Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if changes are planned to the functioning of the local policing committees; the number of local authority areas which have a...
    • Civilianisation Programme
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civilian personnel currently employed by An Garda Síochána; if he is satisfied with the progress of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason it takes two and a half years, on average, to process an application for naturalisation; and if will introduce an...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role the newly appointed Minister for Youth Affairs will have in juvenile justice; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents involving gun crime in each of the past five years to date; the number of prosecutions taken; the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the proposed Thornton Hall Prison plan; the expected cost, including the cost of the site, the...
    • Gangland Killings
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps the Gardaí are taking to deal with a reported feud between two criminal gangs in Dublin which has led to numerous...
    • Inquiries into Garda Activities
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the final reports of the Morris Tribunal which he told the Houses of the Oireachtas on 28 May 2008 were...
    • Children Acts Advisory Board
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the advice he has received or requested from the Children Acts Advisory Board since its establishment in July 2007; the role...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role and function of the anti-bribery website recently launched by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans in respect of the creation of a DNA database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27161/08]
    • Child Abduction
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland, according to a letter written by an Estonian judge, has no appointed authority in a position to offer an...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason those provisions of the Children Act 2001, which were designed to help combat juvenile crime by ensuring that...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the details of the Judicial Council Bill have been finalised; if he will provide an outline of same; and when the Bill...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the claim made by the presiding judge of the Central Criminal Court that fatal stabbings are out of control;...
    • Community Policing
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received from the Garda Commissioner the report of the working group developing proposals for a comprehensive...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made regarding the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase Garda numbers to 15,000 by...
    • Garda Ombudsman
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes he proposes to make to An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government proposes to ratify the United Nations Convention on Disability. [23518/08]
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on mandatory sentencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27155/08]
    • National Disability Strategy
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the responsibilities he has for disability issues and the National Disability Strategy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Ombudsman
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the work of An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the roll-out of secure digital radio for the gardaí and emergency services. [27014/08]
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1 January 2007;...
    • Criminal Proceedings
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will issue guidance to the gardaí on ways to explain to people the consequences of remaining silent pursuant to...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding Garda Operation Trace into the disappearance of six women in the Leinster area who are feared to...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of electronic monitoring of suspects released on bail; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases being handled by the whistleblower (details supplied) appointed to receive complaints from members of...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will implement in full the recommendations of the Youth Justice Review 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the promised Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill; if the Bill will include provisions...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the typical duties carried out by Garda Reservists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27151/08]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy towards the extension of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 to include An Garda Síochána; and if he will...
    • Road Safety
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has been informed of a timeframe for the roll out of speed cameras in view of the fact that a preferred...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he will introduce to prevent the increased use of juveniles by criminal gangs in the transport of illegal...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the legislation to give effect to the victims initiative that he announced on 19 June 2008 will be brought before...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the quarterly crime figures published on 28 May 2008; his further views on the increase in the number of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the Government's promised legislation on civil unions will be published; if he will confirm that...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of approved posts in the immigration and asylum sections of his Department and its agencies; the number of posts...
    • Licensing Laws
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on sequential closing of premises selling alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27166/08]
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding plans to roll-out the remaining joint policing committees which it has been indicated are to be in...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to increase the Garda search powers, promised in the programme for Government, in relation to drug...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on providing the Refugee Appeals Tribunal with detailed and up-to-date country reports outlining the political...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding provided since the establishment of the Office for Integration to groups involved in migrant integration; and...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the findings of the survey carried out for the National Advisory Committee on Drugs which found that the...
    • Identification Cards
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in respect of the creation of a national, mandatory identification card scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Ombudsman
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the Garda Ombudsman Commission regarding possible amendments to the legislation under which...
    • Garda Training
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views regarding the adequacy of resources and infrastructure to ensure that the 3,386 members of An Garda Síochána...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the increase in gun licences here in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27149/08]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on reports that a bumper poppy crop in Afghanistan in 2008 could lead to an intensified flow of heroin into...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to address the recent increase in pipe bombs in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Juvenile Liaison Service
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to expand the number of juvenile liaison officers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27172/08]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs within the State during 2007 and to date...
    • Garda Charter
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to introduce the Garda charter, promised in the programme for Government, setting out targeted Garda...
    • Money Laundering
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of suspected money laundering offences here rose by 10% in...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to give legal protection to victims of domestic violence who are currently not protected...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement, including the implications for Ireland, on the finding of the European Court of Human Rights...
    • Organised Criminal Gangs
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of criminal gangs known to be currently operating here; if the leaders, principals or gang members are...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the recommendations of the report of the commission of...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2008; the number...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or plans to take arising from the report of the Hartnett inquiry into the death of a person...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the ministerial and Government fleet is converted to environmentally friendly and more fuel...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the promised legislation that will allow gardaí, with appropriate safeguards, to use the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juveniles who have been in conflict with the law here in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 who have engaged in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí attached to the Garda immigration unit at each airport; the airports here that do not have a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to consultation with interested groups regarding implementation of Directive 2006/24/EC of the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown of all elements of the programme for Government that have been fully implemented since the general election in 2002; the elements that are...
    • Profit Outflows
      Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of profits, adjusted to present values, repatriated by multinational corporations from this State for each year since 1973 to date in 2008; and...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26597/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who have been moved by his Department and its agencies to date; the percentage this represents of the original target; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the proposals which have been put forward under the efficiency review 2008 initiated on Budget Day 2008 by his Department and agencies operating under his...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contacts with the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. [26638/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach when the value for money review of the National Economic and Social Council, National Economic and Social Forum and National Economic and Social Development...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department, who have received or are receiving support to participate in post graduate educational courses in the years 2004 to 2008...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular form. [27494/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27509/08]
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 148: To ask the Taoiseach the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of each report; the person...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance when the value for money review of the maintenance of Garda premises will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings to the Exchequer due to...
    • National Monuments
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure a visitor centre for the Rock of Cashel gets built from the Office of Public Works; if a plan for the Rock of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the policy behind the business expansion scheme; the amount generated on this scheme every year since it was created; and the amount managing this...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has rolled out the new performance management and development system within the public service; the expected benefits of such a system; and if...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26592/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Press Office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26607/08]
    • Ministerial Constituency Staff
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26622/08]
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance when the value for money review of the information society will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings to the Exchequer due to the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officers employed by the Revenue Commissioners from 1999 to 2003, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have a conservation plan for the Hore Abbey in Cashel as a Cistercian monastery central to the heritage of the town;...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the new procurement arrangements for public capital budgets as promised in the Programme for Government; if these arrangements are currently in...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will elaborate on schemes he will introduce to advance economic growth through the mutual co-operation of his Department, the banking sector...
    • e-Government Proposals
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if his proposals on e-Government have been brought to Cabinet, if not, when they will be; if they will be published; if so, when; and if he will...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 102 of 17 April 2008, the position regarding the Office of Public Works application to the National Parks and Wildlife...
    • Tax Code
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to provide a similar support to the fuel duty rebate scheme for passenger bus transport services which is being withdrawn; if...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or workstation; the number that must remain...
    • Tax Code
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the revenue commissioners to review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if approval can not issue, if...
    • Maoin Stáit
      Question 183: To ask the Aire Airgeadais an raibh aon choinníoll ann maidir le hathdhíol nuair a bhronn an Stát 6 Sráid Fhearchair, Baile Átha Cliath 2 ar Chonradh na Gaeilge ar £100 i...
    • Tax Code
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 17 April 2008, if in view of the fact that some small businesses continue to do their payroll...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if he received a briefing, written or oral, extracts or a full copy of an internal audit report (details supplied) in view of the fact that a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable form. [27489/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27504/08]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received in capital gains tax each year for the past ten years; the estimate, based on those figures, of what the receipts would amount...
    • EU Funding
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of moneys, adjusted to present values, received by the State in transfers from the European Union since Ireland joined the EEC in 1973. ...
    • Credit Union Accounts
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the recent announcement by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to credit union accounts; the criteria involved; the position in...
    • Departmental Surveys
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of each...
    • Tax Code
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 statement for 2007 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/08]
    • National Parks
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works is committed to implementing a bus corridor in the Phoenix Park; if his Department will meet the local community to...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she proposes to accommodate those 18 year old mentally and intellectually challenged young people who are leaving a school...
    • Health Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the funding of a centre (details supplied) in County Cork in view of that fact that the Health Service...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of dedicated public only hospital...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the 14 additional fast tracked single room beds for people with cystic fibrosis; if they will be ring-fenced for cystic...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to her Department. [26594/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her Press Office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26609/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed in her constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26624/08]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the correspondence from a service (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if she will review whether the level of funding...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact the proposed Health Service Executive reduction in travel and subsistence will have on the home help service in Laois and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a unit (details supplied) in County Offaly will be operating at full capacity; if this will be prioritised in view of the transport...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to ensure that people responsible for planning and delivering mental health services are familiar with the rights and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the value for money review of the allocation and utilisation of funds for acute hospitals will be complete; the value of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the value for money review of the mental health services review of efficiency and effectiveness of long-stay residential care for...
    • Health Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a package (details supplied) is available in County Mayo; and if there have been cutbacks in the provision of this package. [26717/08]
    • Health Service Publications
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of a magazine (details supplied) for each year from 2005 to date in 2008, the cost to include publication, research and...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of referrals from Letterkenny General Hospital to Ballykelly under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the number of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elective surgeries cancelled for the years 2006 and 2007 at Letterkenny General Hospital; the reasons these surgeries were...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to introduce the personal health check programme; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to index the income thresholds for medical cards to increases in the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to allow orthodontic cases to be referred to the National Treatment...
    • Patients' Rights
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to initiate a periodic review of legislation to improve patient safety; and...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to extend the general practitioner out-of-hours service nationwide to...
    • Community Care
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme For Government commitment to improve general practitioner cover by developing primary health centres...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to introduce improved supports for general practitioners who...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the co-location plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26766/08]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to implement a proactive system whereby every person who is...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to further increase the number of accident and emergency...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to significantly reduce hospital acquired infections in...
    • Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to prioritise development of hospice services; and if she will...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the national roll out of the BreastCheck service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26780/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to progress a national network for radiation oncology services;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll out of the cervical cancer vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26783/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to invest in and fully implement the Vision for Change Strategy...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to increase funding to the National Treatment Purchase Fund on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to develop stroke rehabilitation services; and if she will make...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date she will approve the Health Information Quality Authority National Quality Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of legislation underpinning the fair deal for nursing home care; the date she expects to publish the legislation; and if she...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to review how effectively the Health Service Executive is...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to further development of the nursing profession; and if she...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to examine the compulsory retirement age of 65 for GMS contract...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to continue to provide more front-line staff in health as...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to increase the supply of professionals needed to develop new...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to take measures to support a competitive health insurance...
    • Health Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to deepen all-Ireland co-operation in relation to health...
    • Obesity Levels
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to publish a national strategy for tackling obesity; and if she...
    • Alcohol and Drug Misuse
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to intensify measures to tackle alcohol and drug misuse; and if...
    • Youth Cafés
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to put in place a fund for the provision of a countrywide...
    • Alcohol Policy
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to use the taxation system to promote low alcohol or...
    • Alcohol Misuse
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to implement the recommendations of the Working Group on...
    • Anti-Smoking Programmes
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to carry out and publish a comprehensive review of anit-smoking...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the programme for Government commitment to mandate the Health Service Executive to publish a comprehensive report...
    • Complementary Therapies
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the programme for Government commitment to promote greater regulation of complementary health; and if she will make...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the programme for Government commitment to continue to encourage breast-feeding; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 attending a special school will be guaranteed a service or placement in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will sign the scheme given to her Department which was negotiated on 8 December 2007 to have a law amended to make the work...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of performing a post mortem, including transportation costs; the number of post mortems performed in 2007; the number...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding is being withdrawn for the venue costs associated with the ASIST training programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will resolve a matter regarding persons (details supplied). [26856/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a claim under the health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [26870/08]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at a hospital (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech therapists appointed to cover north Tipperary; the reason for the delay in speech therapy intervention for...
    • Medical Certificates
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede with the Health Service Executive on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to ensure that they are...
    • Health Services
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will commence their essential orthodontic treatment in November 2008, as indicated at their...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be made in respect of a mobility grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the building projects within the health sector which will be allocated capital funding in 2008 on a county basis; the major capital...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure by the Health Service Executive on all public relations activities both internal and external for the calendar year...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for nursing home payments will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the parents of children suffering from intellectual disability whose children until the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 10 April 2008, the position regarding the issue of interest owing to long-stay patients and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the results of the investigation by the Health Service Executive into allegations of exploitation in sheltered workshops for people with...
    • Community Care
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the planned downgrading of Roscommon County Hospital accident and emergency, if she will make funding available for first...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to address the issue of hospital acquired infection; the number of such cases in each hospital in the past 12...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop a dialysis unit at the County Hospital Roscommon; the results of the needs analysis; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 and 61 of 29 May 2008. [27099/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist on a matter (details supplied). [27180/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has established the reason the number of days spent in acute care in south Tipperary is much lower than in Dublin; if there are...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason community physiotherapy, community speech and language and community ophthalmic services are available to children diagnosed...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants or grant aid available to help elderly persons fund the cost of the installation of central heating; and the qualifying...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 19 February 2008, the reason a formal reply has not been issued by the Health Service...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has implemented a policy of Parliamentary Affairs Division replies to parliamentary questions referred from her Department taking...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of step-down beds here; the length of the waiting list for these beds on average for the past year; and if she will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children on the waiting list for occupational, speech and language therapy, or psychiatric care who are on the waiting list for more...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income limit for the parents of a child with an intellectual disability under 18 years of age; and the way this compares to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new primary health care teams approved for funding in 2008; the number that received funding once planning permission and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the eleven month wait that patients must endure for appointments at the orthopaedic clinic at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan,...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of the proposed new regional general hospital for the north east region at Navan, County Meath; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget allocated to each hospital here for 2008 and the amount spent by each hospital as of 30 June 2008 in tabular, readable form;...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled at each hospital here for 2007 and to date in 2008 in tabular, readable form; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on waiting lists to see consultants for each hospital here; the length of time patients have been on the waiting...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bed days lost at each hospital due to delayed discharges for each of the years 2004 to 2007 and to date in 2008 in...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the ratio of doctors to beds available for patients at each hospital here in tabular, readable form. [27295/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed currently in her Department; the number that currently have no office space or workstation; the number that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of requests made by the Health Service Executive for approval to transfer funding allocated for a particular purpose or...
    • Health Services
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of professional care staff appointed to each hostel providing accommodation for unaccompanied migrant children; the number of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the decision of the office for disability and mental health, she will ensure that funds are made available to an...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that there is a backlog in the provision of BCG vaccinations of up to two years; her views on whether it is best...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that adequate funding is provided to enable a person (details supplied) in County Cork to continue their education;...
    • Health Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the funding commitment for a primary health care centre in Corduff, Dublin 15 in the Health Service Executive...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the situation where diagnostic breast cancer services will close in Sligo General Hospital by the end of 2008, she will confirm...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to the fair deal nursing home payment system. [27418/08]
    • Land Valuation
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time it will take for the Health Service Executive land in south Tipperary to be professionally valued; if this valuation...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a place will be available for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in residential accommodation upon...
    • Playground Facilities
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the last allocation of funding for children's playgrounds was announced in conjunction with the Department of the Environment,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all representations made by persons (details supplied) since May 2007 regarding services at Louth County Hospital; and if...
    • Environmental Pollution
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the methodologies in place to test for the presence of chromium 6, mercury and zinc in the population and also as part of autopsies; if...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of her Department for 2008 in tabular readable form. [27491/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are facilities for people reaching the age of eighteen with intellectual disabilities in south Tipperary to further their...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who are treated per annum with unlicensed medicines; if the stocks of these medicines are adequate; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason lymphatic drainage is no longer available in the Mid-West Regional Hospital to women who have had breast surgery; if she will...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost savings to the Health Service Executive of an exclusive supplier of unlicensed medicines; and if she will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding for personal assistant hours in a centre (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the fact that same has been withdrawn...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reports commissioned in her Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the negotiations which have taken place in relation to the crisis in pharmacy and the progress which has been made in resolving this...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants approved for each community child care facility in County Roscommon in each year 2006 and 2007; the corresponding figure for...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 26 January 2005, if the corresponding figures for 2005, 2006 and 2007 will be furnished;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if support will be given to a proposal (details supplied). [27766/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 96 and 97 of 19 June 2008, if the Health Service Executive's attention has been drawn to the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an update on the status of the board of the proposed National Children's Hospital will be provided; the target date for the lodgement...
    • Departmental Research
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 25 June 2008, if the research project on young carers commissioned by the Office of the...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who died of suicide in 2007; and the number who self harmed and attempted suicide. [27795/08]
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports contained in the National Cancer Registry regarding cancer incidents in the Cork Harbour area between 1994 and...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to correspondence from a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/08]
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26598/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his Press Office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26613/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26628/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Transport when the value for money review of the CIÉ subvention will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings to the Exchequer due to the...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Transport if the feasibility study for a limerick Luas style light rail transport system has commenced; when it will be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport the major capital projects which have been sanctioned and proceeding to tender that will be allocated funding in 2008 or the early part of 2009;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown by county for public transport expenditure in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27004/08]
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Transport the strategy he is working on to improve safety and conditions for cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27005/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Transport the way CIÉ acquires its transport fuel; the price they pay for transport fuel; if public money is used to purchase fuel; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a submission to the EU Commission regarding the Tunnel Safety Directive as it applies to tunnel infrastructure here and in...
    • Rail Network
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated by his Department under Transport 21 for the Pace to Navan rail line; the amount of money spent to date by his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or workstation; the number that must...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 361 and 363 of 5 February 2008, if he will give a definitive date for the decentralisation to the town in...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is his policy to encourage marina developments; the steps being taken in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27363/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the situation where a local authority is granted funding under the specific improvements grants and it is not in a position to draw down...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable form. [27495/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27510/08]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of each...
    • Road Network
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will designate the new Cashel to Mitchelstown-Cullahil to Cashel N8 upgrades as motorways in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between January and June 2008 which were referred to the National Roads Authority;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • European Parliament
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty, Ireland will retain its existing 13 seats in the European Parliament; and if he...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisers appointed to his Department. [26593/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his press office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26608/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26623/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the value for money review of the support for Irish emigrant groups will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings to the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work closely with the Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht on the Miami 5 case and publicly demand their release. [26873/08]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); the action he has taken or is proposing to take to deal with the issue;...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent and nature of qualitative research availed of by opponents of the Lisbon treaty in the course of the recent referendum; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or work station; the number that...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the appointees to agencies of his Department made by the previous Minister from March 2007 to May 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable form. [27490/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27505/08]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of each...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 470: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the industrial action being engaged in by staff of the Building and Allied...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 471: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisers appointed to her Department. [26590/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 472: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in her press office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26605/08]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 473: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in her constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26620/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 474: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the value for money review of science and technology spending will be complete; the value of the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 477: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [26879/08]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 478: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to adapt and change apprenticeship programmes in the construction area in light of the reduction in...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 479: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual expenditure on the training networks programme and the Skillnets training programme; the number of...
    • Research and Development Strategy
      Question 480: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding reaching the EU Lisbon goals on research and development and innovation; the action...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 482: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of regional skills advisory groups that have been created; the number of times these advisory...
    • Technology and Innovation Strategy
      Question 483: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action taken to implement the strategy on science technology and innovation; the parts that remain to be...
    • Research and Development Funding
      Question 484: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount invested by the Government in research and development every year since 2000 to date in 2008; the...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 485: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the competency development programmes have been expanded; the amount these have cost every year since...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 486: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the economic migration policy unit in her Department has highlighted the areas into which most green cards...
    • Innovation Voucher Initiative
      Question 487: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans for making innovation vouchers available in every sector as discussed in the programme for...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 488: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria for being accepted into a community employment scheme; the reason CE schemes are not granted to...
    • Live Register
      Question 489: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of persons on the live register in Dublin...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 490: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fully trained and deployed labour inspectors with the National Employment Rights Authority; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 491: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 13 February, 2008, the grant aid returned to her Department by...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 493: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to increase the rate of training bonus paid by FÁS to trainees who are regarded as socially...
    • Work Permits
      Question 494: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain a copy of their work permit for the years 2002,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 495: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed currently in her Department; the number that currently have no office space or...
    • Job Creation
      Question 496: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created and lost by the Industrial Development Agency in 2007 and to date in 2008 on a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 497: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 301 and 302 of 31 October 2007, if she will instruct FÁS to provide...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 498: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 31 October 2007, if the planned work on a further survey has...
    • Job Losses
      Question 499: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of notified redundancies made here to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 500: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of her Department for 2008 in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 501: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if she will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 502: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review the decision to refuse a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 503: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of the county enterprise boards no longer have...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 504: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of reports commissioned in her Department in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each...
    • EU Directives
      Question 505: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Haulbowline site is affected by the provisions of the Seveso Directive; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26585/08]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to an application for funding for a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the sports capital...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding to be given to the Bolton Library in Cashel as a library preserving and displaying important documents regarding...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the value for money review of the swimming pools programme was completed; the value of savings to the Exchequer generated by...
    • Irish Sports Council
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the value for money review of the Irish Sports Council was completed; the value of savings to the Exchequer generated by the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the value for money review of the Irish Film Board was completed; the value of savings to the Exchequer generated by the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or work station; the number...
    • State Agencies
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable form....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage. [27497/08]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that most recent figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the south east...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their rent subsidy reduced; if it is because the applicant is in...
    • Live Reigster
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on the live register for each district electoral division in County Mayo at 30 June 2008; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money and the number of recipients of mortgage interest relief to date in 2008; and if she will compare this to the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to her Department. [26596/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if additional staff have previously been temporarily employed in community welfare offices to process the back to school clothing...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the value for money review of the supplementary welfare allowance will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the arrears due to them. [26944/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if income from FÁS training schemes counts as income when assessing family income supplement entitlements; if it is counted as...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [27118/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will clarify the way people working in partnerships with their spouses who have not been paying PRSI in their own right,...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount the Money Advice and Budgeting Service has cost every year since its creation; the number of callers it receives on a...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action taken to introduce free travel for Irish citizens of pension age, particularly those resident in the UK, while visiting...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff employed currently in her Department; the number that currently have no office space or workstation; the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position, in view of the introduction of smart meters for electricity purposes, in relation to the 350 meter readers who have...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will issue a list of the members of the board of the Combat Poverty Agency, detailing when each member was appointed, the...
    • State Agencies
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of her Department for 2008 in tabular readable form....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of reports commissioned in her Department in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26587/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in his Press Office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26602/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26617/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the value for money review of the Sceimeanna Feabhsuchain sa Gaeltacht will be complete; the value of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grant aid available from his Department for a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [27401/08]
    • Conradh na Gaeilge
      Question 567: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an gcinnteoidh sé go ndéanfar plaic chuimhneacháin a chrochadh ar 6 Sráid Fhearchair chun léiriú a dhéanamh ar a...
    • State Agencies
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 17 June 2008 the reason Waterways Ireland are adopting this position,...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Departmental Records
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to release the Land Commission records in view of the fact that they are an irreplaceable historical...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26584/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff in his Press Office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26599/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26614/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for a farm improvement grant by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Irish vessels inspected by Irish Officers at both sea and port for the years 2006 and 2007; the number that...
    • Food Industry
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers markets operating countrywide; if they are being supported financially by the Government; and if he...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the country of origin labelling requirements will be extended to include poultry and pigmeat. [26886/08]
    • On-Farm Investment Schemes
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount spent on the dairy hygiene scheme every year since 2000 to date in 2008; if feeding systems, milking equipment...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action taken in the past 18 months to bring openness to food packaging and labelling here, particularly of meat...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action taken to increase the prices being received by pig farmers for their animals; the advice he is giving to pig...
    • Food Industry
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding An Bord Bia has received every year since 1998 to date in 2008 from his Department. [26908/08]
    • On-Farm Investment Schemes
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount allocated in the farm improvement scheme every year since its creation; the number of applications received every...
    • Food Industry
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the strategic inter-Departmental group to identify and ease access and fully exploit new overseas markets for Irish food...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of regulations that have been reduced or removed since June 2007 to date in 2008 from the work of farmers. [26911/08]
    • Veterinary Training
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that graduates of the veterinary nursing course from Athlone Institute of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grant aid paid to a company (details supplied) in County Roscommon in the past ten years; the steps being taken to...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when costings for farm buildings were last revised; if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the cost of materials...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the time-frame for the implementation of new measures adopted at a recent Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers to...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding provided by the State for the implementation of the Cawley Report in 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding the operation of the scheme for collection of farm plastics; the costs involved in this scheme; his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the value for money review of the farm waste management scheme was completed; the value of savings to the Exchequer...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or workstation; the...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 5 February 2008, the total cost levied and collected by his Department from...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will approve the application for aid under the new installation aid scheme by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the 31 December 2008 deadline for completion of work under the farm waste management scheme and ensure...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report;...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on the current applications for additional milk quota for 2008/2009; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary and if they will receive the full...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Languages Programme
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the imminent closure of Integrate Ireland Language and Training, including its branch in County...
    • Medical Education
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the Programme for Government commitment to implementing the restructuring of medical education, including an...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a capital spending programme for the new Dublin Institute of Technology campus at Grangegorman has been agreed and, if not, when...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 27 May 2008, the position regarding the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26589/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in his Press Office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26604/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26619/08]
    • Languages Programme
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the imminent closure of Integrate Ireland's Language and Training including its branch in...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes for each county showing in each case the number of pupils in classes of 19 and under, 20...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of members on each governing board of each institute of technology; the remuneration of the chairperson of each board; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Laois will retain its special needs assistant for the year 2008/2009; and if he will make a...
    • Youth Services
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the value for money review of the youth encounter projects will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the value for money review of first and second level building programmes will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the value for money review of schools information communication technology programmes will be complete; the value of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the value for money review of the teacher education and development scheme will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if he will justify a cost of up to €1 million for the rental and...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will consider funding for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26722/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) will be awarded a grant. [26830/08]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the decision by FETAC to discontinue their independent external examination of all FETAC learning...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in County Limerick which had applied for funding under the summer works scheme for 2008, prior to an announcement being...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make extra resources available to schools in order that they can make a school place available to a child (details...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow which has been offered an all-in grant by his Department; if...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make arrangements for the continued funding of Galway Integrate Ireland Language and Training until the full range of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way a school (details supplied) in County Dublin can obtain funding for the installation of solar panels in the course of...
    • School Transport
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no response issued from his Department in relation to a request for school transport sent in September 2007 for a person...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a promised review of the DEIS scheme operated by his Department; if a review is ongoing; if not, when a review will be...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown on a county basis of the annual contribution towards rental costs for prefabricated buildings in primary schools; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the building projects that will be proceeding to tender in 2008; the building projects that were committed to go to tender in 2008...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to services for autistic children in the west Wicklow area; the pre-school facilities available in the area;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a new school building and associated works at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status with regard to the amalgamation of schools (details supplied). [26965/08]
    • School Staffing
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views in relation to correspondence (details supplied); if any of the aspects of the submission will be dealt with in 2008, that...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused third level funding in respect of a level nine course; and if he...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26997/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in replying to the written request, made in May, 2008 from the manager of South Dublin County Council,...
    • School Transport
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 20 May 2008, the status of his review of school transport catchment boundaries; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 20 November 2007, his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government, which commits to...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to address the discrepancy in the level of funding provided to voluntary second level schools and those in the community and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent of special needs teaching required and available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if their parents have...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the need for a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if progress will be...
    • School Staffing
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [27145/08]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the reported loss of a teacher at a school (details suppled) in Dublin 13 due to the implementation of an unfair...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; his views on the accommodation and...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intercede with the Veterinary Council of Ireland and Athlone Institute of Technology in relation to the accreditation of...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils who attended a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 each year for the past five years. [27230/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a document sent by County Meath Vocational Educational Committee to the planning section of his...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Meath has received an assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the provision of a post leaving certificate college for Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on ring-fencing funding for the provision of purpose built buildings for Youthreach centres of education; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number who currently have no office space or workstation; the number who...
    • School Staffing
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers employed in each category as special needs assistants resource and English language teachers in the past three...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the construction of a school extension for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; the consideration given by...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a laptop for a child with special needs as applied for; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when work will commence at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27366/08]
    • School Staffing
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Cork, which has a requirement for an extra teacher, will receive the increased staff...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork has not been granted disadvantaged status despite the fact that its feeder...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for funds under the school building...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will receive secretarial or administrative staff for the 2008/2009 school term; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for funding under the school buildings...
    • National Maritime College
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costs involved in developing the National Maritime College at Ringaskiddy, County Cork; the annual repayments and the annual...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil enrolment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for each of the past three years; the basis on which it has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a proposal by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to develop a new school in conjunction with his Department meets with...
    • Water Charges
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has investigated the provision of waste and water allowances to schools. [27417/08]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will introduce a curriculum for information technology studies for junior or leaving certificate to reflect how central these...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the length of time it will take for the Health Service Executive land in south Tipperary to be professionally valued as is necessary...
    • School Placement
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken by his Department to provide a gaelcholáiste in the south Louth-east Meath area; and if he will make a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to provide second level teachers and students of Gaeilge with guidelines on the way the leaving certificate...
    • Irish Language
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he plans to increase the numbers of staff on the second level support service Gaeilge team within the teacher education section of...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on introducing the proposals from the Order of Malta Ireland that mandatory first aid training be introduced in transition...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; when he expects building works will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will advise on and support the case of a person (details supplied). [27465/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable form. [27486/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage. [27501/08]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for emergency funding for a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if he will ensure that this...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if changes have been made to teacher training at primary or secondary level to enable teachers to better cope with students who are...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost...
    • School Transport
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has completed the review of the school transport system in advance of admissions to schools in the 2008/2009 school year. [27619/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the status of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the position regarding additional funding and new...
    • Schools of Music
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the enrolment of Cork School of Music part-time students of primary and post-primary level each year since 2002 respectively; the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give an assurance that the future of the three midland Army barracks in Longford, Athlone and Mullingar is guaranteed; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Defence the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26588/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Defence when the value for money review of the Defence Forces clothing programme will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings to the Exchequer due...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or workstation; the number that must remain...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that an air monitoring and warning system has been installed on Haulbowline; and what this system was designed to detect; if the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable form. [27485/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27500/08]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of each report;...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals on the risk that the information and support unit in Mount Sion could face closure by the end of 2008 despite...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm if the Ministerial Council for Integration has been established; the membership of the committee and the...
    • Licensing Laws
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made on the Programme for Government commitment to a code of practice on the sale of alcohol with the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [27146/08]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a property service regulatory authority will be set up to regulate the auctioneering and estate agency business,...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisers appointed to his Department. [26595/08]
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policy and guidelines in place, regarding closed circuit television installation in direct provision centres; if his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the value for money review of the asylum and immigration scheme will be complete; the value of the anticipated savings...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 800: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a decision on a person (details supplied) in County Cork to enable them to remain here; and if he will make...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [26742/08]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of rape reported to the Garda; the number of cases of rape which proceeded to court; the number of...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 805: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for humanitarian leave to remain in the country; the reason for...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this case;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long-term residency by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether prisoners should be entitled to legal aid when appearing before a tribunal or body other than a court...
    • Voluntary Repatriation Schemes
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding provided to the Dublin office of the International Organisation for Migration to facilitate voluntary return in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which he is taking to fully implement European Directive 2004/38/EC; the communication between his Department and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application for long-term residency of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be detrimentally affected...
    • Bench Warrants
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will supply the information regarding outstanding bench warrants that was first requested by this Deputy in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has taken place in the past six months in an application for residency in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath who have applied for citizenship. [27116/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications which have been deemed withdrawn in each year from 2000 to date in 2008, due to their...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 3 April 2008 has not been provided to date. [27279/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27283/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or workstation;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for recruiting clerical staff in the Louth, Meath and Cavan areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [27397/08]
    • Stardust Tragedy
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a matter (details supplied). [27416/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; the position in relation to the documentation they...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when visa applications by persons (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27459/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular readable...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 830: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if their case will be dealt with as a matter of...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the Garda vetting procedure for certain local authority job applicants and, in particular, that the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a new Garda station will be provided at Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended leave to remain in Ireland will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 835: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended leave to remain in Ireland will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to leave to remain in Ireland based on parentage of an Irish born child in the case of a person...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a stamp three visa will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Residency Status
      Question 841: 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...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 843: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visa application will issue regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Records
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report;...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline crime figures in respect of the years 2002 to date in 2008 in the Garda districts covered by...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti social behaviour orders that have been successfully implemented in each year since their implementation...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 847: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of headline crimes reported in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the number of Gardaí in these years stationed at...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda strength in each station throughout County Kildare; the extent it is expected to increase such numbers in the...
    • Garda Divisions
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the reconfiguration of the Garda division or districts in County Kildare; when this is expected to be...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 852: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the new Garda station at Leixlip, County Kildare to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the juvenile liaison services and other associated services here; the strength in each division; and if he...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of the Gardaí as of 1 March in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison spaces lost through prison closure or otherwise in the past six years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which a drug free environment has been achieved in all prisons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if adequate resources are expected to remain available to the Gardaí to combat the activities of drug barons; and if he...
    • Money Laundering
      Question 859: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Gardaí are receiving full cooperation from police forces in other jurisdictions in their effort to combat money...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gun crime offences reported in each of the past five years to date; the number of prosecutions and...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which increased time resources and Garda surveillance are expected to be provided to combat criminal gangs;...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 1136 of 30 January 2008, if an update on the progress of the drafting of the Bill in...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the original land folio file is no longer available to the public once it has been digitised; if this policy...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí working in community policing in Clonmel, County Tipperary at present; when the further three Gardaí...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Public Service Charges
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a rates rebate scheme for sports clubs that have a significant community involvement...
    • Environmental Pollution
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that a study undertaken some years ago indicated a high likelihood of severe health risks...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been allocated for schemes (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homes from each of the local authority housing stocks here that were sold to tenants each year...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding funding for a county council (details supplied) for essential repairs grant schemes;...
    • National Monuments
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the lack of space for graves in a parish (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisors appointed to his Department. [26591/08]
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend or seek to extend the derogation to cut turf for purely domestic purposes, past 3 February...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the value for money review of the motor tax on-line initiative will be complete; the value of the...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish legislation on noise pollution as laid out in the Programme for Government; and his...
    • Environmental Waste
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that material was removed from slag heaps at Haulbowline to be used in road construction;...
    • Waste Management
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the role for private incinerators in terms of Ireland's waste management policy; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding given for the Bolton Library in Cashel as a library preserving and displaying important documents...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the plans for the Hore Abbey in Cashel as a Cistercian monastery central to the heritage of the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been provided for a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26871/08]
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [26878/08]
    • Election Management System
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines for the amount of money paid to schools which are used as polling stations for elections; if...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a system for subsidising compost containers should be made available on a national...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his priority list of fire stations for County Kilkenny; the location on the list of the Castlecomer,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are supports or grants available to aid in the construction of safety measures, such as fencing...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 588 and 589 of 1 July 2008, in relation to the Castlewarden to...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the programmes that are behind schedule in the national climate change strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Legislation
      Question 901: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of legal cases in existence against Ireland on an EU level for low environmental standards; the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to other dumps or sites here with high levels of mercury, chromium VI or zinc...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans, following his recent meeting with the Irish Farmers Association for a further meeting with the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 904: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 619 and 620 of 17 April 2008 if the National Park and Wildlife Service...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1147 and 1148 of 26 September 2007, the progress to date in relation...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the rate of grant aid available for group sewerage schemes; when these figures were last...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the operation of the scheme for collection of farm plastics; the costs involved in...
    • Departmental Meetings
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will request the relevant officials in his Department to arrange a local meeting with officials from...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department paid out to all local authorities as a whole in 2008 for water treatment plants....
    • Water Quality
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to bring the national water service to 100% compliancy with drinking water standards....
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures taken nationally to counter the problem of fly-tipping; the amount fly-tipping costs the State...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement, further to the European Commission Internal Market Directorate letter of 27 June...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the rates structure for local authorities here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or...
    • Recreation Facilities
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on whether to allow a new scheme of funding to be set up for the provision of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the planning laws to require developers as well as posting planning applications at the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available from the environment fund for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [27414/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the last allocation for funding to local authorities for children's playgrounds in conjunction with the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence on the remedial works scheme in an area (details supplied) in County Meath; the...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations regarding cutting turf on the various bogs here such as blanket bogs, bogs in special areas...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Departmental employees who currently work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to excavations by Meath County Council at a development (details supplied) in County...
    • Public Water Supply
      Question 928: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the widespread and sustained opposition by residents organisations and...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 929: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are grants available for renovating churches; if there are grants for the restoration of stained...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities report published in February...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the progress regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County...
    • Property Sales
      Question 942: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 916 of 17 June 2008, the specific queries which remain to be addressed...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the progression of four contracts (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications which have been made to consider projects under the Strategic Infrastructure Act...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to intervene in the collapse of the Dublin public private partnership housing projects; and if he...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the value for money review of Ordnance Survey Ireland will be complete; the value of the anticipated...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names, date of appointment and annual salary of all special advisers appointed to his Department. [26586/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 952: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in his press office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26601/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff employed in his constituency office; and the rank and the annual salary of each. [26616/08]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of households in each townland, area and town (details supplied); the number of telephone lines...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action taken to improve the efficiency of public housing and assist persons on low incomes to avoid fuel...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has agreed with the ESB the installation of smart electronic meters in every home in order that people...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to receive the draft policy paper on next generation broadband networks; if he will implement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the value for money review of the energy conservation and alternative scheme was completed; the value of...
    • Postal Services
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has empowered ComReg to withhold increases and claw back income where delivery targets are not being met...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the new proposed home energy savings scheme in which County Limerick has been included in the pilot scheme...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 969: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the request by the Irish Farmers Association to consider the introduction of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff employed currently in his Department; the number that currently have no office space or...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 971: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated administrative costs of each State agency under the control of his Department for 2008 in tabular...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 972: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of departmental employees who work for the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 973: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of reports commissioned in his Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for...

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