Written answers

Thursday, 26 June 2008

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      Question 8: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén gearradh siar a bheidh ar chaiteachas a Roinne i leith na Gaeilge in 2008; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh....
    • Irish Language
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to students, youth clubs or sports clubs to attend summer courses in Gaeltacht and other areas in...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the increase in availability and abuse of drugs in rural towns and villages as evidenced in recent...
    • Rural Development
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the support his Department provides for the development of rural enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nuachtáin Gaeilge
      Question 14: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na bearta a dhéanfaidh sé, mar aon le Foras na Gaeilge, chun a chinntiú go leanfar den dá nuachtán Gaeilge,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to publish the value for money review of the local development social inclusion programme; if so,...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the ongoing consultations in relation to the new national drugs strategy. [24736/08]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in relation to the evaluation of business proposals from local action groups; when it is envisaged...
    • Coistí Ranna
      Question 18: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó cruinnithe a bhí ann go dtí seo den fhochoiste Rialtais i leith na Gaeilge. [24934/08]
    • Rural Development
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the response he has received to his call for new rural development groups to hold elections before submitting business...
    • Community Development
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the changes to the programme of grants to community and voluntary organisations; the date these new changes will come...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proposed extent of expenditure under the CLÁR programme in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      Question 23: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an gcuirfidh sé deontas ar fáil chun, obair riachtanach cóirithe agus atógála a dhéanamh ar Ché Inis Bó Finne, Dún...
    • Regulation of Charities
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the Revenue Commissioners with regard to their investigation into possible fraudulent...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the working group on drugs rehabilitation; if he has...
    • Job Losses
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps being taken to combat the impact of growing unemployment rates in rural and Gaeltacht areas; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of statutory bodies he has responsibility for; the number of agencies he has responsibility for; the number...
    • Rail Network
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of interested groups with whom he has had meetings regarding the restoration of the western rail corridor;...
    • Rural Development
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Leader companies expected to be supported in the roll out of the new rural development programme; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of RAPID areas within his Department's remit; the plans he has to extend such areas or create new areas;...
    • Rural Development
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main provisions of the rural development package announced by him on 20 May 2008; the amount of funding available;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding made to his Department under the RAPID programme in respect of each year and in...
    • Gaeltacht Areas
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Gaeltacht areas; the population of each area for each of the past five years; the plans he has to create...
    • Rural Development
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made to date in regard to the walks scheme introduced on a pilot basis in four areas of the country; if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the membership and terms of reference of the national Famine memorial day committee; when he expects that the...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the supports in place to encourage the development of agritourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to interested groups to develop waterways and associated amenities here; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in respect of the 580 public bodies that did not respond to his Department's letter regarding the new...
    • Voluntary Sector
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for encouraging non-Irish volunteers within communities here in view of the importance such volunteers can...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the Leader companies will be allocated funding for allocation of grants under the new rural development...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications his Department has received from non-governmental organisations or national sporting...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to youth clubs and sports clubs to purchase small scale equipment to enhance the facilities that...
    • Conradh na Gaeilge
      Question 49: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é a thuairim faoi phlean Chonradh na Gaeilge an foirgneamh a bhronn an Stát air, ar an mbonn go n-úsáidfí é mar...
    • Irish Language
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Foreign Affairs in regard to the use of the Irish language as an...
    • Oileáin Ghaeltachta
      Question 52: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad atá á dhéanamh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le fostaíocht agus infheistíocht ar na hOileáin Ghaeltachta i...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications for funding from his Department or from agencies within the remit of his Department towards...
    • Rural Transport Initiative
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 79 and 187 of 5 December 2007, if a review of the pilot evening transport...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Transactions
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the residential and commercial property transactions that have taken place on average during the past three years; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25105/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised by stamp duty on credit or cash card facilities and on bank transactions in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Government Bond Issue
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the bondholders and the financial amounts taken by each bondholder in tabular form in respect of the €7 billion Government bond issue...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons (details supplied) have not received their notice of tax assessments for 2006 despite the fact that all relevant information has...
    • Tax Code
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing the number of years from six years as the period of time required by the Revenue Commissioners for the holding of receipts by...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of detailed examinations that have taken place in each of the years 2000 to 2007, inclusive, on tax relief claimed in respect of medical...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for a primary medical certificate will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who works three...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for a centre (details supplied) in County Galway for the year 2008-09; when a decision on this matter is...
    • Health Services
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [25073/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the provision of staff to operate the proposed CT scanner at Ennis General Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25107/08]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in a case (details supplied). [25115/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will have arrangements made for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be medically assessed in respect of a primary health...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of projects sanctioned in 2007; the number envisaged for 2008; the corresponding figure for each PCCC; and if she will make a...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further consideration has been given to the contracting out of adoption assessments to a registered adoption agency in order to remove...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the funding crisis that exists within a project (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25171/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of funding for a post (details supplied) in County Cork for the remainder of 2008. [25185/08]
    • EU Directives
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the European food supplements directive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for mobility allowance will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who works...
  • Department of Transport
    • Tax Code
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to replace the excise duty refund for public transport services which is proposed to be terminated on 31 October 2008; and...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will retain the status and operation of the marine rescue co-ordination centres at Valentia and Malin Head; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25110/08]
    • Air Services
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport the directors representing the Government on the board of Aer Lingus; when they were appointed; the number of directors the Government is entitled...
    • Public Transport
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review and investigate the funding crisis existing within the rural transport system in north County Roscommon; if his attention has...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives which Ireland is supporting to address the deteriorating military situation in Somalia that is threatening civilians with...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25106/08]
    • Consular Services
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advise and assist on the case of a person (details supplied). [25140/08]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Industrial Development
      Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of itineraries made by potential foreign investors to the Shannon free zone in the past five years...
    • Job Protection
      Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created and the number of jobs lost in the Shannon free zone in the past five years; and...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employees are entitled to a share scheme, particularly in the case of a person (details supplied); if so,...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25098/08]
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application for funding for the provision of a swimming pool in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the national audit of sports facilities will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25247/08]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25109/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the financial hardship many elderly people will have to endure in winter 2008 due to the rise in...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25100/08]
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on introducing some measures for old age pensioners to alleviate the payment of an €80 annual monitoring...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding available in 2008 for community based groups involved in combating drug addiction; and if he will make a...
    • Community Development
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding he will provide for various social or community groups in County Kildare in 2008; the number of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he will offer funding under the CLÁR programme to any or all areas throughout County Kildare in...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that all local authorities are operating in accordance with his previously expressed views on...
    • Rural Development
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to meet the challenge of rural depopulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/08]
    • Community Development
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has to offer assistance to local community groups in the vicinity of Donadea Forest Park, County Kildare...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25097/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for installation aid by a person (details supplied) in County Cork which was recently...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action that will be taken to alleviate the issues outlined in correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding available to ensure that all applications received on or before 30 October 2007 will receive approval to be...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Data Protection
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 409 to 416 of 20 May 2008, if the teachers concerned were informed of the theft of the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department or County Kildare Vocational Education Committee has reached agreement with the Department of Defence regarding the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to issue guidance to schools regarding their enrolment policies; his views on children being enrolled in schools...
    • Language Support Services
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the withdrawal of funding in respect of the provision of language and integration services for refugees at nine...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the permanent building programme for a school (details supplied); when the project is expected to be completed;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average primary class size in north Tipperary; the average class size nationally; his plans to reduce the number of students in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25102/08]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the refusal of an application for funding under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to increase the capitation grants to address the major problems that boards of management and parents associations...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to provide funding to primary schools to assist or overcome the loss of funding due to the withdrawal of the summer...
    • School Staffing
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers who graduated in each of the past five years; the number of vacancies at primary school level known to...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the vocational teachers' superannuation scheme and the amendments being made thereto; and if these are now...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25146/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will accept a specific offer which has been made in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [25151/08]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to address the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25153/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants a student can avail of when pursuing a postgraduate course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has reached agreement with County Kildare Vocational Education Committee and the Department of Education and Science with regard...
    • Defence Forces Health Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this is common practice within the Defence Forces; if so, the action that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Defence the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25101/08]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will advise on a matter (details supplied). [25114/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25108/08]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed in each Garda station in County Clare in each of the past three years. [25123/08]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a yearly breakdown in crime figures in relation to Clare over the past three years. [25124/08]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the detection and prosecution rates for the dangerous overtaking offence as defined by S.I. No. 182 of 1997 as it applies...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the asylum accommodation centres which have proper facilities to allow residents to prepare their own meals; the centres...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 145: 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 Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the existing residency status will allow a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 to travel to Brussels with their...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15 whose...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath and having particular regard...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 159: 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 Dublin in view of the fact...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to a residency application in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the developments to date regarding the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available in 2008 for the special housing aid scheme; the funding allocated in 2007; and if he...
    • Outdoor Events
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will review legislation in relation to the holding of festivals or raves in non-designated venues...
    • Election Management System
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to allow all college graduates to vote in Seanad elections; the college graduates who can...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of objections that have been received in relation to each of the named sites that are to be...
    • Waste Management
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount raised by the plastic bag levy for each year since its commencement; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a certificate (details supplied) will be issued. [25145/08]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contacts he or his officials have had with South Dublin County Council regarding the proposed disposal of...
    • Fire Services
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the fire services and emergency planning section of his Department is fully staffed at senior management...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet a delegation from Clare County Council together with the four Clare Deputies to discuss the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to encourage and support local authorities to open civic amenity sites; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has issued a directive to local authorities putting restrictions on them from using internal capital...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electricity Transmission
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expected date for receipt of the Ecofys report; the plans he has to publish the report in its entirety;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether private companies will be able to provide broadband to all areas of north Tipperary; the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the communities most likely to be affected by increases in the prices of electricity and gas; the measures in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of a lack of strong connectivity between a town and a broadband network; the way fibre-optic rings...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of grants-in-aid in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the value for money and policy review of phase one of the metropolitan areas networks programme and the...
    • National Gas Grid
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to have a gas pipeline directed through Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. [25166/08]