Written answers
Thursday, 22 May 2008
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and percentage of each grade of civil servant within his Department who are work-sharing and e-working respectively; the number and...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has plans to increase the strength of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20203/08]
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to promote greater cooperation and knowledge sharing between the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department with a breakdown of their functions and responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Promotions
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to develop the commissioning from the ranks programme. [20173/08]
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence when the recommendations of the Reserve Defence Forces review implementation plan in relation to the First Line Reserve will be implemented; and if...
- Overseas Missions
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of free telephone call time that will be available to each of the Irish troops in Chad per month in order to enable them to communicate...
- Defence Forces Medical Corps
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to develop the role and contribution of the medical corps and...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Defence the number recruited into the Reserve Defence Force since 1 January 2008; the number who have retired in that time; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to continue the ongoing policy of annual recruitment and...
- Commemorative Events
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Defence the centres that applied to his Department to have a Permanent Defence Forces presence at their 2008 St. Patrick's Day parade; if he will list those...
- Civilianisation of Military Posts
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to fast track the civilianisation of all outstanding agreed...
- Military Neutrality
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence the effect the Lisbon treaty will have on Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20155/08]
- Interdepartmental Meetings
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence if he had recent discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the possible use of the Defence Forces under their...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure Irish troops have the most modern and effective range...
- Commemorative Events
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the all-party 1916 centenary commemoration committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20156/08]
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the replacement of three of the older Naval Service vessels between the present date and 2010; and if he will make a statement...
- White Paper on Defence
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to prepare a second White Paper on defence for the period 2011 to...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that in view of the success of the USAC scheme, the scheme will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18882/08]
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of females who are serving with the Defence Forces at present at various levels; the number that were recruited each year since 2005; the...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to fully execute the Reserve Defence Forces implementation plan...
- Overseas Missions
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his talks with the Austrian Defence Minister, Mr. Norbert Darabos, regarding the involvement of both Ireland and Austria as...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to continue the ongoing policy of recruitment to the Reserve...
- Air Corps Equipment
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence the additions to the Air Corps fleet scheduled for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20158/08]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Army Equitation School recruited the required number of grooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/08]
- Defence Forces Property
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that investment in the Defence Forces continues to grow...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to conduct regular reviews of the operation of the equality and...
- Overseas Missions
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with the Department of Education and Science with a view to having Defence Forces personnel visiting schools to outline...
- Departmental Funding
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide annual subventions to support and encourage the work...
- Department of Finance
- Commemorative Events
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to establish the General Post Office as a museum of celebration...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been progress in relation to the reopening of negotiations for the purchase of a site from a college (details supplied) in County...
- EU Directives
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the EU payments services directive; if it will enable him to outlaw card payment surcharges; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Yield
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the total amount of tax forfeited by Revenue by virtue of the tax exemption on stud fees since this scheme was first introduced....
- Departmental Bodies
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance if a review of the effectiveness of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority's consumer protection role has been carried out; the findings...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory basis for the Rent 1 — claim for rent relief for private rented accommodation scheme application form; the statutory basis for...
- Tax Code
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a savings incentive scheme aimed at welfare dependant and low income families and based on their welfare payment to...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the tax payer of such tolls for each of the past three years; and...
- Tax Collection
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 statement for 2007 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20520/08]
- Department of Health and Children
- Public Play Facilities
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the development of public play and...
- Sponsorship of Sporting Events
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to discuss the question of the sponsorship of...
- Health Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the medical records of a person (details supplied) in County Cork were found amongst those recently uncovered in a landfill site at...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she personally pays the toll charges incurred on her travels; if not, the cost to the tax payer of such tolls for each of the past...
- Health Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [20281/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a service (details supplied) as a priority. [20282/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [20289/08]
- Hospital Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for a knee replacement to Cork University Hospital; and if she will make...
- Child Care Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made with the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that every child has access to a pre-school place...
- Health Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to the response received from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 28 November 2007, the reason it...
- Health Service Staff
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 3 April 2008, the reason five months have passed and a further basic grade speech and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for children for assessment for intellectual disability and physical and sensory disability in each Health Service...
- Health Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting list for orthodontic treatment for children in Kildare has increased from...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare is included in the final Health Service Executive capital...
- Health Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 445 people are awaiting assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare and that...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the 2008 development funding for the intellectual disability sector will be allocated to the various voluntary agencies nationwide;...
- Medicinal Products
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ban the use of herbal E's (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20444/08]
- Hospital Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will resource the transfer of services from the 20 hospitals providing cancer service to the eight centres of excellence; and...
- Mental Health Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the types of support, subsistence and travel payments made to persons attending a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
- Health Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with a facility for home-use to meet their needs; and if she will...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has recently awarded a contract for medical examination of...
- Child Care Services
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, in view of the ongoing difficulties for many not-for-profit community child care facilities, many of which are faced with job...
- Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied)) in Dublin 3. [20495/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a change (details supplied). [20497/08]
- Health Service Staff
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of public health nurses in the Celbridge area resulting in neglect of routine...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Network
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will support a halt stop on the Ennis-Galway railway line at Crusheen, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for each of the past three years;...
- Railway Stations
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the re-opening of Killucan railway station which is urgently needed due to the increase in population in Killucan-Kinnegad...
- Rail Network
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport if agreement has been reached on the closure of level crossings on the Maynooth suburban line between Iarnród Éireann and local authorities as...
- State Airports
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 15 May 2008, if he will request the Dublin Airport Authority to immediately commence construction...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Ministerial Travel
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for each of the past three...
- Rapid Response Initiative
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made with the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the size and capacity of the rapid response corps,...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of programme countries to a...
- Departmental Procurement Policies
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that the sourcing of fair trade goods where...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to adopt an integrated approach to development across...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to establish an academic centre for conflict resolution....
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase funding for emigrant welfare to €34...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to complete the process whereby RTÉ can be broadcast...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to work to deliver free public transport for emigrant...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Energy Conservation
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the content of the submission from her Department to the study into domestic lighting being carried out by...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she personally pays the toll charges incurred on her travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such...
- Work Permits
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will speed up the process of issuing a work permit to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
- Consumer Protection
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recommendation of the Consumer Strategy Group report to promote the usage of codes of...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available from her Department or Enterprise Ireland for small service companies to start up; and...
- Consumer Protection
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the extent to which diesel prices at the pumps are vastly higher than...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ministerial Travel
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for each of the past...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to an application for funding for a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the sports capital...
- Arts Funding
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to support training and professional development...
- Commemorative Events
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to advance plans to commemorate the Irish...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to roll out the local sports partnership...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to support a new local authority swimming pool...
- Sports Funding
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to initiate a financial support package aimed at...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to recognise the importance of volunteerism in...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that he received an application for funding from an organisation (details supplied), which hopes to provide two...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Ministerial Travel
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she personally pays the toll charges incurred on her travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for each of the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason jobseeker's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was stopped from the date of their inquiry about...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of doubling the threshold for the means test for carer's allowance, of eliminating the means test for carer's allowance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in making one parent family allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Care of the Elderly
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the schemes his Department operates which would offer financial support for the installation of a house alarm for an...
- Community Development
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason he refused to meet a delegation representing community development projects in south Dublin which sought a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the counties, in relation to the twelve approved rural recreation officers, the eight RROs appointed to date in 2008...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to correspondence sent to his Department in February 2008 regarding a company (details supplied) in...
- Department of Education and Science
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide a dedicated fund of at least €100...
- School Curriculum
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to work towards making physical education...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a school (details supplied) in County Sligo whose broadband provision is just one half MB; if this is an insufficient...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the present conditions, he will sanction the...
- School Transport
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in payment of the out of area school transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if...
- Grant Payments
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide details of all grant schemes and funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in Limerick west. [20263/08]
- Ministerial Travel
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for each of the past...
- School Accommodation
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if authorisation will be given for a school (details supplied) in County Laois to move to a new site. [20283/08]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has ever requested either the Office of Public Works or a local authority to use their compulsory purchase powers to...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will launch the Information and Communications strategy for schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asbestos Remediation Programme
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will provide funding for the removal of asbestos tiles from post-primary schools (details supplied) in County...
- School Accommodation
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if his...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if his attention has been...
- Irish Language
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary schools in north Kildare which provide secondary education through Irish for pupils; if he will expand this...
- School Enrolments
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when information sought under Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 28 November 2007 will be available. [20417/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the acceptance of a tender for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [20420/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if proposals for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 have been completed. [20421/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received the stage three submission in relation to the required extension of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare....
- Psychological Service
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in County Kildare which do not have direct access to the National Educational Psychological Service. [20434/08]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 3 April 2008, if there has been a successful conclusion regarding the acquisition of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding in 2008 to enable construction to commence on the new national school for Kill, County Kildare....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that recipients of the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Science...
- School Staffing
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his Department's decision not to pay sick leave to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 399 and 400 of 11 March 2008, the progress to date in finalising agreement with a group...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for building works for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be made; if...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the emergency works grant; when the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will approve an extra year in a special school for a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the income limits applied by his Department for eligibility for higher education grants in 2008/09; if his attention has been drawn to...
- School Staffing
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support an issue (details supplied). [20496/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will allow a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to proceed to the next stage which is the tender stage for the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date and location by which it is expected to meet the educational needs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; the way this...
- Cyber Bullying
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the extent of Internet and cyber mobile phone bullying presenting a particular threat to young...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Records
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to make available to historians and to the public, records of...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Defence if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for each of the past three years; and...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason discussions are taking place under the conciliation and arbitration scheme in relation to payment of the permanent instructors allowance...
- Defence Forces Security Escorts
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cash in transit missions supported by the Defence Forces in each of the past three years; the extent to which payment has been made to...
- Overseas Missions
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Navy and Air Corps personnel currently involved or expected to be involved in present or future EU or UN overseas deployments; and if...
- Coastal Surveillance
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of coastal surveillance here having particular regard to the degree to which Navy and Air Corps personnel...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the extent of military hardware available to Irish troops on all overseas missions at present is adequate to meet military...
- Overseas Missions
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and location of Irish troop deployments on overseas missions; the strength and nature of the mission in each case; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Training
Question 236: 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 prioritise effective enforcement of...
- Parental Leave
Question 237: 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 examine the possibility of...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to outline the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to double the number of...
- Visa Applications
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm receipt of an application for a spouse visa from a person (details supplied); the date on which this...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls for each of...
- Garda Deployment
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no designated gardaí with specialised training to deal with...
- Traffic Fines
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has received 41 parking tickets, despite being assured by the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ask the Garda Commissioner to provide additional resources to Tallaght Garda station to allow special action to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W. [20456/08]
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners transferred from Cork Prison to Shelton Abbey in the past six months; the number of those prisoners...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a certificate of naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be dealt...
- Visa Applications
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be granted special leave to remain in the State notwithstanding the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 253: 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 County Kildare;...
- Residency Permits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is permissible for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is resident here on foot of a work permit and...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Planning Issues
Question 255: 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 a supply of...
- Wildlife Protection
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to overcome the spread of [i]Lagarosiphon major[/i] in Lough Corrib, Galway; if he...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such...
- Water Supply Contamination
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the protocols he has issued to local authorities in respect of dealing with the potential for cryptosporidium...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on the seven-village sewerage scheme in County Waterford with particular attention to the...
- Election Management System
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to establish an...
- Seanad Reform
Question 261: 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 determine the extent...
- Local Government Policy
Question 262: 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 reform local...
- Planning Issues
Question 263: 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 advice...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 264: 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 modernise the...
- Local Government Audit Service
Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to ensure that local authority spending...
- Local Government Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to build on the experience gained from...
- Library Projects
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to ensure that the library service...
- Fire Service
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to ensure the fire services operate to...
- Public Service Staff
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to ensure there is an acceptable buffer...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to consider legislation to regulate...
- Public Service Charges
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the valuable contribution that old folks associations make to local communities in providing...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 985 of 2 April 2008, if there has been further progress. [20428/08]
- Local Authority Staff
Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in the past four months on the issue raised with him in Parliamentary Question No....
- Water Supply
Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the preliminary report in relation to sourcing additional water for the greater Dublin...
- Public Order Offences
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recourse open to residents of households where neighbouring residents are involved in anti-social or...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application for a serviced land initiative from Mayo County Council regarding a...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the applications under an initiative (details supplied) that have been received by his Department from Mayo...
- Grant Payments
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the list of playgrounds in County Kerry awarded grants in 2007 is available. [20500/08]
- National Biodiversity Plan
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the other Departments in addition to the Department of Defence which have prepared biodiversity plans in...
- EU Directives
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the European Union directives on environmental law which have been the subject of warnings, court proceedings...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an audit or count has been carried out by his Department to identify the number of local authorities that...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority houses that were completed in the years 2006 and 2007 and to date in 2008...
- Strategy on Homelessness
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers of homeless people in Ireland and by county for the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 in...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the effectiveness of public private partnership projects in view of a number of housing projects...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant aid available to farmers for the installation of wood log gasifiers. [20501/08]
- Ministerial Travel
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of such tolls...
- Motor Fuels
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the extent to which diesel prices at the pumps are vastly higher than petrol...