Written answers
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the position in Darfur; the initiatives taken by the European Union in order to assist in the ongoing humanitarian disaster in...
- International Day of Non-Violence
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on global non-violence day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9069/08]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures in place to ensure that money allocated to overseas aid is not misappropriated through corruption in recipient countries; if he...
- International Women's Day
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the fact that 8 March 2008 was International Women's Day, he will outline efforts being made at an international level in...
- International Agreements
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to ratify the United Nations Convention against Corruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10356/08]
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position pertaining to Kosovo in the first weeks of its having declared independence; the contact made between Pristina and Dublin in...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he had at the United Nations Human Rights Council taking place in March 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Continental Shelf
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation with respect to discussions on the possible extension of the territory of the Irish sea bed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of funding he proposes to give to Zambia in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/08]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the most recent cross-Border dialogue between officials from his Department and those representing the power sharing...
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the moneys that will be available to the Referendum Commission for the forthcoming Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign; the overall budget for...
- State Airports
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has sought additional categorical assurances from the United States Government that Irish airports are not being used for...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the diplomatic relations Ireland has with Cuba; the plans he has to strengthen ties with Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his colleagues at EU and UN level have engaged in discussions with both groups in the Israeli-Palestinian...
- Energy Resources
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent actions of a Russian gas supplier (details supplied), whose chairperson has recently been elected Russian president,...
- Official Engagements
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it has been considered, in the context of the St. Patrick's Day 2008 celebrations across the world, that Ministers visit those countries...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in ensuring a fair election in Zimbabwe at the end of March 2008; the preparations being made at an international and...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding aid to Somalia; if it remains the case that it is felt unsafe for a UN peacekeeping force to be deployed; and if he...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the planned expenditure on overseas aid in each of the years 2008 to 2012; the estimated proportion of GNP and GDP this expenditure...
- EU Treaties
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the implications of the solidarity clause in the Lisbon Treaty for this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10333/08]
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the diplomatic ties Ireland has with Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10344/08]
- Passport Applications
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish a passport office in Galway city to cater for residents in the greater city area; and if he will make a statement on...
- UN Resolutions
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the position in Iran in view of the UN Security Council's imposition of a third round of sanctions in view of ongoing nuclear...
- EU Treaties
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of areas that were previously subject to unanimity that will move to qualified majority voting in the Lisbon Treaty; and if he...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the declaration of a state of emergency in Armenia, in view of expressions of concern at the position as pertains there by the...
- International Agreements
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made on the possibility of Ireland signing up to the Antarctic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Communities Abroad
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has plans to establish links with the Irish community in Argentina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10342/08]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the arrangements made to audit official aid expenditure and in particular to ensure that it is not misappropriated in recipient countries....
- Human Rights Issues
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent elections in the Russian Federation, including views expressed by Council of Europe representatives who have been...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports of tension and instability in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the recent declaration of independence by Kosovo; the...
- Passport Applications
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on extending the opening hours of the Passport Office to include some evenings and Saturdays; and if he will make a statement on...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has to introduce legislation to deal with the issue of banning the use of, production and storage of cluster munitions; and if...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Nepal; if he has concerns about recent reports of food and energy shortages; the action he can take regarding the matter;...
- EU Treaties
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the implications the Lisbon Treaty has for Irish policy with respect to foreign direct investment; if Ireland will be able to set its own...
- European Council Meetings
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his colleagues at EU level have discussed the Balkans issue with particular reference to the need to ensure...
- Rapid Response Corps
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people assigned to the Rapid Response Corps; the funding allocated to the Rapid Response Corps in each of the years 2008 to...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on ongoing discord in Sri Lanka; the assistance the European Union has offered with regard to assisting in the ongoing conflict;...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the diplomatic ties Ireland has with Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador; if many Irish citizens reside in these countries; and if he will make...
- Energy Resources
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of energy saving measures which have been introduced and implemented in his Department and departmental offices since he took...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the transitional period about to be undergone in Northern Ireland with the resignation of the First Minister; his further views...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the agencies, groups or individuals that he has granted funding to for assistance work carried out in Nepal; and if he will make a statement...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on human rights abuses in China and in countries where China has an influence, such as Sudan, in view of the summer 2008 Olympic...
- EU Treaties
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals for a common consolidated tax base being proposed by the European Commission; the position of the Irish Government; and if any...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the most recent audit carried out on one of the programme countries; the findings of this audit; the person who carried out this audit; and...
- European Council Meetings
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the agenda for discussion at the most recent General Affairs and External Relations Council of the European Union; the discussions he and...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria used by his Department to identify countries to receive Irish Government overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Official Engagements
Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the subjects he will raise with the US President during his visit to the United States over the St. Patrick's Day 2008 period; if one of these subjects will be...
- Departmental Staff
Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007; if stress reduction...
- Department of Finance
- Pension Provisions
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if it is proposed to rectify the situation whereby public servants who have full qualifying pensionable service continue to contribute...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the regulations governing the primary medical certificate issued by the Health Service Executive to allow persons...
- Garda Stations
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there has been progress with plans for the redevelopment of Tallaght Garda station; his views in regard to the clear need in that...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when, in view of the news that the Government plans to amend legislation governing the operation of the National Pensions Reserve Fund...
- Departmental Staff
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007;...
- Data Protection
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the report of the review of systems and procedures operated by Departments and agencies to protect the confidentiality of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of property acquisition and the cost involved for the decentralisation of the Land Registry to County Roscommon; if the...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on a sector (details supplied), giving details of expenditure in this sector by his...
- Tax Code
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 27 February 2008, a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of all...
- Flood Relief
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 6 November 2007 (details supplied), if a feasibility study has been undertaken by the...
- Tax Code
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will introduce a 0% VAT rate on the purchase of defibrillators as the current rate is a tax on local community voluntary...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when a decision will be made on an appeal under the disabled drivers and passengers tax concession scheme for a person (details...
- Departmental Staff
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the review of the integration agreement which was agreed between the Revenue Commissioners and IMPACT tax officials branch will...
- Tax Code
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the name and address of all properties that availed of the capital acquisition tax exemption under section 482 of the Taxes...
- Flood Relief
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when work by the Office of Public Works will be carried out in Crossmolina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commemorative Events
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has commissioned a book commemorating the Irish who died fighting for Irish freedom during the Tan and Civil Wars showing their...
- Tax Code
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax incentives in place to encourage the use of energy efficient or energy saving and monitoring equipment at both a private...
- Tax Yield
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty and VAT which has been received on home heating oil for the past three years in which figures are available;...
- Motor Fuels
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the reduction in the price of a barrel of oil due to the appreciation of the euro against the dollar; when and if this...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their son....
- Health Service Staff
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the implications of the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze for the implementation of the national drugs strategy;...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of funding for an organisation (details supplied) in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures and conditions under which the Health Service Executive lands at Grangegorman will be vested in the Grangegorman...
- Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist the priority case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [10018/08]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for surgery at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the limits applied for eligibility for the medical card and the general practitioner visit card are realistic...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the works that were carried out in 2007 and that are being carried out to date in 2008 for the provision of additional hospital beds;...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [10064/08]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to ensure that a BCG vaccine is made available to all children in the Cork area without further delay; and if she will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to Health Service Executive cutbacks, a pool care assistant will not be available...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the proposed extension to Naas General Hospital; if she will confirm a date when the extension will commence; the...
- Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of psychiatric patients the Health Service Executive has sent to uncredited facilities; the location of these facilities; the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath and other children should be exposed to an altercation between a drug user,...
- Hospital Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of information from a Deputy (details supplied) on 17 December 2007, that she received a reminder regarding...
- Mental Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will build the long promised and now cancelled acute psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital; the location of the new site on the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to make a regulation to ensure that persons over 70 years of age with a medical card are not charged by general practitioners...
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on research which shows that passive smoke is particularly harmful to children and further evidence which shows that passive...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the regulations in place for the monitoring and auditing of the occurrence of meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary funding to staff a residential bungalow (details supplied) in County Cork. [10168/08]
- Hospital Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients in County Donegal are forced to travel to Omagh to receive dialysis as...
- Health Service Staff
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is necessary for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to have to undergo a six week adaptation and assessment period...
- Legislative Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new nursing home subvention scheme, the fair deal scheme, will be introduced. [10205/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason homeless people are denied the medical card; the number of homeless applicants who have been refused the medical card in each...
- Health Service Staff
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze is preventing the HSE in Limerick from...
- Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the incidence of lymphoedema here; the treatment for same; if she is satisfied that sufficient resources are in place to support and to...
- Health Service Staff
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers, CWOs, and superintendent CWOs that have applied to the national transfer unit for a transfer;...
- Child Care Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve funding to mainstream a vital child care project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Procurement Procedures
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to improve procedures for the procurement of information technology systems in the health service in order that...
- Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed for the motorised transport grant. [10320/08]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the roll out of BreastCheck, particularly in the west of Ireland and consider extending the age for the test beyond...
- Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a proposed primary health care centre at a location (details supplied) in County Limerick. [10361/08]
- Hospital Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be given a date for an operation at the Mater Hospital; if this person is entitled...
- Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for speech and language assessment in north Clondalkin and the fact that it is...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a payment under the health payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Organ Donation
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to introduce a mandatory organ donation policy with a voluntary opt-out option; the number of patients currently on...
- Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support service available to people who are suffering with acquired brain injuries; her plans to improve these services; and if she...
- Health Service Staff
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps that are in full-time pensionable employment and on temporary contracts who are employed in the Kildare-west...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a maximum payment for a visit to a general practitioner or if it is that the GP can charge for a consultation and a further...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a special fund in her Department entitled the innovation fund; and if so, the size and purpose of that fund. [10426/08]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to parliamentary Question No. 251 of 12 February 2008, if she has received a report in respect of the death by suicide of a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the nursing home support Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10488/08]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has plans to fund the provision of digital hearing aids to medical card holders as they represent a superior...
- Health Service Staff
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her Department will allocate staff to a facility (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all theatres are operational in Sligo and Letterkenny hospitals; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Pharmacy Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the effect on the GMS scheme and medical card holders if pharmacists decide not to participate in the scheme any longer due to the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants in her Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007; if...
- Departmental Reports
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 31 January 2008, when the acute hospital allocation and utilisation of funds report for...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 464 of 31 January 2008, if she will confirm when work will commence on the €39 million...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dietary allowance will be awarded to a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospice Care
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the hospice facility for Newcastle West, County Limerick will be opening; if this facility will be privately run or run by the...
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the changing nature of the population in rural Ireland and the decline in farming among small holders, he will review the outdated...
- Rail Services
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will replace the Transport 21 metro proposals with the original Dublin Transportation Office proposal to link Luas and metro lines to ensure...
- Road Network
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding has been provided for improvement works on Carrickfinn Bridge, County Donegal; the extent of the works to be carried out; and if he...
- Vehicle Testing
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport if the final report of the commercial vehicle testing review takes into consideration oil spillages from all vehicles, including trailers; and if...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of penalty points that could not be applied in 2006 and 2007 due to a local authority not having a statutory by-law in place. [10047/08]
- Light Rail Project
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the report from the Railway Procurement Agency on the feasibility study for the Rathfarnham Luas; if he will report on that...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of marine rescues on Lough Foyle in the past 20 years indicating dates and times of rescues; if he will provide a general indication of...
- Road Signage
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide adequate signage on the new motorway, indicating Rochfortbridge and Milltownpass; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Shipping Operations
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only about one quarter of the world's fleet of 85,000 commercial ships have registration and...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of penalty points which have been issued in County Mayo since the introduction of same; the breakdown of each category; and if he will...
- Rail Network
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to improve and upgrade the track and timetable on the Limerick/Ballybrophy line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10502/08]
- Vehicle Testing
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been in receipt of a report from the Road Safety Authority in relation to small public service vehicles, in particular to limousines,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007; if stress...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received the report of the EU Commissioner for Human Rights monitoring mission to Ireland in November 2007; the issues highlighted...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will bring correspondence from a person (details supplied) to the attention of the Israeli authorities; his views on the experience...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the new development and initiatives planned for Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10542/08]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made contact with the new President of Cyprus; if he has plans to take new initiatives in respect of the continued division of the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007; if...
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date of the proposed referendum on the Lisbon reform treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10700/08]
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he has had recent discussions with the US authorities with a view to regularisation of the undocumented Irish in the US;...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he or his EU colleagues have had discussions or otherwise engaged with the new Russian President with particular...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his EU colleagues have discussed the situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drugs Trade
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of discussions that have taken place at EU level with a view to discouraging the drug trade in Latin America; the extent to which...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in regard to the fight against AIDS in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10713/08]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an appeal against a decision not to grant a green card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Employment Rights
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on new efforts Ireland will make within a global alliance to help ensure international supply chains are managed...
- Retail Sector
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to recent complaints that supermarkets are abusing their position in their dealings with...
- Job Creation
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in Counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in the enterprise sector during the years 2003 to date...
- Industrial Development
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by the Industrial Development Authority to Counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath over the past...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he has had with FÁS regarding the need to remove the cap of six years on participants over 55 years of age...
- Employment Rights
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the implications for Ireland of the outcome of the Laval case in the European Court of Justice and of the Viking line case...
- Industrial Development
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10364/08]
- Work Permits
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position with regard to an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Job Creation
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in 2005, 2006 and 2007. [10491/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005...
- Employment Rights
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure to be followed by redundant employees in the case where business premises close but reopen with some new...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will re-open the local authority swimming pool programme. [10083/08]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding received in Mayo under the sports capital programme for each of the years 2003 to 2007; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on a sector (details supplied), giving details of expenditure in this sector by his...
- Departmental Staff
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in awarding child benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [10061/08]
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a copy of details of the programme of fraud and error survey on child benefit, undertaken in 2004; and if he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to increase the cap of 15 hours for carers working with the elderly and people with disabilities; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on a sector (details supplied), giving details of expenditure in this sector by his...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if under the social welfare rules the deceased person's social welfare payment is payable for six weeks after death, if the next...
- Departmental Staff
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Company Closures
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans in co-operation with the Industrial Development Authority and Údarás Na Gaeltachta to find replacement...
- Community Development
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the volume of paperwork demanded by Pobal as a requirement of maintaining the community services programme could...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is considering removing Leader funding from gateway towns; if he has examined the impact of such a move; the...
- Úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht
Question 337: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ar chas an fochoiste aireachta le chéile a bunaíodh le moltaí an 'Staidéar Teangeolaíochta ar Úsáid na Gaeilge sa...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the remit of agencies (details supplied) will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10363/08]
- Community Development
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding has been removed from Framework, the support agency for the various community development projects...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way local community groups can draw down funding from the additional €4 million for facilities for young...
- Departmental Staff
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has plans to introduce a scheme whereby her Department would buy out the tonnage owned by small fishermen and...
- Grant Payments
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for the farm improvement...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the gross amount of CO2 equivalent absorbed or exchanged by agriculture under land use, land use change and forestry in...
- Suckler Herd Scheme
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to the suckler herd scheme (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Waste Management
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a farm waste management grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has permission to fell trees. [10185/08]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the regional inspector confirmed a proposed 50% penalty in relation to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the farm improvement...
- Disposal of Animals
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was paid so little on the seizure of their stock, in view of the...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will initiate a direct payment of €10 per ewe to sheep farmers here who are leaving the industry on a daily basis,...
- Animal Diseases
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount her Department has spent annually in recent years on research and development of a vaccine against tuberculosis...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she communicated the change of payment timetable for REP schemes to the relevant farming organisations. [10414/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all payments under REP schemes one, two and three due to farmers in County Mayo are paid to date; and if she will make a...
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a delayed extensification grant from 2003 will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on allowing applicants under the farm waste scheme, who have made applications within the proper time limits but...
- Departmental Staff
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants in her Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Funding
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the primary management bodies in relation to the funding of primary...
- Property Transfers
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures and conditions under which the Dublin Institute of Technology lands will be vested in the Grangegorman Development...
- School Accommodation
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an issue in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [10017/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to an urgent query from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 27 June 2006, if school transport will be provided for this child in view of the special...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Laois can make an application for a review under the delivering equality of opportunity in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow which has applied for large scale capital funding; if this...
- School Staffing
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be able to retain its teacher in September 2008 in view of the school enrolment...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the grant application for a school (detail supplied) in Dublin 16 which was considered under the multi annual school...
- School Funding
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has granted permission to boards of management to seek an admittance fee from the parents of children seeking to register their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a primary school (details supplied) in County Offaly for an extension; if the school will be...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for funding from the dormant accounts fund for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the tendering process with regard to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [10139/08]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration will be given to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the building programme for...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new school project at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [10141/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the alternatives available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been discouraged from taking a place in their local...
- School Curriculum
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time-scale for the implementation of the curricular change to meet skills needs and ensuring a broader range of educational...
- State Examinations
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is possible to submit a late entry for a repeat leaving certificate where the reason for not applying sooner was due to a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the patron involved in an application by her to Athy Town Council to erect an eight classroom primary school (details supplied); and...
- School Accommodation
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction a new portacabin consisting of a classroom and new resource room for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry....
- Early Childhood Education
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to recognise the pre-school education sector as part of the wider education system which comes under the remit of...
- School Accommodation
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects her Department to reach a decision on the application by a school (details supplied); if the request will be treated...
- School Services Staff
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the issues raised in a query (details supplied). [10370/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans regarding the future of applied behavioural analysis schools; if recognition for further ABA schools will be permitted; the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare on the building programme. [10383/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on setting up research groups or task forces to carry out research on best practice and the latest developments in the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a project (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [10396/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to a query in relation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [10416/08]
- Psychological Service
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the number of posts currently vacant or not filled by psychologists on the National Educational Psychological Service...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the placing of a school on the schools building programme is determined; the procedures followed in this regard; the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a student (details supplied) in County Mayo who qualified for a third level grant for their fourth and final year in third level is...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on a sector (details supplied), giving details of expenditure in this sector by her...
- Home Tuition
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, in view of the issue of her Department underpaying the home tuition grant to parents of children taught by qualified...
- School Staffing
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of primary schools in each county that will lose a teacher due to her Department's failure to honour a commitment in the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review of the general allocation model for special education posts in primary schools has commenced; and if so, when she expects...
- School Staffing
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to change her Department's instructions that principals should not be assigned to special education posts. [10479/08]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have applied to her Department for emergency funding to date in 2008 to carry out urgent repairs and...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review of the DEIS programme has commenced; and if so when she expects such a review to be complete. [10481/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a building grant will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to host an approved autism unit as a matter...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the conditions under which a special rate of maintenance grant is paid; the reason a student whose parents' reckonable income is less...
- School Placement
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has been informed that 17 male pupils from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have failed to get first year second...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to commence construction work on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [10514/08]
- School Transport
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if transport will be provided to a person (detail supplied) in County Mayo. [10531/08]
- Colleges Recognition
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has taken place in relation to the consultation with relevant agencies referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 450...
- School Curriculum
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the administrative and management reasons she and her Department do not have details of the number of post-primary schools with...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the administrative and management systems of her Department need to be re-examined, if she is unable to indicate...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the contents and attachments of a letter sent by one of her assistant Secretaries General (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provision in total and per student in each of the primary, secondary, post leaving certificate/further education and third...
- Languages Programme
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports or incentives in addition to funding streams that have been put in place by her Department to facilitate student...
- Departmental Staff
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants in her Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Cork that have applied for a new school to be built in their area; and if she will make a statement on...
- Qualifications Recognition
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason degrees attained from South African universities are not recognised here or throughout Europe; and if she will make a...
- School Placement
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school placement in Celbridge will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to allow a project (details supplied) to proceed to tender without delay; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Staffing
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath for an additional teacher; if steps will be taken to...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent by her Department under the summer works scheme for the constituency of Cork East between the years 2005 and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will give the go ahead to a school (details supplied) in County Cork that has been waiting over ten years for a new school to...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide assurances that Irish soldiers deployed in Chad are fully equipped with maps, global positioning systems and communications...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Defence if an increase or decrease in the strength of the Army is being contemplated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10447/08]
- Official Travel
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visits to Irish troops abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10504/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007; if stress...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Asylum Applications
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W for humanitarian leave to remain; when a decision...
- Work Permits
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in which students from abroad are entitled to work while studying here; the circumstances there are for...
- Residency Permits
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Garda Strength
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1036 of 26 September 2007, if an extra permanent garda will be appointed to a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency by a person (detail supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be made;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on granting permission to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [10082/08]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be finalised for a person (detail supplied) in County Dublin. [10100/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of February 2008, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person...
- Detention Centres
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to papers relating to a children's detention centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if the...
- Residency Permits
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for long-term residency by a person (details supplied) was refused; the length of time this...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding funding to install closed circuit television in Edgeworthstown, County Longford as a measure to...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of referrals by the Garda of minors to juvenile liaison officers for supervision for alcohol related offences...
- Residency Permits
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application by a person on behalf of their spouse (detail supplied). [10137/08]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the application of a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange to have the case examined of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [10190/08]
- Departmental Reports
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the casino commission report will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10239/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in relation to a long-term residency application by a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare...
- Visa Applications
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the visa application for a person (details supplied) who is in danger in their own country can be processed as a matter...
- Residency Permits
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who seeks leave to remain in Ireland on...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
- Registration of Title
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation whereby Cork City Council tenants cannot purchase their houses because of a problem with the fee simple; the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for naturalisation or residency of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will...
- Disposal of Firearms
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearms which had previously been stored at Clancy Barracks up until 2000-01 that were destroyed; the...
- Residency Permits
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application for permission to remain for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will be processed quickly; and if...
- Visa Applications
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for a spousal visa by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been deported in each of the years since 2000 to date in 2008 following deportation orders...
- Visa Applications
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the visa applications for persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on a sector (details supplied), giving details of expenditure in this sector by...
- Asylum Applications
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of the application for asylum of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the meetings he or his officials have had or are proposing to have with the Department of Health and Children and the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he proposes action to deal with concerns being expressed about management companies managing apartment blocks; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application made to the family reunification section of his Department in relation to a child...
- Fraud Offences
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there still exists an offence called fraudulent conversion under the Larceny Act 1916; if it would apply to a person...
- Departmental Staff
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Gateway Innovation Fund
Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for funding a conference centre and concert hall at fisheries field, Galway as part of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of professional fees being paid on a scheme (details supplied), or expected to be paid on this...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Health Service Executive plans to cease the running of a scheme (details supplied); if and when this...
- National Monuments
Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Fitzmaurice Castle on the Castle Green Grounds in Ballybunion is in State ownership or protection; if...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) in County Offaly; if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made in providing a sewerage scheme in Castlefinn, County Donegal. [10038/08]
- Waste Management
Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has calculated or is aware of the net cost or benefit, as the case may be, in terms of...
- National Monuments
Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs incurred for projects (details supplied) in 2007 and to date in 2008, providing details on a county...
- Purchase of Lands
Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 938 of 11 December 2007, when an application will be completed for a...
- Planning Issues
Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the EU ruling in June 2007 on the locals only and must speak Irish planning rules that were...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capacity of the new Rochfortbridge sewerage system when present works are fully completed; and if he will...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reiterate the commitment of his Department towards the policy of equalisation, which has existed...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the implications of Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the construction of a single wind farm is covered by the Planning and Development (Strategic...
- Waste Disposal
Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grant assistance available to householders who have septic tanks in excess of 50 years old, in view of...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite the process of dealing with applications for new water and sewerage schemes in Counties...
- Library Projects
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the funding application which was submitted in 2007 by Longford County Council for the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application for a waste water treatment plant by a local authority (details supplied) in...
- Water Charges
Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of water metering by local authorities for domestic users, similar to the...
- Derelict Sites
Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy in relation to derelict sites in each local authority; the number of derelict sites, listed...
- Motor Taxation
Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend motor tax concessions to flexi-fuel vehicles which have a proven lower emissions impact;...
- Waste Disposal
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the use of under-sink waste disposal units, particularly for people who have concerns in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of the proposed new sewage treatment plant in Letterkenny, County Donegal, which is to be a DBO....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 9 October 2007, if he has received an application for a...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people accommodated under the rental accommodation scheme by a local authority (details...
- Environmental Policy
Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the incentives and supports in place or planned to support and to encourage new and existing hotels to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding in 2008 for the Kilgarvan sewerage scheme in County Kerry as this village cannot...
- Environmental Policy
Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines set out by his Department in relation to the import of coal to Ireland; the procedure an...
- Waste Management
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied); the plans he has or is proposing to address the...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will account for the problems that local authorities have in meeting demands for accommodation under...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of the €300,000 allocated for pilot joint policing committees that has been drawn down by the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is acceptable that applications for inclusion on Dublin City Council's affordable...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the working group on the sale of local authority flats has met since it was announced; when it met; if it...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to allocate funding to Donegal County Council to replace old pipes and to upgrade the...
- National Monuments
Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will inform immediately the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Garda Commissioner...
- Climate Change
Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to deal with the climate change agenda; the details of initiatives in that regard;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the context of recent correspondence from Westmeath County Council dated 19 February 2008,...
- Housing Grants
Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that the grant for thatching of the roof for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Prospecting Licences
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when an overview of submissions made will be sent to this Deputy as promised (details supplied). [10179/08]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of customers a company (details supplied) has had over the past three years; the locations of these...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on a sector (details supplied), giving details of expenditure in...
- Energy Resources
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland has reserve supplies of natural gas to deal with a crisis; and if there are plans to create or...
- Departmental Staff
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants in his Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace...
