Written answers
Thursday, 2 October 2008
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Electronic Monitoring of Offenders
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views and intentions in respect of electronic tagging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32781/08]
- Garda Deployment
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the number of gardaí on duty in the border areas of Cavan, Monaghan and Leitrim; his views on...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently operating as juvenile liaison officers; if he has plans to increase the number having regard...
- Gaming Regulation
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the introduction of fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32771/08]
- Departmental Budget
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has identified areas in his Department in which he will cut spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Transport
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department did not seek a bulk discount when purchasing 700 Garda patrol cars, as outlined in the Comptroller...
- Garda Divisions
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 4 June 2008, the progress that has been made by the project boards established...
- Prison Committals
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances which led to the imprisonment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Budget
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which he plans to achieve a reduction of 3% in payroll costs for his Department, as announced in July 2008; if it...
- Prison Committals
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of the Irish prison population who are in prison as a result of the non-payment of fines; and if he will make...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to seek an interim report from the Smithwick tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32791/08]
- Sex Offender Treatment Programme
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that treatment for sex offenders in Irish prisons is effective; if measures are in place to ascertain the...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will bring forward legislative or policy provisions to reverse the blanket ban on diabetics joining An Garda...
- Departmental Budget
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends that the 3% reduction in payroll costs will apply to An Garda Síochána; if an assessment has been carried...
- Organised Crime
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of organised crime gangs operating here; his proposals to bring their activities to an immediate stop; and if he...
- Garda Investigations
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report in respect of the proliferation of pipe bomb attacks in the greater Dublin area; and if he will...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding has been ring-fenced to facilitate the creation of the promised joint policing committees; and if he will make a...
- Fathers' Rights
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has commissioned research on the issue of fathers' rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32807/08]
- Public Order Offences
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cross-departmental work he has engaged in with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with a...
- Drug Seizures
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether recent figures showing that there were more than 10,000 registered heroin addicts here reflects the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans regarding the creation of a DNA database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32805/08]
- Garda Deployment
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civilian personnel employed in Garda barracks; the additional number he will employ in order that trained...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for legislative initiatives in the area of fathers' rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32808/08]
- Public Order Offences
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the increase of almost 60% in the number of public order offences between 2003 and 2007; the steps he is taking...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if legislation is being prepared to regulate the operation of casinos here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Reserve
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that restaurants can be subject to prosecution for serving wine to their customers with meals on Good...
- Crime Levels
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gun murders recorded since the beginning of 2008; the steps he is taking to reduce the number of such gun...
- Garda Stations
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is satisfactory that the large town of Portlaoise has been without an adequate building for its...
- Garda Investigations
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the absence of a DNA database is an impediment to the Garda in its efforts to solve crimes here; and if...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to improve data protection legislation here in view of recent data breaches; and if he will make a statement on...
- Organised Crime
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to determine the full extent of the activities of organised criminal gangs based here, overseas and in...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions on which the Garda has sought court orders under sections 91, 111, 113 and 114 of the Children's Act...
- Residency Permits
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the 50% increase, from €100 to €150, in the cost of registering with the border and immigration...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the infrastructural developments due to take place in the prison sector in the next 12 months; if these projects will go...
- Prison Service
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason mobile telephone-blocking equipment has not been installed in prisons here; when all prisons will have the...
- Gaming Regulation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will appoint an independent gambling regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32773/08]
- Garda Deployment
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí of all ranks allocated to County Donegal; if there are plans to increase the number; and if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the promised property services regulatory authority Bill; if the Bill will include provisions to...
- Garda Equipment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the context of Garda resources, he will ensure that equipment to register decibel levels on motor vehicle noise...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed Thornton Hall prison plan; the latest estimate available to him of the expected cost,...
- Gaming Regulation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the provisions of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 are being adhered to and implemented; and if he...
- Prison Education Service
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if budgets for education and training within Irish prisons will be reduced in view of the economic climate; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis on which gardaí are allocated to particular stations, having regard to the fact that while there are an average...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the instructions given to the Garda personnel driving ministerial cars either by his Department or the Commissioner in...
- Prison Service
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the number of prisoners who are held under protection within the State's jails; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the compensation or legal costs paid arising from claims against members of the Garda in respect of assault, illegal arrest...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the legislation to give effect to the victims initiative he announced on 19 June 2008 will be brought before Dáil...
- Human Rights Commission
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposed changes to the role, structure or organisation of the Human Rights Commission; if he is satisfied that such...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the commission of...
- Crime Levels
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the alleged links between dissident republicans and the drugs trade; the steps he has taken to address this...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to get a report seeking information on the reported dropping of charges against a convicted drugs dealer who is at...
- Community Courts
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views and intentions regarding the expansion and development of community courts; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Drug Seizures
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and value of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs here during 2007 and to date in 2008; the...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the Immigrant Council of Ireland regarding heavy handed treatment...
- Crime Levels
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007 and to date in 2008 in which grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices have been used;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the semi-State bodies, boards or agencies for which his Department has responsibility, which it is intended to abolish or...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding allocated from budget 2008 for the Thornton Hall prison project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Crime Prevention
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to increase the Garda search powers, promised in the agreed programme for Government, in relation to...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a practice whereby duplicate taxi numbers are attached to the same model of car as the genuine taxi number to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to enhance rural policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32680/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on comments (details supplied) made by the Ombudsman at the launch of her fourth annual report that there was a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce changes in legislation in respect of the payment of fines; when he will introduce same; and if he will...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made regarding the implementation of the first five reports of the Morris tribunal; the recommendations that...
- Garda Investigations
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps the Garda is taking to deal with a reported feud between two criminal gangs in Dublin which has led to numerous...
- Mobile Phones in Prisons
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile phones that have been seized from Irish prisons annually in the years 2007 and to date in 2008; and if...
- Crime Levels
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the proliferation of pipe bomb attacks in the greater Dublin area is connected with the activities...
- Mobile Phones in Prisons
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is his policy to allow the use of mobile phones in prisons with a view to monitoring the communications of prisoners....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the promised legislation on civil unions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Procurement Policy
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it his policy to seek discounts when bulk purchasing with public money; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Reports
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or plans to take arising from the report of the Hartnett inquiry into the death of a person (details...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on so-called boy racers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32803/08]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Redundancy Payments
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money owed to her Department in refunds for redundancy payments; the way debtors are being...
- Job Creation
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Industrial Development Authority supported jobs created in County Laois each year for the past...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of raising the threshold on the health levy by €100 per week and by €200 per week in 2009. [33187/08]
- Public Service Staff
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that Departments and agencies who are seeking to make savings on their wage bill do not compromise the family...
- Tax Code
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax covenanting scheme that is available; the circumstances in which it can be availed of; the persons who can avail of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of reports from the decentralisation implementation group and from the implementation group of Secretaries General; if these reports will...
- Tax Code
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of raising tax credits and the tax cut off points by 4.5% in the 2009 income tax code. [33174/08]
- National Partnership Agreement
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra cost in 2009 of paying the latest agreement on pay increase, of pay drift due to increments and grade movement, of the carryover of the...
- Tax Code
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid part of their income at the top rate of income tax in 2007, in 2008 and in 2009; and the percentage they constitute...
- Tax Yield
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the aggregate tax revenue raised in 2007 and in 2008 from the construction sector, from the motoring sector and from alcoholic...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the value of and the basis of assessment for domiciliary care allowance and associated respite grant; and if conditions apply...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the companies working on behalf of her Department in the administration of the health repayment scheme; the payments made to each...
- Hospital Staff
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of orthopaedic surgeons and the subsequent theatre space that would be required in the Cork area; and...
- Health Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an intervention will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a hospital bed in Galway. [33039/08]
- Health Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a personal assistant for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Water Supply Contamination
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding steps taken in response to the discovery of higher than recommended levels of lead in water supplies in Galway...
- Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment of arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33081/08]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 is 18 months waiting for a hip replacement and...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a home care package is provided for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the funding of an ART ASSIST machine to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has ceased by the Health Service...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for appointments for each speciality in each of the hospitals of Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County...
- Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the proposed timeframe and targets for the national diabetic retinopathy detection programme (details...
- Hospital Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the resources that have been committed to the new Alzheimer's and hospice unit at St. Ita's Hospital in Newcastle West; the staffing...
- Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the provision of orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [33131/08]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is envisaged a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be given a hospital appointment for surgery. [33163/08]
- Health Levy
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the revenue expected to be raised from the health levy in 2007, 2008 and 2009. [33188/08]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the improvements she is making in the nursing home subvention to which extra money was allocated in July 2008; the value of the maximum...
- Medical Cards
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income thresholds and eligibility terms for medical card and general practitioner services cards which apply; the index used for...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if changes in the general terms of the fair deal scheme as issued in 2007 are envisaged as a result of the detailed work that has had to...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has set eligibility terms to be followed by the Health Service Executive in providing access to a home care package; and the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the value of mobility allowance and of grants towards a car adapted for a person with a significant mobility disablement. [33199/08]
- Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in north Tipperary awaiting speech and language therapy services including those awaiting assessment and those...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the incidents of nuisance behaviour associated with drink have reduced following the introduction of the new rules...
- Visa Applications
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [33021/08]
- Programme Refugees
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will help to allay the fears of a town (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Equal Status Acts
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the action he will take to have the matter addressed; and if he...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the written protocol or guidelines that officers of the Garda National Immigration Bureau operate from when discharging...
- Crime Prevention
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 981 of 24 of September 2008, if a group (details supplied) was a splinter group of...
- Garda Investigations
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if progress has been made by the Garda in the case of the serious wounding of a person (details supplied) in County Louth;...
- Visa Applications
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding an application for family reunification by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of visa holders and non-visa required nationals refused entry or detained at Dublin Airport each year since 2004...
- Residency Permits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for long-term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which was received...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if estimates have been made of the number of illegal immigrants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the case of the application for residency of a person (details supplied) in County Louth;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the case of the application for citizenship or residency of a person (details supplied)...
- Visa Applications
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the case of the application for residency of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
- Crime Levels
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons accused of gun crime and currently on bail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33221/08]
- Proceeds of Crime
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases in respect of which the Criminal Assets Bureau has seized goods or property in each of the past two...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions pending in respect of members of organised crime gangs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the case of the application for family reunification of a person (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the case of the application for citizenship of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7;...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when updated travel documentation will issue in the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status of the application for residency of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to citizenship or family reunification in the case of a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions taken against so-called boy racers in each of the past two years to date through each Garda...
- Public Order Offences
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour reported to the various Garda stations in County Kildare in each of the...
- Crime Levels
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of robberies, including break-ins, reported to the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare in the past...
- Garda Divisions
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the reorganisation of divisional responsibilities has been completed in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Organised Crime
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug barons currently operating here; the extent of the action to deal with the issue; and if he will make a...
- Garda Equipment
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that adequate modern technology is readily available to the gardaí at all stations here with the...
- Organised Crime
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of organised crime gangs currently serving prison sentences; the extent to which their ability to...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents in respect of which witness intimidation has taken place in each of the past two years; the action...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a decentralisation project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the location of the proposed...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- World Equestrian Games
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make a financial commitment to Ireland's hosting of the World Equestrian Games in 2014 in the event that the Irish bid is...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on funding an application for the proposed swimming pool (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Arts Funding
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on providing financial support to the development and promotion of dance here. [33136/08]
- National Sports Campus
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects progress to be made on phase one of the national sports campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Programmes
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if with the amalgamation of Leader groups and the new Leader programmes and Cohesion Funds, all these positions will...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of offices or premises being used by each of the local drugs task forces in this country; the number of...
- Community Development
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the community development programme; the amount of funding allocated to this programme for 2008; the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the data from the MABSIS system for the first nine months of 2008 on the number of new clients; the number and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average waiting time for a claim to be processed for each of the various schemes and payments in operation by her Department...
- Social Insurance
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the revenue that would be raised by abolishing the ceiling on PRSI contributions for employees in 2009; the number of people who...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the original Estimates for the cost of unemployment payments in 2008; the Revised Estimates published in July 2008; and the latest...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the means test which applies with respect to maintenance payments, to earned income and to community employment earnings for a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when jobseekers allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Pension Provisions
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of their full pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Army Barracks
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of units of accommodation in the Defence Forces married quarters in McKee Park Barracks; the number which are still occupied; the plans...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Contracts of Sale
Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on...
- Planning Issues
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is necessary to make changes to a county development plan (details supplied); and if he will...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the report Radiation Doses Received by the Irish Population published in...
- Water Pollution
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the correspondence he has had with Galway City Council regarding the discovery of higher than recommended...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the moneys that were allocated in the budget for the years 2007 and 2008 under the heading of climate change;...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the moneys provided to local authorities for the purpose of funding initiatives to do with tidy towns...
- Housing Grants
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the ceilings on the various grants payable through local authorities for housing adaptation and repair or...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the income thresholds which apply to qualify for shared ownership and to qualify for a subsidy towards the...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if rental payments are being calculated for the rental accommodation scheme; the value of ceilings on the...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications received by North Tipperary County Council under the housing aid for older people...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when works will be put in place to provide a service to an area (details supplied) in County Cork. [33082/08]
- Energy Conservation
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the terms of the grants towards home energy use improvement in pilot areas and the categories of persons who...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of appeals to the independent appeals board from each AES region within his Department for 2006, 2007 and to date...
- Departmental Offices
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the area of office space rented or leased by his Department for the delivery of its services nationally; the cost of leasing...
- Grant Payments
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason an application which is fully compliant has not been granted; when a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of complaints to his Department regarding factories based in Nobber, County Meath; the procedures in place for...
- Grant Payments
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been approved grant assistance under the farm...
- Department of Education and Science
- State Examinations
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who sat the 2008 leaving certificate examinations who sought a re-check from the State Examinations Commission;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the new school promised for Rathcormac, County Cork; when it is envisaged that this school will be built; the...
- Teacher Training
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if research has been undertaken by his Department in conjunction with the colleges of education to determine whether those students...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers in the primary school sector who have a masters degree; the number of teachers in the post-primary school...
- School Services Staff
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which do not have recourse to a school secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33016/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the grants administered by his Department to primary and post-primary schools that are available to schools on-line,...
- Adult Education
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a scheme to support a person who is in low paid employment or self-employment to study to do a leaving certificate in...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the second level school which is to be provided for Castleknock, Dublin 15; if it is to be known as Luttrellstown...
- Schools Recognition
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction a gaelscoil for the Tyrellstown area, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33029/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is aware that accommodation for a full class of junior infant boys at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for September...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if money has been sanctioned for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; if that project is going ahead; if it is going out for...
- School Patronage
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the statutory basis upon which Educate Together is being denied the status of patron of a post-primary school in view of the fact that...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1784 of 24 September 2008, the reason his Department does not have a readily accessible format...
- Third Level Education
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1835 of 24 September 2008, if he is satisfied that the universities in the third level sector...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the commencement date for a new building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Longford, which...
- School Staffing
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the national redeployment scheme, which was agreed as part of the national agreement Towards 2016, to be implemented;...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received an application for emergency funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow for the replacement...
- School Transport
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he is taking to ensure students (details supplied) in County Roscommon are facilitated. [33151/08]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the earnings index and the price index used in adjusting the value of the maintenance grant and the income thresholds of higher...
- Third Level Charges
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of the registration fee which applies in the universities and institutes of technology. [33166/08]
