Written answers
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce legislation to facilitate 24 hour surveillance of known criminals; and if he will make a statement on...
- Juvenile Liaison Service
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí operating as juvenile liaison officers; if he has plans to increase the numbers having regard to the...
- Investigations into Garda Activities
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received any of the outstanding reports from the Morris tribunal; if not, when he expects to receive them; and if...
- State Memorials
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the State erecting memorials to gardaí killed in the line of duty at the scene of their deaths; and if he will...
- Garda Ombudsman
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is confident that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is adequately resourced; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to review the procedures for the delivery of summonses in view of reports that more than 33,000 drivers had...
- Firearms Licences
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the number of licensed handguns here has been steadily increasing in the past four years; and if he...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers who have been prosecuted for drug driving offences each year since 2005; and if he will make a...
- Sexual Offences
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the review of the programme for prisoners who have committed sexual offences will be completed; if he will publish...
- Electronic Monitoring
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of electronic tagging for offenders on bail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21113/08]
- Departmental Funding
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is confident that the State Forensic Science Laboratory is adequately resourced; and if he will make a statement on...
- Prison Education Service
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of offenders who participate in educational programmes in juvenile detention centres; his plans to expand...
- Restorative Justice
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recently published interim report by the national commission on restorative justice; and if he will make a...
- Community Policing
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received, from the Garda Commissioner, the report of the working group developing proposals for a comprehensive...
- Restorative Justice
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of restorative justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/08]
- Victims Commission
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the recently published third annual report of the Commission for the Support of Victims of...
- Missing Persons
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent comments that the gardaí had refused to use new technology in respect of missing persons cases; and if...
- Data Protection
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will bring forward standardised guidelines on the protection of sensitive data in view of the fact that over 120 data...
- Garda Divisional Boundaries
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent changes to Garda divisional boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21145/08]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that recruitment to the Garda Reserve is progressing at a satisfactory rate; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Government's promised legislation on same sex unions will be published; if the heads of a Bill have been submitted...
- Community Policing
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to improve rural policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/08]
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the recommendations of the report of the commission of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the legislation that will allow gardaí, with appropriate safeguards, to use the result of...
- Garda Operations
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the steps that need to be taken to address gangland criminality; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to ensure adequate Garda presence at the Border following another example of dissident activity; and...
- Prison Education Service
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he proposes to take to address the high levels of illiteracy among the prison population here; and if he will...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status and mode of operation of the special inquiry into the findings of the Stardust tribunal of 1982. [15399/08]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to introduce legislation on on-line gambling here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15612/08]
- Sexual Offences
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department did not furnish to the Department of Health and Children, the Health Service Executive or any...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the Garda Ombudsman Commission regarding possible amendments to the legislation under which...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for juvenile detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21161/08]
- Garda Strength
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has in mind particular proposals to further enhance the strength and facilities available to the gardaí in the fight...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of anti-social behaviour orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21149/08]
- Crime Levels
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in relation to the ease of access to alcohol and the link to a dramatic increase in teenager crime; his plans to...
- Witness Protection Programme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that the gardaí have spent less than half the moneys allocated for the witness protection programme...
- Garda Operations
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will introduce the Garda charter, promised in the programme for Government, setting out targeted Garda response...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to increase the Garda search powers, promised in the programme for Government, in relation to drug...
- Garda Employee Assistance Service
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that adequate State support is provided to the families of gardaí who are killed in the line of duty;...
- Freedom of Information
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to bring the Garda Síochána under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 in view of recent...
- Public Order Offences
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the increase of almost 60% in the number of public order offences between 2003 and 2007; when he will take...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 4 March 2008, the reason the three reports on the National Disability Strategy...
- Garda Compensation Tribunal
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of the proposed Garda compensation tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/08]
- EU Directives
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest position with regard to consultation with interested groups regarding implementation of Directive 2006/24/EC of...
- Crime Prevention
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his vision in respect of the role to the Garda canine unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21126/08]
- State Bodies
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will complete an efficiency review and audit of all State agencies and bodies under the responsibility of...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he proposes to take to address the high levels of recidivism here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether all complaints made by members of the public to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission should be...
- Customs and Excise
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to work with the Department of Finance to ensure that the customs service is adequately resourced to stem the...
- Firearms Licences
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is satisfactory that Garda superintendents can not refuse firearm licenses on grounds of risks to...
- Inquiries into Garda Activities
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is confident that all the recommendations of the Morris tribunal will be implemented; and the timeframe within which...
- Crime Levels
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he will put in place to tackle the dramatic increase in knife crime; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on recent developments in Government plans to construct a prison in Kilworth, County Cork; if he has had...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the arrangements for means testing applicants for the criminal legal aid scheme; if he proposes to...
- Inquiries into Garda Activities
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or plans to take arising from the report of the Hartnett inquiry into the death of a person...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the promised Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; if the Bill will include provisions to...
- Planning Issues
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a proposal to build a private underground firing range in Limerick. [21062/08]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people from ethnic minorities who have been recruited to the Garda Síochána; the number of people from...
- Garda Operations
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of outstanding warrants in the process of execution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/08]
- Garda Stations
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the co-ordination that exists between his Department and the Office of Public Works in respect of capital projects at Garda...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to introduce legislation in respect of spent convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21137/08]
- Inquiries into Garda Activities
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he proposes to take following the recent publication of the Morris report; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Operations
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the claims made by the Garda Representative Association that the Garda Ombudsman...
- Crime Prevention
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the assessment of COSC by the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency that the office has not made the...
- Alcohol Policy
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the report of the alcohol advisory group; the main recommendations of the report which he...
- Garda Stations
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of recent reports that sensitive evidence is being stored in Garda station lockers due to a lack of...
- Regulation of Legal Profession
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the effective regulation of solicitors having regard to the statement made to Dáil Eireann on 21...
- Garda Operations
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors...
- Asylum Applications
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications which have been deemed withdrawn in the past five years due to their failure to inform...
- Garda Stations
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether sufficient resources are in place in respect of station facilities to allow the effective changeover...
- Garda Operations
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to expedite the processing of bench warrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prison Building Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of the proposed prison at Thornton Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21134/08]
- Garda Operations
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to deal with so called joy riding and the boy racer culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Deployment
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place to deploy manpower to ensure that no rural area suffers a downgrade in coverage as a result of the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the judgment of the Supreme Court given on 1 May 2008 rejecting an attempt by him to uphold deportation orders...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the obligation there is on local authorities to have in place equality policies for both staff and in serving the public;...
- Garda Stations
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will close further Garda stations; if so, the stations involved; the timescale involved; and if he will make a...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he proposes to extend the integrated sentence management scheme to all prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a recommendation from the Garda Commissioner as to whether members of the gardaí should be supplied...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to ensure the more effective enforcement of the law in regard to the sale of alcohol and...
- Prison Searches
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if nine plasma screen televisions were confiscated from prisoners during a search of cells in Portlaoise Prison in 2007; if...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the proposed Thornton Hall Prison plan; the latest estimate available to his Department of the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to the proposed Judicial Council Bill to provide effective remedies for complaints regarding judicial...
- Garda Vetting Procedures
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements in place to enable the central Garda vetting unit to contact the British authorities to carry out child...
- Crime Levels
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2008, of the cases of murder in which firearms were used; the...
- Drug Seizures
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, and other drugs within the State during 2007 and to date...
- Garda Strength
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase Garda numbers to 15,000...
- Legislative Programme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will implement the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase penalties under the Public Order...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate reports of financial exploitation of elderly people by a group (details supplied). [21503/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure incurred under each operational programme in the Border midlands western region for each of the years 2000 to date in 2008; the...
- Ministerial Powers
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the general and specific powers available to him to guarantee the due repayment by a public limited company of the principal or any moneys borrowed...
- State Property
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy with full information regarding a centre (detail supplied) in Dublin 5; the amount the site is worth; the percentage...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public private partnership infrastructural projects due to be commenced between present and 2012; the cost of these projects; the...
- Toll Charges
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ministers of State are required to pay tolls; if so, the cost to Exchequer of such for each of the past three years; and if he will make a...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his Department's advertisement for sites for a development (details supplied) in County Cork; if suitable lands have been identified...
- Tax Collection
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (detailed supplied) in County Offaly has not received a repayment of emergency tax paid between September 2007 and February...
- Phoenix Park Development
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in train for the development of the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21381/08]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the diabetes expert advisory group has determined its work plan for 2008; the progress on the development of a national strategy; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide the staff necessary to administer the CT scanner lying idle in Nenagh Hospital in view of the fact that the Health...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for vital surgery in view of the fact that it has been cancelled...
- Hospital Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals which do not have special psychiatric nurses for patients who self-harm in acute hospitals. [21313/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that the Health Service Executive allocation for funding for people with disabilities for 2008 has not been received...
- Hospital Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if beds have been closed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; if so, the reason for same; the effect this is having on people who...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application made under the health repayment scheme by persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [21326/08]
- Health Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a project (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [21342/08]
- Health Care Associated Infections
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in implementing the recommendations of the Health Service Executive's recent report into the incidents of C. difficile at...
- Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if social welfare or alternative payment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medication required by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be provided under the GMS in respect of their child; and if...
- Health Care Associated Infections
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the immediate action she will take to implement in full the recommendations of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre on the alarming...
- Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it was decided to stop referrals to the hospital in the home scheme when the Health Service Executive evaluation of the...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the 100 plus scheme; the number of approved posts under this scheme; the specialties allocated within this scheme; the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the new consultants contract; the number of posts available under the revised contract; when she expects appointments will...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the official protocol and procedure in the storing and archiving of hospital medical records; the procedures that apply in the disposal...
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to decrease the death toll and number of people who become seriously injured on the N62 from Roscrea to Templemore, following the latest...
- Road Network
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport the underspend on national roads for each year from 2000 to the present behind expenditure committed under the national development plan in the...
- Public Transport
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is his Department's policy to consult with Bus Éireann when it is considering applications for licences from private bus operators. [21371/08]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will develop further the relationship between Ireland and Cuba; and if he will welcome the political dialogue between Spain and Cuba...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Hazardous Substances
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the increasing level of road haulage here and the transportation of a wide variety of product...
- Job Creation
Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings she is proposing or has had with the State agencies within her remit since taking...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of grant applications repealed by her Department due to the fact that the relevant company did not...
- Work Permits
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits allocated in each of the past three years; the headings under which the...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received by each county enterprise board for each of the past five years; the...
- Industrial Development
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of proposed trade missions she along with the agencies within her remit are or have planned for...
- Job Creation
Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her strategy to deliver new sources of employment to County Wexford. [21330/08]
- Company Closures
Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a company (details supplied) in County Cork; the assistance...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way people who are not being paid the minimum wage can make a complaint against their employer; the...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that was taken on foot of a complaint made to the labour inspectorate by a person (details...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a club (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2008. [21308/08]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the Value for Money and Policy Review Report on the existing swimming pool programme will be published; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will allow pension recipients to continue to receive their pensions by means of pension book through their nominated post...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the policy whereby a person can not be in receipt of the back to work allowance as well as the carer's...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was assessed for disability allowance; the way their payment rate was...
- Pension Provisions
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if Ireland has a bilateral agreement with Canada for pension purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21345/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if social welfare or alternative payment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Programmes
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the contract for an organisation (details supplied) will be renewed after 31 May 2008; and if he will make a...
- Rail Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his recent meetings with interested groups regarding a rail stop at Crusheen, County Clare; and...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Consumer Protection
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the purpose and terms of reference of the consumer liaison panel; the way this panel differs in function from other State...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the criteria for the appointment of special needs assistants in primary schools; if he will extend the criteria to...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a transfer of land (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21221/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 13 May 2008 if he will clarify whether the hours allocated to the school in question will...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will publish details of higher education grants income thresholds for the 2008-09 scheme; if the details have been finalised...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason four hours of resource teaching support has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Galway whom the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is within his remit to ensure that lands zoned by local authorities for the educational needs of its community can be purchased...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on providing funding for third level students who are forced to seek places in private colleges due to the lack of available...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 paid each year for the past five years in water charges; and the additional...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will include a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon on the list of schools in developing areas; if he will facilitate a...
- School Accommodation
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the prompt payment legislation applies to his Department in respect of the payment of moneys to schools where they have obtained...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to rectify serious heating and plumbing matters affecting schools (details supplied) in the Dublin 7 area. [21319/08]
- Adult Education
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Galway to continue the provision to allow approximately 200 young...
- Summer Works Scheme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will re-introduce the summer works scheme in 2009. [21327/08]
- University Recognition
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the need to establish a university in the south east to ensure balanced regional development. [21328/08]
- School Staffing
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 348 of 29 April 2008, the outcome of an appeal by a national school (details supplied) in County Wexford to be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he did not answer a parliamentary question (details supplied) put to him; and if he will answer the question that was...
- Student Support Schemes
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is committed to ensuring the proper and fair dispersion of the student services charge by third and fourth level educational...
- School Staffing
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Sligo will be assisted. [21418/08]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Defence if serving members of the Reserve Defence Forces are excluded from all national and EU legislation governing employment rights when undergoing...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an update to Question No. 519 of 4 March 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21219/08]
- Garda Operations
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of roadside checkpoints undertaken by the Garda Síochána in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the...
- Garda Compensation Claims
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a claim submitted under the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 1941 by a person (details supplied)...
- Residency Permits
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a stamp four by a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be processed; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 426 of 29 April 2008, if he will expedite the application of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Transport
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the number of cars operational per Garda division; the number used in individual districts; the ratio...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed whereby a grandparent wishes to take over guardianship of their grandchild; if a grandparent...
- Public Order Offences
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities in the Bridewell District, Dublin 7 detailing the number of reported...
- Garda Operations
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which it is expected to reorganise the Garda divisions, sub-divisions and districts throughout County Kildare...
- Garda Stations
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations throughout County Kildare operating on a 24-hour basis; the stations expected to become...
- Garda Strength
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied regarding the strength of the serious crime units within the Garda Síochána; if further enhancement is...
- Crime Levels
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions taken against persons involved in money laundering in each of the past five years to date; the...
- Extradition Warrants
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of extradition warrants issued in each of the past five years to date; the number served or executed; the number...
- Crime Levels
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is common practice for members of organised criminal gangs to obtain bail even in respect of subsequent offences...
- Garda Strength
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Garda Síochána; his plans for an increase in line with the obvious increased criminal activity; and...
- Garda Stations
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the new Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare will become operational; the degree to which...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Litter Pollution
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of prosecutions for dog fouling on pavements, footpaths and beaches for the years 2002 to 2007;...
- Public Order Offences
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the number of complaints of anti-social behaviour in local authority housing estates...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the underspend on the water and sewerage schemes for each year from 2000 to date in 2008; the amount behind...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the next urban and village renewal scheme; when details will be published; and if he...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to the Corofin sewerage scheme, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing projects due to be delivered by public private partnerships and what they are; the cost...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the housing statistics for inspection of the private rental sector will be published; and if he will...
- Hunting Licences
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he refused a hunting licence to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the legislation providing for the introduction of planning development levies contemplated levies being...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will liaise with Dublin City Council with a view to agreeing a rescue initiative for the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on introducing a grant aid scheme for wood log gasifiers which would significantly alter the energy...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make funds available for a feasibility study to be carried out to estimate costings to replace the...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the environmental benefits and disadvantages of biofuels. [20807/08]
