Written answers

Thursday, 8 May 2008

  • Department of Transport
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will change the composition of the advisory council to the Taxi Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17527/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward legislation to Cabinet to lower the blood alcohol limit to 50 m/g; if he is considering plans to lower the blood alcohol...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the report into the presence of Irish and foreign registered car write-offs on roads here; the contacts his Department has had...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the context of the development of proactive cycling policies, he has had consultations with the Minister for the Environment Heritage and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 21 February 2007, the progress that has been made regarding the decentralisation of Bus Éireann staff...
    • Public Transport
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the upgrading of the Dublin Bus fleet. [17428/08]
    • Freight Transport
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce incentives to encourage freight transport by increasing port capacity as recommended by the recently published Freight...
    • Public Transport
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport if the funding for all of the major infrastructure projects outlined in Transport 21 has been ring-fenced until their full delivery in 2015 and...
    • Parking Facilities
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with the Office of Public Works or the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government to discuss the provision...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Transport if he keeps minutes of meetings between himself and other Government Ministers; if not, the reason he does not; if so, the reason these minutes are...
    • Road Network
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport the way his Department monitors and invigilates the policies and performance of the NRA; if he has received submissions from the National Toll...
    • Public Transport
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to provide additional buses to the Cork area to improve public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17750/08]
    • Employment Rights
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of incidents of marine workers being left unpaid for work done that have occurred on ships docked in Irish ports in the years 2005,...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 30 January 2008, the progress made in the discussions with the Taxi Regulator in relation to the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport when he plans to reform the Transport Act 1932 to allow for greater bus competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17457/08]
    • Dublin Transport Authority
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding the role of a directly elected Dublin...
    • Road Safety
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had consultation with the RSA, the Gardaí and the HSA on the safety implications for newspaper workers, motorists, cyclists and...
    • State Airports
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport if all parties have fully accepted the recommendations of the Cassells' report; if he has received the business plans from Cork and Shannon...
    • Rail Services
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the introduction of a rail freight subsidy on a per tonne basis for materials that are transferred from existing road freight onto...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport her views on the views of the MCIB in relation to the need for the same colour coded buoyage system of navigation to be used in both jurisdictions...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on the development of the LUAS line through the Tallaght west estates to Citywest and Saggart; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the continuing delay in the re-establishment of the Cork Swansea ferry route; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport if progress has been made in terms of finding an alternative method of collection of fines for motoring offences with Garda statistics indicating...
    • Rail Network
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress regarding the reopening of the western rail corridor. [17427/08]
    • Ship Inspections
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will increase the number of inspectors carrying out inspections on ships docked in Irish ports, especially in view of the tragic death of a...
    • Road Safety
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish legislation to implement the graduated driver licence programme; the proposed measures that will be contained in this...
    • Road Network
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the rising costs of road maintenance; his plans to achieve greater value for taxpayers money; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of the nationwide Transport 21 advertising campaign; the length of time this campaign will run for; the objectives that have been...
    • Road Network
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the contacts he has had with the National Roads Authority, Dublin City Council and Nishimatsu-Mowlem-Irishenco in relation to the total projected...
    • Public Transport
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the Sustainable Travel and Transport Action Plan arising from the recent consultation process; his views on whether it will be...
    • Road Safety
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recommendation to double the penalty points at bank holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17326/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department is examining plans to complete the original Dublin C-ring or M50/Dublin beltway, namely, the southern extension of the Port...
    • Rail Network
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on plans to fast-track the delivery of the Dublin rail interconnector; the projected total cost and completion date for the...
    • Air Services
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will initiate an investigation in conjunction with the National Consumer Agency, the Competition Authority and the Commission on Aviation...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in preparing legislative or other measures to ensure that all vehicles on roads here, including foreign registered...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce measures to reduce the cost of motor insurance, particularly for young drivers. [17432/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to increase the level of funding for the Medical Bureau of Road Safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17328/08]
    • Rail Network
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of the Athlone to Mullingar rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16056/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is invigilating the rollout of the Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012 on a continuous basis; the number of deadlines for the implementation of...
    • Rail Network
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will formally commit to a plan to develop a rail line from Sligo to the city of Derry, creating an all-Ireland rail loop. [17426/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce new measures to facilitate the drug and drink testing of public and private sector transport workers in safety critical roles;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport the date for the full rollout of the integrated ticketing scheme; if this process will be delayed by the establishment of the Dublin Transport...
    • Dublin Transport Authority
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recently published Dublin Transport Authority Bill; when he will appoint the new members of the DTA board and advisory...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether adequate exemptions are being granted to driving instructors who were on the driving instructors register who wish to register...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of agencies that come under the aegis of his Department; the funding provided by his Department for the operation of each of these...
    • Port Development
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Government's study of Dublin Port has been completed; when it will be published; if he will bring forward a Green Paper on Dublin Port; if...
  • Department of Finance
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of off-licences that have been authorised in the postal district of Dublin 24; the number that have been licensed in each of the past...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance when the marriage ban was initiated for working women who got married; the person by whom it was initiated; when it ended; the reason it did not...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new motor vehicles registered for each month since January 2007 to date in 2008. [17279/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's attention has been drawn to the concerns among energy crop growers of the tax treatment of establishment costs; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise on a case (details supplied). [18010/08]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the resources for personnel that have been allocated to REACH; the contractual arrangements to private consultants in regard to REACH; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people affected by the imposition of penalties when calculating tax liabilities for deceased persons and their estates in each of the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 11 March 2008, if a feasibility study has been undertaken by the engineering staff of the Office of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if a school (details supplied) is an approved and registered college with the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of tax relief on tuition fees...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the stage the process of building new office accommodation for the Office of Public Works in Claremorris is at; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [17222/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who are not domiciled here for tax purposes; the estimate of the tax foregone to the State as a result of the tax treatment of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of a matter (details supplied) he will respond in full and confirm affirmatively or in the negative whether any such agreement was...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in taxation for each category of petrol and diesel for each year from 2004 to date in 2008 inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the transfer of deeds (details supplied) to Fingal County Council, as there are various issues which need resolving; and if he...
    • Faoiseamh Cánach
      Question 93: To ask the Aire Airgeadais an dtugann sé faoiseamh cánach i leith cúrsaí iarchéime Gaeilge mar a thugtar i leith cúrsaí inmholta i dteangacha iasachta agus an leagfaidh sé...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for goods and...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the revenue that would be gained by restoring the residential property tax and applying it to residential properties, rental and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will extend the same tax allowances to the woody biomass crops as are available to forestry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will defer the closure of the Upper Glen Road until the road works in Chapelizod are complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the sources of income that are exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17423/08]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be accrued from a 5 cent and 10 cent increase in duty on petrol and diesel; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of An Taoiseach; the attendees at such meetings; if an agenda was...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected from energy sources for each year of the past five years; the breakdown of those figures; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to tax relief for rent payments made by them; if he will confirm that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department's aegis for each of the...
    • National Monuments
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office for Public Works has plans to introduce more secure protective measures at the Loughcrew Cairns in County Meath in order to maintain...
    • Tax Code
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives from his Department and his Department's agencies for the production of bio-fuels; if he will review these in view of the current...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to take measures to address the issue of competitiveness in the economy and encourage continued inward investment having particular...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by individual Departments and agencies. [17833/08]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation yield on rental income for 2004 and for each subsequent year for which figures are available with a breakdown in each year for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of Appendix D of the Green Paper on Pensions, he will provide the same information in respect of PRSAs and RACs for 2005 and...
    • National Parks
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made in the implementation of Section 5.3 of the Towards a Liffey Valley Park strategy document which recommends that the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists currently working with primary schools here; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with reference to the National Economic and Social Forum Report 36, the Senior Officials Group under the National Action Plan for...
    • Health Services
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17988/08]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time for a routine outpatient appointment in Cork University Hospital is...
    • Health Services
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to an application from a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if same will be dealt with; and if she...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 3 April 2008, her definition of the term "shortly", as this report has been due shortly for...
    • Departmental Audits
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a value for money audit has been carried out on the work undertaken for her Department by private companies (details supplied). ...
    • Health Services
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to services for a person (details supplied); if there are respite services available for people in this...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no orthopaedic operations are carried out in Tallaght General Hospital each Friday; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claimants that have been paid under an Act (details supplied) on a county basis; the number of applications received and...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 17 April 2008, when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 214, 375 and 433 of 2 April 2008, when the review of acute hospital services in the mid-west will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the worsening shortage of general practitioners as highlighted by the Irish College of General...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a group (details supplied) will be assisted with their priority matters. [17228/08]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17231/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a situation where a person (details supplied) in County Cork received an appointment in the Cork University...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lengthy delay in the greater Dublin area with regard to the assessment of appropriate candidates...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in an application by persons (details supplied) in County Dublin for domiciliary care for a child; if the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that a drug (details supplied) is safe; and if she will investigate this matter. [17242/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a psychological assessment is given to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17246/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the home care attendants employed by the Health Service Executive in Kildare and west Wicklow are paid travel allowances using the...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that the final report set up by the Health Service Executive to study a cluster of hepatitis B cases which occurred...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide isolation units for cystic fibrosis patients at the University Hospital, Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting for a hip replacement; if they will have the...
    • Health Services
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress regarding the refurbishment and upgrading of the Health Service Executive public health clinic at New Street, Malahide,...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to their claim under the health repayment scheme....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when, in view of the success of the acute medical admissions unit at St. James Hospital, acute medical admissions units will be...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); her plans to address the concerns expressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to increase the number of MRI scanners at Beaumont Hospital from two to five; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing levels at each hospital maternity unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17355/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time for payment to be made by her Department and by each agency affiliated to her Department to outside contractors for...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a full medical card will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will act on the Health Information and Quality Authority's approval of the HPV vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the eventual negative consequences arising from the continued conflict between herself and the Health...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the work of a group (details supplied) which produced a report and recommendations locally for maternity patients and their families at...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of An Taoiseach; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the medical card appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17574/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will fill the vacant psychologist position at the Brothers of Charity, Kerry. [17578/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be no financial cuts to the Health Service Executive budget regarding primary community continuous care for the Kerry...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 31 January 2008, if a recruitment pause is still in place; if this affects front line staff;...
    • Health Services
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive north east is prepared to finalise a deal with a person (details supplied) in County Cavan for an...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the intention is to raise standards and increase capacity and capability in laboratories here for cervical...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the new national paediatric hospital at the Mater Hospital can only be built once the newly proposed adult...
    • Health Services
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the Office for Disability and Mental Health. [17610/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child adolescents on the psychiatric waiting list. [17612/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that since changes have been made in the supply arrangements for specialist stockings for...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee that a third consultant surgeon will be available to Mallow General Hospital on a permanent basis for the period...
    • Health Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will produce a copy of an agreement referred to recently (details supplied); if she will verify whether this document exists; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to her Department of implementing the pay roll system within her Department and within bodies under her Department's aegis for...
    • Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding of €1,500,000 will be made available to a foundation (details supplied) in County Cork by the Health Service Executive in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recently published OECD report in relation to the Health Reform Plan for hospitals in the north east...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a reduction in the number of day care visits being afforded to senior citizens at a centre (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue to this Deputy in relation to correspondence (details supplied). [17727/08]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the terms a contract bed in a private nursing home and long stay maintenance charges are defined in primary legislation,...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in appointing a replacement public health nurse (details supplied); and if she will ensure that there is no...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to clarify and update legislation on eligibility for health and personal social services; if it is intended to address...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new positions created within the Health Service Executive for each of the years from 2004 to date in 2008; and the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) admitted to the Eye and Ear Hospital to have an important procedure carried...
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if they will be seen as matter of urgency; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the income limits for medical cards were last increased; her views on whether the limits should be further increased; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for speech and language services for adults in each Health Service Executive local health office in Dublin...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners per county, in each year over the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation to each of the major acute hospitals in Dublin for the years 1997 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the investigation on child care facilities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing for additional kidney dialysis capacity in County Kilkenny and in County Limerick; her views on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied). [17767/08]

    • Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if home help will be provided; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 203: 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 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a home care package will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card application review will be processed in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent report (details supplied) that the National Director of Estates in the Health Service Executive has issued an...
    • Alcohol Consumption
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent figures published by the Health Service Executive which show that in 2007 there was a rise in...
    • Medical Research
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a recent report into stem cell therapies prepared by the Irish Council for Bioethics which calls for...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent comments made by medical experts that the shortage of general practitioners here is one of the...
    • Disease Screening Programme
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to introduce a programme whereby all patients over 65 years of age should be tested for Alzheimer's disease (details...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent disclosures that several mental health projects funded in 2006 and 2007 will not come on stream...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to deal with the situation whereby 6,000 health care workers face fatal hazards from needle stick injuries....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria taken into consideration when awarding the rural practice allowance. [17838/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [17844/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a request from a group (details supplied). [17845/08]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of mastectomy procedures were carried out in Mayo General Hospital in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the provision of podiatry footwear for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to her and the Health Service Executive west's proposals for the provision a new health campus and step down...
    • Children in Care
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps her Department will take on the continuing issue of 278 separated children who entered the country as unaccompanied minors and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the response she proposes to make to that part of the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Thomas Hammarberg's report...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will release funds for a home care package for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Qualifications
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been reached by the medical academy on the registration of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claimants who have appealed the amounts offered to them under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; the number of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by her Department and the agencies under the aegis of her Department....
  • Department of Transport
    • Traffic Management
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with the Office of Public Works or the Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government to discuss the provision...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a 60 year old agreement signed by the British and Irish Governments insisting that Malin Head Coastguard...
    • Rail Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of the fact that the majority of cargo freight lands on the east coast and that Ireland does not have the necessary infrastructure to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for goods and...
    • State Airports
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport his view on the impact that the debt inferred upon the Cork Airport Authority will have on investment in the greater Cork area; and if he will...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recently published Value for Money and Policy Review of the Traffic Management Grants Scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of An Taoiseach; the attendees at...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to local parents as a result of significant HGV traffic outside a school (details supplied)...
    • Air Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish citizens availing of flight services in the US could be at risk from failings in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to his Department of implementing the pay roll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department's aegis for each of...
    • US Customs Facilities
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent visit to Washington; if he discussed the proposed extension to the US customs and border protection facility with...
    • Rail Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport if studies in the Kildare route project railways order have been completed; if they have not been completed, when these studies will be completed...
    • Public Transport
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which targets and costings set in the context of Transport 21 are expected to be met on time; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport the daily throughput of commuter rail passengers using Sallins Rail Station, Sallins, County Kildare; the extent to which this has increased in...
    • Rail Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposed or revised targets in regard to further expansion and improvement of provincial and intercity rail services; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the plans by Aer Lingus or other carriers to close down existing services or open up new air routes in the...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for extending new rail spurs to growing towns or villages particularly where existing rail stations are a distance from the centre...
    • Road Safety
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to highlighting road speed cameras or traffic control vans as is the case in other jurisdictions arising from...
    • Road Signage
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the proliferation of and, in some cases contradictory, road signs including speed limits at many locations...
    • Road Network
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of many professionals who are of the opinion that poor road conditions are a contributory factor...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of drivers arrested under drink-driving laws on a monthly basis in each of the past two years; the number of convictions, dismissals or...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [18121/08]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will liaise with the Department of Social and Family Affairs concerning a particular sector of people (details supplied). [17150/08]
    • International Agreements
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the provisions of the EURATOM Treaty and their implications for Ireland; if the Lisbon treaty is affected in any way by the EURATOM Treaty;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for goods...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his view on the Armenian genocide and Turkey's refusal to acknowledge it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17398/08]
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach; the...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the application for refugee status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17586/08]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons in eastern Chad in view of...
    • An Teanga Ghaeilge
      Question 262: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha cad atá á dhéanamh aige tríd an mBuanionadaíocht sa Bhruiséal nó ar aon bhealach eile chun a dheimhniú go gcuirfidh institiúidí an...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had recent contact with the Northern Ireland Office regarding the murder in October 2007 of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he has made in respect of undocumented Irish in the USA; his recent contacts in the matter; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department's aegis for each...
    • Emigrant Statistics
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens resident overseas with a breakdown by country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17744/08]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the seat of each Irish ambassador or permanent representative; the location of the embassy to which they are attached; the countries and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the thousands of Irish soccer fans expected to travel to Georgia and Montenegro in September 2008, his Department officials...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the work of a group (details supplied) in their efforts for truth, justice and a public apology from the British...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to documentation from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17877/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [18117/08]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Funding
      Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government that the Government will...
    • Research Funding
      Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to amend the remit of...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the situation at a Fingal County Council social housing construction site...
    • Work Permits
      Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a favourable decision will be made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on introducing a requirement for agency workers to be given a minimum notice period of one week;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects the Consumer Protection Act 2007 to be fully implemented; when the ban on traders charging...
    • Job Protection
      Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will investigate reports that Irish workers are being forced to take redundancy in the construction...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average time for payment to be made by her Department and by each agency affiliated to her Department to...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she will take against FÁS in view of its failure to take on initiatives to allow people with...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she will take to deal with the rise in unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the...
    • Employment Levels
      Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average workforce in Ireland in 2007 and in each of the previous ten years; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to her Department of implementing the payroll system within her Department and within bodies under...

    • Question 286: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of her Department's Work Life Balance campaign; the audited outcome of the campaign; her views on...
    • Work Permits
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm receipt of an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government that innovation centres would...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by her Department and the agencies under the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on an application by a club (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for lottery funds; and if he will...
    • Lisbon Treaty
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the implications Article 149 of the Lisbon Treaty will have with regard to the future direction and administration of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will intervene in the case of a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary who were approved for a grant under the 2007...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of An Taoiseach; the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the mechanisms to be put in place or which are in place to assist those successful in their applications for capital lottery funding...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the public bodies under the control of his Department; the function, role, location and establishment date of same; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost to his Department of implementing the pay roll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department's aegis...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will intervene in the case of a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary who were approved for a grant under the 2007...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of his Department....
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Marriage Licences
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties involved in getting the necessary paper work ready in order to get married and...
    • Death Certificates
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a death certificate will be issued for a person (details supplied). [17389/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the pension payments to a particular sector (details supplied); and the reason her Department will not...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount it would cost in a year to increase maternity benefit to a flat rate of 60% of the average industrial wage. [17196/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Government have undertaken an additional study of extending contributory pension cover to women who were homemakers; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time for payments to be made by her Department and by each agency affiliated to her Department to outside contractors...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason her policy on the screening of submissions to her Department as part of the public consultation for the Green Paper on...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to her Department of implementing the payroll system within her Department and within bodies under her Department's aegis...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average length of time taken in her Department to process carer's allowance and carer's benefit applications; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will act on the request to redesignate Ballymun under section 25 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide a monthly schedule of the actual expenditure for each estimate subheading for February and for March 2008; and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [17984/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by her Department and the agencies under the aegis of her Department....
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the rural development programme 2007 to 2013 will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the application by a group (details supplied) to the sports capital grant and the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a grant will be approved under the CLÁR programme for Ballynoneen No. 2 group water schedule in Asdee, County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under his...
    • Youth Services
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants administered or funded by his Department in the area of youth projects, youth cafés and summer schemes;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a foreshore lease will be put in place between his Department and the port of Cork in relation to a pier (details...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans for the development of services at Howth fishery harbour; and if these include the provision of new mobile...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the planning required to plant a forestry plantation on a green field site; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the situation currently being experienced by many farmers particularly in the pig sector (details supplied),...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the top-up payment to sheep farmers under the national reserve who have been paid to date; the number yet to be paid; the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the underwater survey has been carried out at a pier (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cut-off date that payments will be made in respect of the farm development grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the farming community in relation to the proposed changes to European...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of sheep farmers who applied for additional single farm payment from the national reserve element of the sheep...
    • Sheep Sector
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the on-farm investment grant aid scheme announced for sheep farmers on 16 May 2007; the dates on which this...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers that have applied for the REP scheme mixed grazing supplementary measure for sheep farmers announced...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details provided) in County Cork will have their REP scheme grant paid shortly; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the regulation in the REP scheme whereby miscanthus can only be grown on 10 hectares or 25% of any land...
    • Cereal Sector
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has proposals to encourage conservation agriculture in the tillage sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if forestry lands owned by Coillte, which have been harvested without grant aid either from the State or the EU and which...
    • Animal Importation Licences
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the animal species import licences that have been issued to circuses operating here since the beginning of 2008; and the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the Animal Welfare Bill; when he expects to publish the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of An...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a waste management...
    • Agricultural Holdings
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of full-time and part-time farmers in 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 19 February 2008, if the review of the eligibility inspection has been...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the new Animal Welfare Bill will be published; if it is proposed in the context of this legislation to ban fur farming;...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are turbary rights in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2007-2008 REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department's...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received a submission from an association (details supplied); the action he will take to address these eight...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will re-examine a case for a person (details supplied) in County Meath regarding his early retirement farm pension; if...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the incentives from his Department and his Department's agencies for the production of bio-fuels; if he will review these in...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if copies of the recent report by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority are available to Members of Dáil Éireann or to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the 2005 national reserve application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been processed; and if all their...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the difficulty faced by him regarding the operational programme for the fisheries sector, he will make a...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, with regard to bluetongue disease and the havoc currently being wrought within agriculture by the disease, he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application by a school (details supplied) in County Meath under the dormant accounts fund for a kitchen, library and parent...
    • Youth Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and the funding from his Department it receives. [17784/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the increase in demand for school places at a school (details supplied); if the school's...
    • School Staffing
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if it is envisaged that this allocation will be provided; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funds will be made available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, as a special school in a disadvantaged area, to carry out...
    • Work Permits
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the implications for Ireland's image as a destination for international students of proposals to require non-EEA students...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of educational supports to a child (details supplied) in County Cork with special needs....
    • School Staffing
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide the information referred to in Question No. 62 of 9 April 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if plans for two new eight classroom primary schools for Gorey are going ahead in view of the fact that no mention was made of them in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [17233/08]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will adopt the recommendations of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment that research is carried out here on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene and ensure that a resource teacher is provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17245/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school building at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17252/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will honour his promise of a permanent integrated autistic unit at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; when he expects...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost of the new school buildings, broken down by new primary and post-primary, approved in early 2008 in the latest...
    • School Insurance
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all community and vocational schools are covered by public liability insurance; if so, if children who have accidents at school are...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will complete the building of a new national school at Ballygarvan, County Cork; if the Chief State Solicitor's...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 27 February 2008, if an application has been assessed for a school (details supplied) in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the primary school site at Tyrellstown, Dublin 15 has been acquired; if not, if it is intended to acquire this site; and if he will...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will postpone the establishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in view of the fact that the anticipated demand for...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 29 April 2008, the way the person (details supplied) in County Donegal can receive the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 29 April 2008, the training and qualification requirements for people to be employed as...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has up to 60 children enrolled to commence...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied). [17571/08]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [17572/08]
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will sanction a new building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo to allow it to proceed to public tender...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry. [17577/08]
    • Foireann Scoile
      Question 420: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an ndéanfaidh sé athscrúdú ar an tiarratas ó scoil aon oide (sonraí tugtha) múinteoir breise nó cúntóir nach oide é nó í a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school extension and construction of a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 first promised in 2000;...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to his response to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 29 April 2008, the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is...
    • Road Safety
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to local parents as a result of significant HGV traffic outside a school...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are supports available either from his Department or any other Departments to support wind energy programmes in schools that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 30 April 2008, if a selected design team which has been forwarded by a school (details...
    • Youth Services
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding available in his Department for the recruitment of community youth workers under the special programme for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department's aegis for...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision for a higher education grant will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Second Level Education
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has reviewed the ASTI's strategy document for the development of second level education; his views on this six point strategy...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the stage the project is at; and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding additional permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the proposed closure of the special needs classroom unit at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; his views on the delay in the process...
    • State Examinations
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when persons who applied to correct leaving certificate examination papers will be informed if they are to be employed; the reason for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will make a capital allocation for the building programme of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the school...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, under current legislation, students who would normally qualify for full rate third level maintenance grants are entitled to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a full time special needs assistant will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will get the approval to build the new school building as agreed with the management of...

    • Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are not enough school places available for children to attend a school (details...
    • School Funding
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funds will be made available for the provision of a car parking site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • School Services
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has entered into commercial or other agreement with suppliers to permit vending machines in schools. [17836/08]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way the development of a school (details supplied) can take place in view of the fact that it is being directed to move into...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will be making a capital allocation for the building programme at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the school...
    • Student Accommodation
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish a student accommodation taskforce as urgently as possible in relation to the accommodation needs of third level...
    • Property Transfers
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a map (details supplied); and if he will execute the deed of partial surrender in this case. [17866/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the provision of a new school as a replacement for the inadequate accommodation at present at a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork: when he expects work to...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will allocate funding for a school building project (details supplied) in County Limerick; the estimated timeframe for the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been acquired for a school extension at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; when he expects to sanction...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will make a capital allocation for the building programme of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; when the school...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will make a capital allocation for the building programme of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; when the school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in recent weeks in identifying the primary schools that have some of their class rooms in prefab buildings; the...
    • School Statistics
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national primary schools and special national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17917/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the growing demand for additional primary school places in mature built up areas, such as Dublin 6,...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the responsibilities the Minister with responsibility for integration has within his Department; the section of his Department with...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he last reviewed or revised the syllabus for the teaching of religion in primary and secondary schools; the plans to review or...
    • Third Level Qualifications
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number, in respect of the Annual Output Statement 2008 High Level Objective Goal 3, of PhD students who graduated in the years...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken to identify and support the 28,000 children at risk of early school leaving, which is a task charged to school...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that he has read a policy proposal (details supplied); his views on whether the present system creates poverty...
    • Legal Costs
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of subhead B19 of the Revised Estimates 2008 which saw an increase from €7.394 million to €18.132 million to be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 9 April 2008, if the final contract papers are finalised and the purchase of the site...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of his Department....
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount it cost for the publication and circulation of a brochure (details supplied); and the other associated costs in this regard. [17160/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people currently employed in a section of his Department and their specific roles (details supplied). [17162/08]
    • Estate Management
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the board of works has changed the timescale of proposals in relation to an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Defence the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside contractors for goods and...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Kickham Barracks in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [17385/08]
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Defence the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach; the attendees at...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department's aegis for each of the...
    • Military Medical Services
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has implemented a patients charter for the Defence Forces which would identify the rights of military personnel in receiving...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [18113/08]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date on which legislation governing the establishment of the National Property Services Regulatory Authority will be...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the registration of property; if a deed of rectification or...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are proposals between the British and Irish Governments to allow tourists visit either country on a single visa;...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his new provisions on intoxicating liqueur public order have considered imposing a condition whereby alcohol can not be...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cumulative cost of the policing operations at Rossport from September 2006 to date in 2008. [17154/08]
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Garda clearance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria required to receive favourable consideration in respect of a gun dealing licence application; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the application for political asylum made on 3 December 2001 by a person (details supplied) has not been...
    • Work Permits
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has conducted an assessment of the impact on the international image of Ireland as a destination for international...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for residency for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda station (details supplied) in County Clare will be re-opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of a matter (details supplied) he will respond in full and confirm affirmatively or in the negative whether any...
    • Jury Service
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the age limit applied to jury service which disbars those over the age of 70 from serving is ageist;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the application by a person (details supplied) for a stamp four visa; the status of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who have been prosecuted or convicted of an offence under section 12 of the Sexual Offenders Act...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure that sections 4 and 5 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 are fully...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policy of his Department in respect of the recognition of same sex couples who have entered a civil partnership in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recruits that have graduated from Templemore training college in the past 24 months; the number of conferring...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to outside...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 8 April 2008, when a decision will be made in view of the fact that such...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of An...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a permanent visa. [17582/08]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans, both enforcement and funding, under the Intoxicating Liquor Public Order Bill 2008 to specifically deal...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations in County Meath that have access to broadband; the number that do not have access to the...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for Garda clearance for a person (details supplied) seeking to enter the security business;...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his contacts with the authorities in Northern Ireland regarding the murder of a person (details supplied) in October 2007;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations that have been closed in County Mayo from 2000 to date in 2008 and the year each was closed; the Garda...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 30 April 2008, the reason for rejecting the applications under the Good Friday...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department of implementing the pay roll system within his Department and within bodies under his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be decided on for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for family reunification will be decided on for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on making funding provision for speed detection equipment for An Garda Síochána in the catchment area of...
    • Firearms Legislation
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal position for minors using airguns for sports shooting; if he will bring in legislation to secure their position...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the anticipated benefits for house purchasers arising from the application of consumer protection law to real property...
    • Garda Security Escorts
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda hours used for prison escort services in the Limerick division in 2007 and in January to April 2008;...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the request of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be considered in relation to the educational needs of...
    • Youth Services
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grants administered or funded by his Department in the area of youth diversionary programmes in the Dublin 8 area; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda reserve serving in each Garda district as of 1 May 2008; and if he will make a statement...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if sections 15 and 16 of the Prisons Act 2007 have been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17840/08]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a query (details supplied). [17846/08]
    • Registration of Title
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [17847/08]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if under the proposed changes in policing due to commence in Wicklow in 2008, the current Garda division along county...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in conjunction with the Garda Síochána, his attention has been drawn to plans to increase the number of gardaí in a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [17886/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for citizenship of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [17914/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis of his...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • EU Directives
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the EU Directive 1999 22 EC relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos has been transposed into Irish...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the scheme of special housing aid for the elderly; and if funding has been...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the spread of lagarosiphon major in Lough Corrib, that 64 sites in Lough...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide sustainable...
    • Land Sales
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 5 February 2008, the status of the sale; the reason for the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are implications for Government waste management policy in respect of incineration and recycling, in...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for a new fire station at Lismore County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that failure to delay the commencement of Section 18 of the...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in relation to a development (details supplied) by Meath County Council, his Department has received a...
    • Public Representatives
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to allow local county and city councillors to become full-time elected representatives...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation as regards the provision of a sewerage scheme for Clifden, County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected in motor taxation by each local authority for the years 2004 to date in 2008, inclusive;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new housing starts for each local authority in 2008. [17283/08]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been ringfenced by his Department for the proposed social and physical regeneration scheme for...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Meath master plan policy proposals on the protection of archaeological heritage and...
    • Election Management System
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to develop a mechanism such as a postal voting system to allow citizens who are normally...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to...
    • Purchase of Lands
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 11 March 2008, when an application will be processed for a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications received by each local authority under the housing aid for the elderly scheme,...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the options, in view of the recent Green Paper, available to groups seeking to establish a town council...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities have adopted the Barcelona Declaration project; the details of those which have not;...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inspections of circuses and circus animals that have been carried out by local authority vets...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of investment that has been made in the water supply programme in south Tipperary in 2008. [17545/08]
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy to train and employ building inspectors to certify public buildings under the building energy...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that accommodation provided to a tenant by way of licence...
    • Badger Snaring
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of licences he has issued for the snaring of badgers; his views on this control method of the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status with regard to the proposed new sewerage scheme at Ballylickey, Bantry, County Cork; when he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the delivery of the public sewerage scheme for Delvin, County Westmeath; and if he...
    • Car Free Day
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of his Department's last car free day campaign; the audited outcome of the campaign; his views on...
    • Biodiversity Awareness Campaign
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of his Department's biodiversity awareness campaign; the audited outcome of the campaign; his views...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the housing aid for older people scheme; the details of its operation; and the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a review of the prescribed bodies as set out in the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006 was last...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status on the provision of a new fire station for Castlecomer in County Kilkenny. [17843/08]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the details released by the Environmental Protection Agency that 339 public water supplies require...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sale of bogland in a special area of conservation on behalf of a person (details...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of rent paid by each local authority to landlords under the rental accommodation scheme for each...
    • EU Directives
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he proposes to take to resolve the difficulties at an EU Commission level regarding the...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to require all street...
    • Air Transport
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to require carbon...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish a Commission...
    • Waste Management
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for the Government to drive down the...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that Comhar is...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to publish comprehensive...
    • Local Authority Audits
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that each local...
    • Sustainable Development Strategy
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that all county...
    • International Agreements
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to fully implement the...
    • Environmental Protection Controls
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the level of...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to expand the network of...
    • Water and Air Quality
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide real time...
    • EU Directives
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to strengthen the...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to seek designation of...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a national...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the classes of...
    • Community Development
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to launch a proud cities and towns...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure the implementation of the...
    • Community Wardens
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to roll out the national community...
    • National Monuments
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to update and consolidate the law...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to continue to bring political,...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to require the public sector to lead...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the draft net quota on the River Feale for 2008; the salmon rod and line quota for anglers on the River Feale...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he concluded consideration of the question whether geothermal energy is encompassed by the reference to all...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the technical work that will allow residents (details supplied) in Dublin 6, who have been told that they...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied); the meetings he or his Department has had with his ministerial...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the future of the post office; if he has identified the optimum number of post offices expected...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the ESB employee share option programme has not progressed to a point where shares would be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under his...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the incentives from his Department and his Department's agencies for the production of bio-fuels; if he will...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost structure for a licence to fish on rivers and lakes here; if there is a different cost in place for...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to remove regulatory...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that the ESB...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish a dedicated...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to assist those on low...
    • Broadcasting Policy
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure a speedy right to...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that as many...
    • Postal Services
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a postcode...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the aegis...

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