Written answers
Thursday, 1 May 2008
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Situation in Kenya
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Kenya at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16655/08]
- EU Treaty
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if 12 June 2008 has been confirmed as the date for the EU reform treaty referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16946/08]
- Hostage Releases
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he has most recently made at national, EU and international level to make such contacts as would facilitate the immediate release...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has sought a written assurance from the US Secretary of State to confirm that no human being has been transferred through an airport...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the official engagements he attended in Northern Ireland; the party political leaders he met in Northern Ireland from 1 April 2008 to date in...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives being taken by the EU in order to be of assistance in the restoration of civil society in Somalia. [16826/08]
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has congratulated Dr. Fernando Lugo on his recent election to the presidency of Paraguay. [16832/08]
- Passport Applications
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of fraudulent passport applications made in 2007; the action taken in relation to the applicants who made the fraudulent...
- Middle East Peace Process
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Gaza at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/08]
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if discussions are taking place with a view to strengthening EU-Pakistan relations; if discussions are taking place to explore a joint...
- Departmental Funding
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department paid a person (details supplied); if any other such payments were made to persons since 2002, or are currently being made;...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia; if efforts are being made to persuade donor governments to adopt a...
- Food Security Issues
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the development implications in general, and the reduction in food security and production in particular, as is occasioned by the direction...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the position in relation to the legal regime for the exploration and exploitation of Ireland's marine shelf in...
- EU Membership
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the possible acceptance of an application by Serbia to join the European Union. [16835/08]
- Landing Rights
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the large number of permissions issued by the Department of Transport for aircraft carrying weapons and munitions to land here;...
- Overseas Missions
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position in relation to the announcement of the independence of Kosovo, including the future presence of the Defence Forces...
- Millennium Development Goals
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress made in the achievement of the millennium development goals; the shortfalls that exist in...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures the EU are taking to support reconstruction, good government and democracy in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the inclusion of genetically modified grain in the food aid being sent by donor countries to a number of African countries; and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of new staff, both within the public service and outside the public service, which have been recruited to his Department in each...
- Exploration Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that the operation of an Irish exploration company in the occupied territory of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic is...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the claims made by the former chief United Nations war crimes prosecutor, Ms Carla del Ponte, as to the murder...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 23 April 2008, the details of his discussions with the [i]chargé d'affaires[/i] of the Embassy...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will publish the heads of legislation in advance of the international conference to be held soon, hosted by Ireland; and if, with the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the leaking of correspondence from staff in his Department in relation to preparations for the referendum on the Lisbon treaty....
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that efforts have been made that would enable persons displaced from their homes, villages and farms during the conflict...
- Overseas Missions
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress of the EU mission in Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16945/08]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives that have been taken to strengthen the research capacity of Irish Aid; the funding which is being allocated each year for the...
- EU Policies
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the twin objectives of the Lisbon Accord in relation to cohesion and competitiveness, on the growing inequalities in the...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent elections in Nepal. [16839/08]
- Department of Finance
- Customs Service
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the customs and passport check arrangements for private jets and helicopters arriving at Dublin Airport, specifically at the area of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of revenue officials in the Border, midlands and west region, giving counties covered by this region for the years 2003 to...
- Customs Service
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of officials engaged in customs and excise duties, since the amalgamation within the revenue and since the amalgamation for...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of revenue officials who have transferred from revenue offices to decentralised Departments since the date decentralisation...
- Chief State Solicitor's Office
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17008/08]
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the eligibility of persons who are in receipt of carers allowance to a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Pharmacy Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps her Department has taken to ensure that the procurement of medicines in hospitals, including hospital pharmacies, delivers...
- Medical Cards
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will have a medical card application processed; when a decision will be made; when the...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card holders, on a county basis, that will be affected by the crisis in the pharmacy sector. [16975/08]
- Health Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish clear guidelines in relation to the availability of home care packages and the thresholds of need that trigger...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time private companies (details supplied) have been working for her Department pursuant to an act; and the estimated...
- Health Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a dental appointment date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment date for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been referred to the regional...
- Disability Allowance
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a more detailed breakdown of the exact figures of payment outlined in Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 17 April...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the information sought in relation to capital projects will be available (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 79: 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...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to the orthopaedic unit in the Midlands Regional...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to Tallaght Hospital for an appointment for...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities that will be transferred to the new Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore; the departments and staff that will be...
- Health Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of her recent reiterated view that radiotherapy services for cancer patients are not deliverable within Letterkenny General...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in Letterkenny General Hospital who have been waiting over 12 months for an operation; and the number of patients...
- Drug Treatment Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if budget cutbacks will result in the cancellation of proposed special treatment projects for cocaine users; the treatment services...
- Health Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the intention of the Health Service Executive to withdraw the services of the occupational therapist...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) at Rehab, Dun Laoghaire; and if their case will be expedited. [17058/08]
- Health Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in the provision of a hospice for cancer patients in County Carlow; if the Health Service Executive have allocated funding...
- Department of Transport
- Public Transport
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the budget allocated for all Transport 21 public awareness projects; the final projected cost of the current campaign and any other proposed...
- Departmental Staff
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) in County Galway, a warranted officer who continues to operate under the authority of his Department, will be...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of taxi plates that have been issued in each of the past ten years in each local authority here; if there are proposals to limit the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Córas Aistriúcháin
Question 100: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha cad tá á dhéanamh aige chun a dheimhniú go gcuirfí córas iomlán aistriúcháin agus ateangaireachta ar fáil do Chomhaltaí Éireannacha...
- EU Policies
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the EU is establishing and improving contacts with the Ukraine, Russia and other former USSR countries; and if he will...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his EU colleagues are engaging with the Iranian authorities with a view to establishing better and more peaceful...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/08]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his EU colleagues are engaged in positive dialogue with African countries with a view to the elimination of human...
- Crime Prevention
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Lisbon treaty has sufficient strength to prevent money laundering throughout Europe and between Europe and the wider community with...
- Undocumented Irish
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if progress is expected to be made in the matter of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17071/08]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the top 10 locations worldwide currently suffering from starvation, strife and human rights abuses; the degree to which the EU and UN...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in regard to the resolution of the outstanding issues in the Balkans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17073/08]
- AIDS Prevention
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress of the fight against AIDS in Africa; the extent to which the EU and UN are jointly involved; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reviewing the capping system for community employment schemes in rural areas, where supervisors are...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on recent reports of irregularities with respect to the short-selling of Irish banking stocks; the progress of...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm having received an application from a community group (details supplied) in County Longford; if, in context of...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Live Register
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the live register figures are broken down by postal code or geographical area; if they are not, the technological problems that...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Schemes
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown of the monetary allocation of €79 million under the farm improvement scheme in tabular form; the expenditure...
- Grant Payments
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of forestry. [16958/08]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will introduce a €2000 top-up for hill sheep farmers in designated areas as a supplementary payment measure in REP...
- Grant Payments
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has not received their forestry grant twelve months after...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of an application by a company (details supplied) in County Wexford to purchase a foreshore lease from her...
- Milk Quota
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will clarify the situation regarding the sale of land where milk quota is concerned; if such quota is inextricably...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a company (details supplied) in County Longford has been forced to bear financial losses of approximately...
- Circus Animals
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of animals imported into Ireland for use in circuses here in 2007, including the species, the number, their...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the eligibility conditions for participation in the early retirement scheme from farming 2007 for farmers who wish to...
- Grant Payments
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [17053/08]
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a county breakdown of the projects under the school building projects programme that have completed the tender...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in primary education where children of nine or under are in a class of 30 or more; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools and secondary schools that applied for the summer works scheme, before her decision to abolish the...
- Asbestos Remediation Programme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding has not been put in place by her Department for the asbestos management programme for 2008; when a decision on...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding for facilities for disadvantaged schools is still available (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason, as has been reported, it is not authorised that this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will arrange for a smooth transition from primary to secondary school for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give approval to permit the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if the go ahead for same...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Driving Licences
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who has applied for a public service...
- Work Permits
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has received a two year work permit, has only received a one...
- Visa Applications
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for visitors visas for persons (details supplied) to visit Ireland will be dealt with; and if he will...
- Garda Operations
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will quantify breath tests carried out on drivers involved in collisions attended by Gardaí in 2004, 2005, 2006 and...
- Residency Permits
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Visa Applications
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the request by a person (details supplied) for a stamp four visa to permit them to live and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17038/08]
- Deportation Orders
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 149: 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 Kildare; and if he will make...
- Refugee Status
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 151: 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...
- Deportation Orders
Question 152: 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 Waterford; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status and family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Residency Permits
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for the issue of temporary documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who is...
- Residency Permits
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 with particular reference to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to applications for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will authorise a transfer to alternative accommodation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- 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 Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 17 April 2008 and noting the serious consequences and threat to life of the...
- Visa Applications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason in view of the fact that her visiting visa heretofore allowed her to attend college it cannot be updated for a...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Grant Payments
Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a €2,000 top-up for hill sheep farmers in designated areas as a supplementary payment...
- Planning Issues
Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times the board of An Bord Pleanála has decided to set aside the recommendations of its...
- Grant Payments
Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 11 March 2008, when payment will issue to a person (details...
- Building Regulations
Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proper technical board will be set up to vet new membership to the Royal Institute of Architects...
- Hunting Licences
Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the full details of his out of court settlement with a group (details supplied); the conditions by which a...
- Planning Issues
Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will issue a directive to local authorities regarding the upcoming review of county development plans,...
- Waste Disposal
Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position the Government took on the reclassification of incineration as energy recovery at European...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money put aside to undertake essential habitat improvements and fish stock rehabilitation works;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce secondary legislation to enable the Loughs Agency to undertake functions including the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of all consultants currently engaged by his Department; the purpose of their contract; the amount...
- EU Directives
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the purpose and effect of the European Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas) (Compulsory Acquisition)...
