Written answers

Thursday, 6 March 2008

  • Department of Transport
    • Marine Safety
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passenger ships and boats certified by his Department for each year since 2000; the number of breaches, of such certificates for each...
    • Road Safety
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the recent study by the European Transport Safety Council which indicated that deaths on motorways here increased by 11% between...

    • Question 13: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had contact with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to discuss and consider altering traffic laws to allow the quicker...

    • Question 14: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposed completion date of the Dublin rail interconnector; when CIÉ and Irish Rail will apply for an railway order to commence construction;...
    • Road Network
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on the development of a network of motorway service and rest areas on the national road network; the number of motorway service and...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will bring in a comprehensive Departmental drug testing policy for the alcohol and drug testing of safety critical transport workers in both...
    • Road Safety
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress in delivering the 126 actions contained in the Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012; the other actions in the Road Safety Strategy that...
    • Coast Guard Service
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will decentralise his Department's Coast Guard and Maritime Administration to Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/08]
    • Congestion Charges
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that no congestion charges will be imposed anywhere in Ireland before significant public transport infrastructure projects become...
    • Transport Action Plan
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a review of speed limits on the national motorway network in view of the role that lower speed limits can play in reducing transport...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Transport the recommendations made to his Department by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board for each year since 2000; if each such recommendation has...
    • Air Traffic Management
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether a safety critical sector such as the air traffic control system can be run on an ongoing basis of heavy overtime levels; the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the recommendations of the Road Safety Authority's Policy Advisory Group on the lowering of the blood alcohol level; if so, when...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of the delay in drafting the legislation for the Dublin Transportation Authority Bill; if there are private consultants involved in the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding currently allocated to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety for driver drug testing; his response to the MBRS request two years...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money his Department has transferred to the Road Safety Authority in 2008 for increased driver testing; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to extend penalty points to foreign nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8955/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the legislation establishing the Dublin Transport Authority; the proposed heads of the Dublin Transport Authority Bill; when...
    • Carbon Emissions
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of what his Department have made of the contribution of the maritime and shipping sector to transport emissions here particularly in...
    • Marine Searches
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements being put in place to discharge the commitment to reimburse the fishing boat owners for the huge costs involved in the search to...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport if any application for a certified passenger boat or ship has been refused by his Department since 2000; the reasons given for such refusal; and if...
    • Road Network
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been spent on the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9668/08]
    • Railway Stations
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the redevelopment of Ceannt Station; if he has reviewed proposals by CIÉ to dispose of publicly held land at Ceannt...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken on recommendations made, specifically 8.2 and 8.3, in the report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board on the sinking...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the report into the presence of car write-offs on roads here; the recommendations of the investigative to tackle the car...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of road accidents in each of the past three years both fatal and non-fatal; the extent to which statistics have been retained relating...
    • EU Directives
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will implement the EU Whole Vehicle Type Approval Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9640/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport his Departments progress in relation to decentralisation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9743/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in introducing mandatory breath or blood testing at the scene of road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport his Department's view on the use by public transport of the Port Tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9697/08]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent in total on the One Small Step campaign; the amount spent per annum on the campaign since its inception; the targets and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport the legal speed limit on the Fermoy to Watergrasshill road; if he has contacted local authorities around Ireland to identify discrepancies between...
    • State Airports
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport the negotiations that have taken place with US authorities in relation to creating a customs and border protection facility in Shannon; and if he...
    • Road Network
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has sought or received information relating to the operation or safety factors at the Port Tunnel; when he first received such information...
    • Road Safety
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to improve the road safety standards of foreign national drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8954/08]
    • Air Services
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has not liaised with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to request the National Consumer Agency, the Competition...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport if the recent extra funding provided for the rural transport programme is a once-off extra allocation of funding; if he will carry out an audit of...
    • Air Services
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has abandoned plans to develop a public service obligation for the Shannon-Heathrow route; if he has had further contacts with his UK and EU...
    • Rail Services
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to introduce measures to protect rail commuters from unscheduled and last minute train cancellations under the new Public Transport...
    • Road Safety
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent meeting with PARC representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish his proposals to amend the Harbours Act 1996 to facilitate the development of Bremore Port; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new regulations for reforming the commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing system will be implemented; the number of extra inspectors...
    • Road Network
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent allocation of €618 million for the regional and local roads programme 2008; the annual level of funding for the...
    • Carbon Emissions
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of transport emissions the aviation sector here is currently responsible for; if he is supporting the inclusion of the aviation sector in...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a legal prohibition on the re-introduction of parking tickets by those local authorities which have scrapped them; and if he will make...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the legislation necessary for rolling out the graduated driving licence programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason for the communication problems at the vehicle registration office in Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason home caring spouse credit was not given as a tax credit to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • National Monuments
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to provide a visitor centre for the Rock of Cashel; if he will confirm the funding for the visitor centre; the amount of...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to review protocol 16/97 regarding CMOD approval of all expenditure above €500 on health information technology in...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when arrears will be awarded in respect of domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, she has plans to put in place a public or private air ambulance service for the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the building of additional resources in Cashel Hospital, County Tipperary. [9785/08]
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review her decision to freeze in Budget 2008 the implementation of the recommendations of Reach Out, the national strategy...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for change in Government policy leading to the widespread asset stripping of the Victorian asylums and lands without...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Meath will have an appointment to see an ENT consultant; if she is satisfied that this child...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to medical card holders who are patients of dental clinics which have decided that they are no longer treating...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive an earlier appointment date for a clinic at Tallaght Hospital due to their...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the claim for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the nursing home repayment scheme; when this decision...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grant aid available to voluntary community groups for the provision of a service (details supplied). [9847/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to make physiotherapy available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9851/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a special needs assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who requires same to enable them to...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding has been withdrawn from a group (details supplied); her views on restoring the funding. [9870/08]
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a previous parliamentary question that it is open to any party to make a submission to the Competition Authority under Section...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be brought forward; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 96: 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....
    • Health Services
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if an early date will be set for...
    • Maternity Services
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community midwives working under the home birth scheme in County Cork; when this scheme was established; if she will ensure...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from her to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a full-time children's physiotherapist in a hospital (details supplied) in County Wexford for the months of January,...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assurances she will give that the Irish Osteoporosis Society will have sufficient funding and support from the Health Service...
    • Health Services
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive plans to introduce a programme of computerising all x-ray images on a national basis will mean the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of public money spent on the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10005/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce competition in the Dublin bus market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10006/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the proposed roll out of speed cameras; and if he will...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has for introducing a train stop at Crusheen, County Clare in the proposed upgrade of the western rail corridor; and if he will make...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money made available for park and ride facilities on an annual basis since 2005 to date in 2008; the procedures for obtaining such...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made in relation to a proposal by the Commission for Taxi Regulation to provide a direct subsidy to assist people with the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport the car parking available for commuters at Sallins Rail Station, Sallins, County Kildare; his plans to increase this capacity in order to...
    • Public Transport
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that Transport 21 can and will be delivered on time and within cost; the areas least likely to meet these targets; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a central unit is not appointed to correlate statistics on road traffic accidents with reference to obtaining information from the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the need to further increase the frequency and capacity of commuter trains serving Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip,...
    • Road Safety
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to take steps to enhance safety on the motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9992/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will take action to eliminate roadside verge erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended to enhance bus services to include new urban developments not currently in receipt of services; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the key projections of his strategy to meet the millennium development goals and the measurable targets he uses to evaluate progress; and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to state the criteria relating to persons on community employment schemes; if those aged between 55 and 65 years can...
    • Regional Aid
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the levels of regional aid available in the south east region from 1 January 2008; and the level of aid available in the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement dealing with the concerns of persons over 55 who are currently on a FÁS scheme and who are...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application under the sports and recreational grants scheme from a council (details supplied) in County...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the programmes or supports available from his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department for the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Child Support
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of early childcare supplement paid to a sector (details supplied) in 2007; and the number of children claimed for....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if clothing allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny on appeal under the supplementary welfare...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way persons (details supplied) in County Mayo are expected to survive financially with no income coming in to the household...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare emphatically rejects the suggestion...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she will take in regarding planning of offshore wind facilities following concerns expressed by a group (detail...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on Irish farmers efforts to reduce carbon emissions through their workings of the land, for example hedge...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when civil servants from An Bord Bia and Bord Glas will be relocating to Enniscorthy, County Wexford under the...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on introducing measures to alleviate the situation whereby increasing numbers of farmers are engaging in off farm...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position of the dairy hygiene grant for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from her to a State or statutory agency; the agencies...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of licensed mink farms operating in each county; the number of fox farms operating in each county; and if there...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps that have been taken by her Department to implement the recommendations of the seafood industry strategy review...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons qualified in ABA teaching methods who have received their training from an organisation (details supplied) in County Louth...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made for an application for additional funding for a school (detail supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has had discussions with the Department of Finance regarding the provision of grant aid to schools who could sink their own...
    • School Transport
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals in relation to having an independent review of the post-primary school transport system; when such a review will take...
    • Water Charges
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the proposed charges on water usage within national schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 28 February 2008, regarding the allocation of a band two rating to a school, the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the summer works scheme 2008 at the time of her suspension of applications that were already in progress...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a project (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [9835/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the need for permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to additional funding for the extension and renovation project for a national school (details supplied) in...
    • School Placements
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide secondary school places for the areas of Kill, Johnstown and Sallins in County Kildare in view of the rapid rise...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines laid down by her Department in relation to the defined ratio of toilet cubicles to students; if this is similar to the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been in a position to draw down...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the architectural report is available relative to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the...

    • Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the urgent need for a permanent school building for a school (detail supplied) in Dublin 22 which has been in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the efforts to identify a new site for a school building for a school (detail supplied) in County Dublin; if...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from her to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the over reliance of primary schools on fundraising by parents and communities, she will support the reversal of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [9941/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (detail supplied) in County Dublin qualify for a scholarship under Dublin VEC rules having regard to their residency...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the acquisition of a site for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [10000/08]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Defence the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Strength
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda strength in the years 2002, 2006, and 2007 in each of the eighteen Garda districts within the Dublin metropolitan...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the offences where mandatory sentences currently exists; if he is satisfied that judges are applying these mandatory...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will speed up the processing of a holiday visa application on behalf of a person (detail supplied). [9820/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application from persons (details supplied) in County Cork for naturalisation; and when this...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will increase the number of Gardaí in Granard, County Longford in view of the benefits accruing from the presence of...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are grounds for persons to enter the Gardaí if they have not achieved the leaving certificate; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if leave to remain will be extended in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when decisions will be reached on the applications of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford for leave to remain...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the services of a solicitor to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a decision on leave to remain on humanitarian grounds for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 5 February 2008 with regard to the increase of the number of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way the Immigration and Residency Bill will affect Irish citizens with non-EEA spouses with regard to notification or...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances under which a non-EEA national spouse of an Irish citizen may gain long-term residence or become a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rights the non-EEA national spouses of Irish citizens have to enter Ireland and to live, work and study here. [9881/08]
    • Civil Registrations
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Indonesian marriage of an Irish citizen to an Indonesian citizen is recognised here; the process to be undergone to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision on an application for naturalisation will be made as soon as possible in the case of a person (details...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is proposing to change the law to confer status under the social welfare and tax codes in respect of spouses of women...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reply in detail to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 21 February 2008 which warrants a response other than that...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if alternative acceptable documentation may be supplied in lieu of passports or birth certificates which do not exist in...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (detail supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who has provided proof of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position or progress regarding family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 220: 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 Westmeath; and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision in the matter of family reunification for four children will issue in the case of a person (details...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current of expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied regarding the welfare, well-being and safety of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in view of the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will authorise transfer from Athlone accommodation to Mosney Centre in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when the required residency will be achieved to make a valid application for naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will accept late response in respect of an application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm receipt by the immigration section of his Department's of birth certificates, sworn affidavits and other...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure the issue of updated temporary residency documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if returned to their homeland a person (details supplied) in County Meath...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Carbon Credits
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce a scheme whereby allowances will be made to farmers or landowners for carbon...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a new fire station for Youghal, County Cork (details supplied). [9837/08]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of employees in each local authority that have a physical disability; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is envisaged that work on the urgently needed and long awaited Rathowen, County Westmeath sewerage...
    • EU Directives
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his Department have received correspondence from a company (details supplied) in County Kildare; his...
    • Community Wardens
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the five local authority areas where the pilot community warden scheme was established; if he will extend the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in relation to regulation 261 in respect of quarry development; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the substandard condition of the telephone line in County Longford, which is impacting on...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1469 and 1470 of 30 January 2008, if he will reply to the section of...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the...