Written answers
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
- Department of Transport
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector continue to rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Public Transport
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in developing integrated transport and integrated ticketing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32662/08]
- Rail Network
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Transport the stage of development of the metro west project; the estimated completion date of metro west; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Safety
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he is bringing forward to tackle the increasing problem of drug driving on roads here; if he has reviewed roadside drug testing...
- Public Transport
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Transport if his views on the actions of Dublin Bus in the Lucan area in response to competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32610/08]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Transport when he plans to bring forward legislation to reform the bus licensing Act 1932; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32642/08]
- Road Safety
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the annual road worthiness test for public buses and HGVs is meeting required safety standards; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will grant a licence to a bus service (details supplied) to operate a scheduled bus service between Dalkey and intermediary points such as...
- Departmental Budget
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport the cuts he has made in his Department's budget since the announcement of June 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32627/08]
- Road Network
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is examining further systems for charging road users; if he has had contacts with the UK Department of Transport on pay-as-you-go road...
- Public Transport
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which it is expected to meet the schedules and targets in Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32568/08]
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Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport the strategy he is putting in place for when the fuel rebate is removed and private public transport operators struggle to remain in business;...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reform the penalty points system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32560/08]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of the delay in appointing a new chairperson to the board of Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32651/08]
- Port Development
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport the way his strategic review of Dublin Port and its future will operate with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's new...
- Road Safety
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Transport the additional resources he has given the Road Safety Authority to allow it to carry out the annual road worthiness tests for public buses and...
- Air Services
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the operation of the aviation public service obligation flights; the cost of operating the air PSOs; his views on extending...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector; if the level of transport emissions have been underestimated by up to 12%; the...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce the national cycling strategy; the measures he will prioritise in the new strategy; if he will introduce new measures to...
- Air Services
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the general strategic aviation outlook for Ireland in view of the ongoing difficulties in the airline sector; if he is constantly...
- Road Safety
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has decided to change the drink driving limit; the timetable for change in the drink driving limit; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the establishment and implementation of the Dublin Transport Authority; when the new DTA will be fully operational; if the...
- Light Rail Project
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support the development of Luas systems for Cork, Galway and Limerick; the stage these plans are at; and if he will make a statement on...
- Air Services
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken in view of the technical difficulties experienced by the radar system at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rail Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reduce subvention to Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32665/08]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 8 May 2008, the further progress that has been made regarding the decentralisation of Bus Éireann...
- Road Network
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding plans for a new tranche of public private partnerships for road building projects; the projects which would be prioritised...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the sustainable travel and transport plan; the measures he plans to include in the policy particularly in relation to...
- State Airports
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the stage of the separation of Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports; if he has provided the required clarifications for Cork...
- Road Safety
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to address the problems with the National Vehicle Driver File that resulted in allegedly as many as 50,000 drivers failing...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recently published Harbours Bill 2008; the reason he has decided to decrease the employee director representation and the...
- Departmental Budget
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy areas of his Department he will identify for cutbacks in view of the Government's target of budgetary cuts across each Department of at...
- Air Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on draft EU legislation aimed at curbing misleading information on airline ticket prices; if he will conduct an investigation into the...
- Road Safety
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of alleged car write-offs that he has been made aware of; his views on whether there may still be car write-offs on roads here; the...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 8 May 2008, the further discussions he has had with the Taxi Regulator regarding the provision of...
- Motor Fuels
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will examine the liquid transport fuels market in conjunction with the Departments of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and...
- Light Rail Project
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the major excavation relating to metro north, the Dublin rail interconnector and the Luas link-up; if all of these projects...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Private Security Authority
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the finance raised under the scheme, IS EN 50131 Part 1 1997, since its inception; the number of applications...
- Business Regulation
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the intellectual property protections afforded to a company (details supplied) that is fully registered in the...
- Industrial Development
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits by Industrial Development Authority representatives with potential investors in job...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes in tax practice that would result in tips being subject to VAT; the reason for this tax on a gift; and if he will make a...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the limit of guarantee on deposits held by Irish banking institutions; the planned new level of guarantee; if his attention has...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand in a more comprehensive way on his letter of 15 September 2008 (details supplied) regarding the status of the planned relocation of...
- Tax Yield
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if 2008 corporate tax projections take into account the fact that companies liquidated in 2009 and 2010 will seek a retrospective three-year tax...
- Tax Code
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person of pension age can claim a refund for dental treatment done in another EU country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32949/08]
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the decision on an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the specific increase in funding both capital and revenue for mammography services at the Midwest Regional Hospital,...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claimants who have appealed and the amount offered to them under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; the number of...
- Mental Health Services
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress of the mental health in primary care project. [32870/08]
- Suicide Prevention
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent on suicide prevention initiatives to date in 2008; the breakdown of those initiatives; and if she will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a survey by Enable Ireland in which more than half of the participants admitted they did not find it...
- Health Service Staff
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new home help persons appointed between 1 April and end of September 2008 by the Health Service Executive in County Galway;...
- Health Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process and procedure followed in the awarding of a contract by the Health Service Executive west, amounting to circa €16.8...
- Health Service Staff
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 1 July 2008, the cost to the Health Service Executive in each of the HSE areas of...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who made a claim seeking a rebate of nursing home charges has not received a rebate;...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated for home care packages; if she will provide a breakdown of this funding by region; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the new national children's hospital; the estimated total cost of this hospital; if she will provide a progress...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the National Treatment Purchase Fund to the Exchequer in the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she will make...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of co-located hospitals under construction; the location of these hospitals; when construction will begin on the other...
- Community Pharmacy Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for methadone in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32927/08]
- Health Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32970/08]
- Mental Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 24 September 2008, if she has received a copy of the Waiting List Report on Child and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not receiving the physiotherapy treatment that was recommended for them in view...
- Department of Transport
- Comharthaí Bóithre
Question 101: To ask the Aire Iompair cad iad na hiarrachtaí atá á ndéanamh ag a Roinn le comhstádas don Ghaeilge a bheith ar fáil ar chomharthaí bóithre; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
- Job Losses
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the contacts he has had with Aer Lingus management and unions over new cost cutting proposals that may result in job losses of up to 1,300 people...
- Road Safety
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the additional resources he has given the Road Safety Authority to meet new standards set down in recent legislation; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason bus lanes are operational on a 24-hour 7-day basis in some locations in which buses do not provide 24-hour services; and if he will...
- Ferry Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport if progress has been made on the re-establishment of the Cork- Swansea ferry route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32713/08]
- Rail Network
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on works on the Midleton to Cork railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32745/08]
- Traffic Management
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on allowing cars carrying three or more people to use the bus lanes in Dublin or elsewhere in order to encourage car pooling and...
- Coast Guard Service
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to install a coastal radio in the headquarters of his Department in Dublin and open a new centre in Shannon; and if he will make a...
- Light Rail Project
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason only one possible route for the proposed Rathfarnham-Terenure Luas line was examined in the feasibility study recently undertaken under...
- Planning Issues
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the assertion made during the oral hearing into appeal PL29S/228512 that the proposed development would have a negligible effect on...
- Traffic Management
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has taken particular steps to ensure that measures calculated to address traffic congestion affecting the commuter towns throughout County...
- Public Transport
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received from Bus Átha Cliath or Iarnród Éireann proposals for an enhanced feeder bus service to meet the requirements of commuters...
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which all of the projects in the Transport 21 project relative to north Kildare will be implemented in full as originally announced...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date of decentralisation to Drogheda, including the progress on sites selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to introduce the promised legislation on the regulation of management companies; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when he expects...
- Garda Investigations
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the ongoing investigation into a scheme (details supplied); when the investigation will be...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the statutory body which has responsibility for providing accommodation to asylum seekers who have been evicted from direct...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding plans to construct a new prison in Kilworth, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in the number of gardaí that are needed to deal with the ongoing violence...
- Garda Investigations
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to deal with the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances relating to a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford which has been...
- Firearms Licences
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of legally held firearms in this State; and if he is satisfied with public safety aspects. [32983/08]
- Prison Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will seek a report from the Irish Prison Service on the transfer without reason or adequate explanation of a person...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make funds available for a swimming pool at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin. [32909/08]
- Arts Funding
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32987/08]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare has been withdrawn; and if he...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Family Support Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the pilot scheme for lone parents which has been running, including any evaluation undertaken into the project; and...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will remove the six month rule for qualifying for training and education schemes when in receipt of jobseekers payments, in...
- Social Insurance
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the PPS number of a person, now deceased, was not furnished to the solicitors acting on behalf of persons (details...
- Data Protection
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that all customers whose personal and payment information that was on the reported stolen laptop computers...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average waiting time in County Meath for an application of jobseekers allowance from date of application to receipt of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has plans to increase the payment for each dependent child under the widow's and widower's contributory pension scheme; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date of decentralisation to Drogheda, including the progress in relation to sites selected; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Allowances
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers who still receive a Border allowance; the reason this allowance is paid; the amount of money paid annually under this...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the gateway innovation fund will be allocated; the way it is proposed to evaluate same; and if he...
- Planning Issues
Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that heritage trees listed for preservation in the Drogheda...
- National Monuments
Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for the retention and protection of the Turoe Stone at its present location in County Galway; and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposed Animal Welfare Bill due to be published will incorporate the proposed regulations governing...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to the proposed special area of conservation for Wexford Harbour, regard was given to the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the figures for methane produced here and released into the atmosphere from agricultural...
- Waste Disposal
Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an industry based proposal in the jewellery and watches...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if grant aid is available from his Department for the installation of equipment by a person (details...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the local government fund will be advised to the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when permission will be given to a housing association and Offaly County Council to purchase a property...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if up-front payments are currently being made to developers under the rental accommodation leasing scheme;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been allocated for the upgrade of the Gort water treatment plant and the Gort regional...
- Special Amenity Areas
Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on putting in place a new area of special amenity in a location (details supplied) in County...
- Waste Management
Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1498 and 1499 of 24 September 2008, the previous guidance which was...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location of proposed natural heritage areas, special areas of conservation and special protection areas;...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding under the local government fund that was paid to each local authority for the years...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if grant aid is available from his Department for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32750/08]
- Electricity Generation
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the projected amount and monetary value of electricity that is expected to be exported over the proposed...
- Employment Rights
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ship employed by Shell Ireland to lay the pipeline for the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Foreshore Licences
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32988/08]
- Seafood Imports
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a list detailing the origin and nature of seafood imports into Ireland in 2007. [32681/08]
- Data Protection
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to a previous parliamentary question, the type of data that was stored on the laptop that was reported stolen from...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on farmers in receipt of REP scheme and set aside payments being allowed to use their land to grow energy crops....
- Fisheries Protection
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the period of time Danish vessels have fished off the Irish coast. [32720/08]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in County Mayo who are participants in the REP scheme over the past four years; the number who have...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an aquaculture licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of a grant under the farm waste management scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on farmers in receipt of REP scheme payments being allowed to use their land to grow energy crops. [32759/08]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis on which the Danish quota for the ICES VI and ICES VII zones was established. [32760/08]
- Farm Inspections
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, following the rejection of the Lisbon treaty, he has requested the EU Commission to review his position in relation to...
- Agriculture Appeals Office
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will justify the imposition of a penalty and confirmation of it on appeal to the local regional inspector (details...
- Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that has been made available for the farm improvement scheme for 2008; the level of funding still...
- Horticulture Sector
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if within the code of good farming practice, provision is made in respect of horticultural farmers who grow blackcurrants,...
- Grant Payments
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [32950/08]
- Compensation Schemes
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the sugar compensation scheme; and if he will...
- Animal Diseases
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a possibility of setting up a compensation scheme for farmers whose cattle die from incurable disease, and...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the history and the status of the application for approval to carry out essential accommodation works at a school (details supplied)...
- School Transport
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his policy on the excise duty relief scheme for school buses as referred to in Question No. 700 of 24 September 2008. [32703/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction a visiting teacher in respect of visually impaired students (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32709/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the state of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has further been drawn...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the future need for either one 32 class school or two 16 class schools in the greater Kilternan...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is not discriminated against and refused a higher education grant and...
- School Accommodation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take steps to provide the additional accommodation required at a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will be in a position to allow a new school in an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath to proceed to construction, as...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will be in a position to allow a refurbishment project at a school (details supplied) in County Longford to proceed in view of...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he did not allow Westmeath Vocational Education Committee to utilise a portion of internal funding it had acquired through...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position and progress made to date in the decentralisation project of 300 posts to Mullingar, County Westmeath; if his attention...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Laois ; the reason the project has not progressed to date;...
- School Accommodation
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school pupils in the Lucan area who are in temporary or prefabricated buildings; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the building of a second level school in Lucan, County Dublin will commence; the duration it will take for this building to be...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve DEIS status for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32882/08]
- Departmental Reports
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received or if his attention has been drawn to the report for his Department and the Higher Education Authority regarding...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts to secure a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [32911/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage of plans for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason with regard to the school transport scheme, private bus operators contracted under the scheme in County Wexford were not...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will prioritise the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the multi-annual school building and...
