Written answers
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to amend the State non-contributory pension income calculation for land owners; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions that have taken place between her Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government...
- Pension Provisions
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the fact that while Ireland has one of the highest income levels per head in the world, the social welfare pensions...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to amend the household benefits package to allow greater flexibility in the scheme to those households whose principal...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way her Department is working with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to ensure the rental...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on raising the living alone allowance in view of the recent report from the Vincentian Partnership, which showed lone...
- Pension Provisions
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there have been such delays for the past 12 months in dealing with pension applications; and if there are proposals to...
- Departmental Procedures
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way her Department is exploring the way greater data and money transfer efficiencies will be realised in the future; and if she...
- Departmental Staff
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions that have taken place to define the flexibility and discretion available to community welfare officers; the way...
- Data Protection
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Data Protection Commissioner's audit of her Department's procedures for processing personal data is finalised; the details...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date between her Department and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners on the finalising of the renewed memorandum...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to research from Sustainable Energy Ireland that suggests more than 114,000 households are living...
- Pension Provisions
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to facilitate women forced out of employment due to the marriage rule to avail of contributory pensions;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding proposals for supporting lone parents; when they will go to the Cabinet committee on social inclusion; and...
- Pension Provisions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if all carers providing full-time care are awarded social welfare contributions for retirement or old age pension regardless of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of staff in her Department dealing with jobseeker's allowance and benefit claims...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 20 November 2007, if the Government has completed its consideration of the report of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures in place within her Department to improve processing times of all aspects of the appeals process; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated administrative cost of reforming child income supports by amalgamating qualified child additions with family income...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures her Department has in place to monitor the operation of its schemes with a view to ensuring that poverty traps and...
- Budgeting Advice
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to counter debt problems in view of the recent findings of a survey by the Financial Regulator to the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has proposals in respect of either extending the free travel scheme for Irish pensioners in the UK or for the development...
- Departmental Staff
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to resolve the industrial relations dispute between clerical staff and her Department. [24782/08]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she proposes to expand the free telephone rental scheme by providing for free broadband for older people as promised in the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has in place to ensure customer service is not interrupted during the dispute by her Department's staff; and if she...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the fact that 700,000 people here still live in poverty despite more than a decade of prosperity and economic growth...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- EU Directives
Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland joined the EU; the number of these...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer revenue made per litre of diesel; if he will present this data in percentage figures and in real terms; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of grant-in-aid or payment made to the Institute of Public Administration on an annual basis for each of the past four years; the...
- Tax Code
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take to replace the excise duty refund for public transport services which is being terminated on 31 October 2008; and if...
- Tax Collection
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 17 June 2008, the queries that the Revenue Commissioners are awaiting satisfactory explanations to;...
- Tax Code
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to change the rate of mortgage interest relief; the further plans he has to offer other types of assistance to people with large...
- EU Directives
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of European directives and the title of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland joined the EU; the number...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a grant will be awarded for the provision of speech and language and occupational therapy services required at a school (details...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to increase the amount of respite care for people with intellectual disabilities; and if she will make a statement on...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals received each year since its inception by her Department or its acting agency in relation to payments of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when construction of the new cardiac unit at Roscommon County Hospital will commence; when work will commence on the new HDU/CCU...
- Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the home care grant package. [24892/08]
- Health Service Staff
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapist posts vacant; the regional breakdown of these vacancies; the action she will take to reduce...
- Health Service Reform
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on establishing a national health care forum to include all interested parties with the objective of building a national...
- Medical Cards
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [24921/08]
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current situation regarding the work of the working group on alcohol and drugs; when it will publish its recommendations; and if she...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the remit the Health Information and Quality Authority has over private health providers; and if she will make a statement on the...
- European Directives
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to her Department since Ireland joined the...
- Department of Transport
- Rail Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has met with the Railway Procurement Agency in view of recent events and the concerns of residents at locations (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Public Transport
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding available from his Department in 2008 and 2009 to provide bus lanes in the north Kildare area, including the towns of Maynooth and...
- Tax Code
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he proposes to take to replace the excise duty refund for public transport services which is being terminated on 31 October 2008; and if...
- EU Directives
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland joined the EU; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- EU Treaties
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will publish the Attorney General's advice on the Lisbon Reform Treaty; the measures in the treaty that impact on the Irish...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the efforts he has made or is proposing to make to address...
- European Affairs
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has to act upon the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny for a more central role for EU affairs in...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposals for the development of the peace monument in County Louth; the cost involved; the proposed location; if a different location...
- EU Directives
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland joined the EU;...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will give authority to release funding to a club (details supplied) in County Mayo under the sports capital grant scheme...
- EU Directives
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland joined...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will further improve and ease the qualification guidelines for family income supplement; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of respite grant applications refused in 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the most common reason for this refusal;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the criteria governing eligibility for the back to education allowance with particular reference to the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of carers in receipt of carer's allowance; the number who have applied in the past year on a monthly basis; the number...
- EU Directives
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to her Department since Ireland joined...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason his Department has provided funding to a project (details supplied); the use to which this funding will be...
- EU Directives
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that Cork, with its extensive shoreline, is to lose its Bord Iascaigh Mhara inshore development officer;...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of foreshore applications for marina developments which have been made over the past ten years; the number which...
- European Council Meetings
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of the recent meeting of the Council of Fisheries Ministers; the progress made regarding a financial aid package...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans he has to reconsider the compulsory reduction in the farm retirement pension when the beneficiary reaches age 66...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding Irish commercial fishing vessels landing sea bass; the steps he will take to end discrimination...
- EU Directives
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regional breakdown on the location of the 2,000 warnings issued by school transport inspectors since 2004 to date in 2008 and the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 209: 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...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the elements of the special needs disability Act 2004 that have been enacted; the elements of the Act that are outstanding; and if he...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons having completed a two year VTOS course and having been recommended for a third year have had their income reduced...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a proposal by the parents council of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick that approval be granted to commence...
- Languages Programme
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for a school (details supplied) was stopped; the effect this will have on the provision of English language...
- School Accommodation
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when payment will be made to a school (details supplied) in County Meath for the restoration of school grounds to the background of...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [24920/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 8 November 2007, if he will expedite the project concerned in view of the traffic hazard...
- Third Level Institutions
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give an assurance that an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare will continue to provide research and promotional...
- EU Directives
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland joined the...
- Department of Defence
- Proposed Legislation
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will publish the Curragh of Kildare Bill which will provide for the establishment of a statutory body to manage the Curragh; and if he will...
- EU Directives
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland joined the EU; the number...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Investigations
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a request was made by a person (details supplied) to search a plane flying...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for naturalisation currently in his Department; and the average length of time to process such...
- Crime Levels
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a reported increase in crime in an area (details supplied); the number of gardaí on patrol; the number of...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cautions and arrests made in relation to prostitution in the Montpelier/Arbour Hill area for each month of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the nature of the technical amendments required to enable the commencement of sections 30 and 32 of the Criminal Justice...
- EU Directives
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department since Ireland...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the method of selection of the Carnagopple/Gunnode bog at Mountbellew, Ballinasloe, County Galway for...
- Water Pollution
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to implement a ban of the sale of lagarosiphon major in commercial outlets; and if he will...
- EU Directives
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be rolled out to an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- EU Directives
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to his Department...
