Written answers
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the support he provides towards newly established youth art projects; if his Department supplies advice on best practice for...
- Arts Policy
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has put in place an implementation body to implement the recommendations of the National Economic and Social Forum report on...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the support given to shared ownership schemes as evidenced by the joint bid by the Football Association of Ireland and the Irish...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of local sports partnerships that are currently active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/08]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make a submission to the next round of the National Drugs Strategy to highlight the vital role youth participation in...
- National Library
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans and funding in place for the upgrading of the National Library facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Aquatic Centre
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the benchmarking review of the National Aquatic Centre has been completed; if it is to be made publicly available; and if he will...
- Arts Reports
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will publish the report which was commissioned on the Arts in Education and which was presented to him by the Arts Council in...
- Departmental Reviews
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the findings of the review by his Department of the operation of the Heritage Fund; the course of action envisaged; and if he will...
- Sports Funding
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the additional funding made available to the Sports Council towards the summer 2008 Olympics in Beijing; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the likelihood of the introduction of multi-annual funding in Budget 2009 for the Irish Sports Council and the Arts...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the recommendations issued by the report the Effectiveness of Investment in Sport and the Arts as a Deterrent Against Youth Substance...
- Tourism Industry
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on proposals to introduce a tourist tax on a per bed basis by Dublin City Council; his views on whether this is a positive...
- National Museum
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied that the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of the National Museum can be...
- Arts Funding
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the implications for his policy of wider access to the arts of reduced Arts Council funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the sports capital programme; if he is satisfied with the fact that several studies have shown that while it is the...
- Arts Promotion
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if local arts partnerships have been piloted here running similar to local sports partnerships; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of the three assistant secretaries in his Department who have indicated their desire to transfer to Killarney as part of...
- Cultural Institutions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if consideration has been given to the creation of a museum quarter where all of the cultural institutions could be clustered on a...
- Arts Funding
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has a policy or proposals for policy initiatives to increase business investment in the arts; and if he will make...
- Sport Facilities Audit
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in the relation to the national audit of sports facilities; when he expects to finalise the national sports...
- Arts Schemes
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is a system to promote internships for second level students in Government funded arts organisations and cultural...
- National Stadium
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the National Sports Campus at Abbotstown; the estimated completion date; the estimated cost of the project; and if he...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects the independent evaluation of the local authority swimming pool programme to be published; and if he will make a...
- Arts Promotion
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will take particular initiatives to encourage and promote the arts at community level with particular reference to the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 116: To ask the Taoiseach 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 services...
- Budget Submissions
Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance; the attendees at such meetings; if an agenda was circulated in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach 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 years 2004,...
- Official Engagements
Question 119: To ask the Taoiseach the persons who travelled to the United States as part of the official delegation for the visit in connection with his predecessor's address to the US...
- Migrant Statistics
Question 120: To ask the Taoiseach if a nationality question will be included in the quarterly national household survey in order that reliable estimates of the number of Irish and non-Irish...
- Commemorative Events
Question 123: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to organise an annual famine victims and emigrants memorial day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18580/08]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to use the taxation system to promote low alcohol or alcohol free...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) in County Cork who have applied for the drivers and passengers with disability tax relief scheme will be approved for...
- National Monuments
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the agency that has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of a historical monument (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Tax Collection
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who feels they have paid their dues in full to the Revenue Commissioners, is still being...
- Tax Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to give the tidy towns groups, charitable status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18645/08]
- National Pensions Reserve Fund
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to directing part of the National Pensions Reserve Fund to the provision of micro-loans in developing countries; and...
- Tax Code
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing a new tax band of 10% for the first €5,000 earned for single people and €10,000 earned for couples; and if he will make...
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the reported cost of €200 to answer a parliamentary question, he views this figure as accurate; if so, the measures he is taking to...
- Tax Code
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the failure to close off the stamp duty loophole, whereby developers could avoid paying stamp duty by making licensing...
- Tax Collection
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have paid preliminary tax in each of the past five years; the number of people who were charged interest as a result of...
- Community Development
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if a strategy steering group has been set up on foot of the recommendation for such a body in the Towards a Liffey Valley Park document; if so, when...
- Department of Health and Children
- Positive Ageing Strategy
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to develop in conjunction with the recognised...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to extend the slán abhaile programme. [18589/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to allow people with disabilities to work without...
- Mental Health Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount allocated in 2006, 2007 and 2008 for the implementation of the commitments contained in A Vision for Change; the amount of...
- Cancer Treatment Strategy
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people diagnosed and deaths per annum from prostate, breast and cervical cancer; the prevalence of each cancer; the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to roll-out a nationwide bowel cancer screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18029/08]
- Child Protection Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the lack of resources for dealing with children as highlighted in a recent Health Service Executive...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if increased payment of subvention will be made in each of the cases of persons (details supplied). [18078/08]
- Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to expedite a positive response regarding the applications submitted by persons...
- Hospital Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reinvestigate the provision of long-term care at a hospital in County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Ambulance Service
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an ambulance service for an area (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the location has been secured for same;...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied). [18164/08]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will be in a position to provide enhanced nursing home subvention payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
- Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who suffered three brain haemorrhages is not facilitated with nursing home...
- Hospital Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a kidney dialysis unit will be operational in the mid-west region; if her attention has been drawn to plans to provide a kidney...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in respect of the regulation for fertility treatment, she will indicate the regulations that apply here; if fertility units are...
- Health Service Reports
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the report, commissioned by the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board, into the number of individual...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange a new form of assessment for miners from the Sliabh-Arda coalfields and the Arigna coalfields in respect of their...
- Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the circumstances of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare suffering from Eagle-Barrett syndrome; if in view of this...
- Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the announced closure of St. Catherine's ward at the Mercy Hospital, which will have a seriously...
- Hospital Staff
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical director has been appointed to the development board of the National Children's Hospital; the projected timescale for the...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a payment will be made under the health repayment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, in respect of their...
- Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the director of the Health Service Executive replies to a letter (details supplied) sent to him; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of throughput of public patients for orthopaedic surgery in the public ward of a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork...
- Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for orthodontics for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request an early appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the eye department in the Mater Hospital,...
- Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will give an early appointment to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request for the Health Service Executive to expedite an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason home help has not been approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18289/08]
- Departmental Funding
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been provided by her Department to child contact centres (details supplied); if so, the amount of funding given to same...
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that there have been only 15 new day service places made available at a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for...
- Health Promotion Strategy
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to expedite the delivery of a national strategy for...
- Addiction Treatment Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to prioritise and intensify measures to tackle...
- Youth Cafés
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to put in place a fund for the provision of a countrywide...
- Alcohol Abuse
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to implement the recommendations of the working group on...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government that the Health Service Executive will carry out a...
- Regulation of Complementary Therapists
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to promote greater regulation of complementary health;...
- Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to continue to encourage breast-feeding to achieve higher...
- Mental Health Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to run a media campaign to help remove the stigma of...
- Health Promotion Guidelines
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date, in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government, on which the expert group to develop guidelines for a...
- Patient Safety
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to initiate a periodic review of legislation to improve...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to extend the general practitioner out-of-hours service...
- Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to index the income thresholds for medical cards to...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of dedicated public only hospital...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that the patient treatment register is operated...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further increase the number of accident and emergency...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide additional staffing to deal with health care...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to complete the national roll-out of the BreastCheck...
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to significantly invest in diagnostic equipment and...
- Mental Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ring-fence funds from the sale of existing mental...
- Psychological Service
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of postgraduate training places...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide community alternatives to psychiatric...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a community led pilot scheme to counter the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to implement the fair deal for nursing home care costs...
- Health Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that the needs of all people who require...
- Medical Education
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to implement the restructuring of medical education...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, in relation to the number of people who successfully appealed their offer under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006, they...
- Foster Care
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 2 April 2008 regarding a number of foster children in the Laois/Offaly area...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to commence by June 2007, the provision for an...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the existing rehabilitation bed capacity...
- Hospital Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at a hospital (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she...
- Medical Education
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the graduate medical school at University Limerick, and the progress on other graduate medical schools; her plans...
- Hospital Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 22 April 2008, the persons who are the key stakeholders that the Health Service Executive...
- Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a programme (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused funding and staff are on protective notice; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be admitted for surgery; the reason for the delay in relation to same; and if...
- Men's Health Policy
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the national men's health policy; and when it is expected that the report will be published. [18637/08]
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the portion, leaving aside fixed costs such as payroll, of the Health Service Executive budget she regards as being dedicated or...
- Medical Cards
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will review the guidelines for medical cards in view of the increasing costs of inflation since the last review; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients from County Carlow who require X-rays are not being accommodated in County Carlow; if she will request the Health...
- Health Service Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community care social workers employed by the Health Service Executive in children and family services dealing with...
- Department of Transport
- Road Signage
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made or will make funding available to local authorities to clean, maintain, replace and put in place road signs across the country; and...
- Marine Accident Investigations
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that all appropriate investigative procedures were followed by the relevant authorities after the drowning of persons (details...
- Learner Drivers
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposed new laws for provisional drivers will come in during 2008; if he will clarify the effect these laws will have on learner drivers;...
- Rail Network
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the DASH2 project; when completion is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18130/08]
- Light Rail Project
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made a decision in relation to the Luas D line; his views on securing one railway order for the Luas BX and Luas D lines; the time scale...
- Airport Landing Slots
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is supporting the new European Commission communication adopted on 30 April 2008 that will allow the potential trading of airport slots; the...
- Rail Network
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport when planning applications for the Dublin rail interconnector will be submitted; if this project will be progressed under the Strategic...
- Light Rail Project
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the capacity for Metro North; the way this figure compares to the total capacity on the DART and Luas lines; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount being spent on transport by the State per head of population in comparison with EU and OECD partner states; the figure for transport...
- Aviation Safety
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport if the document entitled Statement on the Need for Safe Operation and Development of Air Traffic at Dublin Airport represents current departmental...
- Public Transport
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money under Transport 21 that has been spent in Donegal on public transport projects since its launch. [18524/08]
- Departmental Funding
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the funding of the transport service provided by an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare; his plans to...
- Road Network
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will publish the non-national road allocations for each local authority on a per kilometre basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the progress in respect of the undocumented Irish issue following his visit to Washington in April 2008; and if he will...
- Miami Five Case
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the case of the Miami Five following the recent riot in the prison in Colorado, USA. [18199/08]
- Humanitarian Assistance
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to use his influence within the international community to exert pressure on the Burmese military junta to allow...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Funding
Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding has been provided by her Department to child contact centres (details supplied); if so, the amount...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on adding extra incentives for people thinking about taking up FÁS courses, in view of the rise in...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on meeting with her Northern counterpart to discuss the issue of unemployment in the north west...
- Work Permits
Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an additional year on a work permit will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick by...
- Compliance Costs
Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the baseline compliance cost base across different Departments, against which the Government has set the...
- Work Permits
Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will give an employment permit or allow an employer to apply for an employment permit for a person...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, given that the most recent figures released from the Central Statistics Office show an 84% increase in...
- Employment Support Services
Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to put in place a comprehensive...
- Employment Rights
Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department will consider a detailed investigation into the issue of construction industry pensions,...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce a compensation scheme similar to one in place in the United States and United Kingdom...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will amend the sports capital programme to ensure that it supports the increased participation of persons who are currently...
- National Archives
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he is taking to ensure that the genealogical on-line research service is made available free of charge to members of the...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will advise on a case (details supplied). [18025/08]
- Tourism Promotion
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to establish, through Fáilte Ireland, an...
- National Conference Centre
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to put in place a strong promotional programme...
- Regional Conference Centres
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to investigate the feasibility of a regional...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to encourage the tourism agencies to highlight national games...
- Tourism Industry
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to implement in full the Fáilte Ireland Competing Through...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to develop, with Fáilte Ireland, rural based package style...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications received by his Department from the various organisations throughout County Kildare for grant aid for...
- Tourism Industry
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals to ensure the competitiveness of the tourism industry here for the future having particular regard to currency and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which his Department have achieved targets set in respect of decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Arts Funding
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to promote, increase awareness and develop the arts at local community level here with particular reference to youth; and...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he or other bodies under his aegis will consider offering a capital grant towards the restoration and refurbishment of a hall...
- Road Signage
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has made funding available to local authorities to enable them to clean and to maintain, put in place or replace...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grants available to groups (details supplied) from National Lottery funding; and the type of grant and deadline for making an...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve an application for funding under the 2008 sports capital grant for a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Schemes
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to provide extra incentives for persons who have recently become unemployed to undertake courses, which...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18178/08]
- Pension Provisions
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on a review of contributory and non-contributory pension schemes for farmers who were not in a position prior to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she plans to introduce compensation for people suffering health problems as a consequence of working in underground mines in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18201/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent subsidiary has been reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Schemes
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to offer people with disabilities further...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the rising cost of living and the serious difficulties families have trying to cope, it would be possible to pay...
- Pension Provisions
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure women are treated fairly in pension...
- National Carers Strategy
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure a national carers strategy focusing...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to implement a range of reforms to income...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to further enhance the Money Advice and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted disability allowance. [18641/08]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Rural Development
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the situation regarding the Rural Development Programme 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Marine Accidents
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps which Waterways Ireland will take on foot of the recommendation of the MCIB into the grounding and flooding...
- Offshore Islands
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the different projects on Cape Clear Island in west Cork that his Department has provided funding to over the period...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Harbours and Piers
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to the major infrastructure projects in...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure the full potential of each of...
- Fishing Fleet Modernisation
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure the complete work of fleet...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to improve the marine environment by...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase grant funding to the...
- Marine Research
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further develop Ireland's reputation...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that voluntary fishing vessel...
- Food Industry
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to encourage and support the development...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to implement a system of instant...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application (details supplied) which was applied under the aquaculture licence under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act...
- Milk Quota
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans to review the age limit restriction to new applicants wishing to enter the milk quota system for the first...
- Grant Payments
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be awarded his single farm entitlements and other related payments...
- Agriculture Schemes
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to significantly reduce the regulatory...
- Food Industry
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to establish a high-level strategic...
- On-Farm Investment Schemes
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to introduce a new on-farm investment...
- Rural Development Programme
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to fully implement the rural development...
- Animal Welfare
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a new Animal Health Bill to...
- Animal Diseases
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish Biosecurity Ireland as a...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to seek to negotiate the establishment...
- Food Labelling
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to extend mandatory country of origin...
- Health Promotion Strategy
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to expedite the delivery of a national...
- Food Industry
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase research and development...
- Dairy Sector
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to enhance the dairy hygiene scheme to...
- Animal Diseases
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a new herd health...
- Sheep Industry
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to fully implement the recommendations...
- Food Safety
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to assist and expand the quality...
- Forestry Sector
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the forestry premium levels...
- Grant Payments
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the forest environmental...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to initiate a review of the Forestry...
- Farmers Markets
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to encourage more direct selling from...
- Food Industry
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to implement policies to ensure...
- Waste Management
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide supports to facilitate and...
- Agricultural Colleges
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to invest in agricultural colleges and...
- Grant Payments
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if arrangements have been made, similar to previous years, for the acceptance of area aid forms in the Loughrea and Tuam...
- Land Acquisitions
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when files of Irish Land Commission estate distributions will be released for research and inspection. [18274/08]
- Harbours and Piers
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide the additional funding required for the completion of Boat Cove at Ardmore, County Waterford; and if he...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Curriculum
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a new syllabus for leaving...
- Medical Education
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to implement the Fottrell Report recommendations on...
- Adult Education
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to enable more older people to attend college...
- UNESCO Property
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 24 April 2008, he is in a position to provide further and additional information to...
- Third Level Fees
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on discussing a deal with his Northern counterpart which would allow students from the South to study free north of the...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will quantify the number of teachers teaching here who gained their qualifications in another jurisdiction; and if he will make...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the announcement on 28 March 2008, the 20 DEIS schools in Limerick that have been offered funding to stay open after hours,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 400: 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 20; when the school...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the €250 million announced in January 2007 under the National Development Plan for the provision of technology in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 410: 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...
- School Accommodation
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of school-going children in County Laois educated in prefabs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18214/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the 270 autism units established by his Department within primary schools that have more than a ratio of one teacher and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will release funding for an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon in view of the fact that school have...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of primary teachers by at least...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to reform the initial teacher training programmes,...
- Capitation Grants
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase day to day funding for schools in real...
- Water Charges
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to examine the provision of waste and water allowances...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish a developing areas unit in his Department...
- School Facilities
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to promote and support the use of school facilities by...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to abolish the local contribution to building projects...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the minor works grant to improve funding to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that where the State builds a new school on...
- School Staffing
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of release days for teaching...
- Teacher Training
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide improved training options for principals,...
- School Management
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the role of middle management and put a new...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to maximise the use of information technology to cut...
- School Boards of Management
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that the new boards of management that will...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide a dedicated fund for investment in physical...
- School Curriculum
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to make physical education mandatory at second level...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide physical education equipment grants to...
- School Staffing
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of guidance counsellors at...
- Road Safety Programme
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that education is provided in road safety at...
- Child Abuse Prevention Programme
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to require all primary schools to implement the Stay...
- Student Councils
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to encourage the establishment of student councils and...
- School Curriculum
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to complete the senior cycle review that is currently...
- Science Education
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ring-fence funding for science laboratories, improve...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase resources and services for gifted children....
- School Curriculum
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to encourage more schools to offer alternative...
- Youthreach Programme
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of Youthreach places in line...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide a scholarship scheme for children from...
- School Curriculum
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to give the opportunity to second level students to...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to compete the roll-out of the DEIS action plan to...
- School Standardised Tests
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that all children are tested in literacy and...
- Educational Services
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to recruit extra staff to the Education Welfare Board...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide each child with special needs with the right...
- School Staffing
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further increase the number of language support...
- Languages Programme
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide access to English language classes for adult...
- School Transport
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to review the school transport system, including the...
- Adult Literacy
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to expand the number of adult literacy training places...
- Education Schemes
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of places on the back to...
- Youth Work Sector
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide extra resources to progress the...
- Third Level Education
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further increase third level participation rates,...
- Third Level Fees
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to introduce a new system of means-tested free fees for...
- Student Transfers
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to promote more explicit arrangements for student...
- Higher Education Institutes
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide a multi-annual capital fund of €2 billion...
- Student Representation
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to appoint two student representatives to each of the...
- Teacher Training
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that all teachers and assistants have...
- Adult Education
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide for improved access to lifelong...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 4 March 2008, if he is satisfied that a primary school (details supplied) in County...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time schedule for the proposed review of Section 9 of the Universities Act 1997 as it pertains to the application by Waterford...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has applied for temporary classroom...
- School Staffing
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department is deducting teaching hours from a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork that was allocated the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist in a case (details supplied). [18689/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will be allowed to go to tender on the sanctioned building project at the school;...
- Department of Defence
- Planning Issues
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 March 2004, which confirmed that a draft protected area order proposed by his Department in the 1950s...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of establishing and equipping the National Emergency Co-ordination Centre in Kildare Street, Dublin, including staffing levels and costs,...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Internet Safety Proposals
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to the concerns raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied). [18200/08]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to double the penalties for all offences...
- Asylum Applications
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers and persons seeking humanitarian leave to remain, who are currently in receipt of a social...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure the implementation of the...
- Crime Prevention
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to bring sniffer dogs to County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18039/08]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to enforce the new alcohol laws with regard to underage drinking; and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 12 February 2008, the country of origin of each person granted subsidiary...
- Residency Permits
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be decided on. [18169/08]
- Visa Applications
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for a long stay visa by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18186/08]
- Business Permission Applications
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for permission to establish a business from a person (details supplied); when...
- Registration of Title
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money the Land Registry paid into central Exchequer funds each year for the past five years; and if he will...
- Passport Applications
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will have a stamp reinstated on their American passports. [18218/08]
- Firearms Legislation
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal position for adults using airguns for sports shooting; if he will bring in legislation securing their position;...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application (details supplied) has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/08]
- Garda Strength
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and resources available to the Garda Siochána since 2002 to date in 2008 in an area (details supplied) in...
- Visa Applications
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and when he expects a decision to be made in...
- Residency Permits
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for residency here of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he is taking to reduce the legal and conveyancing cost for home buyers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers who have been prosecuted for drug driving offences each year since 2005 to date in 2008; and if he...
- Road Safety
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the context of the high road death figures in January and February 2008 which were higher than for the same months...
- Garda Equipment
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the completion date for the full roll-out of the nationwide speed camera network; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a submission dated 31 March 2008 from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has lived here...
- Asylum Applications
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Refugee Status
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency under subsidiary protection of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Mine Disaster
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the facts surrounding a mine explosion on 15 May 1943 in Mullaghduff, County Donegal in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will be assisted in their application for Irish citizenship. [18688/08]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Grants
Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will advise on a case (details supplied). [18075/08]
- Planning Issues
Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that no rezoning of...
- Housing Grants
Question 516: 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 funding to...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 517: 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 people on...
- Water Charges
Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason farmers are being asked to pay such high levels of water charges, in view of the fact that they do...
- Building Regulations
Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations currently in place regarding the safety of hot water storage and piping systems; his views on...
- Water Quality
Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the counties for which ground water protection schemes have been made; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update to Parliamentary Question No. 1315 of 30 January 2008; and if he will make a...
- Public Procurement Policy
Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policies that his Department have in relation to ensuring that, wherever possible, goods and services...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/08]
- Energy Conservation
Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether purported aesthetic or property value considerations could or should outweigh the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement arising from Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 23 April 2008 in which he failed...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the J2 list, he will introduce legislation to establish a new tribunal or appoint a special...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount he has spent on the provision of affordable housing in each of the past ten years; the amount he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 14 November 2007, the progress to date in providing a sewage...
- State Airports
Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the proposed guidelines on the designation of public safety zones at the State...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 535: 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 make public buildings,...
- Student Accommodation
Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the student accommodation taskforce will be set up; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the water main project from Kileglan to Monksland on the south Roscommon regional water...
- Waste Management
Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy on the development of incineration facilities by private developers; the meetings or contact he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of the change advertising and information campaign from instigation to the end of its five year...
- Hunting Licences
Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 1 May 2008, if it was part of the settlement that a licence to...
- Environmental Policy
Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to a special amenity order designation, there is a standard set of planning restrictions...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Offshore Exploration
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has plans to provide for compulsory purchase orders for the construction of oil pipelines, particularly...
- Fisheries Schemes
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of the Foyle fishermen who applied for compensation under the salmon hardship scheme who have...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department or if Sustainable Energy Ireland on behalf of his Department has plans to introduce a grant...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will arrange a new form of assessment for miners from the Sliabh-Arda coalfields and the Arigna...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way people can apply for the scheme to sell excess electricity to the national grid; the criteria used to...
- Energy Conservation
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether purported aesthetic or property value considerations could or should outweigh the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to modernise and consolidate all...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has been informed of positive results from the drilling for oil and gas which has commenced...
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 553: 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 fast forward subtitling...
- Postal Services
Question 554: 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 An Post addresses...
