Written answers

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

  • Department of Transport
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to reduce the national greenhouse gas transport emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23351/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he proposes to take under section 41 of the Roads Act 1993, or otherwise, to review the use of wire crash barriers on roads here; and...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received and reviewed the recent report from Fingal County Council, An Economic Development Strategy for the Metro North Economic...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of the ongoing review of major areas of public expenditure in transport under the value for money framework for public expenditure; the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to road safety issues north and south at the North South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to reduce the carbon footprint of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in the decentralisation in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23405/08]
    • Ship Inspections
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent assignation of white list status to Ireland from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding; the number of inspectors...
    • Public Transport
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the integrated ticketing scheme for transport services in the greater Dublin area; when the Integrated Ticketing Scheme Project...
    • National Roads Authority
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport the meetings or contact he has had with the National Roads Authority since the start of 2008; the matters discussed; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport if all money allocated for public transport programmes in 2008 will be spent in full; the amount spent to date in 2008 for public transport; the...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Metro North project will be completed in 2013; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23381/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will prioritise bus licensing reform in order to introduce greater competition in view of the fact that his Government partners have...
    • Road Safety
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an indication from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the length of time it will take to procure new...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Metro West project will be completed in 2014; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23383/08]
    • Electric Transport
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent submission to his Department on Electric Transport and the role of the Government by Green Machines and Greener Mobility;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses currently operational in the Dublin Bus network; when he will sanction up to 500 new buses for the Dublin Bus fleet; and if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision in relation to the report of Mr. John J. Fearon of October 2007 which proposed the possible decentralisation of the...
    • Sustainable Travel and Transport
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent decision to allocate €2 million per annum to An Taisce's green schools travel programme up to 2012; the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport if all funding promised under the National Development Programme 2007 to 2013 for sub programmes funded by and implemented by his Department will...
    • Port Development
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish his study of Dublin Port; his views on plans to move Dublin Port and develop a new residential and commercial development on...
    • Road Network
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is currently reviewing any proposals from National Toll Roads and the NRA on full road pricing or congestion charges along the M50 or other...
    • State Airports
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the revised Cork Airport business plan; if not, when he expects to receive the business plan; if he expects the full separation...
    • Road Safety
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the introduction of a new drink driving limit and associated penalties in order to remove the present uncertainty and confusion due...
    • Public Transport
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the results of an efficiency review of the Dublin Bus fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23393/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will publish his cost benefit analysis on the recently announced new tranche of public private partnerships for the National Roads...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to tackle the problem of drivers who have incurred penalty points but who evaded their application due to their not having a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which it is intended to use alternative fuels in the public transport system, rail and road; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation regarding the proposed Luas D line to serve Grangegorman and Liffey Junction; the progress made to date in relation to planning and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new regulations regarding unaccompanied provisional drivers will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23414/08]
    • Rail Network
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans for the development of the Athlone to Mullingar rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received correspondence from the chairman of the Road Safety Authority in relation to the delays in the provision of speed cameras; his...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on EU efforts to include the aviation industry in the EU emissions trading scheme by 2011; his further views on whether this inclusion...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the proposed big dig for metro north, the Luas link up and the Dublin rail interconnector in Dublin; the stakeholders he...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of recommendations made by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board since 2002; the number that have been implemented in full; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reform legislation or procedures in order to reduce the pressure of the fixed charge penalty notices put on the District Court; and...
    • Air Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the recent EU mid-term publication report Can You Trust Air Ticket Selling Sites; his views on whether Ireland should have...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the future of Valentia and Malin Head coast guard stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23412/08]
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will complete an efficiency review and audit of all State agencies and bodies under its responsibility; the plans he has to...
    • Road Network
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will direct the National Roads Authority, under section 41 of the Roads Act 1993 or otherwise, to carry out a nationwide upgrading and...
    • Public Transport
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport if there has been difficulty in using public private partnerships to fund public transport infrastructure projects in view of the continuing slow...
    • State Airports
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport if further meetings have taken place since January 2008 with the US authorities with a view to establishing a pre-clearance facility at Dublin and...
    • Public Transport
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the sustainable transport strategy arising from the recent consultation process; the proposed headings and objectives of this...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a compulsory system of reporting of car write-offs; the number of imported cars that the Revenue Commissioners have informed...
    • Road Network
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a feasibility study from the National Roads Authority on the proposed construction of the eastern bypass to complete the...
    • Road Signage
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent proposals from the Dublin Transport Office to remove all road signalling and signage from roads in Dublin City centre; if he...
    • Road Safety
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport when he envisages that the 14 newly appointed transport inspectors will be able to fully discharge their duties in tandem with An Garda Síochána...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to ensure that public transport modes can accommodate the transportation of passenger bicycles. [23429/08]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the process of mutual recognition of penalty points across the EU; the plans he has to reform the National Vehicle Driver...
    • Public Transport
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of Bus Éireann buses that can accommodate passengers with impaired mobility. [23433/08]
    • Rail Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by Irish Rail management and workers' representatives on the recent industrial relations dispute at the company; if he is...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reduce overcrowding on the Luas. [23431/08]
    • Traffic Management
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the recent study by Fáilte Ireland which describes the negative impact of traffic congestion on tourism here; the contacts he...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Road Safety Authority has briefed him on the number of provisional driving licence holders who will be affected by the introduction of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will publish a new Departmental policy on the drug and drink testing of all safety critical transport workers whether in public or private...
    • Road Network
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the National Roads Authority on the status of the roll out of the network of motorway rest and service areas on the...
    • Transport Policy
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the status and revised target completion dates for each project under Transport 21; the number of projects that have missed their original target...
    • Public Transport
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus services are currently prohibited from using the Dublin Port Tunnel; if so, the reason for the prohibition; the number of routes and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 150: To ask the Taoiseach the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, bills and EU directives for the years 2006, 2007...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22587/08]
    • Social Partnership
      Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the consumer representative organisations that have applied to join the social partnership process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22675/08]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 154: To ask the Taoiseach the number of public order offences in each of the 18 Dublin Garda districts in each year since 2003 and to date in 2008. [22792/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of interest paid to suppliers by his Department under the prompt payment system in each of the past five years; the persons who were the top three...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the OECD report, Towards An Integrated Public Service, specifically the assertion that public...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through Departmental and agency budgets, for...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      Question 163: To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23663/08]
  • Department of Finance
    • Legislative Reform
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the interaction of the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 and the Consumer Credit Act 1995 in order to remove the prohibition on...
    • Tax Code
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland is in compliance with EU regulations in having different and higher rates of VTR and VAT on imported used cars than on new vehicles as...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend Departmental output statements to include all agencies under the aegis of his Department as recommended by the OECD report,...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in view of the fact that Ireland is falling behind in terms of e-Government service delivery as monitored by the European...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the terms of the early declaration of tax liability invited by the Revenue Commissioners before 15 September 2008; if the taxes...
    • Tax Code
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the reliefs available to people in the Longford area in respect of the tax designated areas and their entitlements if they purchase dwelling houses...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons (details supplied ) have not received their notice of tax assessments for year 2006 despite the fact that all relevant...
    • National Parks
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to permit public buses to use the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22521/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who benefit from tax relief on pension contributions; the annual cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of non-PAYE income tax which was refunded for each of the past three years to persons who were resident here for less than 183 days; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on replacing double taxation agreements with a system of unilateral tax credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22531/08]
    • Customs and Excise
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State continues to pay for customs and excise services at privately owned and regional airports which receive both capital grant...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22582/08]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for officials from his Department to call to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding works carried out by the Office...
    • Tax Code
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently introduced regulation for banks and other financial institutions to provide details on customers where interest is in...
    • Customs and Excise
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance when the additional cutter and X-ray scanner for customs promised as part of the Revenue Commissioners' sixth statement of strategy will be...
    • Tax Code
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied); the tax implications for a person on this money which was tax free; and if he will make a...
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance if old age pensioners are exempt from DIRT tax on their savings; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22694/08]
    • EU Directives
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public bodies here and so on who have been fined or had penalties imposed on them in the past three years; the cost related to them...
    • Tax Code
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount refunded in 2006 and 2007 by the Revenue Commissioners in overpaid income tax as a result of the failure of employers to recognise the...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps a person should take who is seeking a copy of his or her P45 from his or her employer and, despite requests, whose employer has failed to...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the central monitoring committee of the national development plan to produce and present to the Houses of the Oireachtas the annual...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of office accommodation which is leased or rented by his Department in Galway city including State agencies under the control of his...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue received from the construction industry each year from 2000 to 2004 in terms of VAT, PAYE, PRSI, corporation tax and income...
    • Tax Code
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in view of recent developments in housing sales and price levels of cutting the 7% rate of stamp duty on residential property to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of circular letter L5/08 of 6 May 2008 on critical infrastructural projects that have advanced to tender stage via the...
    • Community Development
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a continuation of the urban renewal scheme for towns where a RAPID designation exists and where such towns have a degree of dereliction...
    • Tax Code
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used for deciding whether non-PAYE income would cause a person to be regarded as self-assessed and therefore not eligible for...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through departmental and agency...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies which are unfilled in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in the border midland western region; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 8 May 2008, if the feasibility study has been completed by the engineering staff of the Office of Public...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the issuing of a tax clearance certificate to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23141/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a pension as a result of their employment with the Office of Public...
    • Road Network
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will provide a bridge for a person (details supplied) over the Rinroe River which divides their lands and Rinroe,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23306/08]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the project to relieve flooding at Finner, Bundoran, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23499/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance when a company (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive full refund for VAT refunds recently applied for; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the Exchequer proceeds from reintroducing residential property stamp duty rate for first time buyers using rates and thresholds...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent set of Exchequer returns; his further views on whether Budget 2008 targets in relation to Government spending are being...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23657/08]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if amendments to the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act 1845, or to other relevant legislation, are envisaged in connection...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Waterford. [23614/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the occasions on which she did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives...
    • Child Protection
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings in a recent programme on the services for children at risk; and the meetings she has held and the action she...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if public houses are obliged to provide smoking areas other than the public road under tobacco regulations. [22494/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and names of consultants operating at the Mercy Hospital, Cork, in 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and the plans in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reduction in services that has taken place over the past six months at the Mercy Hospital, Cork and those planned over the next 12...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in dental services under general anaesthetic for adults with an intellectual disability in the Cork area; and if she...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cut-off point for applications for a nursing home payment refund; the basis for this cut-off date; if it has been challenged in the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Budget 2006 financial allocation of €55 million for additional home care packages was fully expended on that purpose; and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €75 million for extra residential places, respite care and day services for people with...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €25 million for the implementation of 'A Vision for Change' was fully expended on that...
    • Health Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €20 million for the development of 100 new multidisciplinary primary care teams was fully...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €8 million for the national drugs strategy was fully expended on that purpose; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €55 million for 2,000 home care packages was fully expended on that purpose; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a private clinic (details supplied) in County Dublin can carry out a specific surgery (details supplied). [22559/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of jobs to be cut at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin 2008; the type of jobs involved; the reason for these cuts; if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card or doctor only card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the agencies under the aegis of her Department. [22584/08]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the backlog in the administration of the BCG vaccine for infants to be cleared; if she is satisfied with progress to...
    • Health Services
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a primary care certificate...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is only receiving part payment of a claim under the health repayment scheme;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the development of the National Children's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22601/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the decision to deny a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22603/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Roscommon for respite services in 2008; if there was...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a nebuliser machine will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is necessary when there is an emergency and where a helicopter is needed for the Aran Islands that the local doctor there...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in County Dublin. [22656/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on an issue (details supplied). [22657/08]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of vacant beds (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22664/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not received reimbursement in respect of their late sister; and if she...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding talks between the Health Service Executive and pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 286: 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. [22718/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care centres which are fully operational in Dublin and in areas seven and eight on Dublin's northside; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when planning first commenced for the new dialysis unit in Beaumont Hospital; and the reason for the delay.. [22723/08]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities and the staffing of the accident and emergency department and the assessment units at Beaumont Hospital and St. James...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason people who were transferred to boarding-out houses in view of the fact that there were no beds available for them in public...
    • Health Services
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason PAD West did not respond to a query sent twice to them in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [22736/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive scheme administrator did not respond to a query by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo on...
    • Health Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the refusal to allow children between the ages of six and 18 access to assessment for speech therapy...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the anomaly created when a person who has an artificial limb, who is in receipt of the disability allowance and who...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly people are being contacted by staff in the Health Service Executive's health...
    • Medical Inquiries
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to the holding of a full and open inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) from bacterial meningitis;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure acute hospitals are not penalised under the casemix criteria for delaying discharge of patients in cases where they...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients who have a medical card have to pay their general practitioners to have a cervical smear taken; and if she will make...
    • International Agreements
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will address the obligations in the Schengen Agreement which oblige Ireland to permit people living in the EU to travel with...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an application for repayment under the health repayment scheme is made to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 310: 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....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria the Health Service Executive apply to the distribution of its hospital budget allocations per county and its local health...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress in providing a 14-bed inpatient psychiatric unit for children and adolescents up to the age of 16 in...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) suffering from a long-term progressive illness; if issues arise in respect...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22860/08]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for nursing home subvention by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused on appeal under the health repayment scheme; if it can be further appealed; and...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time in the accident and emergency departments at Beaumont, the Mater and St. James Hospitals; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time to see a consultant neurosurgeon in Beaumont Hospital; the measures she is proposing to reduce the waiting...
    • Health Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has proposals to develop or fund a drug treatment or rehabilitation centre at a location (details supplied); if so, the number of...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the charges payable in respect of people who are in public beds in hospitals; the amount payable by a person in a calendar year or any...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines or practice regarding the number of nurses that should be on duty in a facility for caring for seven adults with moderate...
    • Youth Services
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans for the Office of the Minister for Children to provide funding for the development of a youth cafe in Lanesboro, County...
    • Health Research
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, she will provide funding for Exon skipping trials in the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional funding provided in 2008 for the development of services for persons with an intellectual disability in the Ballinasloe...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to approve a bath seat for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is 82...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children under five waiting more than three months for occupational or speech and language therapy who have been given...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new childcare places created since June 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22957/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people working in the health services, both part time and full time, who are not included on the payroll system for dates...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assess the shortage of resources in the paediatric assessment unit in Temple Street Hospital which is resulting in a lengthy...
    • Health Services
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the day care centre in Celbridge Health Centre, Celbridge, County Kildare will reduce its opening days from four days per...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [22999/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the full extent of the support services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will continue when their child...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if financial assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is using a specific medical machine. [23029/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding (details supplied). [23056/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied). [23057/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason the Health Service Executive did not respond to a parliamentary question previously placed (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [23093/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the claim under the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [23100/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [23101/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [23102/08]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the spatial analysis study for the provision of ambulance services in County Wicklow has been completed. [23103/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to recruit a full time microbiologist for Loughlinstown Hospital; and the number of infection control nurses currently...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes brought about in the Health Service Executive midlands consequent to a recent report (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the regional disparities in the provision of care in-patient beds in the midlands; and if she will...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated to palliative care in the midlands for the past five years; the amount of funding to be allocated to same in 2008;...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the replacement of the staffing grant at a pre-school facility (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dialysis treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated to the Clare local health office and to the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Ennis for each of the years since the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 8 May 2008 when she expects an announcement on the Health Service Executive's capital...
    • Health Services
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive stroke action plan will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23170/08]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason works under the housing aid for the elderly scheme were not fully completed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has been informed that they will not qualify for their procedure under the National...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when and the way she will address the lengthy waiting lists for specialist rheumatology treatment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to implement a code of practice that incorporates employment rights for persons with an intellectual disability in...
    • Health Services
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve services for patients with epilepsy; her proposals to address waiting lists for MRI scans, neuropsychological...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfalls in the area of muscular dystrophy, with particular reference to physiotherapy which is denied to 18%...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long delays in dealing with applications to the Adoption Board caused by the illness of two...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on using the treatment purchase scheme to assist those patients on waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in view of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23208/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been no permanent consultant psychiatrist in Inishowen, County Donegal, for the past number of years; and if she...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has approved the business case prepared by a nursing home (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost for buildings leased for use by the Health Service Executive north west in Donegal; and the capacity in which these...
    • EU Directives
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the European food supplements directive; the position of Ireland on this directive; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who have contracted Clostridium difficile each year during the past...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a final decision will be made on an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will confirm its ownership or otherwise of the property referred to in correspondence (details supplied) where the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for an operation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 393: 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. [23445/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the agreed reduced working week in respect of nursing staff will be fully implemented (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23487/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to appoint a consultant endocrinologist to Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to roll out a national diabetic eye screening programme; the locations where the programme is currently being operated; the...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be backdated to when the person was...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for refund of nursing home charges by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for a screening clinic which carries out screening for families who have lost a young person to sudden adult...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons and the percentage of the population covered by the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposals by the Health Service Executive to discontinue a service at St. Mary's Orthopaedic...
    • Health Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [23613/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of surgical procedures for weight reduction for the morbidly obese, such as gastric banding and other such surgical...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to increase the threshold for medical cards in line with rising inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; her views on whether this is value for money; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare is admitted to hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange to have a motorised wheelchair provided to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, where people who are on a waiting list for the appropriate period subsequently receive treatment under the National Treatment...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been allocated in the Local Government Fund since 2007 for the improvement and maintenance of the non-national road...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress of the decentralisation of jobs to the Irish Aviation Authority Centre in Shannon, County Clare; when he expects...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Transport if transport stakeholders, transport workers representative groups or consumer groups have made contact or submissions to him on the impact of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to road safety issues North and South at the North South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a request from Dublin Bus to move the 37 bus terminus from Diswellstown to Blanchardstown; his views on this application; and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22588/08]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to introduce a scheme here similar to the cycle to work scheme currently operational in the United Kingdom which allows employers...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport if a compensation scheme has been established for taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22668/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on Statutory Instruments, Bills and EU Directives in...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has sought a copy of the Dublin Bus report into the investigation on the Wellington Quay bus crash; if he has sought the findings of the...

    • Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received or sought an oral briefing from Dublin Bus regarding the causes of the Wellington Quay bus crash; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in line with national development plan targets he will significantly expand the bus fleet before 2013; the funds he has allocated to...
    • Rail Services
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport when in line with national development plan targets he expects work to begin on new commuter rail services in Cork and Galway; the funds he has...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport the assistance that will be provided to the Harbour Commissioners to grant a licence to dredge the dock and to dispose of the material dredged...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of capital funding made available for regional airports since 2007 to date in 2008; the amount he expects to allocate up to 2010; and...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated for regional harbours since 2006 to date in 2008; the amount he expects to allocate in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport if the deadline of 30 June 2008 is still in place for learner drivers; if there is a system in place which will allow learner drivers to delay the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure a warranted officer (details supplied) in County Galway, who continues to operate under the authority of his Department, is...
    • Marine Inspections
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over the past seven years more than €1.3 million in unpaid wages for the crews of foreign...
    • Road Safety
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of vehicle testers employed by his Department to preform mechanical checks on the Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and private bus fleets; the...
    • Air Services
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the efforts to secure an airline to operate on the Shannon Heathrow route; the efforts his Department are...
    • Road Safety
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of categories of penalty points that are operational; the penalty points categories that are not operational; the target date for the...
    • Airport Landing Slots
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is supporting the European Commission proposals to reform the system for the allocation of slots for take-off and landing in European...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the tendering process for Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport to be completed; when work will commence on building Terminal 2; and if he...
    • Air Services
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the operation of the public service obligation in the airline sector; his views on the long term status of the Dublin Kerry...
    • Rail Services
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a new rail freight initiative; his views on introducing a rail freight subsidy on a per tonne basis for materials that are...
    • Road Network
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Transport the further contacts he has had with the National Roads Authority, Dublin City Council and companies (details supplied) in relation to the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Transport the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through Departmental and agency...
    • Public Transport
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of requests he has received from Bus Éireann to provide new routes and services in the past 12 months; the number approved by his...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which local authorities can avail of funding for traffic calming in view of the fact that enough progress is not being made in some...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Transport the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23664/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Transport the alternative support mechanisms that will be given on the termination of the excise duty refund for public transport services; and if he will...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which car parking facilities in line with increased daily commuter throughput is expected to be provided at Athy Rail Station, Athy,...
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he has encouraged or will encourage the use of biofuels throughout public transport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which it is expected to achieve the targets set in Transport 21 within time and cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Services
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport the increase in commuter rail capacity in the past five years; the further increase anticipated in the next five years; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps that have been taken to prevent a recurrence of the fatal bus tragedy in Dublin city in the past few years; if particular lessons or...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22583/08]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether conditions in Colombia call for UN involvement in bringing about peace there. [22618/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on Statutory Instruments, Bills and EU...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent decision by FIFA regarding the eligibility of players from Northern Ireland playing international football for the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council on 26 May 2008 regarding the crisis in Zimbabwe; and the further action...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the Miami Five Case in the USA following the latest decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia to...
    • Departmental Applications
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [23437/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through departmental and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 502: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason an application for a green card was refused for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if she...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 503: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the agencies under the aegis of her Department. [22580/08]
    • Work Permits
      Question 504: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible for a recruitment agency registered as an employer to avail of work permits for non-Irish...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 505: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare seeking to provide integration...
    • Knowledge Base
      Question 506: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a steering committee has been formed to develop, create and support a first-stop knowledge base as...
    • Entrepreneurship Policy
      Question 507: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the national entrepreneurship policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22674/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 508: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the occasions on which her Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on statutory...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 509: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits by representatives of the Industrial Development Authority to south Tipperary since the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 510: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the investigation referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 28 May 2008; and if...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 511: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No 263 of 4 June 2008 the number of inspections carried out in educational...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 512: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount that has been spent on the enterprise STI sub-programme in the national development plan in 2007...
    • Intellectual Property Fund
      Question 513: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in expanding the intellectual property fund; the number of applications that have been received...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 514: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount that has been spent of the indigenous enterprise sub-programme in the national development plan in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 515: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of high potential start up companies her Department and its agencies have assisted with funding in...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 516: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount that has been spent of the foreign direct investment enterprise sub-programme in the National...
    • Work Permits
      Question 519: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of penalisations and prosecutions taken in conjunction with compliance with the Employment Permits...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 520: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to improve employment incentive schemes for businesses to employ workers with disabilities in view...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 521: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the reason the price of oil is increasing has been investigated in view of the fact that the value of the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 522: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath from a perspective employer, if submitted...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 524: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public...
    • Job Losses
      Question 525: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of those redundancies advised to her Department for each of the years 2003 to 2007 and to date...
    • Job Creation
      Question 526: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she will take in relation to bringing new industry to County Mayo in view of the new live register...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 527: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; her views on whether this is value for money; and if she will...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department.
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will ensure that a club (details supplied) in County Sligo are granted funding under the sports capital programme; and if he...
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on Statutory Instruments, Bills and EU...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a club (details supplied) in County Dublin under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of the €184 million committed under the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 that will be required or the maximum...
    • Abbey Theatre
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that the design competition for the construction of the new Abbey Theatre has not commenced; the stage it is at;...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on a national lottery grant for a club (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he has taken to encourage cooperation between schools and other local service providers of physical education and gym...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will publish the details of the capital projects being initiated during 2008 by his Department and planned for the following...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on an application for rent supplement by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the circumstances that...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings an old age pension couple can have without an adverse impact on their entitlements; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that a date for an oral hearing in respect of a respite care grant application appeal for a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent support will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the occasions on which she did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for jobseekers benefit was submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a decision will...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the regularity with which inspections are carried out on properties which are covered by rent supplement; the criteria these...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the agencies under the aegis of her Department. [22586/08]
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the advantages of involving people who experience poverty and the organisations that work with them in developing,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted disability allowance. [22766/08]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for carers allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22771/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that all automated phone lines are correctly updated in line with the appropriate payment names; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if assistance is available as an exceptional needs payment or social welfare allowance to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money her Department spent on promoting family income supplement; if the money being spent on this promotion is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the previous rate of rent allowance being made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated as...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 12 February 2008, her plans in the context of the Green Paper on Pensions to extend...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent subsidiary has been reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the portion, excluding fixed costs such as payroll, of her vote she regards as being dedicated or ring-fenced, in that it is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to the respite care grant for 2006 or at least a percentage of same....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare rejects the suggestion that they...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if and when rent supplement will be granted in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; her views on whether this is value for money; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the proposals in the needs analysis research report compiled by an organisation (details supplied); and...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the residual moneys that remain in the Dormant Account Fund; if he has decided the organisations or bodies that are...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22577/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on Statutory...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide assistance to the elderly people availing of the emergency response phone from community alerts...
    • Road Signage
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the section of the Official Languages Act 2003 that deals with road signage will be implemented. [22865/08]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will publish the Gamma Baseline Data Report 2006 in respect of Dublin City; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the division of responsibilities within his Department between the Minister of State and himself as Cabinet Minister;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is an application in his Department for grant aid assistance towards the provision of water from a group...
    • Community Development
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of participants in the rural social scheme in each year by county since 2004 to date in 2008. [23150/08]
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason Waterways Ireland objected to the resurfacing by Offaly County Council of a road (details supplied) in...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to improve the scheme for community support for the elderly by including burglar alarms as one of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of regional drugs task forces that have been set up; the locations in which such task forces have been...
    • Community Development
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to address rural depopulation in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23619/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the application for coastal protection works on the Murrough in County Wicklow was successful. [22873/08]
    • National Parks
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the potential for the development of Donadea Forest park, castle and outbuildings, County...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an annual forestry premium payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [22499/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22574/08]
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of approvals that have issued to farmers to commence work under a scheme (details supplied); the number of the...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has established baseline data on energy inputs for each agricultural sector in addition to base line data...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who was penalised in 2006 by his Department and...
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the response given by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he can have arrangements made that farmers who have accounts in credit unions which are not part of the electronic...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for the AES Office section in Carrick-on-Shannon; when the new DVO office in Drumshambo will be ready for...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when files of Irish Land Commission estate distributions will be released for research and inspection. [22864/08]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department is charged with the monitoring of the welfare of circus animals here; and if so, the number of inspections...
    • Fishing Industry
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason, at the time of the 1 January 2002 ban on tuna fishing, he did not draw up a conversion plan and communicate it...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received representations from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority to add ports to the list of designated...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has been monitoring the bee population here; if he is satisfied that a decline in the annual colony...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who received additional milk quota from the tribunal on the basis of a disease...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Industry
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide relief to fishermen here in view of the crisis exacerbated by rising fuel costs and the fact that other...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Accommodation
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether it is appropriate to allocate eight to ten acres of Farmleigh Estate for the provision of a secondary school; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will be make a capital allocation for the building programme of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is aware that a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have 39 pupils in the first class classroom with only one...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is correct that Fingal County Council is owed up to €40 million for school sites acquired by the council for his Department...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he would not grant developing school status to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools of Music
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the proposals to restrict access for students at the Cork School of Music (details supplied); if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of all primary and secondary schools in the Letterkenny, Inishowen and Milford electoral areas, County Donegal; the schools...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22579/08]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for an emergency works grant; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for a new school building; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the request from a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for funding for the temporary accommodation being...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the special needs assistant post at a school (details supplied) has been removed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the proposed new secondary school for Gorey, County Wexford will be constructed; if the issue of patronage has been decided; and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if priority can or will be given to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for a prefab and teacher in view...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on expanding the public private partnership model for the provision of primary school buildings; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on expanding the devolved grant scheme to allow this scheme to provide entire new school buildings in order to avoid...
    • School Transport
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take into account the substantial increase in fuel prices when renewing contracts for private bus operators who are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to allow special needs assistants to job share in the same way as teachers in view of the circumstances of a person...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin as the pupils are being...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for an information and communications technology adviser for a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the involvement of his Department in the creation of a national entrepreneurship policy as recommended in the Small Business Forum...
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs assistant will be supplied for a child (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason this child who cannot...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare under the school building programme; when a decision...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of autism units established by his Department, estimated to be 270, which are located in temporary or prefab accommodation;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff from his Department who moved to the Department of Social and Family Affairs following the recent ministerial...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a start-up grant can or will be offered to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there was recently a total change of personnel in the building unit of his Department in Tullamore; the reason this occurred; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the autism specific units established by his Department that have access to speech and language services and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in the country that have two storey prefab classrooms on their school campus; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures in place to ensure that schools operate an equitable policy in accepting an appropriate proportion of special needs...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 504 of 13 February 2008, the reason a technical visit to a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of section 9 of the Universities Act 1997 will be undertaken; the expected timeframe of this review; and when a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the change in policy in respect of extra expenditure items costing more than €1,000 which must be sanctioned by a special committee...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [22790/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet a deputation from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry before the summer 2008 recess; and if he will make a...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available to schools that wish to convert land into a sports field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of additional classroom accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; when...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has proposals for the establishment and funding of Educate Together post primary schools; if so, his views on the establishment...
    • Higher Education
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to correct the anomaly in the third level scholarship schemes whereby the administration and implementation of the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary who applied for funding under the summer works scheme prior to the scheme's...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow that is seeking accommodation to facilitate enrolments that they...
    • Education Centre Network
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of the allocation that is paid to a teacher centre (details supplied) in County Donegal that goes towards the...
    • Site Works
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding payment of expenses for installation, site works and ESB connection for porto-cabins in a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the application under the school building programme made by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if they are grouped together;...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional supports in terms of funding or additional teachers or teachers' aides that schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 5 June 2008 the typical timeframe for clarifying whether or not a conservation architect...
    • Student Representation
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase the student representation of the Higher Education Authority and the NQAI; his views on whether the greater the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the numbers enrolled and the teacher allocation for the past three years for schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed timescale for the construction and completion of the new national school for Kill, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will have arrangements made to inspect a site at the earliest opportunity to provide suitable permanent accommodation for staff...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes of more than 30 pupils in primary education in each year during the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the extension building programme for a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will respond to...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the situation whereby several classes in a school (details supplied) in County Cork, have pupil numbers...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 45 new books have recently been published by a variety of book suppliers in...
    • Student Support Services
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the support services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will continue when their child transfers to a new...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; when the building unit of his Department will arrange a meeting with the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if educational grant assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 19 February 2008; when this matter will be dealt with in view of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when guidelines for the preparation of a road safety plan outside schools will be available to enable schools to prepare their own...
    • School Transport
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the concerns he has that buses involved in the school transport scheme might not be roadworthy even after they have passed his...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for increased and improved accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Carlow;...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the future of the Irish Vocational Education Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23111/08]
    • School Staffing
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a submission in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on changing the chemistry examination for the 2009 leaving certificate examination in view of the concerns that students of...
    • School Placement
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, who is currently not attending school, will be assisted to secure a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has conducted a needs analysis in County Clare to determine if the provisions meet the requirements of ASD children...
    • School Staffing
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in County Galway that will lose a teacher as a result of the rule of having one teacher for every 27 children per...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will advise on the case of a person (details supplied). [23165/08]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will be in a position to provide the information promised in his answer to Parliamentary Question Nos. 177 and 178 of 15 May...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 27 May 2008, when a decision will be made; if he will approve funding; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to sanction further school building projects to go to construction; if, in view of the long time a school (details...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim that have applied for emergency funding; and if he will make...
    • School Placement
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a child (details supplied) in County Longford who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair has been denied a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current and projected enrolment for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he has received an application for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the demonstrated commitment of a community (details supplied) in County Kildare he will allow a school building...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if grants or schemes are available for a person (details supplied). [23438/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [23439/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 8 May 2008, the progress to date regarding the future of the special class in a school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sufficient accommodation exists or is expected to be provided to meet enrolments of school entrants in view of the needs of a...
    • School Placement
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school placement for September 2008 will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the conclusions drawn by his pilot programme regarding disability funding for Youthreach; his plans to extend the availability of...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on his efforts to provide permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools and second level schools that have dedicated physical education halls and gym facilities; the number of...
    • Schools of Music
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide the necessary funding to ensure music and drama and classes will continue to be provided to enrolling secondary and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [23590/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 27 May 2008, if his attention has been drawn to cases where his Department, through the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the third level institutions that have crèche facilities and the number of children, in tabular form, that can be facilitated; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will proceed to construction in summer 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to free school transport; if the collection point will be extended; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the details of the capital projects being initiated during 2008 by his Department in County Mayo and planned for...
    • Third Level Attendance
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the numbers and rates of drop out in each of the universities and institutes or technology here in the past five years; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review a decision to remove a special needs assistant from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [23668/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposals to secure alternative accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in view of their...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Clare to have their special needs assistance extended for another two...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actions he will take to allow a refurbishment project at a school (details suppled) in County Longford to proceed to tender in...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the means whereby he proposes to make sufficient accommodation and the teachers available to meet the educational needs of all...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through Departmental...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Defence when a person (details supplied) will receive their discharge papers. [22497/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22578/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Defence the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives in...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Defence if Reserve Defence Force members will have the same scale of issue of track suit, runners and other personal training equipment as their permanent...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the decommissioning of weapons at Clancy Barracks, Baile Átha Cliath around 2000-2001; the name of the private company involved; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Defence the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through Departmental and agency...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish the details of the capital projects being initiated during 2008 by his Department and planned for the following four years; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Defence the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23649/08]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Integration Initiatives
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if through his Department or its agencies there are grants available to an applicant seeking to provide integration...
    • Public Service Vehicle Licences
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of valid public service vehicle licences in County Mayo; the number that are active; the requirement there is to...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland has failed to ratify the UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which came into force...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22585/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22596/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if guidelines exist for the use of Wikipedia as a source in evaluating asylum applications. [22604/08]
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, type and calibre of firearms for which licences have been issued each year for the past five years up to 31...
    • Internet Safety
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of reference of the Office of Internet Safety and the Internet Safety Advisory Council; the progress each of...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected timetable for the installation of closed circuit television facilities for Roscommon town, County Roscommon;...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a land registry application will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22669/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on Statutory Instruments,...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 793: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the compliment of Gardaí in the town of Moate, County Westmeath, which has seen a 22% increase in population; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the application for residency by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has not been successful; the further...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people employed at the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner; if they are employed on a full-time...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the method by which interpreters involved in interviews for the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner are chosen...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of licences that have issued for legally held hand guns in each of the past five years. [22772/08]
    • Departmental Applications
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied); when this application will be decided on; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the plans to increase the number of Gardaí at a station (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review again the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for citizenship over a...
    • Vagrancy Prosecutions
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legislation currently governing street begging in a public place; the number of persons arrested and charged for same...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of investigating and interviewing officers who decide on the applications of asylum seekers employed by the...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a request for repatriation by a person (details supplied); if he will approve the...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Bridewell Garda Station, Dublin 7 can expect a new public order van; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the application for long term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22944/08]
    • Legal Aid Services
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 374 to 377 of 4 June 2008, the types of criminal cases covered by the Criminal...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the proposed new Garda station and Division headquarters at a location (details supplied) in County Laois;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for Irish citizenship is being expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place to enable him to issue deportation orders in respect of non-Irish European Union sentenced...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain here in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for long term residency received by his Department in each month during the year 2006; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused. [23095/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in September 2007 his Department was processing long term residency...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions of children for each age between 12 and 18 during the past five years; the nature of offences...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will be in a position to provide the answers to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 199, 200, 201 and 202 of 15 May 2008....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will extend residency on health and family grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency status will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [23246/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if leave to remain on humanitarian grounds will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in view of the change...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency will be offered and a green card restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 846: 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 Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review a family reunification application already refused in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when long-term residency and relevant Garda National Immigration Bureau documentation will issue in the case of a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed for an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 853: 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 Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in respect of their son; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reissue a copy of the requirements for documentation in February 2006, July 2007 and March 2008 in order that a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if IBC/05 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 859: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any aspect of the residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was dealt with by a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Data Protection
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of An Garda Síochána no longer supply victim support...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in place a national database for DNA records; and the legislative requirements before such a database could...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works or through...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his intentions in respect of regulating casinos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23612/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will...
    • Courts Service
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received all outstanding judgments from the Supreme Court relating to the IBC/05 scheme; the number...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on allocating funding for the establishment of a Garda base in Clarecastle, County Clare, consisting of office...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on making representations to the European Commission with a view to relaxing the conditions of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a plant (details supplied) on the Shannon estuary is the...
    • Energy Ratings
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses that have received energy ratings and the breakdown of those ratings since it became...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 879: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of prosecutions taken under section 154(9) of the Planning and Development Act; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22581/08]
    • Election Management System
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 27 May 2008, he will assist local authorities...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to the Askeaton, Athea, Foynes, Shanagolden and Glin sewerage schemes, County...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the designation of North Loughatorick Bog at Woodford, Slieve Aughty, County Galway has; the plans he has...
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on Statutory...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is not entitled to cut turf on their bog; and if...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the precise requirements on land reclamation proposals which will be imposed by the proposed extension of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a boat (details supplied) has commenced its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available to implement the main sewage draining scheme for Arklow in view of the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of serviced sites to support residential development under the serviced land initiative provided...
    • Environmental Research
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money since 2007 that has been spent on environmental research; the amount he expects to spend...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount that has been spent in 2007 on the provision of social housing, including construction of new...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of public funding that has been spent on the built heritage sub-programme as described in the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 901: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on extending the pilot heating scheme operated by Dublin City Council in the Whitehall area; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the progress in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Laois. [22858/08]
    • Regeneration Schemes
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify his commitment to on-going funding to implement the proposals of the Fitzgerald Report on...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 904: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homeless people in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway; the number of emergency accommodation...
    • Waste Management
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of organisations that are operating under the self compliance procedure by paying a fee of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the advice he has provided to local authorities with regard to Part V affordable units in areas where the...
    • Polling Stations
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grounds on which a polling station for the Lisbon referendum was moved (details supplied). [22908/08]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased under the tenant purchase scheme since its inception; the number of houses...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 4 June 2008, he will consider the issue of delays arising on...
    • Community Development
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of residential and commercial buildings which have been...
    • Regeneration Schemes
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to ensure that plans for the regeneration of areas (details supplied) can proceed; and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the targets set for each local authority for the number of tenancies to be transferred from rent supplement...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the new equity loans under consideration will differ from the shared ownership scheme. [22980/08]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be granted to a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Property Sales
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 8 May 2008, the status of the sale; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place to ensure that the Awbeg River at Doneraile Park is cleaned up following the completion of...
    • Land Acquisitions
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the cost to land owners of hiring surveyors, engineers and solicitors as a result of the placing of a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the extension to Murrisk-Louisburgh will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the private legal firms that provided legal advice to his Department in respect of the Lisbon Treaty; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when grants for group sewerage schemes will be increased in line with grants for group water schemes; and if...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria for the upgrading of domestic septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Election Management System
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received reports from the committees he established to advise him on the re-drawing of local...
    • Community Development
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a programme (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the funding for this...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been prevented by his Department from earning...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the public consultation regarding minimum energy efficient standards for light bulbs will take place....
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate complaints that illegal traps are being offered for sale by a company (details...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if citizens who are homeless are entitled to be registered as electors; if an address at civic offices can be...
    • Property Sales
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 8 April 2008 when the application will be completed for a person...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations for the development of graveyards; if voluntary community groups who upkeep and develop...
    • Regeneration Schemes
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his response to the request from Dublin City Council for the demolition and redevelopment of a flats complex...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take a new housing initiative in an effort to combat ongoing housing shortages; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses allocated to eligible applicants in County Mayo since the inception of the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 938: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the excessive delay in processing appeals through An Bord Pleanála; the average time for...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding made available to each local authority in respect of the national Traveller accommodation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will...
    • Estate Management
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the unprecedented growth in estate management companies and the tenuous...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 942: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy on grant aid for wood combusters for gas heating eligible under the greener homes scheme. [22629/08]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the areas in Dublin Central which are not covered by broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of prosecutions which have been taken by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board in each of the years...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 948: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the agencies under the aegis of his Department. [22576/08]
    • Regulatory Impact Analysis
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the occasions on which his Department has carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on statutory...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fixed line broadband will be available in an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22734/08]
    • Energy Reserves
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding he has allocated to the Strategic Oil Storage Project; the actions he has taken to advance this...
    • Natural Gas Network
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of public funding his Department has provided since 2007 for the upgrading and renewing of the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of public funding his Department has provided since 2007 for the construction of a 400 MW gas-fired...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 957: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of public money that has been allocated since 2007 for the development of Bord na Móna's wind farms...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 959: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of his meeting with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the compensation measures which will be accruing to fishermen east of Inishowen from Malin Head through the...
    • Electricity Grid
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the interconnector at Soran will be connected to Culmore and onwards into Coolkeera as part of an all-island...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to give grant assistance to developers of wind turbines; if there will be incentives on a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available to residents in the area of Headford, Killarney, County Kerry. [23247/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the individual current and capital budgets allocated by Government, whether through the Office of Public Works...

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