Written answers

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will re-open the farm improvement scheme which would help ease the burden on farmers going forward following the...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions he has had with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with a view to resolving...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the approach he will take to negotiations surrounding the changes to milk quotas under CAP health check proposals; the way...
    • Domestic Abattoirs
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the scheme for grant aid for the establishment of abattoirs; if he will provide details on the uptake...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants to the waste management scheme who have confirmed their intention to proceed with construction under...
    • Road Safety
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken to promote road safety among members of the farming community using agricultural vehicles on public...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the applications to the farm improvement scheme submitted in the last ten days before closure of the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all new policy initiatives in agriculture are carbon proofed; the steps he will take to meet Ireland's national obligation...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a tie-up scheme for fishermen where boats could be tied up on a rota basis to help fishermen through...
    • Sheep Sector
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will remove the obstacles holding back payment of the €34 million sheep package committed by the Government to the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a ewe grant scheme as proposed by a recently published EU report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Training Programmes
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on providing training for redundant fishermen to re-train for the Merchant Navy; the steps he has taken to...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps being taken to amend legislation to ensure that foodstuffs of foreign origin cannot be labelled as produced in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has engaged in discussions with the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs with a view to negotiating the...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the deadline for the farm waste management scheme in view of the fact that many applicants to the scheme...
    • Sheep Sector
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the take up of the €28 million mixed grazing supplementary measure available to sheep farmers; the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he is taking to address an afforestation rate of less than the 5,000 hectares expected in 2008 which is the...
    • Pesticide Use
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the proposals to revise pesticide authorisation laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25556/08]
    • Food Aid
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total allocation for Ireland under the most deprived food aid scheme; the length of time that scheme has been in...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the most recent negotiations relating to a new World Trade Organisation deal; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 110% increase in the average number of fatal farm...
    • State Bodies
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the salaries and emoluments and other benefits received by the chief executives of the boards, agencies and other bodies...
    • Sea Fishery Offences
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether there is a realistic opportunity to discuss the issue of administrative sanctions for minor sea fishery...
    • Fishery Quota
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will continue to lobby the EU for a bigger quota for Irish fishermen in their own waters; and if he will make a...
    • Food Imports
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has proposals to introduce a ban on the importation of pate foie gras in view of the fact that it is illegal to...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a broadleaf thinning scheme which is vital to ensure the production of high quality crop; and if he...
    • State Appointments
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way, following the announcement of a complaints officer to deal with fishermen's complaints by the Sea Fishery...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the Agriculture Council meeting in Brussels in June 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Poultry Sector
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the situation which has arisen at a poultry producer (details supplied) which has been placed in interim...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a progress report on the establishment of a bio-security unit to provide security against threats from...
    • Farmers' Rights
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the introduction of a 14 day advance notice period for all farm inspections in the drawing up of a new charter...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he will take regarding short term financial support to fishermen in advance of the next Council of Ministers...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps being taken by him to reduce the level of salmonella infection in the Irish pig herd; and if he will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position of Ireland regarding the procurement of an additional milk quota from the EU; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sheep Sector
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a table of sheep prices similar to that produced for beef; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Designated Ports
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has considered the representations from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority to add ports to the list of designated...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 20 May 2008, the progress on the Forestry Bill; when he will be in a position to...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the CAP review and health check; if provision has been made or is expected to be made to restore the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on his talks in Brussels in June 2008 in relation to a rescue package for fisherman; and if he will make a...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide targeted assistance to those who received the woodland enhancement grant for pre-1993 plantations in...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives in place to ensure organic food is not mislabelled thereby protecting the consumer; and if he will make a...
    • Farming Sector
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he is taking to promote the merits and advantages of a career in full-time farming; and if he will make a...
    • Food Prices
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the policy measures he will introduce in view of the escalating increase in the price of feedstuffs and the resulting...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that one third of all fatal workplace accidents here occur on farms; and if he...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his discussions in Europe with Commissioner Borg and the lack of direct financial assistance being secured on behalf of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 21 February 2008, the status of the decentralisation plan for his Department;...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the monitoring procedures in place for the rural environment protection scheme; and if he will make...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there has been no change to the standard costings for the calculation of farm building grants; and if he will...
    • Fish Landings
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the fish landed in Irish ports processed in this country as opposed to exported raw. [25428/08]
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives planned to promote the indigenous fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25543/08]
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the action plans published by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to secure red squirrel and bat...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on a relaxation of the replanting obligation which would have a positive effect on the levels of afforestation and...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has carried out a detailed assessment of the consequences for Irish agriculture and farmers in the event...
    • Food Prices
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to offset food price inflation; the stakeholders that have been consulted on the issue; and if he...
    • Pesticide Use
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the change from risk to hazard based assessment of pesticides that would take out a number of crop reduction...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Agriculture Statistics
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people who have left farming in Counties Cork, Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal since 1998; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the annual operating cost of the National Forum on Europe each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25705/08]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of Bills passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas for the years 1999 to 2008, inclusive; and if he will provide this information in tabular form....
    • State Appointments
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the numbers appointed to State boards from July 2007 to date in 2008; and the number of those appointments who were women. [25495/08]
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach if the programme for Government has been or will be revised on the basis of the ERSI report published on 25 June 2008 stating that Ireland is entering a...
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 148: To ask the Taoiseach if, during or following his meeting on 18 January 2005, with the President, Premier and Minister of Commerce of China, he received gifts; if so, the gifts he...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the measures agreed for his Department under the value for money review 2006-08; the projects which had the necessary changes made; when they are planned for...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a matter (details supplied). [25833/08]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if a value for money review is planned after 2008 for all Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25870/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25252/08]
    • Comptroller and Auditor General Reports
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any draft reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General; if so, when he expects to publish these reports; if any of these reports refer...
    • Customs and Excise
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to assign permanent customs staff to Ireland West Airport and Galway Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance when the last cutters boat was sold; the reason for the sale of the boat; the amount of finance realised by the boat's sale; if it was sold as a...
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the dealings that he or agencies under the control of his Department have had with the business sector which incur regulatory costs or compliance...
    • Tax Code
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P60 for the year 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the pilot scheme carried out by the Office of Public Works to try to audit and improve energy efficiency in public buildings;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25522/08]
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if, during his meeting on 5 July 2006, with the Minister for Finance of Jamaica, he received gifts; if so the gifts he received; and if he will make...
    • World Heritage Sites
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will make alterations to the management plan, appropriate planning controls, restrictions, conservation plan and...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had in relation to the Clare Civil Service crèche; the action he will take to keep this service open until a permanent...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital allowances available in respect of nursing homes; and the criteria that apply for same. [26000/08]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €50 million provided to the Health Service Executive in budget 2008 for additional services to people with...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the promised school support team to provide a six week block of speech therapy and occupational therapy for a person (details...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed by the child and adolescent mental health service. [25883/08]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which genetically modified food or food products are imported here and to other EU countries; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the availability of special needs assistants for preschools in respect of children with hydrocephalus and...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the nine appeals made to the health repayment scheme appeals office by people who missed the 31 December 2007 deadline;...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the hospital in the home scheme has been suspended as of 16 May 2008; if this scheme will be re-introduced; and if she will...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the charge being applied to persons who currently are admitted to a public nursing home or are placed in a nursing home bed by a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [25280/08]
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied), if she has received a response from the Health Service Executive...
    • EU Directives
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her position on the recognition of general practice as a speciality with reference to the implementation of Recognition of Professional...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of drug users here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25286/08]
    • Drugs-related Deaths
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents where methadone featured in a drug related death since 1998 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital expenditure in each acute hospital during 2005, 2006 and 2007; and the capital allocations or approvals in respect of each...
    • Health Action Plan
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will implement a national diabetes strategy alongside an integrated health promotion programme in order to make people aware of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if increased paediatric dietetic hours will be granted to Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25310/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the position of a paediatric diabetes nurse specialist will be sanctioned for Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if counselling services for patients with diabetes will be provided in Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the provision of chiropody and ophthalmology services to diabetes patients free of charge; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction a selected number of doctor only visits per year by diabetes patients to their general practitioners; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time from outpatient referral to seeing a consultant by speciality in respect of the six major Dublin hospitals; and...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of emergency cases referred to the accident and emergency department of Ennis General Hospital for each of the years from...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements currently in place for women residing in County Clare to avail of both symptomatic breast screening and mammography...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the financial hardship endured by amputees who number approximately 5,000 of which 50% are not covered by the GMS...
    • Health Services
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding funding for therapy services (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when these services will be reinstated....
    • Health Action Plan
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the members of the committee who are drawing up the action plan for rehabilitation services; the professional credentials of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appropriately trained professionals employed in posts specifically designated for the rehabilitation of patients with a...
    • Community Drugs Scheme
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise on a matter (details supplied). [25373/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [25374/08]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy regarding inclusion of specific long-term illnesses on the long-term illness scheme list; and the reason Huntington's disease...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist on a matter regarding a person (details supplied). [25410/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told that they cannot get their dentures fixed under the medical card...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received payment under the health repayment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 29 April 2008, the number of speech and language therapists in Counties Offaly and Laois...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available in University College Hospital, Galway for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25476/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a matter (details supplied). [25492/08]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be admitted to Cork University Hospital for surgery; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the Independent Pricing Body on a dispensing fee to be paid to pharmacists in relation to the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment to a hospital in Dublin. [25512/08]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the delivery of the current and future National Drugs Strategy will be impacted by the further cost cutting plans of the Health...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25519/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 248: 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....
    • Child Care Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a child care group (details supplied) in County Tipperary in relation to their application for funding....
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will provide the BCG vaccination to newborns in the Cork region; the steps she is taking to reduce the two year waiting list...
    • Health Services
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be called for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will be instructed to release the development funding for intellectual disability to the relevant...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has informed her that orthotic services have recently been transferred from the hospital to the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme in view of the fact that a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 15 May 2008 has not been furnished; and if she will make a...
    • Ethics in Public Offices Act
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, during or following her meeting on 27 July 2005 with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland, she received gifts; if so, the gifts she...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange admission for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25770/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional resources or staff required to put the additional ten beds funded in 2007 and lying idle at University College Hospital,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Galway who were holders of full medical cards for each of the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 and to date in...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time nurses at Merlin Park Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway for each of the years 2003...
    • Health Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that there are restrictions and cutbacks on travel within the Health Service Executive western area; the category of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the planning, design and investigation for the provision of the new planned 50-bed unit at St Brendan's Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive western area has benefited substantially from the bequest of a person (details supplied); when the...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Health Service Executive western area of the contract cleaning at University College Hospital, Galway, Merlin Park...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Galway who are in receipt of enhanced subvention in private and public nursing homes; the cost for each...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bullying cases active within the Health Service Executive for each of the HSE areas; her views on whether in-house...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the ten-bed day respite ward in Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel was intended originally to be open full-time; the number of days a week...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise and assist on a matter regarding a person (details supplied). [25830/08]

    • Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise and assist on a matter regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will work with the Department of...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the mental health day care and day unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary started construction on 7 April 2008 as planned; and the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the two beds for respite care in Our Lady's Hospital in Cashel, County Tipperary in the newly refurbished unit are operational; if...
    • Health Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for setting up a community first responder programme in the Athea area of County Limerick, in order to train...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason support funding has been refused to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires care in a day service capacity;...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of funding for community child care facilities; the procedure to be employed from September 2008 for the allocation of such...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to resource the staffing needs of the special care baby unit at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the psychiatric institutions sold to fund the A Vision for Change mental health policy; the land sold for these purposes; the sales of...
    • Health Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [25848/08]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures agreed for her Department under the Value for Money Review 2006 to 2008; the projects which had the necessary changes made;...
    • Health Services
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the universal screening programme for cystic fibrosis planned to begin in 2008 will begin; the estimated cost per year of this...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the fair deal legislation dealing with nursing home subventions to come before Dáil Éireann; the additional funding...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on a complaint received by this Deputy that GMS or medical card patients are being charged €80 for ultrasound tests...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the statement of Need for Adult Cystic Fibrosis is ready for publication; if it covers the day and inpatient facilities required, the...
    • Misuse of Drugs Act
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on adding party drugs such as BZP to the list of controlled substances under the misuse of Drugs Acts in view of their growing...
    • Community Care
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Minister of State with responsibility for disability will finalise discussions with the Health Service Executive in order...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at University College Hospital Galway, Portiuncula, Mayo...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the award of a tender to a company (details supplied) for the supply of all hospital and community pharmacies with unlicensed...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected number of community mental health teams and staffing levels for each CMHT for Cork's child and adolescent mental health...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the delay in providing results of tests (details supplied) to persons who are waiting for a number of months for...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the categories of posts that have been left vacant since the introduction of the Health Service Executive staff...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of student nurses completing their four year degree programme and registering with An Bord Altranais in June and July 2008...
    • Health Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a written assurance to the residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Kerry that the psychiatric patients...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the section of her Department or the section of the Health Service Executive that is examining the waiting list appointment system with...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the recent media advertisement placed by the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, to make available approximately 2,000 square...
  • Department of Transport
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport the dealings that he or agencies under the control of his Department have had with the business sector which incur regulatory costs or compliance...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he has put in place under the new regulations to allow for the serious situation being faced by drivers who have been driving for...
    • Rail Network
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport the budgetary allocation for the western rail corridor in 2008 and 2009; the timetable and points of completion for both years; the expected date...
    • Public Transport
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made in regard to exploring alternative mechanisms to replace the excise duty refund for a public transport service...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of local harbours and ports that have been given over to local government control; the roles, responsibilities of local governments in...
    • Public Transport
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has an application (details supplied) in his Department from Bus Éireann regarding its use of the port tunnel to service the people of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport if action 72 of the Road Safety Strategy 2007-12 has been fully implemented; if the graduated driver licensing system provides for a restricted...
    • Public Transport
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will investigate and implement measures to make up for the shortfall in public transport capacity on the routes formerly covered by a bus...
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport if, during his meeting on 16 January 2006, with representatives of Singapore Civil Aviation Authority, he received gifts; if so, the gifts he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the way, in view of his recommendation to Government, to withdraw the decentralisation of the Railway Safety Commission from Ballinasloe, County...
    • Road Network
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Transport if, under Transport 21, funds are available for the construction and completion of the N18 motorway, Oranmore to Gort, within the promised...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has asked as a matter of public health, to reduce death and injury on the roads, that those taking lessons or re-tests should be able to...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures agreed for his Department under the Value for Money Review 2006-08; the projects which had the necessary changes made; when they are...
    • Road Network
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he will take regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25941/08]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advise on and support a case (details supplied). [25382/08]
    • International Agreements
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position Ireland took in the recent EU decision not to fully lift the EU's sanctions against Cuba; the steps he will take to ensure the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advise and assist on a matter (details supplied). [25831/08]
    • International Agreements
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the Amnesty International campaign to secure an arms trade treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/08]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures agreed for his Department under the value for money review 2006-08; the projects which had the necessary changes made; when...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in Zimbabwe; if his attention has been drawn to the concern on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 340: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dealings that she or agencies under the control of her Department have had with the business sector which...
    • Company Closures
      Question 341: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when former employees of a company (details supplied) in County Cork which is in receivership will be awarded...
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 342: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, during or following her meeting on 18 January 2005, with the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Bo Xilai, she...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 351: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures agreed for her Department under the value for money review 2006-08; the projects which had the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the dealings that he or agencies under the control of his Department have had with the business sector which incur regulatory costs...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an application has been received by an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal for funding under the 2008 sports...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures agreed for his Department under the value for money review 2006-08; the projects which had the necessary changes made;...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he will take regarding a matter (details supplied). [25942/08]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has no income, has been refused supplementary...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will carry out the promised reform following the completion of consultations on the pensions Green Paper and the...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures agreed for her Department under the value for money review 2006-08; the projects which had the necessary changes...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of an application for carers allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) will be assisted. [25835/08]
    • Teangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 363: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sé le moladh gur chóir iallach a chur ar chomhlachtaí Stáit lógónna i nGaeilge amháin nó go...
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, during or following his meeting on 19 September 2007, with a delegation of government officials of Azerbaijan, he...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures agreed for his Department under the Value for Money Review 2006-08; the projects which had the necessary...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 367: 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 Clare in...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the dealings that he or agencies under the control of his Department have had with the business sector which incur...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm at this stage that there will be sufficient funding available to ensure that all applications received on...
    • Farmers Markets
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and location of farmers markets. [25399/08]
    • Food Imports
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of fish sold here that is imported. [25400/08]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on regional and local food branding initiatives. [25402/08]
    • Farm Enterprises
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who are engaged in agribusiness. [25403/08]
    • Off-Farm Enterprises
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who are also engaged in off-farm employment; and the proportion of farm incomes generated in this way....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Regulation
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans he has to re-examine the regulations being imposed on the spreading of pig slurry or poultry litter on farms in...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has made a decision regarding the use of meat and bonemeal in pig and poultry rations in view of the major reduction...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of submissions received to date under the public consultation of the animal health and welfare bill 2008; if he...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the designation for shellfish in Lough Foyle; and if there are changes expected to this designation in the near future....
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, during or following his meeting in October 2005, with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, he received gifts; if so, the gifts...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will push for the Irish Government to demand a complete reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in order to revise the...
    • Fish Imports
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the tonnage of fish being imported into Ireland; the locations from where they are imported; the regulations in place to...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the progress being achieved regarding the processing of licences within his Department, in...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures agreed for his Department under the Value for Money Review 2006 to 2008; the projects which had the necessary...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 31 January 2008, the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Food Industry
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the comparisons that have been made with prices received by the producers for the full range of agricultural products here...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has examined the current and future requirements of the pig industry, with particular reference to future requirements...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of inquiries or inspections carried out by his Department in the past 12 months with a view to authentication of...

    • Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all food and food products on sale here are accurately labelled to reflect the country of origin and full traceability;...
    • Food Industry
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for the development and expansion of the fruit and vegetable industry here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farm retirement pension applications currently on hand; the number approved in the past 12 months; and if he...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which, in the course of the forestry planting programme, an effort is being made to ensure the planting of...
    • Sectoral Development
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his short, medium and long-term plans for the development of the agriculture and fishing sectors with particular reference...
    • Farming Sector
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of full-time farmers in 1998; the number currently engaged in full-time farming; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dairy Exports
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has studied potential threats to Irish dairy exports abroad; the degree to which Ireland's export markets are...
    • Meat Exports
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of countries to which Irish beef, pigmeat and lamb are currently exported; the extent to which new markets have...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the acreage and variety of bio-fuel crops currently growing or proposed in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sugar Beet Industry
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he proposes to take to encourage the beet growing sector to diversify with particular reference to the need to...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all beef and beef products imported into Ireland and on sale through shops, supermarkets or the catering trade are...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he proposes to take to encourage the proliferation of anaerobic digesters to cater for farm waste, improve...
    • EU Funding
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that EU support for Irish agriculture will be sufficient to give adequate support to the industry in the...
    • Sectoral Development
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ensure the future development of the agricultural industry with particular reference to meat and dairy sectors;...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a co-op (details supplied) in County Kerry can expect to receive its licence to farm mussels in Sneem in view of the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is due a payment under their REP scheme four contract which commenced on 1...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students currently studying agricultural science and rural agribusiness courses. [25398/08]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will advise on a matter (details supplied). [25411/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); if provision will be made by his Department to enable the student...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that enrolment numbers for first and second level students are to be reduced from...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

    • Question 434: 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...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 439: 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...
    • Adult Education
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of Integrate Ireland Language and Training services at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if IILT is to move to the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will be enrolling children; the criteria for assessment; when assessments will...
    • Languages Programme
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of English language teaching for migrant children in the 2007-08 school year; the breakdown between primary and post-primary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25409/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the administration of the higher education grants scheme by the vocational education committees; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway for funding for completion of a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that resource time applied for will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve the additional sum of €150,000 for a school (details supplied) in County Clare in order for the school's...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost for consultants and so on employed by his Department or elsewhere in respect of the 26 schools that have passed the tendering...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the proposed solution to the crisis in a school (details supplied) in County Limerick and the...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the Stay Safe programme; if there are primary schools not providing this programme; the number of schools...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual funding paid to the National Braille Production Centre in 2007 and 2008; his views on whether it is good practice that the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 17 June 2008, if he will confirm that his Department has received an offer from County...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers with restricted recognition currently working in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers on probation in resource posts in primary schools or in special education schools; and if he will make a...
    • School Heating System
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the heating system that has been chosen for installation in the fast-track schools currently under construction; the cost per school...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has not been granted permanent recognition; and if in view of the fact that this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will be given to a school (details supplied) to proceed with their new school project; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has 690 pupils with a staff of...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress of negotiations between him and the authorities of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if, in view of the fact...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the scheme for the award of incremental credit to special needs assistants in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason 18 information and communication technology advisors — registered and experienced teachers, 15 of whom are on secondment...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will instruct local planning authorities not to charge primary schools planning and development levies for the erection of...
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, during or following his meeting on 19 January 2005 with Mr. Zhou Ji of China, he received gifts; if so, the gifts he received; and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his Department's plans to provide a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 with a permanent site; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether it is necessary to introduce bonus points for higher level leaving certificate maths to help combat the shortage...
    • An Luath-Thumoideachas
      Question 483: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth go bhfuil sé ag brú ar aghaidh le feachtas chun cosc dlíthiúil a chur ar mhodh múinte an luath-thumtha iomláin (LTI) i...
    • Cúrsaí Oiliúna
      Question 484: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an aontaíonn sé gur chóir go gcuirfí oiliúint trí Ghaeilge ar gach ábhar oide i dtimpeallacht lán-Ghaeilge, ag foghlaim trí...
    • Coláistí Oiliúna
      Question 485: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an aontaíonn sé go bhfuil géarghá coláiste oiliúna lán-Ghaeilge a bhunú i bhfianaise alt Liam Uí Chuinneagáin, cathaoirleach...
    • An Curaclam Scoile
      Question 486: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an aontaíonn sé gur fearr go múinfí ábhar amháin de bhreis ar an nGaeilge, trí Ghaeilge, do gach dalta bunscoile, ar bhonn...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      Question 488: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an mbeadh sé sásta airgead traenála a chur ar fáil do mhúinteoirí sinsearacha chun cúrsaí athoiliúna Gaeilge a dhéanamh ar...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made towards the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin City; if funding has been...
    • School Staffing
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant will be sanctioned for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures agreed for his Department under the Value for Money Review 2006 to 2008; the projects which had the necessary changes...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action that has been taken to reduce the class sizes for English, Irish and maths as committed to under the Programme for...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of home-school community liaison teachers employed full-time and part-time by his Department; and their role in the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational psychologists employed by his Department. [25868/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence regarding a child (details supplied) in County Kildare with Asperger's syndrome; if he will ensure that a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new building will be constructed for a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the progress made in this matter; when...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of new accommodation for a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25897/08]
    • Integration Policy
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the overall policy framework to cover integration in schools of children of different nationalities, cultures, and languages; the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to the University of the South East (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 317 of 4 June 2008, if the school in question is on the list of schools in developing areas; when the funding...
    • Vending Machines
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a code of practice in relation to the provision and content of vending machines in post-primary schools has been developed by his...
    • Task Force on Obesity
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the 22 recommendations outlined in the Report of the National Task Force on Obesity 2005 relating to his Department that...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will have the decision to halt the promised extension at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W reviewed; if he will ensure...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the designation status of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the timeframe in place for the appointment of a design team; and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give approval to the application for a grant under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Defence
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25822/08]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of the air corps helicopter per flight in transporting a patient from the Aran Islands to University College Hospital, Galway; and if he...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will detail all correspondence between his Department and a company (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Defence if, during or following his meeting on 1 March 2006, with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, he received gifts; if so, the gifts he...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Defence the measures agreed for his Department under the Value for Money Review 2006-08; the projects which had the necessary changes made; when they are...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Child Abduction
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on putting in place an amber alert system or another type of similar monitoring system for children; and if he...
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the dealings that he or agencies under the control of his Department have had with the business sector which incur...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a residency stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford;...
    • Detention Centres
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a file that was opened in the Department of Education and Science early in 1988 to deal...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [25370/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be determined by his Department; if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a Stamp 3 by a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be decided on; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views as an interim measure, pending the report of the high level interdepartmental committee on multi-unit...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist a group (details supplied). [25417/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query regarding persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details and report on the status of planned refurbishment works to a Garda station (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query regarding persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow the McAnespie family access to the report of Deputy Commissioner Eugene Crowley into the shooting dead of...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a question submitted to him by this Deputy three weeks ago on the subject of burglaries in Dublin has to date...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency in the State by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will...
    • Voter Eligibility
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) was unable to cast their vote in the Lisbon referendum on 12 June 2008; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Ministerial Delegation Orders
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of any delegation order to his Minister of State; when any such delegation order was made; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 536: 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. [25712/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 537: 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. [25713/08]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to review the legislation on citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25842/08]
    • Work Permits
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the introduction of a scheme to address the problem of undocumented migrants who entered the State legally...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures agreed for his Department under the value for money review 2006 to 2008; the projects which had the necessary...
    • Stáisiúin an Gharda Síochána
      Question 543: To ask the Aire Dlí agus Cirt, Comhionannais agus Athchóirithe Dlí cathain atá sé chun cinnte a dhéanamh de go mbeidh stáisiún an Gharda Síochána ar fáil i mBaile Eoin,...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the sequence of events regarding arrest, conviction and conditions of early release regarding a person (details supplied);...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if existing asylum applications under consideration by his Department at the time of enactment of the Immigration,...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25938/08]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 548: 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 Donegal; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recommendations contained in a report (details supplied) on the asylum system in this country; the steps which are...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons granted leave to remain here on humanitarian grounds in each of the past ten years; the corresponding...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time for processing of a leave to remain application; the number of applications awaiting decision; the...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist and advise in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [25887/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has any draft reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General; if so, when he expects to publish these...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their de-stocking payment for 2008....
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the dealings that he or agencies under the control of his Department have had with the business sector which...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 17 April 2008, the percentage damage to each bog listed as...
    • Waste Management
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 905 of 17 June 2008, the way he can issue statistics regarding targets...
    • Regional Development
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures used by him in measuring progress in respect of new gateway towns (details supplied); the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to extend the voting rights in referenda to certain persons, to be defined by law, who have...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the rules and regulations governing a housing association (details supplied) are the same as the local...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average time it takes to process an appeal through An Bord Pleanála; the number of appeals processed by...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will be begin on a scheme (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision is expected on the redevelopment of a building (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [25435/08]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the crisis affecting residents of an area (details supplied) additional funding will be made...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status with regard to progress including a time-frame from commencement to completion of the Bunclody...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 568 of 20 May 2008 and 406 of 24 June 2008, if he will provide extra...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take steps to clarify the interpretation of definitions relating to retail bulky goods under the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application was received by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to carry out an environmental...
    • Election Management System
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if voter turnout is calculated as a percentage of persons eligible to vote, or as a percentage of electors on...
    • Ethics in Public Office Act
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, during or following his meetings from 13 to 20 March 2005 with Chinese Vice Minister Zhu Guangyao and...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to South Tipperary County Council or to south Tipperary residents through the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of submissions of design and planning received from Galway County Council for the sanction and...
    • World Heritage Status
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed the review of the tentative list for the world heritage status; when such a review will...
    • Strategy on Homelessness
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 24 June 2008, if his attention has been drawn to the research...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions with regard to the proposed new Shanganagh waste water scheme in County Dublin in view of his...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to take the national monument of 14, 15, 16 and 17 Moore Street into public ownership; and if...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures agreed for his Department under the Value for Money Review 2006 to 2008; the projects which had...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to Kildare County Council in respect of the social housing investment programme in each...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Departmental Circular L5/08 of 6 May 2008 has...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Parks
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 22 April 2008, the status of Doolin and Ballyvaughan sewerage...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he is closing the mussel industry in Cromane, County Kerry through his proposal to designate the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...

    • Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding toxic waste at Haulbowline County Cork with details of the volume and type of waste...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Compliance Costs
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the dealings that he or agencies under the control of his Department have had with the business sector which...
    • Energy Efficiency Schemes
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position, in tabular form, on the greener homes scheme grant; and the amount of money that has been granted...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the taxpayer of the international advisory forum on next generation broadband that took place in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if funding cuts have occurred in his Department; the services these cuts will affect; and when further funding...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the map that will be used as the basis for delineating the areas where there is no broadband service and...
    • Mining Licences
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding plans to open a tourism gold mine near Louisburgh, County Mayo; if he will address fears...
    • Energy Efficiency Schemes
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the budget in 2008 for the greener homes scheme; the funding committed to date; the plans to provide additional...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the continuing difficulties encountered by wind turbine operators in their...

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