Written answers
Thursday, 15 May 2008
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Inland Waterways
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the importance of private boat hire on inland waterways to inward tourism, he will satisfy himself by...
- Stádas na Gaeilge
Question 9: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na cainteanna a bhí aige ó thús na bliana leis an Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha, i dtaobh stádas na Gaeilge san...
- Irish Language
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to extend the number of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his Department's spending proposals in 2008 on a county or regional basis, urban and rural; the degree to which...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the reported increase in drinking and anti-social behaviour along canals and waterways; the effect such...
- Community Development
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the alterations that will be made to the delivery of the new LEADER programme on foot of the value for money review...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recommendations of the Report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation 2007 that have been implemented; if he...
- Irish Language
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress on the Government's 20 year strategic plan for the growth of the Irish language; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures that have been put in place to market language tourism to the gaeltacht for foreign visitors; and if he...
- Charities Legislation
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has investigated the practice of businesses or individuals, who posing as charities, engage in the collecting of...
- Drugs Awareness Campaigns
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if research has been detailed to determine if recent articles in a national newspaper had an effect in educating...
- Foclóir Leictreonach
Question 21: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bhfoclóir leictreonach Béarla-Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas...
- Countryside Access
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the uptake for the new walk scheme; the number of walks and landowners that have applied for the scheme; the location...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding provided by his Department to groups or associations in RAPID areas to provide recreational or sporting...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent by the local drugs task forces to date for each area; the amount allocated by his Department; the...
- Rural Development Programme
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent television programme on RTÉ that highlighted the fear that many communities have with respect...
- An Teanga Gaeilge
Question 28: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé mhéid airgid a bheidh ar fáil i mbliana do Shoilse Nollag as Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh....
- Irish Language
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings held to date of the Government sub-committee to agree a national plan for the Irish language;...
- Community Development
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the success of the rural social scheme; the amount of money allocated to this scheme since its inception; his plans to...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the family support initiatives available to families and communities to counteract anti social behaviour where there...
- Forbairt na nOileán
Question 32: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le haerstráice ar Oileán Thoraí agus cén uair a bhfuil súil aige go...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings he has had with the national sports organisations in relation to drug misuse; the results of...
- Drugs Classification
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he proposes to re-categorise cannabis here in view of proposals to do so in the UK; and if he will make a statement...
- Community Development
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there will be funding towards LIS schemes in the CLÁR area in 2008; if so, when he will announce same; his views...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by grandparents who become the primary carer of their...
- Departmental Funding
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people who have applied for CLÁR funding in 2007 and 2008 for improved ESB installation on a county...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for the delays and difficulties providing funding to a project (details supplied) which had the effect of...
- Substance Misuse
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the seminars or meetings he or his officials has attended within the EU Framework or otherwise in relation to the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of agencies established within his Department since he became Minister; the cost of running and...
- Job Creation
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the employment initiative programmes established by his Department in rural Ireland and in urban Ireland in agreement...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 8 May 2008, the amount of tax that has been deducted from the tax credits from these tenants (details...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they were appointed;...
- Flood Relief
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a grant of €20,000 promised by the Office of Public Works towards the cost of improvement of the Cloonlyon Stream, Ballygar, County...
- European Council Meetings
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in tabular form; the number of...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works can use compulsory purchase order powers to acquire land for a school; if it has ever been done; the length of time the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussions or communications with the ECB, European Commission or other European Governments regarding the possibility that Ireland may...
- Tax Yield
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of taxpayers' money paid in County Donegal in each year from 2004 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19110/08]
- Exchequer Spending
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the additional annual current voted Exchequer spending required in 2009 to 2012, over and above the cost of maintaining existing services, of the...
- Alcohol Policy
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of off-licences that have been authorised in the postal districts of Dublin 6W, 8, 10 and 12; the number that have been licensed in each...
- Faoiseamh Cánach
Question 61: To ask the Aire Airgeadais an dtugann sé faoiseamh cánach i leith an chúrsa MH51C, Ard-Dioplóma san Aistriúchán i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Maigh Nuad, agus an leagfaidh sé...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of that engagement;...
- Tax Code
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if a child under 18 years old can own shares in a company, bearing in mind the rule on acceptance of gifts by children, which has a €3,000 limit...
- Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Staff
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and specialty of consultants recruited in each of the years 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in Dublin 14 for its work on behalf of her Department pursuant to an Act. [18980/08]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the appointments to bodies that were made by her since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they were...
- Health Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being seen by a dentist to deal with their dental problems; and if she...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for assessments for inter-country adoptions for residents of Dublin, in comparison to other counties in Ireland; her...
- Health Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy services will be made available to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people entitled to a full medical card for each of the years 1998 to date in 2008; the number of people entitled to a full...
- Health Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be made available to the Health Service Executive to provide essential services for a person (details supplied) in...
- European Council Meetings
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at her Department for each of the past three years in tabular form; the...
- Medical Cards
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria for which people with long term illness are granted medical cards and the basis where decisions are made as to whether a...
- Health Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a post mortem will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied). [19062/08]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is fully satisfied of the decision of the Health Service Executive to outsource cytology testing services to a US company in view...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 29 April 2008, the number of offers which have been appealed; the number which have had...
- Health Service Staff
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of financial officers employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of staff employed in the finance area of the HSE...
- Health Services
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [19069/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no medical card appeals officer for Dublin north at present, which has resulted...
- Child Care Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if community childcare groups have the right to make their childcare workers redundant; if these groups are in a position to re-advertise...
- Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will a person (details supplied) in County Carlow be granted an appointment in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 4 July 2006 regarding the status of the development project for a community hospital, day...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason children in the Cork area are waiting nearly two years for tuberculosis vaccinations; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange an early meeting with an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19159/08]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which she has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of that...
- Health Service Staff
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers active in the north Tipperary area; the number of clients they currently deal with and are waiting on...
- Hospital Staff
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the post of consultant geriatrician will be advertised for Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who is leaving school at the end of May 2008; if this person will...
- Medical Cards
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a full medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 10 April 2008 and the response from the Health Service Executive on whether...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Services
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of taxpayers' money spent on Irish Rail in each year from 2004 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19109/08]
- Public Transport
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided to Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann for each year since 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they were appointed;...
- Rail Network
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the electrification of the Maynooth, Navan, Kildare and northern line rail lines; the amount of each of these lines that has...
- European Council Meetings
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in tabular form; the number of...
- Infrastructural Projects
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the money spent to date on Transport 21 projects in County Clare; the specific projects funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Airports
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No 237 of the 8 May 2007, if the new CBP full pre-clearance facility which is being built at Shannon Airport...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of that...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they were...
- European Council Meetings
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in tabular form; the...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made inquiries with the Egyptian authorities regarding the whereabouts of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of that...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the appointments to bodies that were made by her since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the...
- European Council Meetings
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at her Department for each of the past...
- Grocery Industry
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in implementing the recommendation of the Consumer Strategy Group report directed to her...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of different Acts of the Oireachtas which may be considered to be employment law; if she has given...
- Legislative Programme
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the statement in Dáil Éireann on 30 April 2008 that a regulatory impact analysis was carried out on the...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the appointments made by her between 2 April and 7 May 2008, inclusive; the place or town of residence of...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which she has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18...
- Job Creation
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies and strategies that have been formed to prioritise job creation and inward investment in north...
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 in view of the fact that...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they...
- European Council Meetings
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in tabular...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the appointments to bodies that were made by her since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a new regulation S.I. No. 859 of 2007 has been enacted resulting in parents retaining income from child benefit and...
- European Council Meetings
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at her Department for each of the past three years in tabular...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the one parent family allowance. [19161/08]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which she has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies...
- Road Network
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when funding will be granted for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19015/08]
- European Council Meetings
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the full extent of intended expenditure by his Department through the various schemes operated through urban,...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of local community based groups involved in the campaign in the fight against drugs or drug rehabilitation...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is intended to extend the scope and the scale of CLÁR programmes operated by his Department; if the range of...
- Community Development
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for grant aid received by his Department from voluntary or statutory groups throughout...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is intended to extend the scope and scale of the RAPID programme operated by his Department; if the range of...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will request the European Commission to publish a price series on retail wholesale processor and producer prices for...
- Grant Payments
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an appeal of single farm payment entitlement by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to...
- Grant Payments
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when approval for grant aid under the farm improvement scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will amend the three hectares of enclosed green land eligibility requirement in REP scheme four to read three hectares...
- Grant Payments
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will remove the DED average requirement of the €6 million to special national reserve category for sheep farmers...
- European Council Meetings
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in...
- EU Regulations
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a prohibition on the slaughter or sale of dog meat and cat meat here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Coastal Protection
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19141/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 8 May 2008, the reason for the delay in payments under the farm improvement...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Education Welfare Service
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers employed to monitor school attendance in south Dublin City; the name of the schools in which...
- School Transport
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give approval for the extension of a bus route to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal by 1.5 miles in order that...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowded conditions at a school (details supplied) in County Galway, the efforts being made...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they...
- School Accommodation
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve funding for the replacement of prefabs in a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [19001/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a project (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [19030/08]
- School Planning Provision
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the ongoing academic success of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 2, he will guarantee that the school has a future...
- European Council Meetings
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in tabular form;...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made with regard to the provision of a new second level vocational educational committee college for Doon, County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a decision on the application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 for the necessary and urgent extension and...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appointments made by him between 2 April and 7 May 2008 inclusive; the place or town of residence of each appointee; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant or classroom assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo as recommended...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the acquisition of a site for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [19155/08]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post primary schools from north Tipperary that had applied for the summer works scheme before it was...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when, with regard to the application by Waterford Institute of Technology for designation as a university and the publication of the...
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Defence the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to which they were appointed;...
- European Council Meetings
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in tabular form; the number of...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Defence the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of that engagement;...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Impounded Vehicles
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda vehicle capacity to store impounded cars with a breakdown of such storage capacity in each Garda division; the...
- Residency Permits
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it is taking to process applications for family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make arrangements whereby the spouse of an Irish national who applies for citizenship will be recognised as...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the bodies to...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the request of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be considered in relation to the educational needs of...
- European Council Meetings
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three years in...
- Residency Permits
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to expedite an application for permission to remain in the State based on family dependency by...
- Garda Stations
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to provide a much needed new Garda station to accommodate Garda personnel together with all the...
- Visa Applications
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons (details supplied) have not been granted a three month visa to travel to Ireland to be with their...
- Garda Deployment
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposed changes in policing due to commence in County Louth and east Meath in 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 204: 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...
- Drug Seizures
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of the drug seizures recorded in 2000 and in 2007 in Dublin and nationwide distinguishing the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to Dublin Garda districts and to Garda districts in the rest of the country; the number of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status, current or expected in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the case of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details...
- Deportation Orders
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if provision will be made whereby a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can be reunited with their family in order to...
- Deportation Orders
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who has...
- Residency Permits
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will...
- Deportation Orders
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant extension of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
- Travel Documentation
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for the issue of temporary travel documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application for naturalisation will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Deportation Orders
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
- Travel Documentation
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will issue temporary travel documentation or an alternative in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
- Deportation Orders
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if...
- Deportation Orders
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or intended residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 with a view to ensuring that adequate provision is...
- Deportation Orders
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Asylum Applications
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant extended or temporary residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application for family reunification is expected to be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to highlighting road speed cameras or traffic control vans as is the case in other...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of funding allocated for housing starts, acquisition and...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the...
- Light Pollution
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the issue of light pollution, specifically requirements that planning applications...
- European Council Meetings
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the new public water supply scheme for the Ring Gaeltacht, County Waterford; and if he...
- Planning Issues
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's views on the recommendations directed to his Department in the area of planning in the 2005...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18...
- Waste Management
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proposed increase in the landfill levy from €15.00 to €20.00 will be brought into effect as many...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of estate management companies operating in various estates in County Kildare; the legal basis for...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to introduce a wood log gasifier scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Grants
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are grants available to insulate houses to improve heat conservation; and if he will make a statement...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of obtaining inland fisheries licences for trout and salmon; the concessions available to the elderly...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the appointments to bodies that were made by him since 2 April 2008; the persons who were the appointees; the...
- Energy Resources
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to increase the provision of liquified petroleum gas in petrol stations here; and if he will make a...
- European Council Meetings
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Council of Ministers meetings attended by Ministers at his Department for each of the past three...
- Regional Fisheries Boards
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will involve other sectors or stakeholders, other than the chairpersons of the present fishery boards, in...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the appointments made by him between 2 April and 7 May 2008 inclusive; the place or town of residence of each...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which he has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18...
