Written answers
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Homeless Persons
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been in contact with the Health Service Executive or the Department of Health and Children regarding...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reform the Environmental Protection Agency 2000 standard for septic tanks in order to promote more...
- Register of Electors
Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to reform the electoral register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20849/08]
- Motor Taxation
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the attempts he has made to inform prospective car owners of tax changes due to be implemented; and if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contact he has had with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding putting the National...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reforms he plans to introduce to adequately fund construction of social and affordable housing to meet...
- Electoral Commission
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will set up the electoral commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20832/08]
- Waste Management
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills in view of the recent ESRI report that...
- Planning Issues
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy guidance documents in the planning and housing areas which have been produced which specifically...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of funding affecting all local authorities; if he has...
- EU Directives
Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of legal cases conceded or lost by his Department with regard to the non-implementation of EU...
- State Bodies
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will complete an efficiency review and audit of all State agencies and bodies under the...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that local authorities comply with the guidelines set out in the Good...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on implementing change at local government level through directly elected mayors as considered in...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will rectify the anomaly whereby licensees of residential properties do not come under the jurisdiction...
- EU Directives
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken in response to the recent findings of the report compiled by the National...
- Boundary Committees
Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the local electoral area boundary committees are up to date with their work; and when he expects to be in...
- Register of Electors
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will implement the recommendations contained in the report by the Joint Committee on the Environment,...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a commitment (details supplied) to the effect that he would take...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the implications of the Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations...
- EU Directives
Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the warnings and opinions Ireland has received from the European Commission in respect of lack of compliance...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reiterate the commitment of his Department towards the policy of equalisation, which has existed...
- Water Charges
Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps his Department are taking to address the issue of water charges on farms. [19525/08]
- Turf Cutting
Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will meet with representatives of turf cutters on designated bogs; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fire Service
Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which invoice the Health Service Executive or others for fire services and the...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is undertaking an update on the uptake of the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a...
- Litter Pollution
Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is overall monitoring and record of the number of on-the-spot litter fines imposed annually; if so,...
- Local Government Elections
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will implement controls on candidate expenditure in the forthcoming local elections. [20782/08]
- Election Management System
Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he considered the time frame appropriate between the advertisement for registration of postal votes for...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in establishing the housing aid for older people scheme with local authorities and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific date for the publication of the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill due to be brought...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Unemployment Levels
Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the numbers unemployed in both County Carlow and County Kilkenny; the way these figures have varied for each year since 1995 for unemployment numbers; and if...
- Toll Charges
Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach if he personally pays the toll charges incurred on his travels; if not, the cost to the taxpayer of tolls of such for each of the past three years; and if he...
- Active Citizenship
Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to implement the recommendation of the Task Force on Active Citizenship to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to those roles from outside...
- Dáil Reform
Question 153: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to reconsider the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of his predecessor's recent visit to the United States; the names and roles of the persons who accompanied him; the mode of transport used in each...
- Cabinet Sub-Committees
Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the members of the Cabinet Sub-committee on Health; when the committee last met; and when it will meet again. [20971/08]
- Department of Finance
- Valuation Office
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the dates of the Valuation Office records currently being transferred to Portlaoise; the arrangements being put in place to ensure that these...
- Tax Collection
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount accrued to the Exchequer each month for the past 12 months by way of excise duty, VAT and other such payments through the sale of...
- Tax Code
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the take up there as been from the private sector in relation to the amendment to the Finance Bill 2008 regarding the provision of hospice beds; and...
- Exchequer Borrowing
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report all communications he or his Department has had with the National Treasury Management Agency regarding the provision of additional...
- Flood Relief
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for an investigation to be carried out by the Office of Public Works for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to see if an...
- Departmental Staff
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to those roles...
- Tax Code
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the mortgage interest relief at source scheme for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the projected...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to increase the State guarantee on bank deposits here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/08]
- Tax Yield
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the income earned by the State on all duties and taxes imposed on the sale of white diesel for motoring, on green diesel, home heating oil, and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional customs and excise officials recruited since the date of the introduction of vehicle registration tax; and if he will make...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioner officials who transferred from Revenue offices to decentralised Departments since the date that decentralisation...
- Customs and Excise
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines laid down for the inspection of passengers being searched at ports and airports by customs and excise authorities; and if he will...
- Flood Relief
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in commencing flood relief works in an area (details supplied) in County Cork. [20965/08]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase and upgrade telecommunications equipment which is attached to the telecommunications mast at Shankill Garda Station;...
- Tax Yield
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on a litre of diesel costing €1, €1.05, €1.10, €1.15, €1.20, €1.25 and €1.30. [20997/08]
- EU Directives
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if the EU has imposed fines or penalties on Ireland for non-compliance with EU laws on tendering; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Yield
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on motor fuels for each of January, February and March 2007; if he will compare these figures to the corresponding figures for 2008....
- Tax Code
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is separated over five years from their spouse for tax purposes can now be taxed as a single...
- Department of Health and Children
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by families who are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance whereby...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision was taken by the National Cancer Screening Service to outsource specialised cervical screening to an American...
- Pension Provisions
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment of moneys due from the Health Service Executive will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect...
- Personal Care Assistants
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for personal care assistants for people with a disability in the Dublin area per postal district; the steps to reduce...
- Mental Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if rehabilitation duties form part of the duties of psychiatric nurses in rehabilitation units under the Health Service Executive; and...
- Health Service Staff
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps including disciplinary steps, that can be taken if a member of staff at a rehabilitation unit is not willing or has not...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason in the past eight months the Health Service Executive have not assessed a child (details supplied) in County Kildare for...
- Children in Care
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Clare under the supervision or in the care of the Health Service Executive who have gone missing or are...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the protocols in place for the Health Service Executive and the circumstances under which the HSE can divert voted Oireachtas moneys for...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an inquiry has been established into the treatment and death of a person (details supplied); the findings of same; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists working with primary schools in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals heard under the health repayment scheme; the number of those appeals successful and the number unsuccessful in...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the planned commencement date on construction of the new children's hospital to replace Temple Street Hospital; the level of provision...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she or the Health Service Executive has recently entered into five year leasing agreements for upgrading and...
- Patient Safety
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to regulate eye clinics offering laser eye surgery; if her Department or the Health Information and Quality Authority have...
- Adoption Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to amend the Adoption Act 1952, to allow for the adoption of a child by a surviving parent and his or her new spouse; and if...
- Health Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise on the case of a person (details supplied). [20659/08]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the outsourcing of cervical smears in Cork where 39,000 smears were processed by a company (details supplied); the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants within her Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to...
- Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms, which are in place for hiring taxis in terms of tendering, value for money and procedure for using taxis, which are in...
- Legislative Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed fair deal scheme for elderly nursing home care. [20690/08]
- Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14. [20692/08]
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pharmacists that have withdrawn from the community drugs scheme; the alternative mechanisms her Department or the Health...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have the surgery they have waited 18 months for; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking, in view of complaints to the Health Service Executive regarding the deterioration of staffing at St. Colman's...
- Community Pharmacy Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings or estimated savings to the Health Service Executive as a result of the first reduction in payments for April 2008 to the...
- Child Care Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases in each of the past ten years where social workers were required to investigate allegations of children being at...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of private hospitals in use here; the location and bed capacity of each hospital; the number of public hospitals in use and...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in the subvention structure particularly in the Cavan-Monaghan area where no increased...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork had been told that they will receive a replacement mobility scooter to replace...
- Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the home help service in Dublin south city is currently invoicing elderly persons who are in receipt of home help for...
- Legislative Programme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the nursing home support Bill; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20748/08]
- Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20751/08]
- Food Labelling
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of breaches of food labelling and traceability regulations detected in the food processing, retailing and catering sectors...
- Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on granting a full medical card on diagnoses to all children with a intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on introducing home care packages similar to those that have been successfully introduced for older people to persons with an...
- Medical Cards
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford have been refused renewal of their medical cards despite the fact that their...
- Mental Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the specific recommendation on the mental health needs for people with an intellectual disability as...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the promised 255 residential places, 85 new respite places and 535 new day places for persons with an intellectual...
- Ambulance Service
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget for ambulance services in Counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in each of the past five years; the amount by which spending in...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of young people by gender below the age of 18 who smoke; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20917/08]
- Health Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who have had the home care package withdrawn in view of the their circumstances;...
- Health Service Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agency nurses employed in the health services in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and the cost of the...
- Infection Control Procedures
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to publish draft infection prevention control standards. [20927/08]
- Health Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the reason a drug to treat multiple sclerosis (details supplied) is not properly available here despite...
- Medical Education
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a recent review of medical schools carried out by the Medical Council which states that interns are...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to advise Irish football fans planning to travel to the Euro 2008 tournament this summer to ensure that they are...
- Health Services
Question 252: 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....
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners who are continuing to receive payments under the general medical services scheme after their...
- Mental Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish legislation setting out the way the dignity of persons and the protection of human rights will be safeguarded in the...
- Health Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children waiting for treatment in a county (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20989/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive's allocation of funding for people with disabilities for 2008 has been given to the various HSE regions,...
- Health Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21009/08]
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the closing date for the applications under the health repayment scheme; if there is any leeway in respect of the closing date where an...
- Hospital Staff
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if financial provision was made by her Department for the appointment of a clinical auditor at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda,...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a national working group comprising children with specific speech and language impairment and their parents and...
- Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when dental treatment will be available to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who is in urgent need of dental extractions and is...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 April 2008. [21199/08]
- Palliative Care
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the specialist palliative care nursing service in Wicklow community care which has been withdrawn; if she...
- Health Services Expenditure
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was spent by the Health Service Executive on general building maintenance on its premises around the country in...
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of funding for the Thomastown relief road; when it is hoped to commence works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20627/08]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of the overall CO2 emissions here that came from public transport such as buses and DARTs in 2007 in comparison to 2006; and if he...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects under Transport 21 that are to be financed by public private partnerships; the cost expected to the Exchequer for each project; the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to those roles...
- Departmental Funding
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will investigate the delay in issuing payments to a coast guard unit (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason given by him in letters to Dublin Bus for them to discontinue three 25X departures during peak hours in the morning from Lucan to the...
- Regional Airports
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of privately owned aircraft which used Carrickfin, Sligo, Ireland West and Galway airports for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; and...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport if a draft protected area order was prepared in relation to Dublin Airport by his Department in accordance with the terms of section 14 of the Air...
- Road Network
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have allocated or intend to allocate funding to Kildare County Council for the purpose of upgrading the Enfield to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assurances the Irish Government will give not to compromise in the treaty negotiations taking place at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference...
- Departmental Staff
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to those...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make known to the Iranian Government his deep concern for the worsening human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran...
- Disaster Relief
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and names of the Irish non-governmental organisations operating in Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/08]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and details of non-governmental organisations involved in Kenya (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the desire of Taiwan to be invited to be an observer at the World Health Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the visa requirements for entry into New Zealand; if in particular he will outline the position whereby somebody has been in New Zealand for...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- World Trade Negotiations
Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a veto remains an option for the Government when dealing with the current world trade talks and that a...
- Work Permits
Question 295: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department has adopted a policy that work permit applications will not be accepted from people who...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legal basis for the establishment of estate management companies operating in various estates in County...
- Industrial Development
Question 298: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is proposed to purchase additional lands for industrial development in the Carlow town area following...
- Job Creation
Question 299: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of existing Industrial Development Authority supported jobs in both County Carlow and County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 300: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure of the competition and policy section of her Department for each of the past five years; the...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of prosecutions taken since 2003 against employees in conjunction with compliance with Irish and...
- Consumer Protection
Question 303: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [20658/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 304: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants within her Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number...
- Work Permits
Question 305: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes to employment permit arrangements for spouses of work permit holders in terms of application...
- EU Directives
Question 306: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken to ensure that Ireland implements the Seveso Directive 2003/105/EC on the control of major...
- Work Permits
Question 308: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will arrange for a review of a decision to refuse a work permit in relation to a person (details...
- Industrial Development
Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visiting industrial and commercial itineraries internationally and nationally organised by the...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will advise on the case of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [20660/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited...
- Film Industry Development
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reports that have been completed or are in the process of being prepared on the current status or future development of the film...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the construction of a football stadium at Tallaght, Dublin 24; the amount of funding that will be provided...
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will publish the national audit of sports facilities phase one report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21011/08]
- Departmental Reports
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will publish the report of the London Olympic Games task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21012/08]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was not assisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20967/08]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria for rent subsidy for qualifying applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20974/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was not assisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20980/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants within her Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused jobseeker's allowance. [20750/08]
- Industrial Disputes
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an ongoing industrial dispute at a number of local welfare offices which...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding qualification for the back to education allowance; and the framework by and through which it is determined...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the figures available to her on the number of children who moved from domiciliary care allowance to disability...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the new changes in rent supplement ceiling are expected; the changes envisaged; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Tourism Industry
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding avenues available to prospective applicants who are endeavouring to establish rural tourism initiatives;...
- Rural Development
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when rural development companies currently not accepting funding applications and only expressions of interest, will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied); the action taken to address the concerns raised; and if he will make...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farm Waste Management
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason farmers who pay a collection charge on the purchase of silage cover or silage wrap at the point of purchase are...
- Grant Payments
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on an alternative for the payment to farmers of single farm payments who do not have bank accounts and deal solely...
- Departmental Staff
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were...
- Grant Payments
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to parliamentary Question No. 326 of 29 April 2008, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Food Labelling
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he proposes to ensure the enforcement of food labelling and traceability regulations in the food processing,...
- Grant Payments
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an area aid payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the application for a REP scheme payment for 2007 for a person (details supplied) in County Cork is now in order; when a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has established the baseline data for energy inputs for each farming sector to determine national averages for each...
- Grant Payments
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of an application for grant aid by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and when the applicant can...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give consideration to approving a reader for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for their leaving certificate...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will give the final approval for a building project (details supplied) in County Mayo to proceed. [20574/08]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as a consequence of the Government failing to implement promises made on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 8 April 2008, the provisions in place to ensure that teachers who provide home tuition...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that his preferred option is for the development of a new school on a green field site in replacement of a school...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the proposed amalgamation of secondary schools in New Ross town, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary and secondary schools for extensions to existing facilities in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, due to the greatly increased number of enrolments in a school (details supplied), he will allocate additional teaching resources...
- Departmental Staff
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to...
- School Management
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [20701/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of projects within band 1, band 2, band 3 and band 4 in relation to the school building projects programme; and if he will...
- School Staffing
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the criteria in terms of obtaining additional support from the visiting teacher service scheme, operated by his Department, has...
- School Accommodation
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to reduce and eventually eliminate the heavy reliance, particularly by primary schools, on prefabricated rooms for...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence from schools (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a committee was set up to monitor the provision and spending of ancillary grants in schools; if such a committee has made a report...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the new buildings sanction for a college (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when work will commence; when it is...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [20765/08]
- School Staffing
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a decision to cut the teacher numbers by one at a national school (details supplied) in County Sligo is...
- Occupational Health and Safety
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage his Department is at in implementing the remainder of the recommendations of the Health and Safety Authority's Committee on...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was originally built with a 25 year lifespan...
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reinstate the summer works scheme for 2008 and subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20900/08]
- Early School Leavers
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of young people leaving school without a qualification; the breakdown for each of the 26 counties; and if he will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers at secondary level who have retired from full-time positions in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20904/08]
- School Staffing
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time appointments that have been made in the secondary level in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department recognises a university in the UK as an institution covered in the payment of maintenance grants; if the application...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will be making a capital allocation for the building programme of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; when the school...
- School Transport
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 343 of 29 April 2008 if he received a report from the transport liaison officer for County Limerick on the...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines and procedures his Department has in place to deal with cyber bullying following a recent programme (details supplied)...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Questions Nos. 180 and 182 of 21 February 2008, the areas of County Kildare that have been classified by his Department as...
- Youth Services
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has responded to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21021/08]
- School Transport
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will pursue a review of school catchment boundaries as they relate to school transport arrangements in view of the very...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a replacement music teacher will be appointed in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 for the new school term 2008-2009; and if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he is taking to meet the educational requirements of autistic children; the timetable for having all such requirements in...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 174 of 3 April 2008, and in view of the fact that the board of management has submitted an application for...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to those roles...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Missing Persons
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protocols in place for the exiting of children both national and non-national at Shannon Airport, County Clare; if his...
- Residency Permits
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 190 of 15 May 2008 and Question No. 395 of 8 April 2008, when a decision will be made on an...
- Garda Operations
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if members of the Garda Síochána on street duty are authorised to confiscate the passports of non-Irish nationals; the...
- Visa Applications
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will extend the visa of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for six months in order that they can go home to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if work related travel out of this jurisdiction has affected the qualification for naturalisation of a person (details...
- Garda Stations
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the renovation of Glenmore Garda Station in County Kilkenny; when works are scheduled to be finished; and if...
- Garda Deployment
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is proposed to create a new Garda district within the new Carlow/Kilkenny Division in the south Kilkenny-Ferrybank...
- Crime Levels
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of burglaries recorded at the Garda stations in County Clare for 2007; the number of detentions from these...
- Legislative Programme
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Civil Partnership Bill; when further progress will be made on its enactment; and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanism in place to facilitate a person seeking Garda clearance which also involves clearance from UK police; and if...
- Legal Proceedings
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [20657/08]
- Firearms Controls
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is regulation in regard to the sale of plastic pellet guns; if no regulation exists, if he will introduce...
- Departmental Staff
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were...
- Garda Deployment
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 26 February 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Operations
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to deal with anti-social behaviour in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if he will ensure that...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has been requested to pay a fee of €634.87 for naturalisation...
- Residency Permits
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if a decision will be made...
- Child Protection
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanisms in place to protect children from offensive, age inappropriate or dangerous multimedia activities that are...
- Garda Deployment
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí in County Mayo; the number of juvenile liaison officers in County Mayo; the details of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Bench Warrants
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this Deputy has been requesting information by way of parliamentary...
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason there is such a long delay for applicants for Garda vetting particularly for young people who are applying for...
- Asylum Applications
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speeding summonses that have been dismissed due to the defence of non receipt of the notification by post;...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a proposed probation hostel (details supplied) in County Cork; when it is due to open; the proposed staffing...
- Visa Applications
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm in writing that a visa was issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 to enter the State legally...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of males and females respectively in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21072/08]
- Asylum Applications
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for residency in the State from a person (details supplied) in County...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests arising from drink driving offences in each of the past two years; the number of convictions arising...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in view of the statement by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in Dáil...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the level of greenhouse emissions to date in 2008 is less or more than the level of greenhouse emissions...
- Register of Electors
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a UK citizen living here for many years can not vote in an Irish referendum; and if he will make a...
- Industrial Development
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals to extend the Border midlands western region or create a further such region to include areas...
- Seanad Reform
Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made regarding Seanad reform included in the Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in redeveloping a house (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Election Management System
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the complete list of the 2007 general election ballot boxes identifying their corresponding polling district,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the introduction of support for the replacement and upgrade of septic tanks older then...
- Grant Payments
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce the radon remediation grants which were set out in the Radiological Protection Amendment...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Rathvilly sewage treatment scheme in County Carlow; when a completion date will be reached;...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the moneys allocated by his Department to the local authorities in Carlow and Kilkenny for the provision of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number...
- Planning Issues
Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines for the naming of estates; if the use of same are protected under legislation; and if he will...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimate, following his discussions with various local authorities throughout the country, of the number...
- Planning Issues
Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the Planning and Development Act 2000, to ensure that the onus is put on a planning...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the regeneration projects for O'Devaney Gardens, Dominick...
- Planning Issues
Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, under existing planning legislation, all documents in relation to a planning application must be placed...
- Waste Management
Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a consistent national system of waste collection waivers has been considered for persons who are elderly,...
- Housing Grants
Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of an application for a thatching grant for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people on housing waiting lists, those awaiting social housing or affordable housing in County...
- Election Management System
Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the Dutch Government following an extensive series of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive payment from his Department for the sale of...
- Noise Pollution
Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has responsibility for noise pollution caused by dogs constantly barking and creating a...
- Water Quality
Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the number, location and source of any potential threat of pollution to...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he will deal with the local authority housing waiting lists, which in some cases contain families on...
- Air Quality
Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he has studied the results of air pollution monitoring at various locations throughout...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses built and tenanted by the various local authorities in each of the past five years...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which he has received requests for funding under various headings from the various local...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the degree to which his Department has received communication from Kildare County Council indicating...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which funding has been sought from his Department by Kildare County Council and other local...
- Waste Management
Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his and the Government's policy on waste management; the extent to which it is intended to provide facilities...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the local authority housing policy with a view to revising the system whereby voluntary...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Grant Payments
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on introducing a grant scheme for wood log gasifiers, in view of the fact that there are over 14,000...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will extend the brown and silver eel fishing season from 1 June to 30 August to 30 September, to allow...
- Departmental Staff
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants within his Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress on the national broadband scheme; his views on whether it will achieve 100% coverage in North...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at...
- Fuel Prices
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will compare the average price of diesel at present with the average price of diesel in May 2007; the...
