Written answers

Thursday, 9 October 2008

  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Policy Issues
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the programme in foreign policy terms of the new President of Pakistan taking office; his views on the departure of the previous...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Georgia and in particular in those regions seeking autonomy; the assistance he and the European Union was, and is, able to...
    • Poverty Eradication
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the achievements of the New Partnership for Africa's Development with particular reference to its achievement of its stated...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he has recently made ten years after the unjust arrest of persons (details supplied) to raise and challenge their unjust...
    • Diplomatic Contacts
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions which have been held between EU officials and their counterparts in South Africa in the context of a changing government in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will mark the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba by making the right of return of refugees an enforceable and enforced condition...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position following the rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty; the decisions the Government has reached regarding future consultation with...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the countries with which he has agreed five-year country strategy papers; the amount of Irish Aid funding to be spent in each of these...
    • Emigrant Issues
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding allocated by him to a centre (details supplied) for the years 2007 and 2008; if he has audited the accounts of this organisation;...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed with the British Prime Minister the work of the historical enquiries team in the Six Counties; and if he will make a...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to commemorate United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October 2008; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Agreements
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the information he is in receipt of indicating that Iran is in breach of its International Atomic Energy Agency obligations; and if he will...
    • Diplomatic Contacts
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent discussions he has had with the Belorussian authorities regarding Belorussian children visiting here; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent meeting with Foreign Secretary Miliband during his recent visit to Dublin; the matters which were discussed...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish an umbrella group to deal with individual or small group applications for overseas aid; and if he will make a statement...
    • Emigrant Issues
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide assurances that proposed cutbacks in the various Departments will not impact adversely on the vital front-line work being...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of funding for overseas development aid allocated for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34080/08]
    • International Conventions
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if legislation to enable the international Convention on Cluster Munitions will be confined to the final text published following the Dublin...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Tibet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34075/08]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the work being carried out in Irish Aid's target countries; if it is proposed to expand this programme; if he will...
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact he and his Department have had with the Nigerian Embassy following the treatment undergone by a person (details supplied) at...
    • Planned Coup
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent reports regarding a planned assassination of the President of Venezuela; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that the scope and quality of assessments of the effectiveness of humanitarian aid are as rigorous and robust as those...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the freedom of information requests currently under examination by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34073/08]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding our relations with the Government of Sudan; and his views on the decision of the prosecutor of the International...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government to meet the UN target of 0.7% of GDP assigned to overseas development aid...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Burma, particularly in the view of the first anniversary of the 2007 Saffron Revolution and its subsequent military clampdown...
    • Election Monitoring
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been monitoring the preparations for the elections planned in Bangladesh for December 2008 at which it is planned to reintroduce a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he will take to assist in reaching a settlement in Sri Lanka; his views on the situation there; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sporting Events
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that offensive anti-Irish songs were sung by supporters of Glasgow Rangers Football Club...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his priorities for the coming year in respect of development aid for Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33995/08]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, with regard to the newly formed Government in Zimbabwe, he will indicate which sanctions have been either lifted, or newly imposed, upon...
    • Election Results
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent election results in Austria where the far right won 29% of the popular vote; if this has been discussed at European...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the food crisis in Ethiopia, reports of which, it is suggested, the Government may be trying to suppress...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position as it pertains in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34198/08]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if aid funding goes to government organisations or agencies in Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34087/08]
    • Debt Relief
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance he will provide the Jubilee Debt Campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34081/08]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the suggestion that in embassies in Europe, including here, there is non-compliance with internationally recognised labour...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Companies Registration
      Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 1 October 2008, the average length of time involved in the...
    • Workplace Accidents
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts her Department is making to reduce deaths and injuries from workplace accidents in different...
    • Company Restructuring
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a company (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the media reports regarding...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of officials engaged in customs duties in the Border, midland and west region for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties purchased, leased, built or under construction for the decentralisation programme; the floor space in respect of each; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the rates of excises and VAT which apply to each of the excisable products showing in respect of each product the final price and the amount of this...
    • Consumer Price Index
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the consumer price index of a five cent increase on motor fuels, €20 per tonne carbon tax, 50 cent on a bottle of wine, 10 cent on a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax credits in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with a statement from 1 January to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a primary medical certificate will issue to facilitate qualification under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions)...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has yet to issue a full reply in relation to a previous parliamentary question (details...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused on the basis that they were not entitled to claim when...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the circumstances in which an application under the motorised transport scheme could be approved without the applicant being in...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the target for the reduction of suicides by 20% by 2012; the number of suicides that have been reported for 2007 and 2008; and if she...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of multi disciplinary mental health teams that have been established nationwide; the number of teams it is estimated that will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of extra post graduate training places that have been provided for clinical psychologists as promised in the programme for...
    • Health Services
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of chest and pain respiratory clinics that have been established as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new, not replacement, accident and emergency consultants who have been appointed as promised in the national development...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the 1,500 public only hospital beds promised in the programme for Government that have been provided; and if she will make...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €2.4 billion acute hospital capital programme in the national development plan that has been expended to date; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has index linked the income thresholds for medical cards to increases in the average industrial wage as promised in the Programme...
    • Health Services
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €2.1 billion promised in the programme for Government that has been invested in the primary care capital investment...
    • Water Quality
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has been mandated to report on the fluoridation of water; if it has been resourced to do so; when the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a cervical vaccine will be introduced; the funds that have been set aside to introduce it; the vaccine or vaccines that have been...
    • Alcohol Abuse
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the recommendations of the working group on alcohol abuse established under Sustaining Progress that have been implemented...
    • Obesity Strategy
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recommendations of the National Strategy for Tackling Obesity her Department or the Health Service Executive has...
    • Health Services
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she appointed an expert group in 2007 to develop the personal health check programme promised in the programme for Government; if so,...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding and financial arrangements in place to build a new central mental hospital at Thornton Hall; the financial arrangements...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of means testing the over 70s medical card per person and, in total, for the current number of over 70s medical cards...
    • Health Services
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the present day build cost of a 55 to 60 bed community nursing home unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly people or patients awaiting funding for nursing home beds per county and per Health Service Executive area,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner visit only medical cards issued in each year since these cards became available; the number of such...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the regulation of dental technicians; and if it is intended to make changes to same in the near future. [34362/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which moneys or expenses have been granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a primary medical certificate will issue to facilitate qualification under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax...
  • Department of Transport
    • Rail Services
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport his intentions in regard to rail freight following the refusal by An Bord Pleanála to allow the transfer of the Port of Cork in the absence of...
    • Private Airports
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of privately owned aircraft which enter the State via private airports for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 of 24 September 2008, the amount of funding sought by Irish Rail towards the cost of the project in...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the proposed prison at Thornton Hall; if funding is in place to build the facility; if a binding contract has...
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on broadening the membership of the Private Security Authority to include persons knowledgeable in the...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of the budget of €9.2 million allocated to the Office of Integration he has disbursed to date; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on providing a special visa for visiting relatives allowing them to stay for more than three months or pay...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Minister with responsibility for integration closed the fund for integration, which was established in 2007;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for temporary or long-term residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on granting temporary residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency or citizenship status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency or family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
    • Citizen Applications
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application to the refugee appeals tribunal in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected family reunification status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected citizenship status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 145: 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...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review and revoke the Deportation Order in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when travel documentation will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Hunger Task Force
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to implement the recommendations of the recently published task force report on hunger; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the crisis in Darfur; and the efforts being pursued at present at EU level to help ensure that civilian refugees...
    • Emigrant Issues
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps which have been taken to ensure the safe return of Irish expatriates who wish to return home. [34303/08]
    • International Agreements
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and his EU colleagues have discussed the possible effects on Pakistan of the facilitation of the US-India nuclear agreement; and if he...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken at European level to address the growing strength of the Eurosceptic movement with particular reference to the funding of...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which it can be verified that overseas development aid is received by those to whom it was intended in each, all or most...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his EU or UN colleagues are in discussion in regard to the most sensitive areas in Africa affected by hunger, war...
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in regard to EU emergency battlegroups or response forces; the extent of agreement and formation to date, current operations...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish embassies worldwide; the number of new embassies contemplated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34376/08]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made with tackling AIDS in each of the African countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34377/08]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the political situation in the south-western Balkans; the extent to which it is expected to achieve political equilibrium and stability in...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Performing Arts
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grant or bursary options open to a person studying dance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34269/08]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 168: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén uair a bheidh an plépháipéar a d'ullmhaigh a Roinn ar chúrsaí fógraíochta dátheangach faoi alt 9 d'Acht na...
    • Feidhmeannaigh Teanga
      Question 169: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén fáth nach gcuireann an Roinn dlús leis an scéim faoina raibh an Roinn ag cur maoiniú ar fáil chun feidhmeannaigh...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 171: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mbeadh sé sásta cothrom na hinfheistíochta a chur ar fáil don Ghaeilge chun lárionad cultúrtha na Gaeilge a...
    • Conradh na Gaeilge
      Question 173: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an gcuirfidh sé tacaíocht agus maoiniú ar fáil le gur féidir le Conradh na Gaeilge an feachtas GLAC LEIS, le daoine...
    • Community Development
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on increasing the number of representatives from the national social partners on the board of an urban...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated average cost to the Exchequer of each 1,000 extra entrants on the live register. [34300/08]
    • Child Support
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average length of time for an application for child benefit to be processed; the reason families must wait so long; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has reviewed the rent levels for single persons in the Dublin city area to confirm that there are sufficient properties...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Official Engagements
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the meetings he has held or the events he has attended with groups or agencies working for the homeless since...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of bog cutting for personal use at special areas of conservation on blanket bogs; and if he will...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the time it is taking to approve the home improvement grant for the over 60's; and if...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of deer that have been culled from 1 October 2007 to 1 October 2008 in County Wicklow and the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when contracts will be signed under the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenditure by his Department in 2008 on public relations; the individual companies involved; the amount paid to each;...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding the World Trade Organisation talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34255/08]
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of the recent Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting; the discussions held regarding the operation and review...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he or his Department had discussions recently with the board of Teagasc in terms of the budget to be allocated to Teagasc...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a payment to a farmer (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the farm waste management grant scheme has not...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the operation to date of the decentralisation programme for both Department staff and agencies operating under the aegis of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the sale of forestry. [34351/08]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an oral hearing in respect of a REP scheme appeal. [34358/08]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to farmer (details supplied) under the waste management scheme. [34360/08]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction concessionary school transport tickets for persons (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure by his Department on various design teams since the year 2000 on school building projects which have not, to date,...
    • School Transport
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction concessionary bus tickets for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to publish the review of procedures for recognising primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received an EWS application from a community school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school building projects which have been banded 1.1 by his Department for priority in the new school building...
    • Funding Applications
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim which has applied for dormant account funding. [34338/08]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the small schools initiative and permanent accommodation initiative are still in operation; if he will provide details of these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will provide a new school building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork which has a band rating...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 31 places available to children to commence their schooling at a school...