Written answers

Tuesday, 20 May 2008

  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares of privately owned land that have been replanted in forestry after harvesting; the percentage this...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if further efforts to protect Irish fishing rights will be re-negotiated following the ratification of the Lisbon treaty;...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the level of labelling of fresh foodstuffs imported from abroad; if he has plans for improved...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department will introduce policy measures to tackle escalating costs of animal feed and fertilisers; if he will...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received EU health check proposals due to be published shortly; the impact the proposals will have on Irish...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has conducted or is involved in research into growing sugar beet for the production of ethanol; if so,...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will lobby the European Commission to rescind the decision to pay REP scheme four retrospectively to participating...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps being taken to police over-fishing resulting in the depletion of fish stocks; if action is contemplated to allow...
    • Plant Protection Products
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify his stance on the EU proposals on the reform of pesticide legislation that are being finalised; and if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support the European Commission proposal to give free fruit and vegetables to school children throughout the...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make provisions for funding to be provided for long-term deck crew members whose trawler owners are benefiting...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to offset food price inflation; if he has consulted with various shareholders including farming...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares of Coillte land that have not been replanted in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on supporting fishermen in their difficulties arising from the hikes in fuel prices, bearing in mind the steps...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans to launch an updated initiative to improve safety practices on farms and to reduce the number of farm...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure farmers will continue to have payments by his Department issue to them by cheque should they so wish;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of offshore wind turbines that have been licensed; the number in the planning process; the provision made for...
    • Sheep Industry
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will implement the Malone report on the sheep industry in full; his timetable for the implementation of its...
    • Plant Protection Products
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has undertaken an assessment of the implications for farming here of the EU plan to reduce the use of crop sprays;...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will lobby the EU for a bigger quota for Irish fishermen in their own waters; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to support the co-operative movement north of the line from Dublin to Galway in order that it can...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to amend legislation to ensure that foodstuffs of foreign origin cannot be labelled as produced in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all new policy initiatives in agriculture are carbon proofed; the steps to be taken to meet Ireland's national...
    • Climate Change
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the threat to the staple fruit and vegetable crops here due to climate change which will cause major changes...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will recommend to Coillte the appointment of an arbitrator to report on the complaints of suppliers (details...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure a fair deal for Irish farmers at the WTO talks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will meet with representatives of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation to discuss the Lisbon treaty;...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares newly planted by Coillte in each of the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures in place to promote disease eradication; if there are plans for the introduction of an all-Ireland health...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of offshore wind turbines granted permission for construction; the number built; the number for which...
    • Food Industry
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on global food shortages; the impact he foresees the impending food security crisis will have on Irish...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are sufficient stocks of blue tongue vaccine available for distribution in the event of an outbreak of the...
    • Plant Protection Products
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consequences of imminent EU legislative proposals to restrict the availability of chemical pesticides and fungicides;...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the review of penalties imposed on fishermen will be completed; if he will remove the element of criminal prosecution...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives planned to promote the indigenous fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding milk quotas for the past milk quota year; the possibility of eliminating penalties for...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he plans to introduce a national strategy regarding infectious diseases such as IBR, BDVD and Joannes; and if he will...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the country of origin labelling of beef introduced in 2006 to cover lamb products; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will include applicants under the farm improvement scheme whose applications were received during the last ten days...
    • Support for Young Farmers
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reintroduce supports and incentives to encourage young farmers to stay in agriculture; and if he will make a...
    • National Statistics
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons employed full time and employed part time in agriculture in 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason no rural development proposal under Axis 4 was made under the operational programme for fisheries for the benefit...
    • Cereal Sector
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will implement measures to ensure growth in the cereals sector of the economy here to meet growing demand into the...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will process without delay applications made by farmers to the farm investment scheme between 21 October 2007 and 31...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares planted in the production of bio-fuels in each of the past six years; the amount of energy produced...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans or if his attention has been drawn to plans to provide high rope adventure courses in any of Ireland's...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which he has had discussions with his EU colleagues in the context of a check of the CAP with a view to...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress in the past 12 months in securing for farmers advance notice of cross compliance checks; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will press for an increased rate of export refunds to assist milk processors; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details in relation to the administration of Axis 4 in Ireland's proposed operational programme for the delivery of the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives he is undertaking in 2008 to help combat climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the promised animal welfare legislation will be published; the objectives of the legislation; if the Bill will provide...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage of land planted in forestry for each of the past 11 years; if present trends continue, the year he would...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide clarification regarding REP scheme payments to miscanthus growers and in particular the qualifying...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to protect the industry against the threat of adventitious presence in feed imports from non-EU...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that precautions are taken for high risk cargo such as horses straw, compost and plants at all points of...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has given guidelines to Coillte in relation to considering the carbon effect of forestry planting; and if he will make...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 160: To ask the Taoiseach 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; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach 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; the fees...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 164: To ask the Taoiseach 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 decisions...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for each of the past five...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 166: To ask the Taoiseach the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and departmental personnel during...
    • Government Appointments
      Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Ministers of State appointed in the State at five year intervals from 1970 to date in 2008; and the present number of Ministers of State. [19573/08]
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the facts surrounding a mine exploding on 15 May 1943 in Mullaghduff, County Donegal in which 19 people died (details...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 170: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Taoiseach and his Ministers of State since 1997 to date in 2008; and if he will...
  • Department of Finance
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the person who is responsible for translation of signs such as An tOileán Naofa for Holy Island on signage indicating the monastic settlement of...
    • Road Network
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the Office of Public Works replacing the old collapsed bridge over the Rincoe River dividing the lands of a person...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that was put in place in relation to the flooding problem (details supplied) in south Mayo. [19403/08]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be assisted. [19414/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State since 1997 to date in 2008; and if he...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for each of the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and departmental...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 20 June 2006, the funding made available for the project (details supplied) in County Clare; when the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the year in which a tax exemption was introduced for stud fees; and the conditions attaching to those exemptions. [19583/08]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for works to prevent annual flooding of the main Tramore to Waterford road; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects construction of a new headquarters for Ordnance Survey Ireland in Dungarvan, County Waterford to be completed; when the OSI plans to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for a tax rebate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19728/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are tax incentives for specific developments (details supplied); and if there are proposals to introduce such an incentive. [19743/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements currently in place and the arrangements proposed to secure permanent office accommodation at Portlarlington, County Laois, having...
    • Tax Code
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if expenses associated with in-vitro fertilisation are eligible for income tax relief; and if not, if he will undertake an assessment of the cost of...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the provision of a suitable Garda station at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the cost of answering a parliamentary question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19877/08]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to foster a parent plus approach to support families...
    • Health Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to open two cocaine-specific treatment centres, in...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision on an application for domiciliary care by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision made with regard to subvention for nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name of the applicant who made an application for payment under the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a scan. [19273/08]
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown, on a hospital and county basis, of the number of cases of MRSA that have been reported in each hospital in the period...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale behind the decision to outsource cervical screening services to a laboratory (details supplied) in view of the fact that...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount on average it costs for an orthopaedic surgeon to carry out a hip replacement; the cost to the Exchequer for funding all...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds available for drug detox in community based residential detox units, in medical detox units including stabilisation...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical and clerical staff employed by the Health Service Executive within its detoxification and rehabilitation...
    • Health Services
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on a waiting list for admission to residential detox services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of an eight bed hospice unit at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the BCG vaccine. [19399/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it has taken such an inordinate amount of time for a primary certificate examination for the disabled drivers to take place...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 29 April 2008, the classification of those children on the waiting list in County Clare as...
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application to the Health Service Executive for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the application for a motorised transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [19478/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to alleviate the unnecessary stress and hardship to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19479/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure by her Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if she will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name of the person with overall responsibility for the day to day construction of Tralee Community Hospital; the persons who will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the medical director has been appointed to the development board of the children's hospital, Tallaght; if not, when such an...
    • Health Services
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vacant beds in public nursing homes (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the local health manager...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of neurologists per head of the population; the equivalent numbers for other European countries; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding provided in each of the past seven years for all residential care placements for child care services; the funding for 2008;...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review can or will be undertaken with regard to a mobility allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19577/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Portiuncula Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19667/08]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in revaccinating children who received the out of date oral polio vaccine; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) will be called for speech therapy services; if owing to the long delay experienced she will examine the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for nursing home subvention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19727/08]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if departmental guidelines have been produced under the Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996 or the Health Act 2004 relevant to the sale...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the provision of a BCG vaccine for new born babies in Cork city and county; the number of children currently...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify that the multi-annual funding for the disability sector promised in the programme for Government is being fulfilled...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 12 March 2008, when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be seen by a...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to ensure that patients entitled to GMS will have access to a general practitioner in areas where doctors are...
    • Health Services
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no resources for palliative care nursing services in County Wicklow. [19774/08]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children from north Tipperary that are classified as at serious risk and who are currently on waiting lists for assessment...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the number of social workers working in north Tipperary has increased or decreased since the Health Service Executive recruitment...
    • Community Care
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 195 and 197 of 8 April 2008, if her attention has been drawn to plans to provide a facility...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if community based homework clubs will be considered for funding under the national child care investment programme; and if she will...
    • Obesity Levels
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to tackle the problem of obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19824/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long-term care beds for the elderly in Limerick city, Limerick west and County Clare; the comparative figures for...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations of the Judge Harding Clarke report into maternity services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda that have been...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the administrators of the nursing home refund scheme have refused repayments for periods when patients resided in a contract...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when tests and x-ray results carried out at Blanchardstown Hospital in July 2007 will be relayed to St. James's Hospital Dublin and...
    • Health Services
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who require speech and language therapy here; the number of speech and language therapists working here; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount to date that has been granted to the authors of the Teamwork report; if the personnel are still under contract with the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and her junior Ministers since 1997 to date in...
  • Department of Transport
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is bringing forward a land Bill to control the price of land being acquired for new road developments or road widening projects; and if he...
    • Road Safety
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the policy of the National Car Test company to limit the certificate time for imported cars from Japan, Korea and other...
    • Road Network
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 3 April 2008, when an order will be made designating the road as a motorway; and if he will make a...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of letters that have been sent out to owners of re-sold cars that were written off; the number that will be sent; and if he will make a...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent proposals of the chairman of the Joint Committee on Transport to ban cars from certain streets in Dublin city centre; and...
    • Light Rail Projects
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on using underground power cables for future Luas and metro lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19422/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for each of the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of directors he has appointed to the board of Aer Lingus; if there are more Government slots on the board of Aer Lingus still to be...
    • Air Services
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport the air routes currently the subject of aviation PSOs; the value of each aviation PSO route; his views on the extension of the PSO mechanism on...
    • Road Network
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport the speed limit on the N8 between Fermoy and Watergrasshill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19883/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and his Ministers of State since 1997 to date in 2008;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for each of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the difficulty in issuing a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan in view of the fact that they were...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997 to date in 2008;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Job Creation
      Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether the commitment of 50% of greenfield projects in the BMW region should be re-affirmed...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the anticipated benefits for house purchasers arising from the application of consumer protection law to real...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason regulations in the safety, health and welfare at work (construction) regulations 2006 are being...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 286: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has had contact with FÁS regarding the awarding of an advertising contract to a local media outlet,...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if particular assistance is available for professional and technically trained disabled persons. [19462/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure by her Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if she will compare this to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers,...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm if she had an official meeting with a company (details supplied); and if she was...
    • Work Permits
      Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application for a person (details supplied). [19539/08]
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated to each city and county enterprise board each year for the past five years...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when cross-departmental joint labour investigation teams will be operational; and if she will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to streamline the issuing of work permits; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 296: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to County Mayo conducted by IDA Ireland in 2007 and to date in 2008 (details...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the requirements for security personnel at private companies who are required to do shift work; and if she...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be supported. [19819/08]
    • Sports Funding
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made to ensure that Ireland improves its performance at the summer 2008 Olympics; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and cost of mobile telephones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects the swimming pool grants programme to be reopened; his views on granting funding for the provision of a swimming...
    • Olympic Games
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will send a delegation to 2008 Beijing Olympics to actively promote Ireland as a destination for training prior to the London...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm receipt of an application for funding from an organisation (details supplied); when a decision on the application...
    • Obesity Levels
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures he is taking to tackle the problem of obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19825/08]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures in hand, or proposed, to promote an awareness of the arts among young people; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied with the regional balance of tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19829/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which his support for the promotion of arts, sport and tourism is reflected in financial allocation by or from his...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the responsibilities of the new Minister of State for arts; the way this will affect his work; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997 to date...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo particularly as the medical...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to make a claim for personal financial support; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare against the decision to refuse their application for...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the outgoings of a household have a bearing on a claim or an appeal for jobseeker's allowance. [19439/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not being provided with a rent allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expenditure by her Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if she will compare this to the expenditure on consultants...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the serious and ongoing delays in the handling of social welfare queries and customer services...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements being made in relation to the new electronic system for the collection of State pensions to ensure that a spouse...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997 to date...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding a case (details supplied). [19258/08]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 340: 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 implement the recommendations...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects that have received funding in south Tipperary since the creation of the CLÁR programme; if a list of...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects and policies planned for south Tipperary under the national drugs strategy 2009 to 2016. [19553/08]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the Leader companies will be allocated funding for allocation of grants under the new rural development...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the implications for the national drugs strategy of the move of responsibility for the young people's facilities and...
    • Community Development
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding opportunities currently available to community-based homework clubs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, regarding renegotiations for blue whiting in EU waters, there are plans in place to renegotiate Irish fishing rights...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress to date in relation to the decentralisation scheme on the securing of permanent office accommodation in a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will address staff issues in the Mallow AES office, Gouldshill, which has led to the non-processing of queries or...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a mechanism in place to monitor discards from factory ships; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Prices
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps the Government has taken in the past year to combat food poverty; his views on the progress the Government is...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will introduce a labelling system that will enable consumers to distinguish between high quality Irish fish and...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set up a task force to address the short, medium and long-term options for fishermen to negate the effect of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will examine the vital issue of administrative sanctions for minor fishery offences and reform the 2006 fisheries...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to reduce the burden of red tape on small animal feed merchants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the mechanisms he is putting in place to improve the traceability of meat consumed here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when applications for the Farm Improvement Scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be processed and...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of funding provided for the Farm Improvement Scheme in the 2006 partnership agreement, Towards 2016; and the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names of all the schemes being administered by his Department; the start date of each scheme; the end date for each...
    • Food Safety
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which traceability in respect of all meat and meat products imported into Ireland is effected; and if he will...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has achieved a reversal of any previous proposals in the CAP reform in the course of the CAP health checks currently...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which large overseas fishing fleets are being restricted from over-fishing in traditional Irish fishing...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which set-aside lands are being utilised to grow biofuel crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he proposes to take in the event of the World Trade Organisation being influenced by the Mandelson proposals; and...
    • Animal Exports
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of animals exported from Ireland for use in circuses in 2007, including the species, the number, their countries...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an effort is being made at Brussels level to get an extension to the time for completion of the farm waste management...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Accommodation
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a request from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for extra accommodation at its existing rented premises...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date regarding a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19270/08]
    • Adult Education
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to set up a training programme on computer...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in the case of a school (details provided) in County Tipperary which has applied for funding for much needed additional...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to the university of the south east (details...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which is to amalgamate with another school in the area....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 964 of 30 January 2008 and in view of the fact that the board of management has submitted an...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students taking up third level education on average over the past five years; and the number of students on average...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ascertain from the Teaching Council of Ireland if a graduate of a specific degree included on the Council's approved...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if schools submitting applications for new buildings or renovations to existing school buildings are required to submit financial...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy for the educational support of children with Down's syndrome; if he will provide a guaranteed minimum of educational...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures in place in institutes of technology to ensure that, should complaints of bullying and harassment be made against a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and percentage of schools who have broadband access at primary and at secondary level; the investment cost to date; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the technical assessment for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will take place, as it was stated in the development...
    • Data Protection
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if departmental policies relating to the keeping of information on laptop computers used by members of the school inspectorate were...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and cost of mobile telephones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new national school at Cahergal, Tuam, County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve the application by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for an extension which...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on criticisms of his Department's circular 0044/2007 in respect of the teaching of English in gaelscoileanna; and his...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage of the building programme at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan which applied for a sports hall over ten years ago...
    • School Transport
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of his review of school transport catchment boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19659/08]
    • Languages Programme
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he is taking to improve the standard of language education and competency for migrant pupils in the primary and post-primary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the month and year when a decision will be taken on the tenders submitted for the building of a primary school (details supplied); and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rationale employed by him in ensuring that there is not an automatic transfer from primary to post-primary education of education...
    • School Funding
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that applied for the debt relief scheme that is operated by his Department; the number that received this...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a retired teacher works as a temporary teacher for the purposes of filling in or replacing a permanent teacher in a local...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a homework club (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was not granted funding under the school completion programme; if he will...
    • Departmental Statistics
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of legal actions his Department is currently engaged in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19822/08]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary schools offering the full complement of science subjects to leaving certificate level; and if he will make...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has proposals to try and help a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if, on compassionate grounds, he will sanction the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Cavan which was promised more than ten years ago...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve an ABA school for autistic children in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19851/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has accepted the site proposed by the Commissioners of Public Works for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; when the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will send a technical team to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to determine the school's accommodation needs, which...
    • School Staffing
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 9 April 2008, the schools in Counties Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Mayo,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide a suitable school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that parents of children attending a special needs school (details supplied) in...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with respect to an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he...
    • School Placement
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school placement will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 62 and 63 of 13 November 2007, the progress the National Council for Special Education has...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997 to date in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Defence the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for each of the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and departmental...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of medical staff within the Defence Forces; the number who have a psychiatric qualification; the number in each category serving in a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997 to date in 2008; and if...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Stardust Inquiry
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [19266/08]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 456: 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 introduce legislation to govern the...
    • Parental Leave
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount it would cost annually to provide paid paternity leave for two weeks at a flat rate of 60% of the average...
    • Integration Initiatives
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new funding provided since the establishment of the office for integration to groups involved in migrant integration;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he received an application for long-term residency from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation
      Question 462: 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 invest significantly in...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 464: 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 that prisoner remission will...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 467: 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 extend measures to make prisons drug...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 468: 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 that major prisons contain...
    • Prison Discipline
      Question 469: 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 introduce a prison discipline...
    • Prison Inspections
      Question 470: 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 effective and independent...
    • Community Service Orders
      Question 471: 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 build on the community service order...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 473: 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 provide for a system of parental...
    • Garda Powers
      Question 475: 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 expand Garda powers to issue stay...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 477: 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 increase the closed circuit...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 478: 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 establish special Garda units to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 479: 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 legislate for mandatory jail terms...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 480: 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 further increase Garda numbers to...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 481: 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 introduce a Garda charter setting...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 482: 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 conduct regular detailed analyses of...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 483: 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 support the Garda Reserve and ensure...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 484: 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 introduce conditions governing the...
    • Garda Reform
      Question 485: 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 complete the implementation of the...
    • Drug Courts
      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 expand the successful drug court...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 487: 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 increase Garda search powers in...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 490: 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 require all mobile phones to be...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 491: 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 introduce divestitures which require...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 493: 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 establish a judicial sentencing...
    • Bail Regime
      Question 495: 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 introduce a formal annual review to...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 496: 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 provide for the Director of Public...
    • Court Procedures
      Question 497: 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 introduce means to ensure that...
    • Victim Support
      Question 500: 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 establish a statutory victims...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 501: 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 protect the identities of witnesses...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
      Question 502: 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 re-instate the Criminal Injuries...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 504: 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 that an accused who can...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 505: 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 establish a domestic violence...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 508: 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 expand the mechanism by which sexual...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 510: 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 provide an entitlement to free full...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 511: 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 create a new offence of supplying...
    • International Agreements
      Question 515: 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 ratify the UN convention for the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will advise on the matter. [19359/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for Irish citizenship through naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at Maynooth Garda station at present and at this point in each of 2005, 2006 and 2007; the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for permission to remain on humanitarian grounds of a person (details supplied) who...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist in the case of a person (details supplied). [19464/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application under the family reunification scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision will be made in the near future regarding the appointment of the successful tenderer to operate the safety...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [19564/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 527: 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 22; and if he will make a...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when travel documents will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it is taking the Irish naturalisation and immigration service to process an application for...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications which have been deemed withdrawn in each year from 2000 inclusive to date in 2008 due to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the sale of Garda houses (details supplied) attached to the Garda College, Templemore, County...
    • Housing Management Companies
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the proliferation of standard form restrictions that prohibit apartment residents, whether owners or tenants,...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of juvenile crime recorded in each division since 2004 to date in 2008; the number of cases dealt...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will bring forward an amendment to legislation to allow people to apply for naturalisation or long-term residency if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 with their application for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will establish a sex offenders register; if it will include individuals who have been convicted of heinous sex...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to a division (details supplied) in County Tipperary for each of the past three years; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the availability and use of airsoft guns here; and if he has plans to introduce legislation in the area....
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí performing forensic investigations into road traffic accidents; the regions each member is covering;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if a substantive reply will issue to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 542: 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...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 546: 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...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person in the advanced processing stages of a citizenship application may leave the State for a period of time to...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State since 1997...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 549: 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 facilitate the...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of unique hits to the [i]www.change.ie[/i] website since it went on-line; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 12 February 2008, the amount of funding provided to date to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 197 and 198 of 27 September 2007, the number of planning permissions...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate complaints that illegal glue traps are on display for sale at a premises (details...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to expand delivery of...
    • Strategy on Homelessness
      Question 555: 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 achieve a significant...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 556: 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 bring a new focus on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 557: 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 bring forward...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 558: 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 extend the remit of...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 562: 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 clearly set out the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce new urban...
    • Water Services
      Question 566: 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 maximise water...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 567: 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 noise...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to Clare County Council to operate the housing adaptation grant for the elderly and the...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will issue the building floor area certificate for an apartment (details supplied) in Dublin 24....
    • Waste Management
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had discussions with a company regarding the provision of a private incinerator at a location...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers,...
    • Election Management System
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the electronic voting machines. [19528/08]
    • Strategy on Homelessness
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure by each local authority on bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless persons in each of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed EU soil directive; the main elements of the proposal; if an evaluation of its...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will implement the commitment to review the derogation on turf cutting on designated bogs with the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on housing waiting lists in each local authority area in each of the years 1998 to date...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is intended to implement the new energy rating provisions for houses; if the provisions will apply...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures available under the housing Acts to facilitate the transfer of tenants from one local...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place or the contingency funds being made available to local authorities in view of the fact...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that voluntary housing groups such as Clúid or Respond can administer affordable housing...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to schemes run by local authorities (details supplied); if funding has been approved...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Grant Payments
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a national...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the former salmon drift net licence holders who availed of the hardship payments did not get a tax...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public servants from outside Ordnance Survey Ireland who have applied to join OSI in Dungarvan,...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers,...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount allocated to the warmer homes scheme for 2006, 2007 and 2008; the amount spent for each of those...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure the availability of quality electricity supply here; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of total fuel consumption comprised of bio-fuels; the percentage of Irish bio-fuels production...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and Ministers of State...

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