Written answers
Thursday, 10 April 2008
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence if the working group established by the Defence Forces to investigate the possible provision of roll-over protection systems in troop carrying...
- Overseas Missions
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received communication from the EU or UN requesting further deployment of Irish troops on overseas missions; and if he will make a...
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the disappointment expressed by PDFORRA at the failure of the benchmarking body to recommend an increase in the...
- Random Drug Testing
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence if recent court decisions have had implications for the Defence Forces' drug testing policy; if members are still being randomly tested for drugs...
- Overseas Missions
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the situation of the 217 personnel that are deployed in KFOR. [13549/08]
- Defence Forces Accommodation
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of standard, substandard and emergency accommodation units and rooms for officers by post and barracks; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Treaties
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact the Lisbon treaty will have on the Defence Forces. [13550/08]
- Defence Forces Legal Costs
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the fact that the Defence Forces paid €15.3 million in compensation claims for injury and illness during the period 2003 to 2007 while...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence if a claim for an increase on overseas allowance submitted by PDFORRA has been agreed by his Department and the representatives association under the...
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions during 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008, on which the Army bomb squad has been called out to deal with suspected explosive...
- Defence Forces Review
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a report following the first meeting of the review group within the Defence Force in regard to the implementation of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence if he envisages cutbacks in services provided by or through his Department in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13561/08]
- Overseas Missions
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is inappropriate that a person (details supplied) play a role in briefing members of the Irish Army going to Chad; his views on whether such...
- Public Information Campaigns
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence when it is proposed to run the public information campaign on emergency planning; the research, consultations and planning that have gone into...
- Departmental Funding
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence if the discussions between his Department and ONET and IUNVA in regard to an annual grant being made to both of these voluntary organisations has...
- Commemorative Events
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the regularity with which the all-party 1916 Rising Commemorative Committee has met since it was announced and the remit of the committee. [7561/08]
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence the procedure in place for members of the Defence Forces who received approaches from persons linked to criminal activity; his views on recent media...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will request the military authorities to review the regulations governing the recruitment of persons who have had laser eye treatment to bring...
- Overseas Missions
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to deploy a Defence Forces dentist to Chad; his views on whether such a deployment is necessary in view of the fact that the dental...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a reply to a letter he wrote to a political party (details supplied) requesting an illegal organisation to desist from misusing a...
- National Monuments
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in the construction of the promised national monument to honour deceased members of the Defence Forces; if it is intended to...
- Official Engagements
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Bosnia Herzegovina; the meetings he had while there; the nature of duties being undertaken by Irish troops...
- Overseas Missions
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence if the UNIFIL investigation team lead by an Irish officer which is investigating the incident involving a roadside bomb on the main coastal road...
- Child Care Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report from the Defence Forces partnership steering group sub committee on the feasibility of the provision of childcare...
- Department of Finance
- Drug Smuggling
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if an evaluation of coastal surveillance and air-sea rescue has been undertaken with particular reference to the need for enhanced...
- Outdoor Events
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the procedure of the Office of Public Works in making decisions on staging rock concerts or other events in the Phoenix Park; the...
- Tax Code
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the interpretation by the Revenue Commissioners that relevant contracts tax must be applied to all payments of...
- Employment Rights
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the costs incurred to date by his Department and the taxpayer, including man hours, legal fees, compensation pay, travelling costs and...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that unemployment is increasing at a much faster rate than the Government projected, he has revised his...
- House Prices
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has made an estimate of the number of residential property owners in negative equity; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of introducing a middle income tax rate of 35% to be applied to all those with an income in a band of €35,400 to...
- Tax Yield
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has revised his projections for tax receipts and budget deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13754/08]
- Public Finances
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with his management of the public finances since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of honouring the Government's commitment to reduce the higher rate of income tax to 40%; and if he will make a...
- Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of the oncology service at Tallaght Hospital; her plans to upgrade this vital service in Tallaght; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied). [13641/08]
- Hospital Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was referred by their general practitioner in...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding options open to support groups, play-schools and other agencies to establish communal areas, family supports and child care...
- Hospital Services
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a review is conducted of communication within hospitals, between hospitals and with the Health...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the pre-budget outlook for 2008 estimates the day-to-day cost in 2008 of maintaining health services at 2007 levels to be only...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 13 March 2008, the position regarding the issue of interest owing to long stay patients and...
- Medical Cards
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appeal for a full medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved in view of the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Departments plans to address the issues of poverty and social exclusion experienced by people with mental health problems; her views...
- Hospital Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted for an orthopaedic appointment; and if she will...
- Pharmacy Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a significant number of pharmacists have been in contact with the Health Service...
- Health Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Health Service Executive and the dental surgeons in the HSE western area where a number of dentists are not...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 20 February 2008. [13740/08]
- Residential Care Homes
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive's policy with regard to locating residential care homes for troubled teenagers in residential areas; the...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 26 February 2008. [13761/08]
- Community Care
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the new community nursing home opened recently in Cherry Orchard Dublin; the time frame from the original decision to approve...
- Medical Cards
Question 98: 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. [13779/08]
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who made the application under the national...
- Nursing Home Fees
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further assistance can or will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to nursing home fees; and if...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 26 February 2008 regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, when a reply will...
- Department of Transport
- Shipping Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of ships on the Irish Shipping Register for the years 2002 to 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Airports
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he will take to proceed with plans to grant independence to Cork Airport, if the board does not accept the Cassells proposals. [13690/08]
- Road Safety
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the Road Safety Authority are acting within their legislative remit in refusing to recognise or give exemptions to driving...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of subsidies paid to all transport bodies, that is, Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and regional airports for 2006 and 2007;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the countries with whom Ireland has diplomatic relations through a non-resident ambassador; if he has discouraged any of those countries...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a green card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Job Creation
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants or funding available to a person who is wishing to start a hurley making factory; and if he will make a...
- Small Business Forum
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recommendations of the small business forum; the position regarding each recommendation stating the progress that has...
- Employment Rights
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a regulatory impact assessment was carried out with respect to the new regulatory provision in the Employment Law...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe over which the 25% regulation reduction target will be met; the mechanism by which this regulation reduction...
- Science and Technology Groups
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he has taken or will take to encourage female participation in science based careers; and if he will make a...
- Work Permits
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a work permit has not issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when his Department will advertise for applications for grants under his Department's Access programme fund; the guidelines his...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the Government has appealed the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 4 March 2008. [13763/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had a disability allowance withdrawn when under his Department's...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if entitlements such as supplementary welfare allowance or back to education allowance are not available to non Irish nationals...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when his Department will next be seeking applications for a new round of applicants for the programme of grants for...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Legislative Controls
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the introduction of an EU compliant commercial fertiliser is being processed at such a slow pace to the detriment...
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to counteract the negative impact of the World Trade Organisation proposals which would see Irish beef and lamb...
- Grant Payments
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to compensate crews on fishing boats that may be decommissioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of their installation aid. [13716/08]
- Departmental Appointments
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 1 February 2007, the number of positions that have been filled from members of...
- Department of Education and Science
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in so far as provision of a sports hall is concerned for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding she is making available in 2008 to carry out remedial works and upgrading works in primary schools; the way in which such...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for invitation to the one day conference, Education through the Spectrum, to be held in Croke Park on 15 April 2008; and...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a request has been received by her Department for the acquisition of lands beside a school (details supplied); and if she will make...
- School Transport
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Enrolments
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the chronic under-provision for both primary and secondary school places in Lusk, Balbriggan,...
- School Transport
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the charges for the school transport scheme; the reasoning for the price difference between junior cycle and senior cycle post-primary...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will provide the money for building the long overdue extension to a school (details supplied). [13756/08]
- Education Schemes
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she has taken or will take to encourage girls to opt for third level science courses; and if she will make a statement on...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she continues to prevent the sons and daughters of stamp four asylum seekers from qualifying for higher education grants;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a school extension for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; when this funding which was...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in facilitating members of the Reserve Defence Force to serve overseas; the timescale for such development; and if...
- Pension Provisions
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the reduction in the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has upgraded and updated plans in the event of a national emergency, particularly those precipitated by acts of terrorism;...
- Overseas Missions
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions that have taken place with his EU or UN colleagues with regard to the future formation of EU lead battlegroups; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13769/08]
- Overseas Missions
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that EU peacekeeping missions are adequately co-ordinated with a view to ensuring a complete understanding by all member states...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Employment Rights
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he will put in place to reform maternity leave for private sector employees to remove the inequity which sees...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for a certificate of naturalisation...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of payment made to a company (details supplied) in respect of accommodation provided for asylum seekers and...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will resolve an issue (details supplied). [13640/08]
- Garda Strength
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full-time and part-time gardaí attached to the drug squad in the Donegal division of An Garda Síochána...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the enforcement success the gardaí are having in the way of prosecutions of boy racers and drivers who are using cars...
- Crime Levels
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for Coolock, Blanchardstown, Clondalkin, Store Street, Pearse Street, Tallaght and Dun Laoghaire...
- Garda Strength
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the location and strength of each local Garda drugs unit in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is equitable that his Department overrides a decision of the High Court as in the case of a person...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy on the provision of communal areas, other than kitchens, in self-catering accommodation provided to asylum...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); if he will allow the person referred to in the documents to remain...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is envisaged an Irish passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who has applied for...
- Deportation Orders
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will suspend the deportation order to allow a person (details supplied) to complete their studies; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it is proposed to deport in the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or intended residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Refugee Status
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the process in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of future residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the past 12 months of an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Residency Permits
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current, expected or pending residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status and progress to date in the matter of a residency application in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the subsidiary protection application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin since 26...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current position and expected procedure in the matter of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be concluded in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when residency will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow extended residency on the basis of parentage of an Irish born child in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois;...
- Refugee Status
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 206 of 6 March 2008 and 210 of 21 February 2008, if it is intended to convey the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Planning Issues
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 11 March 2008, if he will provide a copy of the defence...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name and area of each bog in County Mayo designated under the EU habitat directive; the number of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a review of An Bord Pleanála has taken place since its foundation in 1977; and if he will make a...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is taking three years to complete the purchase of designated bogs; the steps which he is taking...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding Galway City Council which is unable to implement the housing grant scheme in...
- Local Government Elections
Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he decided not to increase the number of councillors in Fingal County Council in view of the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of holders of drift-net fishing licences in County Mayo who benefited from the scheme of...
- Grant Payments
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the support available to owners of older houses in need of insulation or alternative heating systems to ensure...
- ESB Dividend Policy
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the dividend policy agreed between the ESB, his Department and the Department of Finance; the freedom the ESB...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the people who sit on the board of the ESB; the members of the board who have been appointed by himself and...
