Written answers
Thursday, 13 March 2008
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Cultural Programmes
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on offering departmental support in extending a scheme such as Dublin City Council's passport for leisure scheme nationwide...
- National Archives
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on progress towards constructing a new home for the National Archives; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Industry
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way his Department has helped support and develop sustainable tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10820/08]
- Departmental Programmes
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will favourably consider and commit grant aid from the proceeds of the national lottery through the programmes administered by...
- Arts Funding
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will clarify and develop his proposals for additional business sponsorship of the arts; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Industry
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Central Statistics Office does not identify tourism as a sector for...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the thrust of changes in the guidelines for applications for the current round of sports capital grants and their intended effect;...
- Legal Fees
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost to the taxpayer of legal fees to date in respect of disputes regarding the National Aquatic Centre; the anticipated final...
- Arts Plan
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the initiatives he has undertaken to provide spaces and funding for ethnic minority communities to develop their cultural expressions...
- Heritage Fund
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a decision has been taken on the desirability of creating a new heritage fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Arts Plan
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to increase the usage of publicly funded arts centres; if he will ensure that these centres will be opened up...
- Arts Funding
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he plans to launch the arts capital grants scheme; if the terms of reference regarding the division of funding will be similar...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report (details supplied) which show that rate of drop out from participation in...
- Drugs in Sport
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the support his Department is giving to the national anti-doping agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10821/08]
- Tax Code
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there have been consultations with the Department of Finance to secure the inclusion of choreographers in the artists tax...
- National Cultural Institutions
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the supports his Department is providing to ensure that national cultural institutions here reach their target of 3 million guests in...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the linkages he has established with other Government Departments regarding arts and sporting initiatives; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Committees
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the high-level, independently chaired strategy committee established to consider the recommendations of the National Economic and...
- Cultural Events
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on extending the culture night event to other cities for the event in September 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he is taking to promote tourism in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7474/08]
- Arts Funding
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount that has been acquired via the per cent for art scheme since its inception in 1997 to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he proposes to take to ensure that publicly-funded centres and buildings are made available to voluntary arts and sports...
- National Cultural Institutions
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has initiated or facilitated contact with world leading institutions on behalf of national cultural institutions...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the role his Department plays in encouraging sport in the education cycle, in particular to ensure children who are considered...
- National Cultural Institutions
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received reports from the national cultural institutions regarding the status of their obligations under the national...
- Department of Finance
- National Lottery
Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the anticipated receipts from the proceeds of the national lottery in 2008; the way this compares with previous years; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding decentralisation to Donegal town; if a site has been identified for the new offices; when it is expected that...
- National Monuments
Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has plans to install flood lighting at Ballinacarriga Castle, Dunmanway, County Cork, to light up the...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to assist freight and forwarding agents who use the customs AEP 2 service to adapt to a computerised new system after...
- Flood Relief
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 30 January 2008, if there has been progress on the issue. [11107/08]
- Pension Provisions
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proposals he has to meet the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding the tax on imputed withdrawals...
- Tax Code
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a nursing home (details supplied) in County Longford does not qualify for a tax rebate for those paying for an elderly...
- Tax Yield
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a county breakdown of income tax, VAT, stamp duty and corporation profit tax for 2007; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he expects the Government to borrow to adequately fund the completion of Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 59: 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, Dublin 22 and the...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on including a medical condition (details supplied) as a long-term illness under the drugs payment scheme. [11030/08]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it took from 23 February 2007 to 27 February 2008 for a decision on an application for grant assistance under national lottery...
- Health Services
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding for home care packages allocated in the Health Service Executive budget for the Kildare-west Wicklow area of the HSE for...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (detail supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the health repayment scheme. [11058/08]
- Suicide Incidence
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides recorded in the Cork and Kerry area in each of the past five years; the number of mental health resource officers...
- Hospital Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason all the women who had mammograms carried out at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, have not been formally written to,...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the high observation area 5B, Mid-Western Regional Hospital will commence construction in March 2008. [11071/08]
- Hospital Staff
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a consultant psychiatry position is being filled to act as a clinical director of St. Martins ward, St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick....
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 14 February 2008, the position regarding the issue of interest owing to long-stay patients...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the new nursing home scheme, A Fair Deal; when she will introduce same; when she envisages the scheme becoming available...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [11082/08]
- Ambulance Service
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for five additional ambulances to be provided for Dublin Fire Brigade as an urgent priority. [11089/08]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting orthopaedic appointments at Beaumont Hospital; the consultant rheumatologist/patient ratio nationally;...
- Health Services
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to the response received from the Health Service Executive in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 28 November 2007, if...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the provision of additional public nursing homes in County Kildare is included in the Health Service Executive...
- Health Services
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults awaiting assessment for occupational therapy in Kildare and west Wicklow; and the number of vacant...
- Medical Cards
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on making an amendment to the medical card scheme whereby people in receipt of a medical card or general practitioner visit...
- Hospital Staff
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the long promised suicide nurse will be appointed at Tallaght Hospital. [11124/08]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a hospital bed will be approved for a person (detail supplied) in County Cork. [11126/08]
- Health Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason occupational therapy is not available at a school for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim who is an inpatient in St. Patrick's Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon has not...
- National Health Strategy
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions which have been taken to date by her Department to implement the council on stroke of the Irish Heart Foundation...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when post mortem results will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if a death certificate will issue in this case; and if...
- Medical Cards
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, with regard to community based primary care services, of multidisciplinary teams established on a pilot basis in 2001; the...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 30 January 2008, if there has been a successful conclusion to the discussions between Iarnród...
- Vehicle Registration
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles registered for use on roads in Dublin, Wicklow, Meath and Kildare in 2007, distinguishing cars, motorcycles and goods...
- Public Transport
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the Exchequer subvention towards the cost of transport services in each year 2000 to 2007 inclusive, distinguishing the subvention...
- Traffic Management
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the canal cordon counts of journeys by different travel modes in each year since 2000 to date in 2008. [11189/08]
- Public Transport
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of a recent meeting between himself, local authorities, business organisations, An Garda Síochána, CIÉ and the Railway Procurement...
- Rail Network
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the preparatory work and planning that has been done in advance of the massive excavation and construction work due to take place at St. Stephen's...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the case of a person (detail supplied) with the Chinese Government to seek their release on humanitarian grounds; and if he...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if members have been appointed to the interdepartmental committee charged with the co-ordinated implementation of the...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of persons currently participating in the FÁS community employment scheme: if there is a cap on the number...
- Retail Sector
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the increase or decrease in the price of beer, wine and spirits at supermarkets or off-licences since the abolition of the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts and Sports Funding
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will amend the relevant legislation regarding arts and sports organisations to ensure that these are required to allocate...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a golf project (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2008; and if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which decentralisation proposals in respect of his Department are completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Industry
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals to ensure the future and competitiveness of the tourism industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Arts Funding
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he will fund the promotion of the arts in 2008 as compared with previous years; and if he will make a statement...
- Stadium Projects
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the National Stadium; when the project is expected to proceed to conclusion; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to a previous parliamentary question reply (details supplied), the further evidence he requires from the person referred...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date in the proposed decentralisation of the 262 information and communications technology posts to Drogheda; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath for mortgage allowance under the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of appeals made to the director of customer services information and appeals arising from a refusal in respect of...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will take particular steps to address the needs of community based groups involved in the fight against drugs...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if and when an alarm system for older people will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the geographical areas in County Westmeath that are designated for inclusion in the CLÁR areas; and if he will make...
- Departmental Reports
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 27 February 2008 and No. 188 of 4 March 2008, if his Department is...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Foreshore Development
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if decisions regarding the future development of the foreshore will be delayed pending review of the foreshore legislation;...
- Coastal Protection
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Ireland is required to carry out a strategic environmental assessment of the Irish coast under European Union law; the...
- Food Safety
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the legal regulations with regard to the disposal of out of date food products; and if she will make a statement on the...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the Mandelson proposals at the World Trade Organisation talks; her further views, in this context, on whether...
- Grant Payments
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 6 March 2008, if the person (detail supplied) in County Wexford will receive...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that files and applications for the new farm modernisation scheme have been...
- Grant Payments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress to date on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for grant aid under the farm...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will be given by the National Development Finance Agency to a school (details supplied) in County Offaly to proceed with...
- School Placement
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who resides in the catchment area of a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding provided to primary and secondary schools by means of the furniture grant, administered under the schools...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been paid the correct payment for the VTOS course they are attending; if there...
- School Transport
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the present primary school transport scheme was established; when it was last reviewed; if she has plans to conduct a review of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has recently received letters from schools (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the need to provide an...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Teachers Conciliation Council has made a recommendation on the claim for improvements in the arrangements for the award of...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been identified for a permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if negotiations on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1057 of 30 January 2008 and in view of the overcrowding in a school (details supplied) in...
- School Enrolments
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 28 November 2007, the county breakdown of the 71 pupils enrolled in the school for first...
- Psychological Service
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1062 of 30 January 2008, the schools to which the two additional educational psychologists have...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the developed sketch scheme in relation to the new school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare....
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 28 November 2007 is available; and if not when it will be. [11115/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the required extension to a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare. [11116/08]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if arrangements can be made for non-EU students, resident in Ireland, qualifying for higher education grants, whose applications for...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will announce the next group of post-primary schools to proceed to design stage; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration will be given to a teacher who retired in 2000 and who held a third class honours degree, to qualify them for the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a complete breakdown of the accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this school...
- School Enrolments
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 for resources to accept a second class of junior infants...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department; the reason so many civil servants are needed in view of the fact that the Defence Forces are...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Safety
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason section 17 of the Rules of the Road which states the obligations of cyclists towards pedestrians, particularly...
- Garda Operations
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason gardaí were threatening protestors and protectors on the Rath Lugh, Lismullen site, County Meath with the...
- Córais Chomhuainigh Aistriúcháin
Question 179: To ask the Aire Dlí agus Cirt, Comhionannais agus Athchóirithe Dlí cad iad na himpleachtaí atá ann don tSeirbhís Chúirteanna as cinneadh na mbreithiúna sa Chúirt...
- Residency Permits
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is seeking to...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the processing of Garda clearances for prospective staff at a foundation (detail supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an appeal by a person (detail supplied) in County Louth; and when a decision might be expected in this...
- Court Procedures
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of days before a court appearance a summons is meant to be delivered according to law; the person who is...
- Crime Levels
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of successful closures obtained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 for...
- Residency Permits
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when decisions will be made on the residency application and family reunification application of a person (details...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1280 of 30 January 2008, if he will answer the question fully; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Fire Stations
Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to improve fire services in the Ballyshannon/Bundoran areas; if it is his intention to have...
- Hunting Licences
Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has issued a decision regarding the issuing of a licence to a group (detail supplied); and...
- Environmental Policy
Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is undertaking a fresh review of evidence surrounding the alleged negative environmental and health...
- National Monuments
Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to events on 6 March 2008 at Rath Lugh, Lismullen, County Meath, when...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has to introduce a grant system for older house owners who would not have the means to bring...
- Recycling Policy
Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a reverse vending machine approach to collecting certain recyclable materials; if his Department...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated for housing starts, acquisition and maintenance to all of the town councils...
- Fire Stations
Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report to Dáil Éireann indicating the applications his Department has received from local...
- Planning Issues
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to abolish charges to the public for making submissions and observations on planning...
- Heritage Sites
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the report of the advisory committee on the future of the Viking site at Woodstown, County...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when decisions will be announced on the €300 million gateway innovation fund; and if he will make a...
- Local Elections
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there will be elections to new town councils in June 2009. [11104/08]
- Rural Renewal Scheme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason an inspection has not been carried out for a grant under the rural renewal scheme on the home of a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give a full report on all available insulation grants for householders; the funding being provided...
