Written answers

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Losses
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contact that she has had with major computer manufacturers over potential closures; and if she will make...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether European law prohibits the banning of credit card surcharges; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is intended to effect any reduction in staffing levels in the private or constituency offices of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made regarding the implementation of the programme of decentralisation in respect of her...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and in...
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made on the review of competition law; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has communicated concern to other Departments regarding the effect high energy prices are having on...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for her decision to cut the FÁS apprenticeship budget by €36 million over the next 18 months,...
    • Company Law Review
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to update the partnership law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30588/08]
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings she has had with the National Consumer Agency since 21 May 2008; the number of...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategy she has for the restructuring of State financed training programmes to make them more responsive...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether the lack of next generation broadband infrastructure will inhibit our economic...
    • Internal Audits
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the inquiry being carried out into allegations of financial irregularities in FÁS;...
    • Workplace Accidents
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the 34% increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents during 2007; the...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by the Labour Inspectorate to date in 2008; the way this...
    • Job Creation
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the need for job creation initiatives in Tallaght, which is the third largest population centre...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce legislation regarding collective bargaining and agency workers. [30833/08]
    • EU Directives
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU Directives for which her Department has responsibility that remain to be implemented; the...
    • Statutory Redundancies
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department during 2007; the number notified to date in 2008; the...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's response to the collapse in the World Trade Talks in July 2008; her views on having the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average industrial wage earned by a male worker and female worker respectively; the average male earnings...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of on-the-spot fines for breaches of consumer law imposed under the terms of the Consumer...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cuts she plans to make in her Department in 2009 to deal with the public finance shortfall. [30834/08]
    • Job Creation
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to improve competitiveness in respect of manufacturing and service industries with particular...
    • Product Price Display
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action being taken to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government that steps would be taken...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the semi-State bodies, boards or agencies for which her Department has responsibility which it is intended to...
    • Labour Inspectorate
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will discuss with FÁS the possibility of changing the eligibility criteria for participation on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in respect of the constituency office and the private office of herself and each...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on her visit to the Dublin offices of the National Consumer Agency on 7 August...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; if she has an...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the last time the State's enterprise bodies underwent a review of their operations and spending by her...
    • Import Regulations
      Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the limits that are placed on Ireland with regard to imports into Ireland. [30839/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is intended to proceed with the planned decentralisation of the National Consumer Agency to Cork; if...
    • Social Partnership Agreements
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative measures she plans to introduce arising from the new social partnership agreement; the...
    • Employment Regulation Orders
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the implications for the operation of the Joint Labour Committees of the decision of the High Court to quash...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she will provide extra resources in the coming year for retraining and upskilling the...
    • Grocery Industry
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received a report from the Competition Authority following its request to the authority to monitor...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Construction Sector
      Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage and number of those who have lost their jobs in the construction sector in the past 12 months who are under 25 years of age; and the number of...
    • Task Force on Active Citizenship
      Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding allocated in 2008 to implement the recommendations made by the Task Force on Active Citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Procurement Procedures
      Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach his views on whether the agencies and bodies under the responsibility of his Department comply with the Department of Finance procurement guidelines for goods...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 178: To ask the Taoiseach the cost and frequency of travel per month by Ministers and Ministers of State since the appointment of the new Government by means of bus transport, rail...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 179: To ask the Taoiseach the plans he has to progress measures, apart from the Good Friday Agreement Committee, for the representation in the Houses of the Oireachtas for citizens from...
    • Construction Materials
      Question 180: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of steel for use in agricultural buildings; the cost in January 2007 and January 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/08]
    • Census of Population
      Question 181: To ask the Taoiseach if he has been requested to introduce legislative changes in order to enable the 1926 Census returns to be made open to the public to facilitate historical and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the pay and emoluments granted to the chief executive officer or equivalents, of all of the agencies under the control of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 184: To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure by his Department on consultants for each of the past six calendar years including to date in 2008; if he will provide a breakdown of these...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 185: To ask the Taoiseach the number, type, the purchasing and leasing cost and the CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past three years; and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 186: To ask the Taoiseach if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the contracts and the length of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 187: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the conference; and if he will...
    • Data Protection
      Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30136/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 190: To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office has determined the way the proposed transfer of funds from pension funds of certain non-commercial State sponsored bodies to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 191: To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the enactment of the Official...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 192: To ask the Taoiseach the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the chief executive officer of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are political appointees, the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority at the Haulbowline site in the past...
    • Job Creation
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date on obtaining alternative employment at the factory (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the secondary welfare benefits to which participants in community employment schemes are entitled; if she has...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by her Department for...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason enterprise boards here do not have a standard approach to the payment of grants or loans in...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by her Department, or any of its agencies, since...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to extend the age extension for participants in community employment schemes; and if she will make...
    • Health and Safety Authority
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has to review the legislative basis of the Health and Safety Authority; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff sent from her Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people participating on FÁS courses at present; the cutbacks proposed for the coming year; the...
    • Medical Education
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if EEA nationals must be given preference over non-EEA nationals when competing for positions as medical or...
    • Data Protection
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by her Department is secure. [30129/08]
    • Work Permits
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for an employment permit by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 9 July 2008, the position regarding the situation; and if she...
    • Job Losses
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 9 April 2008, the services in place to support persons in Arklow...
    • National Training Fund
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the training which was funded by way of the National Training Fund in 2007 and to date in 2008. [30362/08]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by her Department and by agencies under the aegis of...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has to allow persons with disabilities to remain on FÁS schemes for unlimited periods; her...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the...
    • Unfair Dismissals
      Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose employment was terminated recently has entitlements...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a participant in a community employment scheme, on reaching the age of 64, can have their period of...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits (details supplied) to County Mayo conducted by the Industrial Development Authority...
    • Employment Levels
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people employed in companies supported by the Industrial Development Authority at a location...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will ascertain from the Industrial Development Authority the position regarding a project (details...
    • Company Closures
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to ensure that a plant (details supplied) in County Tipperary remains open in view of...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that she and FÁS have taken to ensure that apprentices who are made redundant can complete their...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in her office; the number of Civil...
    • Job Creation
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made to bring industrial employment to Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will be made on an appeal for an employment permit by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary they have approved for the heads of State...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by the Industrial Development Authority to Mallow, County Cork; the initiatives...
    • State Property
      Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the original cost to the Exchequer of the Industrial Development Authority lands in Monasterevin, County...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she expects to increase funding for community employment schemes in 2009; and if she will...
    • Services and Manufacturing Sectors
      Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which policy has become more reliant on exports from the services sector; if studies have been...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of courses available for retraining or upskilling of the workforce in each of the past five years;...
    • Job Losses
      Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent of job losses in the past five years; the number of replacement jobs created during the same...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount that was spent by her Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31646/08]
  • Department of Finance
    • National Development Plan
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the sections of the national development plan that he proposes to retain; the sections he proposes to defer; the reduction in capital spending on...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for dealing with the threat of flooding on the northside of Dublin; if the anti-flooding measures for the final stretch of the River Tolka...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding projects (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30892/08]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to his response to Parliamentary Question No. 907 of 10 July of 2008, if the completion of the phase two restoration works to Maynooth...
    • Tax Code
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a sporting body which avails of the exemption to stamp duty under section 105 of the Finance Act 2007 is also subject to...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the decentralisation by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to Newcastle West in County Limerick; the staff that will be...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the Office of Public Works carry out remedial works to the boundary wall of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past three years; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has put in place to replace the excise duty refund which amounts to 34.5 cent per litre of diesel for public transport services...
    • Betting Industry
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licences issued to bookmakers in each of the past ten years; the criteria governing the issuing of such licences; the tax to date...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 8 May 2008 if the feasibility study has been completed by the Office of Public Works; the action he...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the contracts and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which VAT can be refunded to persons doing small home improvements or one-off building; if a more generous regime of VAT...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance when finance will be approved to repair the tower at Grangefertagh, Johnstown, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Tax Code
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax exemption that applies to pensioners on low income who earn deposit interest in order that an exemption will also apply...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the conference; and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance if changes to penalties imposed on the personal representatives and estate of a deceased non-compliant taxpayer, which were incorporated into...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received pre-budget submissions from a society (details supplied); his views on this application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available to homeowners under the shared ownership scheme in respect of the 25% to 60% proportion of their home which is owned by...
    • Data Protection
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30131/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 24 April 2008, the position regarding this matter; when he expects construction to begin; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield in 2009 from a 1% increase in both the higher rate and the standard rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage increase in the public sector pay bill in 2009 from the payment of full increments to all public servants; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield in 2009 from a one cent increase per litre of petrol and other fossil fuels, a one cent increase in the relevant alcohol measure...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the decentralisation of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to Athy, County Kildare; the number of staff employed in Athy; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance the Capital Gains Tax or other tax liability accruing to the estate of a deceased person (details supplied) in County Limerick, who died on 11...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the pension schemes for which a full guarantee on pension payments will be offered in return for acquiring the accumulated assets in the funds; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance the registered name and the International Maritime Organisation registered number of each commercial vessel that is currently registered as a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a flood relief scheme for the catchment area of the Mornington River; when he will give approval in order to allow these very...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the work done on a site (details supplied) in County Offaly since its purchase by the State in 2003; the amount spent on the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the enactment of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be furnished with a P21 for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30407/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 24 June 2008, if a permanent operator will be in place as and from 1 October 2008 to operate the Civil...
    • Tax Code
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief will be extended to cover the cost of park and ride car parking expenses used to facilitate people switching from their private car to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a telephone is a luxury or a necessity; and his further views on whether internet access is a luxury or a necessity. [30517/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a cross-Border secondment process in place for civil servants; the plans he has to review this situation; and if he will make a...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Finance the concerns the European Commission has raised regarding the State's failure to conduct a strategic environment assessment on the national...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Finance the taxes raised by betting levies for each year from 2001 to 2007 and to date in 2008 from on course betting, from off course turf accountant...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he or his officials have had or plan to have with the Minister of Arts and Tourism and or his Department to discuss the house and...
    • Road Signage
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the sign erected opposite the Convent Bridge in Clonmel, County Tipperary and the costs involved. [30553/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost per annum of a 1% reduction in the 13.5% VAT tax band. [30584/08]
    • Income Statistics
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who earn more that three times the average industrial wage. [30585/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the PAYE tax credit from €1,830 to €1,921.50. [30586/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in taxation for each category of petrol and diesel for each year from 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Finance the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the chief executive...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are political...
    • Tax Code
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/08]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the income tax details in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford and subsequent PRSI contribution payment have not been...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a proposal (details supplied). [30652/08]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual contribution of tax from the betting industry. [30659/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of C2 certificate workers who have registered as unemployed in the last six months. [30663/08]
    • Contraband Seizures
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contraband cigarettes seized by the Customs and Excise Service on Saturday 11 March 2006 at a location (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Tax Code
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he has to extend tax-free status to offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30746/08]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 4 December 2007 the outcome of the Office of Public Works contact with a local authority regarding an...
    • Tax Code
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Finance the grants schemes or reductions in VAT charges in existence for the support of sports clubs attempting to purchase buses or mini-buses; if he will...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the tax breaks for the developers of private hospitals. [30866/08]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Finance when funding will be provided to Tullamore Town Council to erect flood defences as outlined in the recent flood study; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer of reducing the thresholds in respect of pension funds from €5 million to €1 million and the tax-free lump sum...
    • Tax Code
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ease the credit crunch; if consultations have taken place between his office and the Central Bank and between the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency...
    • Tax Code
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in the capital service redemption account. [31148/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that was spent by Government Departments on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31150/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Finance the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary he has approved for the heads of State agencies, boards and other quangos for...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implementation of proposals put forward by the Construction Industry Federation for the regeneration of the construction sector and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT level on products which help homeowners change their energy profile (details supplied) in view of the fact that this would...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Finance if consulting engineers have been hired to carry out detailed designs for flood relief works in Johnstown village, Naas, County Kildare. [31251/08]
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Finance if the existing level of service estimates for 2009 have been estimated; and if he will be placing them in the Oireachtas Library in advance of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Finance the work completed itemising the specific projects involved in 2008 to date by the central expenditure evaluation unit under each of its areas of...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Finance when a primary certificate in respect of disabled drivers will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the private hospital co-location scheme in terms of tax breaks for the developers of private hospitals; and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding a submission (details supplied); the funding made available to the group for each year since its inception; the plans he has to...
    • National Development Plan
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of national development plan evaluations that have been completed; the number of these that have been presented to the monitoring...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Alcohol Advertising
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government to discuss the sponsorship of sporting events by the alcohol...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crèches affected by the new banding charges; the number of crèches that have closed or have had their number of places...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a grant that has been approved from the Dormant Accounts Fund will be awarded to an organisation (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has made funding available in the order of €850 million under the national development plan in order that a national paediatric...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [29908/08]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost of the universal early child care supplement. [30653/08]
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 April 2008 the number of psychologists working in the dedicated asylum seekers service;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding she proposes for the completion of the new Central Mental Hospital in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; the costs...
    • Health Care Funding
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure on the hospital in the home scheme; the number of patients treated under this scheme; the estimated saving to the...
    • Health Services
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a service (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Care Funding
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the development of a primary care centre; if she has authorised the sale of part of St. Finian's land; and if she envisages...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding pharmacy fees and services; her views on the reply to a question (details supplied) put to the European...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure on nursing home subvention per county during each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and in the first six months of 2008; and...
    • Cancer Incidence
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients diagnosed as having breast cancer at the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork during the first six months of 2008; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the adequacy of Health Service Executive ambulance services in Cork; the number of HSE ambulances available on day...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rate of incidence of MRSA and other hospital acquired infections for public hospitals in Cork; the occupancy rates in respect of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of wards and beds closed in each public hospital in Cork City and County; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of extra beds that will be provided to Cork University Hospital for the transfer of breast cancer services from South...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional staff for which funds have been made available to operate the extra cancer services at Cork University...
    • Health Services
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of primary care teams; the services provided by each team; the staff allocated to each team; the funding allocated and the...
    • Community Care
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new community beds that will be opened and staffed and funded by end of 2008; the number planned to be opened, staffed and...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for the redevelopment of the Mater Hospital; the expected duration of the project; the additional capacity in ward beds...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29538/08]
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by her Department for each of the past three...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29568/08]
    • Medical Inquiries
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive in respect of the case of a person (details supplied); if so, if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29579/08]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29581/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for orthodontic treatment for children under 16 years of age in the Dublin area for each of the past five years; the...
    • Food Supplements
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [29634/08]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of sites on the grounds of public hospitals that she has identified for the construction of private hospitals; the estimated...
    • Health Services
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the network of dermatological services by Health Service Executive area, including the number of consultant dermatologists...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bowel operations which have been cancelled at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Release speech and language and communication system which has attained wide acceptance in Ireland since 2005 and is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the level and quality of stroke care available throughout the country is satisfactory; if she will provide...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will extend funding for prosthetic limbs to non-medical card holders. [29668/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [29689/08]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29700/08]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an assessment will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive executive, managerial and administrative staff who have left to take up positions in the private...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by her Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria used for assessment of people seeking subvention assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29726/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29728/08]
    • Health Care Funding
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [29730/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [29731/08]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29736/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on services available for diabetic patients in County Clare; the number of patients attending the diabetic clinic in...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for repayment under the health repayment scheme; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [29753/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a special profile bed will be provided for an elderly person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29764/08]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a special chair will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29773/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists who work in the public health service in Kerry; the number of persons being treated on a monthly basis; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card review will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when surgery to remove a brain tumour will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review will be undertaken with regard to a mobility allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to continuing home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will list the laboratories analysing smear tests that have received full accreditation from the Irish National Accreditation...
    • Health Services
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 8 July 2008, when the person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home support will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29937/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will report on the follow up service provided....
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 19 June 2008, the steps she will take to expedite the issue; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 obtaining an appointment with a consultant dermatologist; and if...
    • Hospital Sites
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the site at St. Mary's, Naas; when ownership of same will be transferred to the Health Service Executive; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff sent from her Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the fair deal nursing home scheme in view of the cost of private nursing homes. [30019/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation regarding the retention of human tissue samples by hospital or clinical bodies; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists employed in the public health service in County Kerry; the number of patients treated on a monthly basis;...
    • Health Service Properties
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if lands (details supplied) have been sold to a private company to establish a primary care centre; if so, the amount of land sold; the...
    • Budget Submissions
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received pre-budget submissions from a society (details supplied); her views on this application; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a mobility allowance will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Properties
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the state of repair of a centre (details supplied); the plans in place to enhance this service and to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); her plans to implement the recommendations of this report; and if she...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the customer service targets regarding appeals of domiciliary care allowance; the average length of time to process appeals in respect...
    • Health Services
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a national diabetic retinopathy detection programme; the plans she has to expand the mobile diabetes screening...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm whether pharmacists can refuse drug addicts their prescribed methadone treatment. [30088/08]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support she will give to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [30090/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [30103/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to ensure that neither patients nor patients' services are affected by the €2.8 million budget overspend at Mayo...
    • Data Protection
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by her Department is secure. [30133/08]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding in respect of a child care group (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [30154/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with Sligo General Hospital regarding the proposed transfer of cancer services from there to University...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish legislation in relation to the Fair Deal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30173/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the interest on long stay accounts which was withheld by the Health Service Executive will be awarded to patients; the amount...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding options available to community groups in respect of suicide prevention initiatives; the amount of funding available; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans regarding a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the plans she has to redesignate the project; and if she will make...
    • Health Reports
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the Cardiovascular Health Policy Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30184/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide additional funding for the intellectual disability services in the Ballinasloe area following the visit by her...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Health Service Executive plan to amalgamate the surgery departments of Roscommon County Hospital and Portiuncula...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to ensure that front-line Health Service Executive staff, with appropriate training, are provided to deal with...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to ensure the provision of a 24 hour seven day week full accident and emergency unit at St. John's Hospital, Limerick;...
    • Health Services
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of this Deputy's correspondence to her of 26 August 2008; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the resources that will be allocated in 2009 in respect of speech and language therapy to a special needs school (details supplied) in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number on the waiting list under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in respect of Tallaght Hospital; the waiting time for...
    • Health Services
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints registered against an after hours doctor on call service in a county (details supplied) in each of the past...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an independent investigation into recent allegations of misdiagnosis at Ennis General Hospital and St. James's...
    • Medical Inquiries
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to accede to a request for a meeting with a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can receive dialysis treatment at Letterkenny or Altnagalvin Hospitals which are...
    • Health Services
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will have arrangements made for home help or a carer's assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card can issue to the children of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Nurses and Midwives Bill; when she will publish same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30344/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of outstanding appeals being examined by the health repayment scheme appeals office; the number of appeals officers employed...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the situation at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin where a large group of postgraduate...
    • Health Services
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [30363/08]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by her Department and by agencies under the aegis of her Department since the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 12 March 2008, when BreastCheck will be rolled out in County Clare; the proposals she will...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a claim will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30419/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the waiting period (details supplied) for people to be called to the endocrinology and diabetes day care centre at the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs of paying companies (details supplied) to finalise their work beyond their contract date. [30431/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will have a person (details supplied) in County Mayo reassessed for orthodontic treatment; and the appeals mechanism available if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appointment (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30452/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 521: 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 awarded. [30454/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress made in putting in place an adult cystic fibrosis facility at Limerick Regional Hospital; the number...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if instructions have been given to the ambulance service to the effect that they are not to attend motor accidents until informed that a...
    • Health Services
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision which has been made for County Roscommon clients in a project (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the status of the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received in respect of a scheme (details supplied) from March 2008 to date; and the number which were...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the second general surgeon at Roscommon County Hospital will be appointed on a full-time permanent basis; if this appointment is...
    • Children in Care
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no social welfare or foster care payment available to the guardian of children...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved payment under the health repayment scheme. [30558/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [30583/08]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting outpatient services at a hospital (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are...
    • Health Services
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is carrying out an investigation into the running of a facility (details supplied) in County Tipperary...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a payment under the health repayment scheme. [30690/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for surgery in Beaumont Hospital. [30703/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme. [30704/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a consultant service (details supplied) provided in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30705/08]
    • Health Care Provision
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Government of the UK pays, on an annual basis to this State, a sum of money to ensure that persons whose only pension or income...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded payment under the health repayment scheme. [30722/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to fund the use of an art assist machine in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card renewal will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of Health Service Executive employees in frontline services and non-front line services for each year since 2005; if she...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the status of the National Children's Hospital project; the long-term future for Crumlin Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [30800/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [30802/08]
    • Child Protection
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken by her Department and the Health Service Executive to implement in full the recommendations contained within the...
    • Health Services
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that without transport being provided...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the existence of a school (detail supplied) in County Dublin; her views on whether the service...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers allocated to separated children seeking asylum; the ratio of social workers to separated children; and the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost per annum of a full medical card. [30860/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours which have been cut since October 2007. [30865/08]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a cataract operation. [30870/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual expenditure by her Department and appropriate bodies in providing new beds in public nursing homes for each of the years 2002...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure by her Department or the appropriate authorities in nursing home subventions for residents in private nursing homes for...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide a day care centre for the elderly at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to require the Health Service Executive to comply with its statutory obligations and to publish reports for each of the...
    • English Language Tests
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the requirement for the successful completion of the international English language testing system examination in...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for the nursing home repayments scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contacts and meetings which have taken place between the Health Service Executive, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law...
    • Health Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in transferring a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to a convalescent home near to their home; and if a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund for a specific...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the refusal of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the long stay repayment scheme....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having enhanced nursing home subvention approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31107/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 17 June 2008. [31154/08]
    • Seirbhísí Tacaíochta
      Question 597: To ask the Aire Sláinte agus Leanaí an bhféachfaidh sí as an nua ar sheirbhísí méala agus an gcuirfidh sí próiseas ar siúl le polasaí a fhorbairt d'fhonn freastal...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to halt the Health Service Executive plan to end acute inpatient care at Monaghan General Hospital by the end of...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the steering group which she referred to in her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 10 July 2008 will complete its work and...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive immediately reinstates its plan to provide a comprehensive out-of-hours social care...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the orthopaedic unit at Our Lady's Hospital Navan, which serves the entire northeast region remains fully...
    • Health Services
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfall in funding from the Health Service Executive to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry which is...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made in relation to an application for lottery funding by a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an outpatient clinic appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been waiting over two years...
    • Health Services
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of home help being provided by private operators in the north and east Cork region of the Health Service Executive; and...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for refund of nursing home charges by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include phase 3C of Naas General Hospital in the final 2008 Health Service Executive capital plan. [31245/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults awaiting assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare. [31246/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the seven vacant posts in community occupational therapy in County Kildare have been filled; and if not the reason for same. [31247/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people receiving home care packages in County Kildare; the number on the waiting list for home care packages in County...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 10 July 2008, when the national roll out of BreastCheck will be sufficiently developed....
    • Health Services
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the waiting lists for eye examinations for children at Maynooth and at Naas Health Centres, she will use optometrists as...

    • Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent speech and language therapists in Kildare/west Wicklow; the number of temporary speech and language therapists;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 26 September 2007, if the strategic review of the Health Service Executive funded adult day...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding made available under the National Childcare Investment Programme under the capital grants scheme in 2006, 2007 and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Waiting List Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services which was completed in 2007 has been published; and if she...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to ensure that MRSA, C difficile and other such bugs do not infect pupils while at school here, as has happened in...
    • Health Services
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31518/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy regarding the provision of personal assistants as recommended in the commission on the status of people with a disability;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that was spent by her Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31649/08]
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government to increase the development of public play and recreation...
    • Health Services
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [30575/08]
    • Children in Care
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hostel accommodations here used for separated children aged 16 to 18; her views on reports that nearly all hostels have...
    • Health Services
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide detailed scoring of the audit of breast cancer services carried out under the recent health information and quality...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the opinion of the State Claims Agency that the State could face a potential liability of €500 million relating to legal...
    • Health Services
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which a person visiting Ireland on holiday can avail of necessary dialysis treatment while in this country; the location at...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions that have taken place between her Department, the Health Service Executive and the Department of Finance in connection...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason some hospitals run by the Health Service Executive issue an outpatient charge for attendance at the venesection clinics,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the waiting time for assessment of ear, nose and throat services at Temple Street Children's...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Cavan in respect of the health repayment scheme; and...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent on the nursing home subvention scheme to date; the number of persons who have participated in this scheme; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of specialist staff employed by the Health Service Executive to care for patients suffering from cystic fibrosis; the number...
    • Health Services
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [30364/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have submitted a claim under the health repayment scheme; and the number of claims that have been finalised....
    • Health Services
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter regarding a person (details supplied). [30577/08]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 214, 375 and 413 of 2 April 2008, when the Health Services Executive's capital allocation...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the fair deal for nursing homes patients plan; the reason this has not been implemented; if there are legal problems in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual expenditure that has been paid out by her Department or the appropriate authorities for contract beds in private nursing...
    • Health Services
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the availability and access to the school dental service in each town in County Laois; the age or class of the children...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal, dated May 2008, regarding an application for the nursing home repayments scheme by a person (details...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made since this Deputy's correspondence several weeks ago directly with the Minister in the case of a person...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the transport of those with disabilities who are over the age of 18 years to training centres falls within the remit of her...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will put measures in place with the Health Service Executive to facilitate the appointment of a child-minding adviser in the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to address the crisis in dermatology services in the north-east Health Service Executive region in view of the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary that have been approved for the heads of State agencies, boards and...
  • Department of Transport
    • State Airports
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to open terminal two at Dublin Airport in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to enhance the capacity of the regional airports to attract more direct...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to make rural locations more readily accessible for tourists on shorter...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [29505/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is a mechanism equivalent to the breathalyser which can test a motorist for driving under the influence of drugs other than alcohol; and...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the abuse of disabled parking permits; the plans he has to introduce legislation to control their use; and if...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislation which defines the maximum legal sound levels from various categories of motor vehicles; the maximum levels in respect of each...
    • Road Network
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will approve funding in the Estimates to enable Kerry County Council to provide a new replacement bridge at Ballinagher, Lixnaw, County...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Transport the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past three years; and if...
    • Transport Policy
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he has put in place to utilise the benefits of promoting group transport as a means of achieving Ireland's CO2 emissions targets; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [29669/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to improve and upgrade public transportation services that will link Dún Laoghaire town centre with the Dundrum-Sandyford town...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the conference; and...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Transport when section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 will commence; the reason it has not been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driving Tests
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Transport to reconsider past positive statements concerning the accuracy of the National Vehicle Driver File database in view of recent information; the...
    • Road Network
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Transport the strategies he will put in place to continue paying the proportion of maintenance and improvement costs of local and non-national roads in view...
    • Public Transport
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of hybrid electric double decker buses funded by his Department; the number in operation in State owned fleets; the plans he has for...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the status of the Irish Aviation Authority pension fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30005/08]
    • Aviation Regulations
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation to allow for the testing of pilots for drugs and alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30006/08]
    • Driving Tests
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Commercial Vehicle Testing Review; the resources he has allocated to implement...
    • Electric Transport Vehicles
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of charge points for electric vehicles in operation here; the number of charge points at planning stage; the timeframe for their...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate for transport CO2 emissions for each year for the next five years in view of the impact of the current downward economic trend; his...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to review the feasibility of a LUAS line to Coolock which would also serve the area surrounding Northside Shopping Centre in view of the...
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Transport the contacts he has had with the Commission for Energy Regulation, the Competition Authority and the Minister for Communications, Energy and...
    • Harbours Bill 2008
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Harbours Bill 2008 particularly its provisions to reduce the representation of worker-directors and elected county...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the Metro North tendering process; if the advancement of the Metro North tendering process has been stalled; the latest tendering...
    • Public Transport
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Transport the completion date for each of the projects under the Transport 21 programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30080/08]
    • Dublin Port
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that his Department can overrule or reject the recommendations of the Dublin Bay Task Force. [30087/08]
    • Rail Network
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made on the western rail corridor; if it will be completed within the timeframe set out in Transport 21; and if he will make a...
    • Data Protection
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30137/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to impose a price freeze on public transport in 2009. [30160/08]
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent imposition of pay parking charges at a series of commuter rail stations in the greater Dublin area; the contacts...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria that were used to determine whether Arklow, County Wicklow was a port or a harbour under local authority management. [30226/08]

    • Question 698: To ask the Minister for Transport the role and responsibilities of local authorities in managing harbours and marine traffic; and the guiding policies or regulations that govern...
    • Tax Code
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 24 June 2008, the position regarding approved alternative support mechanisms to allow for a reduced...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Transport the finance allocated to the Rail Procurement Agency to carry out a feasibility study on the LUAS line E proposal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Transport the guiding regulations for the sale of harbour board assets; the body or agency that receives the benefits of a sale of assets; and the reviews...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the enactment of...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of pay car parks planned or already in use at Iarnród Éireann train stations; the stations involved; the cost of daily or weekly...
    • State Airports
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of the 22 May 2008, if negotiations on the extension to the US Customs and Border Protection facility...
    • Rail Services
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new trains put into operation by Irish Rail since 2002; the amount spent on such trains; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Transport the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the chief...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are political...
    • Public Transport
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the real-time passenger information programme for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; when this project will be fully functioning; if...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the St. Stephen's Green to Liffey Junction LUAS line; if the concerns of Dublin Bus have been suitably addressed to allow this...
    • Public Transport
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus has applied for funding for new routes in the Lucan and Clondalkin areas; if such funding will be provided; if his attention has...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency...
    • Road Network
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a progress report on plans for the upgrading of the Main Street in Buttevant, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that there will be no delay in the completion of the Kildare route project by 2010 due to the economic crisis and that the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31653/08]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the Taxi Regulator's proposed prohibition on taxi and hackney owners in relation to the conversion of their existing vehicles to...
    • Road Safety
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the findings in the report of the European Transport Safety Council that persons over 65 were one-and-a-half times more likely to die...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Transport if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department or any of its agencies since 2000; the value of the contracts and the...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is proposed, as part of an orbital public transport system connecting the various urban centres in greater Dublin, to provide a LUAS...
    • State Airports
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the aviation crisis and the threats to the future of Aer Lingus jobs and transatlantic services at Shannon Airport; the efforts his...
    • Transport Services
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Transport if transport for those with disabilities who are over the age of 18 years to training centres falls within the remit of his Department, in view of...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Graffiti Reduction Programme
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of groups that have availed of the Community Graffiti Reduction Programme; the amount that has been spent on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 731: 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 Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the fee increase for naturalisation applications will apply to applications filed before the date of the increase; his...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Data Protection
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [29533/08]
    • International Agreements
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities which was adopted by the UN General...
    • Road Safety
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in rolling out mobile speed cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/08]
    • Departmental Revenue
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount that accrued to the State as a result of fines for speeding in respect of each of the years 2006 and 2007 and to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [29281/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [29282/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be assisted. [29285/08]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of persons (details supplied). [29312/08]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the minimum and maximum number of Gardaí scheduled to be available to police the streets of Dublin on each Saturday night...
    • Assaults on Gardaí
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí on leave as of 10 July 2008, due to assaults carried out on them in the course of their duty; the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí as of 10 July 2008, who are engaged in administrative duties rather than on active policing on the...
    • Assaults on Gardaí
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the number of assaults reported to Gardaí in Dublin City increased or decreased and the proportional change of same...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Gardaí have expressed a view as to the desirability of staggered closing times for nightclubs; if bodies...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of women and the number of men cautioned or charged and convicted in relation to prostitution in the Arbour Hill...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí allotted to each of the Garda stations in the Dublin Metropolitan Area in each of the past...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to close Mountjoy Garda Station, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29438/08]
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [29445/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their stamp four; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to provide the necessary equipment for gardaí to carry out tests on drivers for the presence of...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that victims of crime or their guardians are kept sufficiently up to date by gardaí on the progress of...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in which the gardaí can test a suspect for illicit drugs. [29541/08]
    • Witness Statements
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether witness statements should be taken by gardaí without delay; and if he will take steps to eliminate...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time between an admission to Gardaí as to the commission of the offence of assault and the commencement of the...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the...
    • Restorative Justice
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if interim recommendation of the National Commission on Restorative Justice that a restorative dimension be applied to the...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Access NI have entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Garda Central Vetting Unit; and if the GCVU have...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement detailing the justification for his reported proposal to amalgamate the Equality Authority, the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long term residency will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of accommodation centres for asylum seekers in the Dublin Central Constituency; the number accommodated in each...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug offences which came before the Courts in 2006 and 2007; the number of cases in which the mandatory...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the information promised in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 27 June 2006; the reason for...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers accommodated in direct provision; the number accommodated each year since direct provision was...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for leave to remain here in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money that has been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year since its establishment in 1996 to date...
    • Bench Warrants
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants and committal warrants which were executed during each month in 2006 and each month in 2007;...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if statistics exist on the number of offences committed by persons on bail; if so, the number and category of such...
    • Community Policing
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist on a matter (details supplied). [29688/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount that has been spent on advertising in respect of Garda recruitment in the past year; and if he will make a...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when each section of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 was enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29758/08]
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a request by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29776/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the issues in respect of deportation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 796: 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 Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant indefinite residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 812: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps required to meet the residency requirements in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four card will re-issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 814: 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 Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 823: 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 Dublin 6; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for residency status will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of an application for family reunification in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 830: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for residency or naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an asylum seekers application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 840: 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 Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency and citizenship status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 843: 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 Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when stamp four or a GNIB card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when transfer to alternative accommodation will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for refugee status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 851: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 861: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regarding an application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [29879/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position on an application for family reunification or naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison officers within the prison service; the number of vacant posts; the impact this is having on security...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which information regarding inquests can be obtained in County Limerick in view of the non-response of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person, with an Irish great grandparent who has lived in Ireland since the age of five, who was educated here...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 874: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding has been sought from the European return fund; if a multiannual programme has been drawn; if a decision has been...
    • Voluntary Repatriation Scheme
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expenditure on voluntary repatriation schemes in each of the past five years; the number who have availed of these...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the mental capacity Bill will be published. [30050/08]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Data Protection
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30134/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to establish a Garda station in the Castletroy area of Limerick in view of the increased population in the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 884: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the ministerial council for integration has been established; the membership of the committee and the groups in society...
    • Anti Racism Measures
      Question 885: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the organisations that received funding to address racism in 2008; the groups that were successful under the asylum seeker...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 1136 of 30 January 2008, the position regarding the drafting of the Bill; and if he...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 887: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve who have to date applied to become members of An Garda Síochána; the number...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he evaluates the performance of the pilot programme of joint policing committees; the status of the pilot programme;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to the general immigration division;...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 890: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to the special drugs units in the Carlow Kildare, Louth Meath and Wicklow garda units; the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests for drug offences in County Kildare in each of the past three years; the number of successful...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda reservists in County Kildare; the stations at which they are located; the number of reservists in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation made by a person (details supplied) in Cork who submitted...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 897: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fines imposed for breaches of the speed limits at the 50 km per hour limit; at the 60 km per hour limit; at...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for asylum in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 913: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the Tullamore District, County Offaly, broken down by rank as at 1 April 2008; the number...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 921: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding visa applications by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 923: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30458/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be decided on. [30468/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will qualify for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency status and family reunification of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
    • Gaming Regulation
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to regulate all modern forms of gambling and gaming such as on-line telephone betting; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a child born here to a person with UK residence is an Irish citizen by right and does not need to be naturalised; and if...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30580/08]
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to increase the number of mountain bikes allocated to Coolock Garda Station; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 938: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been fully examined; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if residency status, temporary or permanent on humanitarian or other grounds will be offered in the case of a person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 946: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 947: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 952: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain here in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if stamp four will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a refugee application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 957: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 959: 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 Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 960: 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 Dublin who has been employed...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will qualify to apply for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when stamp four will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that same...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will instruct the Garda Commissioner to establish a central bike theft unit to help tackle the problem of bicycle...
    • Integration Strategy
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he is making towards ensuring new Irish people do not form parallel societies and structures but instead...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána and the Garda Reserve Force who are of a non-Irish background; and if he will...
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 971: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the ways in which the Government attempts to prevent human trafficking into Ireland; if the Government is following...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 972: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30801/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who applied for residency here....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 975: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers entering the country annually in each of the past five years. [30853/08]
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 976: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of asylum seekers residing in each of the 61 accommodation centres...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 979: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a re-organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick; when it will become effective; the parts of...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      Question 980: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the existence of a group (details supplied) in Dublin 15; his views on whether the...
    • Paramilitary Activity
      Question 981: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the group (details supplied) is regarded as formally disbanded; if it has ceased all paramilitary activities; if its...
    • Central Mental Hospital
      Question 982: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding that has been allocated from Budget 2008 for the new access road to the new Central Mental Hospital; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 984: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of civil service staff...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of individuals recruited to the Garda Reserve Force in Tralee and Listowel Garda Districts; and if he will make...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued to individuals in Listowel, Tralee and Abbeyfeale towns respectively; and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 987: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out by the State in 2007 and to date in 2008 in tribunal costs. [31151/08]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 989: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) expedited, in view of the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 991: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline crime statistics for the Carlow-Kildare division for the second quarter of 2008. [31244/08]
    • National Disability Strategy
      Question 992: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 137 of 28 May 2008, if the strategic document which outlines the vision, mission and objectives of...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 994: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sex offenders serving sentences of imprisonment; the number in each prison; the number in prison who have to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 999: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1000: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1001: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of people (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1032: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31650/08]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Irish Territorial Waters
      Question 1033: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of times and the reason permission was given for military submarines of foreign navies being given permission to travel in Irish...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of legislation here that has its origins in EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29278/08]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 1036: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is committed to achieving the level of overseas development aid in the timespan laid down by the previous Government; and if he will...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1038: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past three years;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1039: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the State agencies related to his Department. [29565/08]
    • Reconciliation Fund
      Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the grants paid in 2007 and to date in 2008 under the reconciliation fund; the amount paid in each case and the recipient organisation; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has to seek to have the ban on Belarussian children visiting Ireland lifted; the further plans he has to negotiate a special...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 1044: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to raise the arrest and detention of Bishop Jia Zhiguo with the Chinese Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1047: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30132/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department contributed to the Lisbon Treaty Referendum. [30382/08]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1051: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 1052: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [30579/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1054: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the chief...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are...
    • International Agreements
      Question 1057: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made establishing a bilateral agreement with the US that would allow greater access to working opportunities in both countries...
    • Consular Services
      Question 1059: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will advise and support a matter (details supplied). [30948/08]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30949/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1061: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of Civil Service staff dealing with...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1063: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the costs involved in producing and sending out Irish Aid's 2007 Annual Report 365, published in...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his Department's initiatives to promote awareness of the work of Irish Aid in the past two years; the amount that was spent on each; and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1065: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that have been taken to ensure that funding for the Safe Home Programme (details supplied) and other such programmes are secure...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1066: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31648/08]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount allocated to the Horse and Greyhound fund, established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001, for each year from...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 1070: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the actions he has or will take to underpin the request; and if he will...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 1071: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a grant will be awarded to a club (details supplied) in County Limerick. [29314/08]
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 1072: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to provide €300 million to assist the industry,...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to roll out the local sports partnership programme on a...
    • Arts Plan
      Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government to support training and professional development for the...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 1140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will assist in the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29510/08]
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1141: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 1142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a matter in relation to a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29691/08]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 1144: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason a group (details supplied) were not awarded a grant under the Sports Capital Programme for 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1147: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1148: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30124/08]
    • Sports Funding
      Question 1150: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date on which grant aid was approved for a sporting organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason payment has...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 1151: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has decided upon a date for applications for sports capital funding for 2009; the plans he has to change the application...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1152: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 1153: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the local authority swimming pool programme grant will be re-launched in 2008; the expected date for the re-launch; the funding...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 1154: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application (details supplied) in County Mayo under the sports capital programme 2008. [30439/08]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 1155: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications he has received under the sports capital programme in County Mayo; and if he will provide a list of the...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 1157: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding allocated to all clubs and organisations in County Clare for the years, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the cost of...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1158: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the remuneration package of each of the CEOs of all State agencies reporting to his Department including pay, pension and ancillary...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of football pitches for local clubs in the Swords area of north County...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1161: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who...
    • Hare Coursing
      Question 1163: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the powers available to him in terms of the monitoring and licensing of hare coursing events; the funding provided directly to hare...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1164: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of civil service staff dealing with...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 1165: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the provision of a public swimming pool in Ballybofey/Stranorlar area of County Donegal; if a site has been...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1169: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31641/08]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Leader Programmes
      Question 1170: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenditure by his Department on rural development and Leader programmes; the way this money has been allocated;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1171: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made on the decentralisation of offices for his Department to Charlestown, County Mayo;...
    • Community Development
      Question 1172: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will allocate funding to Kerry County Council under the CLÁR scheme to improve local roads in rural areas...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 1173: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the breakdown of the costings for the refurbishment of a building (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the work that will...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1174: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1175: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the State agencies related to his Department. [29566/08]
    • Leader Programmes
      Question 1176: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be allocated to a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1177: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1178: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when an application will be processed for a centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge
      Question 1179: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way the Irish-Irish dictionary project is proceeding; if the project has been established; when it will be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1180: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1181: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the procedures in place to ensure personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30126/08]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 28 May 2008, if the tenders have been advertised; if the contract for...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Community Development
      Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding provided to local partnership bodies in 2008 in order to allow them to extend their catchment areas....
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 1187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an application from an association (details supplied) requesting a grant from the dormant...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1188: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1189: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of...
    • Leader Programmes
      Question 1192: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an application for Leader funding has been made by a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and when a...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003
      Question 1193: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige aon leasú a thabhairt chun cinn chun a chinntiú go dtiocfaidh fógraíocht ó Ranna Stáit...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1270: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31643/08]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have been overpaid in social welfare as a result of misunderstandings regarding the number of part time...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to review the State pension and living alone allowance with a view to addressing the issue of poverty among...
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has received correspondence from the Carers Association regarding the Government's National Agreement Towards 2016 to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a back to school clothing and footwear allowance will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by her Department for each of the past...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the staffing consequences within her Department, and in particular in local employment exchanges, due to rising unemployment...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 1280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will advise on a query in respect of a person (details supplied). [29648/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under social welfare rules persons who were self-employed in 1988 can have their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1282: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has plans to increase the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29678/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 1283: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances that led to the loss of files containing sensitive personal information regarding social welfare recipients;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1284: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by her Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her intentions towards the Combat Poverty Agency; and the reason she countenanced its abolition. [29768/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1286: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to an application for social welfare payment in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff sent from her Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number in receipt of rental allowance who are Irish nationals, UK nationals, other EU or EEA and non-EEA nationals; and if...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by her Department is secure. [30135/08]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 1293: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if target time limits for the processing of applications in respect of a refund of social insurance payments have been set in...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1295: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she will take to facilitate women who ceased employment due to the marriage rule to avail of contributory pensions;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to introduce a system in which persons entitled to free travel who cannot avail of public transport for...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 1297: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to locate a social welfare office in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1298: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if sufferers of thyroid disorder/disease qualify for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by her Department and by agencies under the aegis of her Department since...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1303: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the plans for the decentralisation of posts from her Department to Carrickmacross and Monaghan; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in County Monaghan in receipt of jobseekers benefit and allowance in September 2008; the corresponding...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to reconsider the time frame for the carers benefit in order to allow persons to continue receiving the payment for as...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has to pay compensation to persons affected by the loss of the laptop containing their personal and social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded jobseekers allowance. [30453/08]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1310: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when half rate carer's allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30457/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if unemployment benefit will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a refund or arrears in relation to their disability allowance...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1313: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding available to persons who suffered property as well as personal losses due to the recent floods; if so, the mechanism...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1314: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to her recent announcement regarding the eligibility of people who work with their spouses in a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has had their rent supplement reduced; if it is due to this person...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 1318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made following the recommendations by the Irish Human Rights Commission regarding a special pension for the self...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding the refusal of an application for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted disability allowance. [30566/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 1323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on making changes to the eligibility criteria for disability allowance, specifically a situation when a person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that was given to applicants under the mortgage allowance scheme as operated by community welfare officers around the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the annual cost of child benefit. [30654/08]
    • Registration of Births
      Question 1334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances under which a father's name on a birth certificate may be altered or deleted and the procedure for doing so....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted jobseeker's allowance. [30715/08]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 1336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans in relation to an office (details supplied) in County Mayo to upgrade or renovate this facility; if her attention has...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend the qualifying criteria for the respite care grant in order to include carers who provided care for part or...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 1344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding is available from her Department for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who provide advice on all aspects...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the waiting period for processing of applications for jobseeker's allowance and jobseekers benefit; and if she will make a...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 1347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on the pilot scheme currently operating for lone parents including any evaluation carried out into the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 1351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum income the spouse of a person receiving jobseeker's benefit may earn for the jobseeker to retain entitlement to the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1358: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that was spent by her Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31651/08]
  • Department of Defence
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 1359: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government to make available to historians and to the public, records of the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 1367: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress on the sourcing of alternative accommodation to facilitate the Reserve Defence Force in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1368: To ask the Minister for Defence the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past three years; and if...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1369: To ask the Minister for Defence the State agencies related to his Department. [29567/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1370: To ask the Minister for Defence if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the contracts and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1371: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the conference; and...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1372: To ask the Minister for Defence the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30127/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1374: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the decentralisation to Newbridge; the costs incurred to date; the estimated cost of the project; the timeframe...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 1376: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Naval Service are employers under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; if so, his views on whether a safe place of work has been...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the enactment of...
    • Air Corps Operations
      Question 1378: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions an Air Corps helicopter has been used in 2007 and to date in 2008; the person by whom it was used; the reason it was...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1379: To ask the Minister for Defence the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the chief...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1380: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are political...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 1381: To ask the Minister for Defence the pre-acquisition scoping process embarked upon prior to the order and purchase of the Dauphin helicopters for use by the Air Corps; the reasons...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1382: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1383: To ask the Minister for Defence the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary they have approved for the heads of State agencies, boards and other quangos...
    • Naval Service Operations
      Question 1384: To ask the Minister for Defence the purpose of the Irish Naval Service's LE Orla presence in the Broadhaven Bay area off County Mayo in early September 2008; the person who...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1385: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31644/08]
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 1386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the additional revenue raised on an annual basis by an increase in the motor tax for class F vehicles, CO2...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 1387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details regarding a scheme (details supplied) run by the Health Service Executive; if this scheme has...
    • Legal Costs
      Question 1388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment in respect of their costs for a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable housing units constructed with capital funding from his Department in each of the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 1391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are regulations in force to prevent estate agents advertising their non-acceptance of tenants...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Section 25 planning applications under the Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 apply to change of...
    • Road Safety
      Question 1393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on issuing guidelines to local authorities to provide for improved standards in the construction...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission arising from a complaint from a planning applicant in County Wicklow in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the status of the Feakle, Quilty, Mullagh sewerage treatment plants in County Clare;...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 1397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the intensive nature of questions regarding medical and other histories...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a uniform system under which local authorities conduct their tri-annual housing assessment; if...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 216 and 218 of 14 November 2007, if he will report on the progress...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30850/08]
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 1403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the position regarding the policy of writing to all...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase his Department's 2008 housing construction and regeneration allocation to Tralee Town...
    • Hare Coursing
      Question 1406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers available to him in relation to the monitoring and licensing of hare coursing events; if it is...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the financial implications of mortgage repayments for families who, as local authority tenants,...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm receipt of a request for additional funding from Westmeath County Council (details...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite approval of the Mallow/Ballyviniter water scheme at Box Cross, Doneraile, Mallow, County...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 1410: 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. [29729/08]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for delays in schemes (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason these schemes started in view...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [29286/08]
    • Conservation Schemes
      Question 1415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new civic structures conservation group scheme will be announced by his Department; and when...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will intervene in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29313/08]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed new sewage treatment plant for Kilmore Quay in County Wexford; the timeline for...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 1421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason no grant aid is given by local authorities for the provision of granny flats; and if he will make...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [29537/08]
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number, type, purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when essential funding will be provided for sewerage schemes in Drumlish, Newtownforbes and Aughnacliffe,...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is expected that his Department will have completed its move to County Wexford under the...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 1427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 1428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a designation (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 1429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 1431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 29 May 2008 when an application will be processed for a person...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department proposes to exclude town councils from receiving housing allocations directly on...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce new regulations in relation to quarries; if there are EU directives that have...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 1434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the new regulations on puppy farming; if he will make provision for the control of dogs...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 1435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the key performance indicators used for assessing the impact of the homelessness strategy; the achievements...
    • Housing Applications
      Question 1436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval will be given to a housing project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 1439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive payment following the sale of a bog; and if...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to amend legislation governing the licensing of skip bags for the collection of rubble and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction grant aid in respect of Kiltimagh sewerage scheme to enable the project to commence; and...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30130/08]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that waste collected by private companies here is not exported in order to be illegally...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a family in the rental accommodation scheme in the event that the tenant to whom the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 1446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 558 of 1 July 2008, the percentage damage to each bog listed as...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to provide additional funding for schemes (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 905 of 8 July 2008, the position regarding the project; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to comply with the water framework directive, 2000/60/EC, and the bathing...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been requested to hold inquiries into certain planning decisions made in County Meath; if these...
    • Fire Service
      Question 1452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will be making funding available to local authorities in respect of the purchase of high volume pumps...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the means test for the housing adaption grant for people with a disability is based on the family...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of new playgrounds in County Kildare over the past five years that have received...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the finance received by each local authority in respect of landfill levies for each of the years from 2002...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if locations (details supplied) in County Meath, as submitted in a preliminary report from Meath County...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 1463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the designation of bogs (details supplied); if the owners of such bogs will be...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide additional funding to a local authority (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 1469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the destocking requirements of the hill sheep farmers in the Connemara area in view of the...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to improve regulations to prevent the illegal backyard burning of waste, due to potential health...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants or financial assistance available to groups (details supplied) from his Department or from local...
    • Local Electoral Areas
      Question 1472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when maps will be available detailing the revised local electoral areas; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Galway city, the provisions of the housing adaption...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal; when tenders will be...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the length of the clawback period in the affordable housing scheme administered by...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 1480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposal to make lands at the Liffey Valley a natural heritage area; the acreage of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding documentation (details supplied); the actions he proposes to address the matter; if his...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to extend the tenant purchase scheme to cover the residents of flats; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of Civil...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Glenties, County Donegal; when it is expected that...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation where affordable housing due to be delivered under 2007 Part...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the publication of the report outlining a clear set of recommendations on the clean-up of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be granted to Cork County Council to enable the processing of grant applications which are...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the preliminary report regarding the sourcing of additional water for the greater Dublin...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 1495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will seek the lifting of the embargo on recruitment for local authorities in the greater Dublin area....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Pleanála chose to ignore the recommendations of...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review of waste policy as per the commitment given in the programme for Government has begun; and if...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 27 May 2008, the targets and timeframe he has set for the...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the contract documents for the upgrading of the Ballyellis treatment plant, Mallow, County Cork have been...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31647/08]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 1502: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30651/08]
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 1503: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that householders who have free-to-air satellites installed and who pay their television...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1504: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if fibreglass batts used to insulate attics meet the highest environmental standards and his views on concerns...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1505: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress there has been in transferring all transmission assets to EirGrid by the end of 2008; if this...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1506: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the log wood gasifier is included in the greener homes scheme, and if not, the reasons therefore. [29913/08]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1507: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of jobs in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, to facilitate the establishment...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1508: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider an application for funding under the greener homes scheme by persons (details supplied)...
    • Postal Services
      Question 1509: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to implement a post code system here; if a decision has been taken on the form these post codes will...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1510: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1511: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to make changes to the VAT rate on wind turbine equipment, which is 21% here as opposed to 5%...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 1512: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the terms of the licence he has granted to a consortium (details supplied) to store fossil fuels in Dublin...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1513: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1514: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1515: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30125/08]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1517: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to promote the use of domestic renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1518: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 9 July 2008, if a permanent headquarters has been identified; the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1519: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 1520: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value of an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30557/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1521: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1522: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full-time Civil Servants, the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1525: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a date has been set in order that all the remote exchanges can be enabled; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1526: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31642/08]
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 1527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he has closed the area in Cromane Harbour in which fishermen harvest 90% of their seed; and if he will make a...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 1528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify that it is his Department that grants a foreshore licence for Dublin Port; and if the port company...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 1530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the moneys outstanding for harbour dues in respect of the Rossaveal harbour master, County Galway, for each of the years...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding grant aid in respect of the abattoir improvement grant. [29301/08]
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the...
    • National Reserve
      Question 1533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for entitlements from the national reserve will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 1535: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 13 May 2008 and No. 185 of 18 June 2008 when an application will be processed...
    • Fishing Industry
      Question 1536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people employed in the fish processing sector; and the numbers employed on a county basis. [29743/08]
    • Fish Exports
      Question 1538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of fish exports in 2007. [29745/08]
    • Fishing Industry
      Question 1539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide figures for the total landings in tonnage and value for all Irish fishing boats for the most recent year...
    • Cattle Identification Scheme
      Question 1540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a farmer who imports calves from the Six Counties and keeps them for two years during which period they are...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of their application under the farm...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the farm waste management scheme beyond the end of 2008 to accommodate all farmers who wish to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding paid to date under the REP scheme four mixed grazing supplementary measure to support the sheep sector; and if...
    • Fish Imports
      Question 1544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the volume and value of fish imported through Cork Airport in the past year. [29772/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the farm improvement scheme; and if he...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 1547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the milk quota regulations whereby persons availing of temporary leasing of their quota to their co-op...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a single farm payment for 2008 has not been processed for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if...
    • Food Industry
      Question 1554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the volume of food produce sold through local farmers markets. [29921/08]
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 1555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the overall EU fishing quota for 2007, as awarded in December 2007, given to Ireland. [29923/08]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers using their land for the production of alternative energy sources with details of the type of...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 1559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the entitlements of Irish vessels to quota in the Kattegat and Skaggerak fishing zones; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1561: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding his Department's Decentralisation Programme detailing the locations throughout the country; the...
    • Sheep Tagging
      Question 1562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will request the E.U. Commission not to proceed with the regulations regarding the compulsory tagging of sheep; and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the financial ability of his Department to meet grant payments on demand for the remainder of 2008...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 1564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the benefits arising from the aid for private storage scheme and refunds for fresh and frozen pig meat products approved by...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1565: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans he has to extend the deadline for payment of the farm waste management scheme to 30 June 2009; and if he will...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 1566: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of cases of BSE outbreaks to date in 2008; the consequences of extending the testing of bovines from 30 to 42...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the Animal Health and Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29953/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will announce allocations under the capital investment scheme for the marketing and processing of agricultural...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the date for completion of works under the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1571: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1572: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be approved for a farm improvement grant; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 1575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30123/08]
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 1578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farm inspections carried out in 2007. [30292/08]
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 1579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of the 3,614 inspections of fishing vessels in 2007 by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and the Naval...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1580: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a slatted house grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      Question 1581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the Common Fisheries Policy has benefitted the fishing sector here. [30384/08]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 1583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1585: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme applicants that have been inspected in the western region in each of the past five years; the...

    • Question 1586: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of penalties and average percentage penalty imposed on REP scheme participants in each of the counties in the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1587: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding complaints he received from persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30438/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to amend the proposal to publish details of individual beneficiaries of schemes funded or co-funded by Europe in...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 1590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the impact on the Connemara sheep brand due to the destocking requirements on those hills; his plans to liaise with the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 1591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his policy regarding the issuing of felling licences in respect of forest plantations in private ownership and the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 1592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a licence is a requirement for the importation of lobsters into Ireland from the United States and Canada; and if he...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1593: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a waste management grant will be awarded in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 1594: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a title will be rectified for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this matter has been...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      Question 1595: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30581/08]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1596: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1597: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full-time civil servants, the number of such...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1598: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Farm Debt
      Question 1599: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of farm debt over the past five years. [30644/08]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1600: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on allowing farmers to grow energy crops such as willow on set aside land. [30645/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1602: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 1604: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he is taking to protect the poultry industry here in view of recent closures in the industry; if he has plans...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1605: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is sufficient funding in place to meet the REP scheme four applications on hand; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1606: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amounts paid out on a county basis to applicants under the farm waste management scheme; the number of applications...
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      Question 1608: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action that should be taken to have all of the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo registered in...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1609: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications received for REP scheme four on a monthly basis to date; if this scheme is fully operational;...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 1610: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of vessels that have been decommissioned under the decommissioning programme from the date of introduction of...
    • Coastal Zone Management
      Question 1613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the need to develop an integrated coastal zone management policy in line with European Union policy; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 1614: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the implementation of the recommendation contained in the Report of the Seafood Industry Strategy...
    • Fishing Fleet Protection
      Question 1615: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the implementation of the recommendation in the Report of the Seafood Industry Strategy Review Group...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 1616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the implementation of the recommendation in the Report of the Seafood Industry Strategy Review...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 1617: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the implementation of the recommendation in the Report of the Seafood Industry Strategy Review...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1619: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to person (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the farm waste management scheme; the reason...
    • Fish Quotas
      Question 1621: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has ever argued for Ireland to be awarded an equivalent quota in ICES divisions IV, VIII and IX...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1622: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the grant payment under farm waste management due to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim has not been...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1624: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of Civil Service staff...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 1626: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason Ireland has not adopted a mandatory food policy labelling regime with particular relevance to the importation of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1627: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary they have approved for the heads of State agencies,...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 1628: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he will take in view of the closure of Cappoquin Chickens to ensure the future viability of the Irish poultry...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 1630: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will end or at least increase the 30 month age limit for BSE testing; his views on whether this age limit is very...
    • Cattle Identification Scheme
      Question 1631: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the information available on-line to the meat industry regarding individual farmers' herds; his views on whether industry...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1632: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is data available on the way Irish farmers feel their situation has improved or disimproved since the introduction...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1633: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31640/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1634: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in the awarding of grants, previously approved, under the farm waste management grant for the...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 1635: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the implementation of the recommendation in the Report of the Seafood Industry Strategy Review Group...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to provide a dedicated fund of at least €100 million...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to work towards making physical education mandatory at...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a one to one resource or a special needs assistant will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Research Funding
      Question 1639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant aid available for a person undertaking a research project on species conservation in Nepal and India as part of their UCD...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out in terms of funding allocations being provided for new buildings; his views on...
    • Millennium Partnership Fund
      Question 1641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the Millennium Fund are not being entertained by some local area...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding all school building projects relating to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the number of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence regarding a child (details supplied) in County Kildare with dyslexia; if he will ensure that the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an alternative to the established junior certificate programme; if there are plans to roll out a junior certificate...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford continues to be deprived of their full entitlements in respect of part-time...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29504/08]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 1647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [29507/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29511/08]
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 1649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the role of higher education in meeting economic and social challenges; his further views on whether the sector is...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 1650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past three...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of students within the primary education system that obtain extra support or remedial support, either in a mainstream...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the award granted to principals and vice principals in primary schools in benchmarking two applies to retired principal teachers;...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will acquire the designated primary school site at Hollywoodrath, Dublin 15 as the site for the proposed Tyrrelstown Gaelscoil;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been approved to construct permanent primary school buildings in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1655: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has sanctioned the purchase of a permanent site for primary schools in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will lodge a planning application for permanent buildings for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1658: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements he is making in view of the fact that Fingal County Council has designated a site for a new secondary school in the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will introduce changes in the staffing policy in schools whereby substitute teachers who are proving successful can secure...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 1660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding has been obtained to enable the Dublin 7 Schools' Cultural Mediation Project to complete its three year pilot phase; and...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 1662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork is officially recognised by his Department. [29656/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1663: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will allocate funding in respect of an extra classroom for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the...
    • School Transport
      Question 1664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to the correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29690/08]
    • School Transport
      Question 1666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29696/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 1 May 2008, (details supplied) if funding was facilitated; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 1669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [29732/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29737/08]
    • School Transport
      Question 1671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport will be provided to children (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the circumstances of their mother;...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be considered for a higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 1673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the legal advisors of victims of abuse who have been awarded compensation are entitled to charge for the legal services or other...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a site for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on a press article on the matter; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 8 May 2008, if details have been forwarded to the National Council for Special Education...
    • Third Level Scholarship Schemes
      Question 1676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on detailed correspondence sent to his Department on 11 August, 2008 (details supplied), dealing with the issue of the...
    • School Placement
      Question 1677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school placement for September 2008 will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Home Tuition
      Question 1678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for transition hours to his Department's home tuition section will be successful in the case of a person (details...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the acquisition by his Department of a site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • School Uniforms
      Question 1680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will publish the report on the wearing the hijab in classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29951/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 27 May 2008, if the behavioural specialist support team led by a person with a PhD in...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 1682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the School Completion Programme will be affected by the 3% reduction in public service payroll costs; if he will reduce funding to...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford should be denied free third level fees; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29972/08]
    • School Placement
      Question 1685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29975/08]
    • School Books
      Question 1686: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to introduce measures to prevent needless changes in school books that force parents to discard perfectly useable books in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the...
    • School Transport
      Question 1689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to introduce a replacement fuel rebate scheme for school transport operators; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Music Education
      Question 1690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals for the implementation of the Music Network Feasibility Report for the provision of local music education services; and...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1691: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for a site (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30048/08]
    • School Transport
      Question 1692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30070/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 which is on a waiting list for works. [30093/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [30094/08]
    • School Transport
      Question 1695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [30095/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to fund the services needed to provide education to students with physical disabilities as outlined in the article (details...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason foreign nationals have been excluded from the higher education grants system in spite of the fact that they are parents of...
    • Data Protection
      Question 1699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30128/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new national school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant aid available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth who wishes to pursue a third level course; and if he will make...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be advised of the outcome of its application for an emergency works grant;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 29 April 2008, when an announcement will take place; the status of the application in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1705: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 8 July 2008, the progress made between officials in his Department and groups...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1706: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 9 July 2008, if the decentralisation of posts has been completed; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1707: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the funding for a school extension (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be released; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be included in the forthcoming bundle of public private partnership school...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1709: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 1 July 2008, when funding for the school extension will be awarded; and if he will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 1711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare was refused; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size in primary schools in County Kildare; the average class size in other counties; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed in County Kildare; the funding provided for such assistants; the plans he has to...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 1719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided to purchase computers for schools; the funding provided to schools in County Kildare; the plans he has to extend...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if higher education grants will be awarded in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of an appeal by the board of management of a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the mainstream...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 1722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a request for an additional €55,000 to fit out a new premises (details supplied) in Cork; and if so, when the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1723: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a report that found that electrics in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal are in a...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 1726: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a home school community liaison co-ordinator (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building project (details supplied); when this school can expect works to begin; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1729: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1730: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed in primary and secondary schools in County Monaghan in September 2008; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 1733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 that was notified by officials that it is to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding building works at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to amend the reckonable income limits for the purposes of the special rate of maintenance grant in respect of the 2008 to...
    • School Transport
      Question 1737: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made in respect of a school transport amendment request (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30440/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an appeal for a third level grant by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30443/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide additional funding to a school for the provision of the necessary services to educate a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 1740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a letter of consent (details supplied) in County Mayo will issue. [30459/08]
    • School Transport
      Question 1741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in awarding suitable transport home for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 1742: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application by Educate Together to be registered as a patron of second-level schools will be approved; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1743: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bogus Universities
      Question 1745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in pursuing companies registered here purporting to be Irish universities which are not recognised in law as...
    • Educational Projects
      Question 1746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has registered Educate Together as a patron of post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30514/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1747: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost involved in the publication recently issued by his Department, Investing Effectively in Information and Communications...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1748: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special needs assistant that was recommended for a child (details supplied) in County Waterford has not been appointed;...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 1751: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to assist with the cost of school books and school swimming...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the cutbacks in special needs assistants for special needs children; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 1753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase the allowances paid to VTOS course participants (details supplied); when these allowances were last reviewed; and...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools and second level schools that have dedicated physical education halls and gym facilities; the number of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to parliamentary Question No. 644 of 8 July 2008, the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding, grant aid or fee remission available to third level part time students who have low incomes; and if he will make a...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students waiting for a psychological assessment within both primary and post-primary education; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 1759: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts in relation to correspondence (details supplied) that his Department has made in conjunction with Bus Éireann to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a request for funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Louth. [30867/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30893/08]
    • State Examinations
      Question 1764: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of exemptions given to students in the junior and leaving certificate sitting Irish examinations for the past five years;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1765: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for school refurbishment funding by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 1766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has failed to increase the grants provided to schools for information technology equipment since 2000,...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 1768: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, in view of the fact that there are now five Educate Together schools in Lucan, his Department appears to be preventing...
    • School Placement
      Question 1769: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the work being carried out in the developing areas unit to progress further schools in the Lucan area, in particular to outline...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1771: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding developments in relation to the search for a site in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1772: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the instructions he has received from the Department of Finance regarding cutbacks in education; if he will guarantee that the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1774: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actual costed revenue raising potential of the reintroduction of school fees in view of various conflicting reports in the media;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1777: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [31103/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1779: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when tenders were invited for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the tendering process has been completed; when it...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1782: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Meath; the situation regarding the availability to his Department...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1783: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will deliver on the commitment given to the staff at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to provide funding under the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1784: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools whose buildings consist entirely of prefabricated buildings; the statistics on a county basis; and if...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1785: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary they have approved for the heads of State agencies, boards and...
    • School Placement
      Question 1786: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been an assessment of educational need in the Glencullen Sandyford local electoral ward which has seen an increase in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1788: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 will be provided. [31204/08]
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 1793: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to the University of the South East; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1794: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that no appeal was lodged with An Bord Pleanála regarding the granting of planning permission for the new...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1796: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has reopened negotiations in relation to the purchase of a site for a permanent school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1797: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [31256/08]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1802: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils by school in each national school in County Kildare for the 2007/2008 school year in class sizes of less than...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1804: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18, has no permanent school building, that all...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1805: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 3 July 2008, if all the 33 psychologists who were offered places in the National...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1806: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 3 July 2008, if he is in a position to implement the remaining sections of the Education...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1807: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the issue of the proposed extension of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; when a decision will be made to allow...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on extending the retirement age for special needs assistants, who were employed before 2004, beyond the mandatory 65 years;...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 1809: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to ensure that MRSA, C. difficile and other such bugs do not infect pupils while at school here, as has...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1810: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has not been informed of a decision of their appeal for an extension of a year...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1812: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he received an application for major capital funding from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when same is expected...

    • Question 1823: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 21 May 2008 if an assessment has been completed in respect of this school; his plans to...

    • Question 1826: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the further information received regarding a proposed school (details supplied) in County Kildare; his plans to progress the matter...

    • Question 1828: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 21 May 2008, the additional information received regarding the proposed new school at...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1829: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the terms of revised circular 10/01 incremental credit for teaching service...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1830: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31645/08]
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 1831: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money that has been allocated under the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion to achieve high level goal number two...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 1832: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to terminate information technology advisors to 21 education centres in view of the effect on...
    • Disruptive Students
      Question 1833: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that will be in place from the behaviour support initiative for the academic year 2008/2009 in respect of a school...
    • Irish Language
      Question 1834: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that he received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry outlining their concerns for the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1836: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the criteria for the higher diploma in education in respect of students who qualify with an arts degree from...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1837: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will lodge a planning application for permanent buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1838: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase the grant aid sanctioned for an extension and refurbishment of a primary school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Transport
      Question 1839: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport facilities will be offered to primary school children from Clane to attend a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1842: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the authorisation for the purchase of the site in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will proceed in view...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1843: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 8 November 2007, if he will expedite the project concerned in view of the traffic...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 1846: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase the capitation grant to a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of the fact that the school is...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1847: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department retains a compensable interest in buildings and equipment provided at State expense in circumstances in which a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1848: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has applied for emergency funding in respect of urgent...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1849: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school building project (details supplied); if he will expedite the construction of new classrooms and a sports...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1851: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in County Monaghan being taught in this school term in classes of more than 30 pupils; the corresponding...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1852: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review a claim for the special rate of maintenance grant by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1853: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans regarding a sector (details supplied). [30447/08]
    • School Transport
      Question 1856: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for travel expenses to travel to national...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1857: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on recommendations of a psychological assessment undertaken privately on a student; if recommendations are only implemented...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1858: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will now give the go-ahead for the extension to Kinsale Community School the first application for which was made more than...
    • Millennium Partnership Scheme
      Question 1859: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the millennium partnership scheme; the location of which mature students resident in Lucan can apply for...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1860: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the practice of universities waiving fees for postgraduate courses in respect of the children of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1861: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the existence of a school (detail supplied) in County Dublin; his views on whether the service...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1862: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he proposes to address the problem of extended prefabricated classroom accommodation in schools, in which teachers and students...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1863: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that costs for operating a prefab at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 are now in...