that police sources in the United Kingdom have access to equipment which can...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to have the results of efforts to establish the identify of the body of an unidentified female, washed...
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to improve migrant screening at points of entry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings and anti-social behaviour orders between 1 October 2007 and 1...
    • State Pathologist
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that it was appropriate for a recent documentary (details supplied) on the work of the State pathologist...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps towards making additional resources available to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and his...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on spending a day with a Garda drug unit in order to gain a real life experience of the problem of drugs in this...
    • Offensive Weapons
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990, and Offensive Weapons Order, 1991 to provide for the...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to address the problem of persons under 18 hassling adults to purchase alcohol for them outside...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on reform activities in juvenile detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9082/08]
    • Passport Applications
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of passports routed through his office in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/08]
    • Garda Training
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is appropriate that the Garda Síochána is without a dedicated firearms training range; and if he will make a...
    • Forensic Science Laboratory
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will implement the recommendation of the Review of Resource Needs in the Forensic Science Laboratory and the Wider...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the changes which have been introduced in the UK under the Constitutional Reform Act...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgetary allocation for the Probation and Welfare Service each year for the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí provided with stab-proof vests and bullet proof vests; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to end the flow of drugs to prisons, in view of the disclosure that inmates have tested positive for...
    • Gambling Casinos
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, having regard to the conclusions of the inter-Departmental Review Group on the Gaming and Lotteries Acts in 2000 to the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken in regard to the report into the circumstances in which the Gardaí failed to act on information supplied...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that sufficient steps are being taken to address alcohol abuse by minors; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will phase out the practice of slopping out in prisons; and if so, the time-frame within which he will do so. [9002/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the talks between his Department and representatives of the judiciary regarding the introduction of a...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sniffer dogs on a Garda divisional basis; if there are plans to have a permanent dog in the north-west...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners in each of the State's prisons availing of education and training courses; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 13 December 2007, if he has received advice regarding changes which need to be...
    • Cultural Events
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concept of the organisation of an international parade day for foreign national communities in order to...
    • Prisoner Escapes
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who have escaped or absconded from prisons here in each of the past ten years; the number who were...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of literacy tutors working in each of the State's prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9059/08]
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the findings and recommendations of the Irish prison chaplains annual report 2007; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 185: To ask the Taoiseach the reason an application for an Access, Skills and Content Initiative 2007 made by groups (details supplied) in County Limerick was unsuccessful in an...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 186: To ask the Taoiseach the progress in relation to the implementation of the report of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship which was published in March 2007; if he will confirm the...
    • Economic Growth
      Question 187: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the respective assumptions made by the Central Statistics Office in terms of expectations of growth in the economy in arriving at its M1 and M2...
    • Enterprise Audits
      Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach the Department, with reference to the commitment in the programme for Government that an enterprise audit will be conducted to review the use of existing and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will assist in the case of a person (details supplied). [8819/08]
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measure that will be introduced through the North/South Ministerial body to address funding issues with respect to community...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of sniffer dogs being trained in this country; the length of time it takes for each dog to be trained; if he has plans to...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the developments under consideration in the context of regeneration of the General Post Office site; if a framework plan will be...
    • Tax Code
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the new rules on the exemption of stamp duty for family members which was announced in Budget 2008 will come into law. [8775/08]
    • Irish Language
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there is a change in the policy under which persons who have a proficiency in Irish are awarded credit in promotion competitions...
    • EU Directives
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [8889/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 26 February 2008, the number of taxpayers and the proportion of taxpayers for the years...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the location and floor area of each building in respect of the properties in Dublin which have been released or sold as a result of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to reduce VAT on defibrillators from 21% to 13.5% as the funds to purchase such defibrillators are raised by voluntary...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for stamp duty refund by persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [9163/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the customer service targets operated by the Revenue Commissioners; and the way performance related to these targets in 2007. [9171/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he and his Department became aware of the proposed sale by a whistle-blower to European Governments of a list of residents from...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the person who has responsibility for maintaining drainage of rivers (details supplied) in County Galway. [9194/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9237/08]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9443/08]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Children in Care
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have been placed in care centres outside of Ireland as a result of court decisions; the number who have been...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the old age pension for retired medical officers in the dispensary system; her Department's position on same; and if...
    • Health Research Funding
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will explore funding opportunities through Interreg or the Belfast Agreement to fund research for people suffering from duchenne...
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason chiropody is not regarded as a core element of entitlement for medical card holders; her views on entering into a contract...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been informed that they may have to wait two years for a mammography despite...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will have the heart surgery they have been waiting 18 months for; and if the surgery...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists in County Waterford and the south east generally; and her views on whether more are needed. [8750/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for orthodontic work in County Waterford and the south east generally. [8751/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the anticipated time scale for a resolution to the consultant contract negotiations to allow the appointment of a consultant colorectal...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the link between violence against women and mental ill health; if she plans to implement the Women's Health...
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy on the placement of vending machines in hospitals and facilities under the remit of her Department, particularly...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on MRSA; the progress made in meeting her targets for the reduction of MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs of a public advertisement campaign (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8767/08]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for the health repayment scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress since the Adjournment debate of 18 December 2007 on thalidomide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8810/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with learning disabilities sent abroad for rehabilitation; the reason individuals are sent abroad for treatment;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [8826/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an advert has been placed by the recruitment department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8836/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told that they have to wait over two years for an out-patient appointment...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused financial assistance towards their taxi expenses in view of the fact...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for surgery. [8843/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions available for health care for nationals of Romania and Bulgaria who are legally working here; if such people can apply...
    • Health Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied). [8860/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that graduate physiotherapists are not being employed by the Health Service Executive yet...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a CT scanner is provided at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the aspects of the Strategic Review of the Ambulance Service 2001 that have been implemented in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the emergency care resources available at Limerick Regional Hospital in terms of staff, equipment and bed capacity; and if she will make...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the development works that have taken place at Limerick Regional Hospital since 2003 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals here equipped with CT scanners; the reason a hospital is not provided with a CT scanner; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a case (details supplied). [8882/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full statutory entitlements of a person in receipt of a medical card; the services which are discretionary under the medical card...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had or her plans with the Department of Education and Science to introduce State funded nationwide pre-schooling...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the BCG vaccine is not available for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; when the vaccine will be available; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to increase the income guidelines for medical cards and general practitioner visit cards; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the ambulance bases in operation across the Health Service Executive south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8923/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when repayment will be made under the health repayment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8934/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if payments have been made to dentists (details supplied) for their treatment of medical card holders; and if she will make a statement...
    • HSE Service Plan
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when, during each year from 2005 to 2008 she has approved or will approve the annual service plan for the Health Service Executive which...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the national review of autism services, particularly in so far as this relates to the catering for the health...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason payment under the long stay repayment scheme was not issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 on behalf of their...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of the most up to date Health Service Executive building regulations and specifications for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location with regard to stroke in-patient services, of dedicated stroke units here; the number of beds available for...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) will be facilitated with orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9025/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 30 January 2008. [9026/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 30 January 2008. [9027/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 30 January 2008. [9028/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when replies will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question Nos. 106 to 109 of 13 December 2007. [9029/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on incorporating a lodge (details supplied) in County Kerry as a mental health day care centre for persons affected in the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the long awaited high dependancy unit will be built on the grounds of St. Finians Hospital, Killarney, County Kerry; and if she...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage of advancement of the community mental health teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9089/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the sum of €300,000 applied for to her Department by the Health Service Executive south for a project (details...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [9096/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the Health Service Executive have received a completed application for nursing home charges refund for a person...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for keyhole surgery. [9137/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a nursing home charges refund. [9138/08]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is considering the introduction of a funding scheme to assist voluntary groups providing defibrillator services; when the details...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the building of a new accident and emergency department in Letterkenny General Hospital; the funding committed by the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Department of Finance to reduce the VAT from 21% to 13% on the rate of defibrillators as it would greatly reduce...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available to people suffering from eating disorders; the number of public beds available forpeople suffering from eating...
    • Health Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the proposed mediator or arbitrator will be appointed to resolve the difficulties regarding the orthodontic problems which...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason blood donors records were being transported in the public arena by a staff member of the New York blood centre without...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the north east transformation programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9186/08]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Crohn's disease could be added to the approved list in order to qualify for a long-term illness book; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath on long-term disability allowance, with a disabled child, has lost their...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a transfer from Sligo General Hospital to a hospital in the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for speech and language therapy in the Ballyfermot area; and the steps being taken to address this issue. [9206/08]
    • Youth Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding a service (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will be entitled to for 2009. [9207/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason addiction services in the Aisling Clinic, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, have reduced medical staff, despite a six month waiting...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the number of the community drugs outreach teams covering Dublin and mid-Leinster has been reduced from 14 to eight with no...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made to fund on a proper basis a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 10 in order that it can employ staff to...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 has one of the highest, if not the highest number of people in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery in Cork, where there is currently a three year waiting list, will be reduced; and if there...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time it is acceptable to wait for an answer to a query directed to the Health Service Executive from her Department...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ask the Health Service Executive to provide a sum of €5000 per year to fund a help line for an association (details...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include myasthenia gravis on the long term illness scheme list in view of the fact that it is so closely related to muscular...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy of the Health Service Executive with regard to the use of generic medicines as opposed to branded medicines; if she is...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the staff shortages in the laboratories at University College Hospital, Galway, which is forcing...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Dóchas Centre at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda County Louth. [9232/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has applied for same twice and was...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to Tullamore General Hospital for an...
    • Medical Education
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 31 January 2008. [9265/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a radium treatment will commence for a person (details supplied). [9266/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a renewal of medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken by her Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9445/08]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contingency plans the Health Service Executive have to provide drugs under the GMS scheme in County Mayo if none of the pharmacists...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the O'Doherty Report will be published; the reason for the delay in the report's publication; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Portiuncula Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35101/07]
  • Department of Transport
    • Port Development
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the best locations for the development of additional oil handling capacity in ports here; if he will seek to influence...
    • Road Network
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 19 February 2008, the last occasion when he classified by order an existing public road as a national...
    • Public Transport
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the decision to prohibit the use of the Port Tunnel by the 41X bus service in order to better serve the people living in an...
    • Rail Accidents
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a report from the Railway Procurement Agency regarding the accident on the Luas line at Tallaght, Dublin 24 on 23 February 2008...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent reports that there are over 8,500 persons over the age of 60 years with provisional licences many of whom are concerned that...
    • State Airports
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allow Aer Rianta International to remain in control of the Shannon Airport Authority if and when each airport in the State is made...
    • Infrastructure Projects
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will issue a statement outlining his policy towards the mid west region; if he will provide the extra moneys which will deliver vital...
    • Marine Search
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the commitment given that boat owners who spent many weeks in the search to locate the MFV Honeydew, at huge...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will send design details to Kerry County Council who are repairing the crane at Kilmakilloge Pier, Lauragh Kenmore as KCC cannot...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money collected in motor taxation which was spent on roads in the country. [9099/08]
    • Regional Airports
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/08]
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9448/08]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • UN Resolutions
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to mark the international day of non-violence on 2 October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8715/08]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to a group of transition year students from a school (details supplied) who are currently participating in the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps which the Government is taking to implement the Millennium Development Goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8799/08]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed the case of the wrongful conviction of the Innocents of Acteal in Chiapas with the Mexican authorities; and if he will...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to a Romanian born child whose adoption by an Irish couple has been approved by the Adoption Board but cannot be...
    • Election Monitoring
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the arrangements he has made to monitor the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe and ensure that those elections are free and fair; and if he has...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9444/08]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Creation
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant aid or advice available from his Department for the setting up of a business in a sector (details supplied)....
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to statutory redundancy. [9112/08]
    • EU Directives
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any multinational company has contacted his Department to express their concern over the proposed data retention...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is legislation pending that would allow unions to check employers to ascertain if they are paying union rates,...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of apprentices from the Munster area who each year attend the FÁS apprentice block release sheet metal...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9441/08]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Tourism Project
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of times the inter-Departmental group established to consider the plans for the future of Spike Island has met; the dates...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the benchmarking exercise undertaken to compare the operations of the National Aquatic Centre to similar facilities has been...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will respond positively to the request from a group (details supplied) seeking a meeting to outline their concerns for the...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9437/08]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of the arts budget which is allocated to social inclusion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress on the decentralisation of the Department of Social and Family Affairs to Carrickmacross; the number of jobs that...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is planned to close the civil registration office in Bray, or to relocate it elsewhere in County Wicklow; if so, the number...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount the Health Service Executive paid in rent allowance in 2007 from centres (details supplied); the number of rent...
    • Civil Registrations
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processes and guidelines the Registration Offices use to ensure the bona fides of couples wishing to get married; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person in County Mayo was assessed for jobseeker's allowance; the reason it took six weeks for their assessment to be...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been told that they can not sign on for credits. [9018/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on providing financial support to separated people in poor financial circumstances (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9447/08]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding is being withdrawn from the Framework agency; if his attention has been drawn to the concern of...
    • Foghlaim na Gaeilge
      Question 374: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na céimeanna atá a Roinn a ghlacadh chun an ceart bunúsach an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim, is ceart a luaigh sé i...
    • Gaeltacht Housing Grants
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to review the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme, particularly the level of grants awarded. [9012/08]
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9439/08]
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Coastal Zone Management
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to set up an inter-Departmental committee to oversee and coordinate marine, fisheries and coastal...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is considering new legislation, primary or secondary, to update the law regarding the welfare of animals; and if she...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8818/08]
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding cockle dredging in Waterford Estuary, particularly in the areas of Woodstown and Passage East; if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive their REP scheme three, year three payment; and if she...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the inshore fishing sector is no longer considered a viable source of income following the salmon drift net fishing ban,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9036/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is the case that staff numbers in her Department's offices at Johnstown Castle Estate in County Wexford have reduced...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be entitled to the top up under the installation aid scheme. [9103/08]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide information regarding the EU reviewing areas defined as disadvantaged; and if she will make a statement...
    • Sheep Sector
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on re-introducing the ewe premium to solve problems in the sheep sector as indicated in an Ernest and Young report...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when farmers can hope to receive payments for work carried out under the farm improvement scheme; her views on the fact that...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of approvals for slotted units under the farm waste management scheme that are awaiting completion in County...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures being taken by her Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9436/08]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the length of time a person must be signing for credits to be eligible for a VTOS course. [9017/08]
    • Drug Awareness Programmes
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to allocate funding to secondary schools to provide drugs awareness programmes; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his policy in relation to providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); if a site in Rathnew is the planned site...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an accommodation crisis facing a national school (details supplied) in County Laois; the plans in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Services
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Youth Work Act 2001 that have been enacted; the timescale for the implementation of the remaining sections of the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children graduating from primary schools here over the course of 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Vending Machines
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's policy regarding vending machines in schools; the public private partnership arrangement presently or recently in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if minimum qualification standards have been set for the filling of posts on special needs teams in schools, both in a permanent...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has in place to progress the application of a school (details supplied) in County Clare to the tender stage of the...
    • School Opening Hours
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department have plans to change the start of school days on a staggered basis in order that children will not be congregating...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for funding for a building project at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her comments in Dáil Éireann on 13 February 2008 regarding her Department's policy on the conversion of existing pilot...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has not paid in full companies who provide prefab classrooms to various schools across the country; if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [8879/08]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of her commitment given in Dáil Éireann on 13 of November 2007 to place the primary curriculum on a statutory basis,...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her comments in Dáil Éireann on 20 February 2008, regarding the devolved grant, when she will make a definitive statement...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to introduce State funded nationwide pre-schooling for all children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8893/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the school building programme has been progressed in the past 12 months with particular reference to the need to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with autism attending schools with ABA teaching practices; the number of children with autism attending non-ABA...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children awaiting an educational psychological assessment at both primary and second level here; the average waiting...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of speech and language therapy graduates who qualified from the various colleges in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capital funding support being made available to the 12 existing ABA centres to allow them to develop purpose built premises and...
    • Foghlaim na Gaeilge
      Question 426: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad iad na céimeanna atá á nglacadh aici chun a chinntiú go bhfuil áiseanna cuí ann timpeall na tíre chun gur féidir le gach...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a psychological assessment will be carried out on a child (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9010/08]
    • Property Transfers
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures that should be followed by a primary school (details supplied) wishing to buy out the lease for its site, in...
    • State Examinations
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an appeals mechanism is available for a student who failed their leaving certificate maths exam in 2007 and wishes to re-apply as...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to implement the recommendations in the 2006 mental health policy, A Vision For Change; if she will set out a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in respect of the application for six general classrooms and specialist rooms which are urgently required for a post...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that the €40,000 grant given to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in 2007 for the purposes of enhancing...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy of education bodies as regards funding for students and the payment of fees whereby students undertaking a postgraduate who...
    • School Enrolment
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students enrolled in each national and private junior school in Dublin south east as of 30 September 2007. [9177/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to funding for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo. [9193/08]
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of private schools the National Educational Welfare Board assessed in 2005, 2006 and 2007; and the number of private...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford should be discriminated against in relation to a third level grant, which...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has a speech and learning disability cannot get a place in a school until...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants that have been given to schools in the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas to help them purchase computers in the past five years;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given to funding the building of a sports hall for schools (detail supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the summer work schemes for national schools will recommence. [9221/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when in view of the fact that a design team has been appointed, work will commence on a new gaelscoil in Clonakilty. [9222/08]
    • Colleges Recognition
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a newspaper article (details supplied); the action she is taking under existing legislation to...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post primary schools that have dedicated classrooms used for the teaching of information and communication technology...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of science graduates who are teaching science in post primary schools with educational degrees and qualifications such as...
    • School Facilities
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post primary schools that have dedicated up-to date laboratory facilities, fully equipped to teach the science syllabi...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will request the History in Service team to review the teaching and resourcing of modern Irish history in a comprehensive and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided to start building a new gaelscoil in Westport, County Mayo which was approved in December 2006 and a...
    • Funding for Schools
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in the funding in primary schools for daily expenditure as indicated in a recent joint...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to give the go ahead for the school building and refurbishing project at a school (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Defence
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Defence the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9440/08]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which he is taking to address the quality and cost of asylum accommodation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Work Permits
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a work permit as the applicant...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will confirm the date on...
    • EU Directives
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any multinational company has contacted his Department to express their concern over the proposed data retention...
    • Road Safety
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons who have been before the courts for anti-social driving behaviour should have restrictions placed on them to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application from a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for permission to live and work in the State on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [8773/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, who applied for permission to...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from An Garda Síochána regarding the accident on the LUAS line at Tallaght, Dublin 24 on 23...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to replace the two Gardaí recently transferred from Carrick-on-Suir in order to bring the force up to...
    • Legal Support Services
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will establish a service to legally support Irish families who have lost loved ones abroad and find themselves unable...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing for persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be completed in respect of a land registry matter; and...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a query (details supplied) will be investigated. [8830/08]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Acts of the Houses of the Oireachtas introduced by his Department during the 29th Dáil which remain in whole...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when a decision will be made...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application has been received from a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a Garda clearance certificate; if...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons appointed to the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court each year since 1995 to date in...
    • Judicial Retirements
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date of the retirement of each judge who has retired from the Judiciary here since 1995 to date in 2008; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gardaí in the Dublin region have the use of trained search dogs for drug investigations; if so, the number of such dogs...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the significant increase in population in Kinnegad, County Westmeath over the past five years, and the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda Ombudsman's Office will decentralise to Roscrea, County Tipperary; the timeframe for the move; if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications granted and the number refused leave to remain in each month over the past 30 months; the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average cost of board and accommodation for each asylum seeker; the average cost of medical services for each...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications granted and the number refused asylum in each month over the past 30 months; the average waiting...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reply to a request from a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency under subsidiary protection of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Road Safety
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason section 17 of the Rules of the Road which states the obligations of cyclists towards pedestrians, particularly...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances regarding the rights of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to stay in Ireland; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of citizenship applications (details supplied) received in his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fully qualified gardaí serving as of 1 February 2008; the number of Garda recruits currently in training;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects a decision to be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for the honour...
    • Garda Charter
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to introduce the Garda charter, promised in the Programme for Government, setting out targeted Garda...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to increase the Garda search powers, promised in the Programme for Government, in relation to drug...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of a fatal accident (details supplied), where charges against the other party for leaving the scene of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the applications for citizenship by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, taking into account the comments of a member of the Judiciary recently reported in the media, contesting the fine of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda National Immigration Bureau keeps statistics on the number of non-EEA nationals to whom it granted a stamp 4...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of heroin seized in Mayo for each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if information (detail supplied) is accurate. [9166/08]
    • Garda Retirement
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is appropriate that members of An Garda Síochána would continue in full-time employment as...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an update to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 18 December, 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a green card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which information and co-operation is available to An Garda Síochána from other police forces throughout...
    • Witness Intimidation
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is intended to introduce special criminal courts with a view to eliminating witness intimidation, confronting serious...
    • Court Accommodation
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the direction he has given or proposes to give to the Courts Service with a view to ensuring adequate availability of...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners on parole, day release or other form of release in the past 12 months on a monthly basis; the...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which he or his Department can monitor the activities of criminal gangs involved in extortion, protection,...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of anti social behaviour reported to the Gardaí in each of the past two years in each Garda...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need to substantially increase Garda strength and extend station opening...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action being taken to combat the activities of organised criminal gangs in the counties adjoining Dublin; the extent to...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which he has studied the cause or causes of the various road traffic accidents throughout the country since...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department or the Prison Board is inviting tenders for the supply of transport between courts and prisons from taxi...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008. [9446/08]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to local authority widows and orphans fund, widowers are treated equally to widows with...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the terms of reference of the review which he has initiated on the regulation of the private rented sector;...
    • Boundary Reviews
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the boundary review of local areas or the local elections and in particular Fingal; when...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the provision of a new fire station at Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny where a site...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had discussions with the affordable homes partnership with regard to their proposed development at...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the delay in approval of the regeneration scheme for an estate (details...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will pursue agreement with the voluntary housing sector to facilitate tenants of voluntary housing...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number on the rental allowance scheme by town; and if he will make a...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the coordination that has taken place between his Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve an application for a housing scheme submitted to his Department by Cork County Council...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the purpose of the new legislation that is under consideration for noise; when the Bill will be brought...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Pleanála is increasingly unable to make decisions...
    • Election Expenses
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce spending limits for the local elections of 2009; if there will be a scheme for refund...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Ennis water augmentation scheme will be functional; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Pollution
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of towns and villages here that have experienced boil notices on the public water supply in 2005,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason community groups are being charged water rates in view of the fact that they are not businesses...

    • Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is grant assistance available for the installation of a system (details supplied). [8924/08]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application for a heritage grant by a group (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in respect of his Department's plans for the provision of a quality and potable water supply...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 682 of 19 February 2008, if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money collected in motor taxation (details supplied) in County Mayo. [9098/08]
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to change the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to ensure equality between tenant and property owner;...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to deal with the ongoing problem of litter on motorways, dual carriageways and roadways; if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when legislation will be introduced that will allow Cork City Council to sell apartments and flats to their...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to meet the housing requirements of those on the housing lists in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in respect of the taking in charge of estates built prior to the Planning Acts in 1963; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of storing the electronic voting machines in County Mayo to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a standardised complaints procedure in each local authority to facilitate and support...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of all 13 members of the board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the legal, academic and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the decentralisation to Cavan Town; the number of personnel from the Department of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has proposals to give financial assistance to social welfare recipients, who wish to install more...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the surplus of fish which will occur due to the ban on salmon drift net fishing; and if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a town (details supplied) in County Mayo will have broadband; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will include certain electrical vehicles on the list of energy efficient equipment to be...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if or when broadband will be available to the Scotshouse area of County Monaghan in order that a person...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer of the International Advisory Forum on Broadband held in Dublin on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that was invested in the metropolitan area broadband networks project in the towns of Fingal, namely...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures being taken by his Department and its agencies to reduce their carbon footprint in 2007/2008....

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