Written answers

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to relocate the Central Mental Hospital from its site at Dundrum to the proposed new site at Thornton...
    • Data Collection
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop data collection systems that are in accordance with the standards of the World Health Organisation; and if she will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage of development at each of the hospital sites designated for the private hospital co-location scheme; and the projected number...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that the consultants' contract has been agreed and many consultants have signed up to a new contract, the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 165,293 bed days were lost in hospitals in 2007 and that 85,232 bed days were lost during the first five...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review of radiology at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda will be finalised and published; and if she will make a statement...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many general practitioner practices have not been supplied the kits necessary to carry...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review of maternity services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32322/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of representations made to her from consultants at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, regarding the quality and safety...
    • Water Quality
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on findings by the Health Service Executive that water in parts of Galway is unsuitable for consumption; and if she will make...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the ongoing problem of patients on trolleys in accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement...
    • Financial Management Practices
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the controls and monitoring systems that she has put in place to ensure good financial management practices in the Health Service...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had regarding the proposals by the Health Service Executive to devolve decision making to regional levels; if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assurances she will give that the necessary resources will be provided in order to provide the highest standards of diagnosis and...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Health Information and Quality Authority...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when women in each of the counties of the south and west will be included in the BreastCheck programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding the provision of an out-of-hours social worker service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional resources, beds and staff theatre capacity that have been allocated to Waterford General Hospital to deal with the extra...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a request to include people with post-polio syndrome in the medical card scheme without subjection to a means test; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the delay in receiving finances from the British Government in respect of people who pay social insurance in the UK but receive...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy in relation to the provision of BCG vaccine to all babies; the advice she or her Department has given to the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date the fair deal nursing home support scheme legislation will be published; if the necessary funds will be allocated for the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the second investigation into the Leas Cross Nursing Home has been completed; if not, when the report will be published; and if she...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement by the monitoring group for A Vision for Change in which concern was expressed regarding the rate of progress...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will licence nursing agencies or home help providers in order to promote and encourage patient safety; her plans to licence...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of MRSA, Clostridium difficile or other similar hospital based infections identified or suspected throughout the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the EU proposals to control the sale of vitamins and other health supplements; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the health insurance premia for older and sicker persons will increase in view of the decision of the Supreme Court...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the establishment of primary care teams; the range of services that will be supplied in each centre; the number of...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to give the National Treatment Purchase Fund a role in identifying suitable nursing homes for individual persons; and if she...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to publish the Health (Long-term Residential Care Services) Bill; if the legal difficulties encountered have...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify reports that two of the proposed centres of excellence for cancer will now operate as one centre; if, in those...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new consultants that have been recruited since the agreement on contracts with the Irish Hospitals Consultants...
    • Health Services
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly and disabled persons have difficulty in getting a reasonable level of home help...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with children; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the standard and quality of the health service is expected to improve in the foreseeable future; if so, the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to achieve savings under the community drugs scheme following the recent decision of the High Court in relation to changes...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration has been completed on extending the recognised illnesses and conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide additional public long stay elderly care beds in order to address the growing need for such facilities; and if she...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation in order that the national cancer registry can be integrated with the national cancer control...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding a commitment given by her to a call by the Association of Ambulance Personnel to provide stab vests to...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 164: 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...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plan to restore a portion of the funds allocated for the introduction of the fair deal to the Health Service Executive to cover the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her review of eligibility for medical cards will be completed; if it will be published when completed; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 168: 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 north-east region of Cavan,...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will meet with a group (details supplied); if she will address their concerns that information they have received under the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to intervene to address the crisis in dermatology services in the north-east Health Service Executive region in view...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has commenced the evaluation of the Health Service Executive's home care packages; when she expects the review to be completed;...
    • Patient Safety
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a patient safety authority or agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32157/08]
    • Social Inclusion
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of a report in August 2008 by the Institute of Public Health and the Combat Poverty Agency which indicates...
    • Health Promotion
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has taken the lead responsibility to provide an integrated and consistent proactive approach to addressing overweight and obesity...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an assurance that funding earmarked for the development funding for people with disabilities in 2008 has been...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of mental health properties that have been sold; the funds available as a result of such sales for the development of mental...
    • Health Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take responsibility in the area of special needs education particularly in the area of speech and language therapy,...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ease the backlog that has developed in the National Treatment Purchase Fund which has led to more than 2,000 patients...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours which have been cut since October 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32222/08]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting times for persons seeking appointments with dermatologists; her plans to increase...
    • Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a national diabetic retinopathy detection programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32178/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to cases of elderly or disabled people being asked to give a monetary contribution for home help; if she...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the publication of a review of the cost of disability payment; her plans to introduce such a payment; if so, the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 188: To ask the Taoiseach the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt of bonuses for each of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 189: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the original proposal announced in...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 190: To ask the Taoiseach the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory purchase orders; the number...
    • National Statistics
      Question 191: To ask the Taoiseach the population in each of the 26 counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31670/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 193: To ask the Taoiseach the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of an application for a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Job Creation
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in County Monaghan during the period from June 1997 to date in 2008; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person in receipt of credits from social welfare is entitled to obtain a position on a FÁS scheme; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bonuses awarded by her Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will list in regard to her Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of her...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of her Department that have the power...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide a tabular statement giving a yearly breakdown for the past eight years regarding the...
    • Skill Shortages
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the funding of Skillnets for the remainder of 2008 and for 2009; and if she will make...
    • Work Permits
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for an employment permit for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Data Protection
      Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in her Department; if those policies have...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the interpretation of apart-hotel which is included in section 3 of the Valuation Act 2001, as applied by the...
    • Customs Service
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32465/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if inheritance tax is payable by a person in relation to the transfer of family lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • House Prices
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering a shared-equity home ownership scheme in the context of the budget 2009 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance the forecast of public expenditure for each Department based on the maintenance of existing levels of service; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Civil Service Recruitment
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering a Civil Service recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31972/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance if an update is planned of the Revenue Commissioners' study of the effective tax rates of the top 400 earners; the timetable for the publication of...

    • Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which have been taken and those which remain to be taken in terms of the implementation of the recommendations of Indecon International...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of non-Exchequer capital spending for the years 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the forecast receipts from the health levy for 2008; the actual figures on a comparative basis for each year since 2002; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the charging of VAT on safety equipment used in sports activity; if he will introduce reductions in the VAT rate on safety equipment...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on maintaining all front-line public services at 2008 levels, accounting also for inflation and demographic changes; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a temporary bonus holiday for high-paid public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31979/08]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether an offer either implicit or explicit to support a distressed bank which had previously followed less than fastidious lending...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the leases taken out by the Office of Public Works on behalf of Departments or by State agencies since the announcement of the decentralisation...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Treasury Management Agency engages, through equity participations held under the National Pension Reserve Fund or other programmes,...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and proportion of taxpayers for the years 2007 and to date in 2008 paying tax at the standard rate who are nominally liable to pay tax at...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected inflationary impact of increasing excise duty respectively by 10 cent per packet of 20 cigarettes, 10 cent per litre of petrol, 10 cent...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt of bonuses...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the original proposal...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory purchase orders;...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the facilities at a building (details supplied) in County Mayo for persons on the live register having to sign on...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be furnished with a P21 statement for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32188/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a home carer's tax credit in respect of their spouse; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a border inspection post at Killybegs Harbour, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32344/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases where tenants' tax credits have been reduced with regard to the requirement for tenants to deduct 20% of the gross payable...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works have taken charge of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be saved were he not to pay into the National Pensions Reserve Fund in 2009. [32392/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works will launch the conservation plan in respect of Athassel Abbey in south Tipperary. [32488/08]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a contract (details supplied) was extended; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31878/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in an area (details supplied) who have to avail of dental services in alternative locations due to the lack of a...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a response has not issued to date from her Department to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a grant system or funding available to groups (details supplied) to carry out research and technology improvements relating...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision on an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the reports, in regard to genetically modified animals in the United States of America, which...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the blood banks here which have not met the ISO standards which the Irish Medicines Board has set as a requirement to operate in the...
    • Clinical Indemnity Scheme
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the issue of medical negligence insurance for medical practitioners; if such insurance is obligatory; if the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a company (details supplied) was chosen to undertake a study of Health Service Executive integration at a cost of €720,000...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the alternatives to methadone available to recovering drug users in this country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31922/08]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will have this reviewed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appeal will be opened in respect of a claim made under the health repayment scheme in view of the fact that the patient was in a...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the €1,359,996 professional costs contained in the non-pay revenue costs section of the accounts...
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter concerning a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [31957/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards issued for the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive; if she will provide the findings in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are on the waiting lists to see consultants at Beaumont Hospital; the length of time each of the patients have...
    • Health Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it took the Health Service Executive from 4 March 2008 to 22 September 2008 to respond to a parliamentary question (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bonuses awarded by her Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will list in regard to her Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of her Department, the original...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of her Department that have the power to issue compulsory...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual capitation fee for each eligible person paid to doctors under the GMS contract; the schedule of GMS fees and the fee for each...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive payment from the nursing payment fund in respect of his or her late...
    • Health Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [32086/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the submission on the statutory registration of counsellors and psychotherapists in Ireland completed by Psychological...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to legislate for the use of nanotechnology in the food and feed industries; the regulations which exist governing this...
    • Health Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of day care facilities within the Kildare area of the Health Service Executive; her plans to increase the number; if the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the application by an association (details supplied) for free flu injections for carers in receipt of a carer's allowance...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has taken place since 20 April 2008 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when it is expected...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Teamwork report on the reorganisation of health services in the mid-west has been brought to the board of the Health Service...
    • EU Directives
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on Ireland's request for derogations for particular supplements under the EU Food Supplements Directive 2002/46/EC; the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a national policy not to take back and re-use aids and appliances such as crutches and wheelchairs, even if they are unused...
    • Health Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce a national diabetic retinopathy programme as recommended by the expert advisory group on diabetes; and if she...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding for development services for young people who are leaving schools for children with disabilities will be provided as...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 1 July 2008, the number of children on the waiting list for the BCG vaccine in the Health...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the report on the issue of the removal of the wrong kidney from a patient in Crumlin children's hospital will be completed and...
    • Health Services
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the waiting time for chromosome analysis is nine months whereas a number of years ago it was three months; her...
    • Tobacco-Related Diseases
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated directly to her Department from the Revenue Commissioners by way of appropriation-in-aid as a result of the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to withdraw colposcopy services from Letterkenny General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public and private places that have been created to date in relation to the national development plan's social inclusion...
    • Health Services
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a funding application (details supplied); when a final decision will be made in relation to this matter; and if she will...
    • Data Protection
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in her Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a surgical appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32442/08]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views and that of the Health Service Executive on the employment of nursing staff from non-EU countries; if employing nursing staff...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has approved land for sale in respect of a site of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if...
    • Health Service Publications
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost in 2007 and to date in 2008 of producing and distributing the Health Service Executive publication Health Matters; the persons...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a vacant site in the ownership of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national screening programme for cystic fibrosis, scheduled to be introduced in 2008, will be implemented; the training that...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to ensure that patients, until recently on the GMS panel of a doctor (details supplied), from the Ringsend...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposal to establish a helicopter emergency medical service, air ambulance for Munster; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will honour a commitment made to the Union of Students in Ireland to support by way of funding of €8,500 its Please Talk...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children identified with Downs syndrome in each of the past five years; the way the figures here compare per 100,000 of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to prevent misdiagnosis at all hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in 1991 in the delivery of the entire spectrum of health services to the entire population; the number...
    • Health Services
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children whose orthodontic treatment has been completed in each of the past five years to date in 2008; the number...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing staff permanently employed throughout the health services; the number of agency staff included; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of home help; the number who received such help in 2006; the extent to which the number of hours per...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of accident and emergency beds available throughout the health service; the number available in 1990; and if she will make...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that the final phase of the Naas hospital development plan will be completed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all theatres in Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare are fully commissioned for procedures; the number of...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the refunds paid to date under the nursing home refund proposal; when the entire liability will be met; the full extent of...
    • Health Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason top-up grants, previously available to some applicants who qualified for local authority home improvement grants, are no...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants and other public servants in her Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by...
  • Department of Transport
    • Public Transport
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to ensure an adequate bus service in a locality (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has commissioned a report or review in relation to an emergency towing vessel; his views regarding the acquisition of an emergency towing...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Transport the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt of bonuses...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the original proposal...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Transport the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory purchase orders;...
    • Road Network
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Transport if the final accounts for the Dublin Port tunnel have been settled; the full costs from planning to completion of the project; and if he will make...
    • Public Transport
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of the subsidy to Dublin Bus per passenger trip for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32078/08]
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport the number under the rural transport initiative of types of fare waiver that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32196/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations...
    • School Transport
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Transport his views regarding a request by a local authority (details supplied) in County Dublin for funding in respect of a pilot school transport service;...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a report being undertaken in relation to a boat (details supplied) which sank earlier in 2008; when this report will be...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Immigration Procedures
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if following the detention of a person (details supplied) at Cloverhill Prison overnight and being strip searched in front...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of equality and human rights organisations which are funded or part-funded by the Government; the funding paid...
    • Integration Strategy
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps which he has taken in response to the European Parliament resolution of 31 January 2008 (details supplied); and...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of drug driving detected each year from 2002 to 2008; the number of convictions attained for each...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32047/08]
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the general policy of day release for prisoners attending FÁS training courses and working in community employment...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for subsidiary protection and an application for a temporary visa to return home...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on approving an application in respect of a town (details supplied) in County Cork under the Garda youth...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [32084/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of garda stations that have been closed in Counties Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí per 1000 of population in Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Galway and Waterford for the years 2006 and 2007....
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he proposes to discontinue funding the community alert programme and particularly the consequences of same for...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a refund will be granted to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the visa application of a person (details supplied); and if he accepts responsibility for...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with conditions for gardaí employed at Wexford Garda station; when the new Wexford Garda station will...
    • Data Protection
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements in place between the Land Registry and an Indian company in relation to the registration of deeds for the...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32465/08]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to deal with loopholes in the liquor licensing laws which allow off-licences to continue...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí attached to two garda stations (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the broken windows theory of crime prevention; and if the Garda has given it consideration or planned to...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the upper age limit of a person applying to join An Garda Síochána; if this age limit applies to persons who have served...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a visa application from a person (details supplied). [32501/08]
    • Mitigation Petitions
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intercede and have the fine imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Sligo reduced to a lower level; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the fee payable to register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau was recently raised by 50%, from €100...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an examination for naturalisation will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to complaints by Tourism Ireland that foreign tourists holding the appropriate entry...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that the funding allocation for an organisation (details supplied) will be continued. [32564/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number, in relation to the decentralisation of Irish Aid, of officials from his Department who have relocated to Limerick; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt of...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory purchase...
    • Data Protection
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to complaints by Tourism Ireland that foreign tourists holding the appropriate entry permissions...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding allocated on a county basis under the sports capital programme in 2008 and in each of the past five years. [31947/08]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a matter (details supplied). [31956/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the original...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a sunset clause applies in respect of sports capital grants which have been awarded; the timeframe of such a clause; and if he...
    • Horse and Greyhound Racing
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the horse and greyhound fund; the amount of funding this received in 2008; if this funding was contributed by the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on lowering the funding threshold required by CLÁR and RAPID areas to secure sports capital funding; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of special advisers employed by himself and his Minister of State; the role of these special advisers; and if he will...
    • Data Protection
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so,...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason a group (details supplied) in County Wexford was not awarded a grant under the sports capital programme for 2008; and if...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to reopen the local authority swimming pool fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32458/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department,...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason top up funding for group water schemes and sewerage schemes under the CLÁR water sewerage measures has...
    • Data Protection
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that a payment of some kind is awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and the reason the person...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the forecast receipts from PRSI contributions for 2008; the actual figures on a comparative basis for each year since 2002; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32046/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved the fuel allowance and the living alone allowance. [31921/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans, in view of the Government commitment to encouraging people to up-skill their educational qualifications and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the bonuses awarded by her Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will list in regard to her Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of her Department, the...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the State-sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of her Department that have the power to issue compulsory...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time that it takes for a claim for jobseeker's allowance to be dealt with; and if she will make a statement...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to provide a training plan or courses for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32195/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit or illness benefit is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs in respect of the various schemes and payments in operation by her Department; the number of claims which were initially refused...
    • Data Protection
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in her Department; if those policies have been published; if so,...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount in the social insurance fund in each of the past ten years; the funding that has been taken out of the fund; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of an application for the back to school allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Data Protection
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on a query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32468/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if adequate staff, taking into account illness cover and maternity cover, are available to deal with new claims to her Department;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants and other public servants in her Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Defence the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt of bonuses...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the original proposal...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Defence the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory purchase orders;...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason he has chosen to issue notice to quit to tenants of his Department at the Defence Forces married quarters (details supplied) in Dublin 6;...
    • Data Protection
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Defence the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of the Change.ie advertising campaign in relation to the cost of broadcast advertising, billboard...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding to a water scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when funding will be...
    • Election Management System
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make the ministerial order to implement the changes recommended by the Dublin and cities...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidance, in view of the recent helicopter crash, his Department gives to local authorities with regard...
    • Waste Management
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority can place a condition on the waste permits it issues obliging private waste operators to...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average time it takes for a case to appear before the Private Tenancies Disputes Mediation Panel and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the legislation in order that local authorities are permitted to collect a levy from...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 27 February 2008, the planning authorities which have complied...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of independent living units that have been funded by his Department through the local authorities...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he can justify a situation where one person driving a 1.6 TDCI diesel 127mg/km has to pay €428 tax...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Castleblayney sewerage scheme programme; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 4 March 2008, if the suggested pilot tenant purchase scheme for...
    • Water Quality
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he proposes to take to address issues that have arisen regarding the safety of the water supply...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is not possible to view or purchase copies of the marked electoral register for referenda....
    • Election Management System
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will complete the consultation process in regard to election postering; when he expects to introduce...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be published; if it will provide for the tenant...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that sufficient funds are made available towards the building of OPDs or houses for the...
    • Data Protection
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have...
    • Development Levies
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with reference to the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, he will provide a breakdown by each...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if financial assistance towards radon proofing is available to owners of former local authority houses that...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities have recently been issued with a directive to withdraw funding which was allocated for...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that will be made available to Galway County Council for the additional application works that...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on rural sustainability as presented in one-off housing developments; and if he will make a...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if domestic turf cutting on all blanket bogs will continue as has been promised and is the tradition in many...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the Power of One advertising campaign in relation to the cost of broadcast advertising, billboard...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the financial supports he will provide to homeowners who wish to improve the energy efficiency of their houses;...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the RTÉ channels are not free to air when they are part of satellite packages; and if he will make...
    • Data Protection
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a wood log gasifier grant scheme under the greener homes schemes; his views on whether...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme applicants that have been inspected on a county basis, in each of the past five years; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce grant aid for sheep fencing and handling facilities to allow those farmers who were locked out of the...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the guidelines given to the marine licence vetting committee for review of offshore wind energy lease applications; the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives taken or planned to upgrade commercial activity for Killybegs Harbour, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff working in the regional office in Galway for the REP scheme with details of the rank, salary, expenses...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made in respect of forestry to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [31889/08]
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the aid available to support the poultry sector in this period of high feed costs and with the impact of cheap imports,...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the 30 day brucellosis test to either 60 or 90 days in view of the fact that most farmers have less than...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans he has to introduce a native hill breed scheme with a payment rate of €35 per mountain ewe up to a maximum of...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will allow traditional grazing and mixed grazing supplementary measures in the REP scheme to be available under a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a payment under the farm improvement scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown for milk quota in each county; and the average size of quota for each county and region....
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who was approved for a farm waste management grant for the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has made a submission to the European Commission for an extension beyond 31 December 2008 for the farm waste...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average single farm payment for each of the 26 counties. [32088/08]
    • Farm Income
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the retail price for milk, lamb, beef, potatoes and eggs that was paid to farmers in 2000. [32106/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the numbers who were affected by the suspension of the farm improvement scheme on 23 October 2007 nationally and in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects a payment (details supplied) to be made; and if there have been changes in the issuing of this payment....
    • Data Protection
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published;...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has made the application for the extension of the deadline for the control of farm waste scheme from 31 December 2008;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to forestry premium payments to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this contract...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the strong positive environmental and economical return to the State, funding for the forestry programme as...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on proposals to abolish milk quota; and its possible effects on the dairy sector here. [32547/08]
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the support he will give to the feed grain industry here. [32562/08]
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action which has been taken in 2008 to assist the poultry sector; the cost of such action; if he has a strategic policy...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Staffing
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people working in the primary sector as untrained teachers. [31882/08]
    • Third Level Education
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will introduce a bonus college entry points system for those who study higher level leaving certificate mathematics; if he will...
    • School Transport
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a housing development (details supplied) in County Cork qualifies under the school transport scheme. [31899/08]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish a fund to abolish part-time fees for students in third level education as is stated in both the Programme for...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial resources and numbers of staff allocated to both the National Education Welfare Board and the National Educational...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will use his discretionary powers in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon to facilitate them with a grant...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for construction of permanent school buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; the...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the job and budget cuts that have taken place in the provision of the psychological services of both City of Dublin VEC and County...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant emergency funding to schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24 as a means of resolving the ongoing problem with leaky...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has been granted all due arrears and entitlements. [31943/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will be provided with a sports hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the proposed site for a post-primary school in Kellystown, Dublin 15; the timeframe for the proposed acquisition of the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has for the future of the Tipperary Institute, in particular, if he has plans to amalgamate it with another educational...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the original...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory...
    • School Transport
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons (details supplied) in County Wexford, who had previously received bus passes, have been refused school transport;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork qualifies for the appointment of an administrative deputy principal. [32090/08]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of an extension at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [32092/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to provide a new gaelscoil at Westport, County Mayo, the application for which has been made for some considerable...
    • School Transport
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene and ensure subsidised transport will be arranged for students travelling from Carrigallen, County Leitrim to...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide second level school places for the 68 children who were refused entry to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he is to reduce funding for the school completion programme; if his attention has been drawn to the repercussions of such...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rental paid on offices by each vocational education committee in each county in 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he...
    • Research Funding
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a response will be forthcoming further to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places in the vocational training opportunities scheme in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively; if the number of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied) in County Cork on the school building programme; the stage it is at; the point at the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for an emergency works grant; when it was...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost of funding a place on the vocational training opportunities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will investigate a school transport issue (details supplied) in County Cork with a view to having a designated bus provided....
    • School Placement
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that have been made for the education of a child (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on whether the...
    • School Transport
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way the school transport operators will be affected by the end of the fuel rebate system on 1 November 2008; the provisions in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is special grant assistance available for individuals seeking to provide Montessori places or other preschool initiatives for...
    • Data Protection
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of emergency funding that has been dispensed by his Department on a month-by-month basis since September 2007 to schools;...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the actions that were taken on foot of the review of his Department's operations, systems and staffing needs (details supplied); and...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Health Service Executive has approved land for sale for the site of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if so,...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress by his Department in securing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on an offer earlier in 2008 for disposal of a site to his Department for the provision of permanent accommodation for a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a query (details supplied). [32462/08]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32463/08]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in relation to an application for funding for a physical education hall,...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the plan to purchase additional land for the schools amalgamation project in Cahir, County Tipperary; the...
    • School Transport
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a problem regarding pupils attending schools (details supplied) in County Galway as a result of a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make...
    • Adult Education
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has reviewed his Department's circular 46/00 regarding the provision of reduced teaching hours in second level schools in...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the decision of the school principal and board of management of a second level school to refuse admission to a person...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that the recommendations of his Department's inspectors with regard to an upgrading of accommodation at a school...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis for his decision to cease funding to the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education; the way in which the decision...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by...

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