Written answers
Thursday, 29 May 2008
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Electricity Generation
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage increase in electricity use in winter 2007; his views on ESRI warnings in winter 2007 that...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the time frame for expected reports and workings of his Department's international advisory committee on high...
- Cyber Bullying
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had communication or plans to communicate with other Departments or agencies on the issue of cyber...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the review of the cost effectiveness and performance of the MANs will be completed and published; when he...
- Energy Resources
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for energy security with particular regard to gas storage; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Television Broadcasting
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ease the effects of the close down of analogue television in Wales on Counties...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in the pilot scheme for smart electronic metres; when the pilot scheme will commence; the...
- EU Directives
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans that have been agreed to transpose the third directive on postal liberalisation; and if he will make a...
- Postal Services
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to reports from the UK that deregulation of the postal market had delivered no...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his position on the funding allocated to independent radio production in the independent programme account as...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a wood log gasifier grant scheme which would significantly alter the energy sector in rural...
- Electricity Generation
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his policy to transfer assets from the ESB to EirGrid; the findings of the independent...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contact he has had with the Department of Transport to promote green energy technologies in transport as...
- Post Office Network
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that as many...
- Alcohol Advertising Ban
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his reason for not including an alcohol advertising ban in the Broadcasting Bill 2008; and if he will make a...
- Energy Resources
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is confident that Ireland will meet renewables and climate change targets as set down in the Government's...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in introducing regulations to provide for the tariff scheme for offshore wind; and if...
- Fuel Prices
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has concerns regarding the increasing costs of natural gas and supply thereof; and the situation in...
- Planning Issues
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the proposal that the Corrib refinery be moved from Bellanaboy to an alternative site in County...
- Fuel Prices
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has monitored the increases in the price of motor diesel and its expected negative impact...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will bring forward to facilitate the progression of next generation networks; and if he will...
- Emergency Call Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position of the tendering process for the State's emergency call service; when it will be implemented; the...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position and prospects for oil exploration off the coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Telecommunications Services
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he proposes to take or has taken particular or specific initiatives with a view to encouraging service...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position of the decentralisation programme for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Postal Services
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will publish the national postcode project board's...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to provide broadband access outside the main urban centres; and if he will make a...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position of plans for exploration of oil in the Porcupine Basin; if he will provide a list of companies...
- North-South Interconnector
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the North-South interconnector and the report into overhead versus underground...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in relation to the relocation of the Central Fisheries Board to Carrick-on-Shannon; the amount paid...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that ComReg has effective enforcement mechanisms to ensure that performance targets for...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the development of the Arklow wind bank; the timeframe for any development; if he will provide a...
- Television Broadcasting
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent European Commission report that found that the necessary safeguards were not in place to...
- Nuclear Power
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain what he means by calling for a debate on nuclear power; if he will remove the ban on nuclear...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will complete an efficiency review and audit of all State agencies and bodies under the...
- Petrol Station Network
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will work with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to address the continued...
- EU Directives
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Audiovisual Media Services Directive; the implications for Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of tax free allowances in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the person's spouse is not...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the health repayment scheme administrators make telephone calls to elderly claimants,...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with an intellectual disability and those with autism accommodated in psychiatric hospitals; the number of same...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a large number of applications for domiciliary care allowance awaiting medical...
- Child Care Services
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or any of its agencies has a grant system available to which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can apply to...
- Health Service Review
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will be in a position to publish the report on the review of neurology services. [21581/08]
- National Health Strategy
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will be in a position to implement the national strategy for stroke care. [21582/08]
- Health Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21586/08]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee that funding for renovations at Ennis Hospital will be delivered in full and on time; the projects this money will...
- Health Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21604/08]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have been called for and have undergone a procedure (details supplied). [21609/08]
- Community Care
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to give service to those patients throughout the Dublin region who have been covered by the hospital in the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be admitted for follow up treatment at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if she...
- Alcohol Advertising
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the 2007 report of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the purpose of the mutual defence clause in the Lisbon treaty; if those to be defended and participating in the mutual defence refer solely...
- Consular Services
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the service the marriages abroad section of his Department makes available to Irish citizens who wish to marry foreign nationals in other...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if being in receipt of invalidity pension is a disqualification when applying for a community employment...
- Job Creation
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will carry out a special review of the job creation needs of Tallaght, Dublin 24; if her attention has...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will clarify the position of Enterprise Ireland in relation to the European Defence Agency; the purpose...
- Business Support Schemes
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department or any of its agencies operate a grant system that an applicant seeking to commence a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on an application by a club (details supplied) in County Carlow for lottery funds; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Education Schemes
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of schools on the DEIS list; the estimated number of school children in these schools that are not currently receiving...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes in the way that farm assist is assessed; and if she will provide a copy of the assessment regulations that indicate the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent by the Government and by his Department in 2007 on the drug problem here; the amount assigned to date...
- Community Development
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the community group projects that have received funding in Longford and Westmeath under the rural development...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Afforestation Programme
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which forestry will play a part in energy requirements now and in the future; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if applications received under the farm improvement scheme after the closing date of 21 October 2007 but before the date of...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance he is providing to primary schools to enable them to carry out works to conserve the use of water in order to reduce the...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of case conferences held annually between home-school community liaison officers, school completion programme officers; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 480 of 8 May 2008 if the second bundle has been offered to the market and when it was offered; when it is...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is in receipt of an application for a communication device for a student (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a full reply to Question No. 213 of 21 May 2008 regarding health and safety issues (details supplied); and if he...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a full reply to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 21 May 2008 regarding health and safety issues (details...
- School Supervision
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will complete the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 21 May 2008 which sought the information of the person who is...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 13 May 2008, if he has considered a request for a meeting with representatives of a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet the principal of a school (details supplied) in County Galway to discuss with them the state of the 109-year-old...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available from his Department or any of its agencies to a person seeking to start up education initiative (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will honour the commitment made prior to the last general election to provide a permanent autistic unit at a school (details...
- School Transport
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of payments issued under the remote area grant in each county in each of the past five years and the amount paid in each...
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 20 May 2008, the detail of formal procedure in place at Athlone Institute of Technology;...
- School Transport
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in September 2008 in view of the fact that their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school premises (details supplied) in County Kildare is sub-standard, damp,...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take steps to review a decision by his Department not to grant a special needs assistant to a person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Defence
- Common Defence and Security Policy
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will define common defence as referred to in the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21555/08]
- European Defence Agency
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Defence the projects Ireland are involved in within the European Defence Agency and what these projects entail; the purpose of these projects; the financial...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to Irish born children of foreign nationals and their right to remain here; and if he will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if through his Department or any of its agencies there is a scheme or a grant system available that an applicant can apply...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have lodged claims for compensation under the Garda Síochána Compensation Act 1941 for injuries...
- Garda Deployment
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 11 March 2008 if a permanent Garda has been appointed in a station (details...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 21 May 2008 the length of sentence served by each of the...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the professional support given to long-term prisoners who become psychologically institutionalised; and if he will make a...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place for the regulation of management companies in residential complexes. [21614/08]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when extension of a visa will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 144: 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 Dublin 15; and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or anticipated position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Visa Applications
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a visa application and family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Work Permits
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a stamp 4 visa will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or anticipated residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who wish to apply for Irish citizenship; and...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water Pollution
Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to prevent the spread of Lagarosiphon Major on Lough Corrib, Lough Mask and Lough Carra; and if he...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which national and European climate change targets are expected to be achieved on time; and if...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason many elderly people are getting back replies from their respective local authorities stating that...
- Heritage Officers
Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the roll out of heritage officers or the appointment of heritage officers for each local authority will...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the overdue remedial works scheme for the regeneration of an estate (details supplied) in County...
- Planning Issues
Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed development at Newtownforbes, County Longford which does not satisfy the...
- Turbary Rights
Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is in a position to approve the contract for the Courtmacsherry-Timoleague sewerage scheme in west...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadcasting Legislation
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the Irish Broadcasting Bill 2003 and hold discussions with the various sporting bodies to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in extending broadband to County Clare; if Shannon will be included in the new network generation...
- Electricity Generation
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in regard to the provision of east-west and North-South electricity interconnectors; and if he...
- Exploration Licences
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of exploration licences issued in the past 12 months; if all have been activated; and if he will...
- Industrial Development
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the digital hub has achieved or surpassed its potential; and if he will make a statement on...
- Commission for Communications Regulation
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of occasions on which the electronic communications appeal panel has overturned decisions made by...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when gas from the Corrib gas field will become available to the national grid; and if he will make a statement...
- Official Engagements
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of meetings he has had with members of RTE management in the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Generation
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in regard to net metering of electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21627/08]
- Offshore Exploration
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of gas, oil or other mineral discoveries of a commercial nature in the past 12 months; and if he...
- Electricity Generation
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which non-fossil fuel generated electricity is available to the national grid; and if he will...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which broadband availability here compares with standards, quality and speed available in other...
- Postal Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his or the Government's plans for the development of the postal service, including the provision of a fast,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in making broadband available along a national primary road (details supplied);...
