Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Employment Levels
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the growth in employment between 2000 and 2006 in Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [34672/08]
- Labour Force
Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the total work force for 2006 in Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [34673/08]
- Income Levels
Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the gross value added in 2006 for Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [34674/08]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment rate for Gaeltacht areas. [34991/08]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed. [34430/08]
- Programmes for Government
Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the aspects of the Programme for Government that will be retained in view of the new budgetary climate; the parts that will be removed or postponed; if the...
- Public Service Reform
Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the implementation of the OECD report on Reform of the Public Sector; the recommendations that are being adopted and those which are not; and if he will make a...
- Official Engagements
Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34485/08]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of properties purchased, and the cost of staff being moved under the decentralisation programme with a breakdown of the future planned costs for both...
- Information Obligations
Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved; if not, when such a list...
- EU Directives
Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if he will list each...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Agencies
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and...
- Employment Support Services
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement FÁS had with people referred by the Department of Social and Family Affairs in 2007 and to...
- Work Permits
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a...
- Information Obligations
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has completed her list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so,...
- EU Directives
Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by her Department...
- Compensation Tribunal
Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will establish a statutory compensation tribunal for ex-coal miners who have suffered injury and ill...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding persons over the age of 55 years seeking positions on community employment schemes who...
- Department of Finance
- Public Sector Pay
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures included in the latest agreement in the pay talks to safeguard taxpayers' money and to guarantee the delivery of efficiencies in the...
- National Development Plan
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the aspects of the national development plan that will be retained in view of the new budgetary climate; the parts that will be removed or postponed;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reversing the attempts that have been made to date in the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Agencies
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed. [34425/08]
- Tax Yield
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue from applying capital gains tax of 20% to the proceeds in excess of €1 million, €1.5million and €2 million respectively of sales of...
- Garda Stations
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34448/08]
- Income Levels
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers with gross income in the range €0 to €275,000, in the range €275,001 to €500,000, in the range €500,001 to...
- Budget Submissions
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance the number, dates, times and venues of formal meetings he has had with a person (details supplied) during the past six months; and if he will make a...
- Construction Projects
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the construction projects to which he has committed or sanctioned during the past six months on a costs plus basis; the projects under consideration...
- Tax Code
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from applying income tax to child benefit and the early childhood supplement. [34466/08]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the commitment to decentralise Ordnance Survey Ireland to Dungarvan, County Waterford; when the transfer of these positions to...
- Tax Code
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend for a further five years the 100% stamp duty relief for young trained farmers which is due to expire on 31 December 2008; and if he...
- International Finance Corporation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the international financial crisis, it has been considered to use an instrument mooted at the time of the establishment of the...
- Tax Code
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance his view of the fairness of the stamp duty exemption scheme for first time buyers whereby individuals purchasing jointly lose their reliefs when they...
- Information Obligations
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved; if not, when...
- EU Directives
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if he will list...
- Tax Collection
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been placed on a seizure call list, despite having increased payment per week in...
- Tax Code
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a P21 to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34711/08]
- Budget Submissions
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that elderly people are protected in Budget 2009, and that the submission on behalf of an organisation (details...
- Tax Code
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is judged as self-employed by the Revenue Commissioners; if he will rectify this situation; and if he will...
- Consumer Price Index
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on removing the price of cigarettes from the consumer price index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34993/08]
- Tax Code
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on removing nicotine patches and so on from the high rate of VAT and having it set at the 0% rate; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Stations
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has signed a lease to rent a building to house the new Garda premises at Laytown, County Meath; if not, the reason for the delay in...
- Tax Code
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing graduates of the bachelor of agricultural science offered by University College Dublin to be eligible for the stamp duty relief...
- Department of Health and Children
- Misuse of Drugs Act
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a shop (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is selling party pills and advertising mind...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff...
- Health Service Payments
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when outstanding payments, owed to nursing home operators since January 2008, of €6.5 million in enhanced payments of €5.5 million...
- Nursing Home Standards
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide resources to support the implementation of the draft national quality standards for residential care settings in...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure that access to health services such as physiotherapy, chiropody, dental care and so on for older people in nursing...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce the fair deal legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34445/08]
- Hospital Services
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allocated an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pre-School Services
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the commitment in the Programme for Government to provide access to a pre-school place for every child by 2012; if...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute beds closed or unavailable to patients in a hospital (details supplied) in County Laois; the reason the beds are...
- Medical Cards
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34478/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is responsible for setting the annual budget for services to children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child Welfare and Protection
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific actions she has taken on the basis of the statement by the Children's Ombudsman on 1 July 2008 that the State is falling...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there is a lack of demographic and related information on special need prevalence, particularly in view of the broad...
- Pre-School Services
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the pre-school provision recommendation 5.2 from the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive returned unspent funds to the Exchequer at the end of 2007; if so, the amount involved; the reason it was...
- Patient Statistics
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department, the Health Service Executive or the Health Information Quality Authority has plans to monitor, collate and report on a...
- Hospital Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide for the continuation of surgical services at Bantry General Hospital (details supplied); if the Health Service...
- Mental Health Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to properly resource the child and adolescent mental health services in order that timely interventions are provided for...
- Health Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a consultant specialist in diabetes will be able to see a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific plans she has to deal with the need for approximately 2,000 citizens who are amputees and who must pay for their own...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an outpatient clinic appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is on the orthopaedic hip...
- Health Services
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [34531/08]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of the waiting list for admission to the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [34539/08]
- Health Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria being used in the assessment of hours required for home support workers; if there has been a change in this overall criteria...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the upper age limit being removed from the motorised transport grant, she will remove the upper age limit for the mobility...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received under the nursing home repayment scheme; the number of applicants issued offers to date; the number...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims lodged with the State Claims Agency for compensation as a result of patients acquiring hospital infections; the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role the National Treatment Purchase Fund will have in identifying and recommending nursing homes under the nursing home support...
- Information Obligations
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has completed her list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved;...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if enhanced subvention support will be awarded in respect of the nursing home charges of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Child Care Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if grant aid is available from her Department for outdoor play areas for an established child care facility (details supplied) in County...
- EU Directives
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by her Department in the past 12 months; if...
- Homeless Persons
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who are alone and homeless in each Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 4 July 2006 regarding the status of the development project for a community hospital, day...
- Health Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [34683/08]
- Hospital Staff
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staff establishment at the DCD unit in St Finbarr's Hospital, Cork; the actual number and position in place; the vacancies and the...
- Health Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is grant assistance or funding available towards the cost of an assessment and sessional occupational therapy for a child...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an agreed repayment under the health repayment scheme has not been awarded to date to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been told, in October 2008, that their child's residential placement promised for...
- Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive corporate finance will make available to a service (details supplied) funds which are approved by her...
- Prohibited Substances
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to deal with intoxicating or hallucinogenic substances being sold legally in health or alternative medicine shops...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on whether in cases of Down's syndrome, early intervention is crucial to ensure permanent problems are avoided and to ensure...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to provide training at the workplace level to prevent suicide; her plans to work in conjunction with the Department...
- Mental Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of the area of informed consent to treatment within the mental health system here will be undertaken; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application made for a refund under the health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been...
- Patient Statistics
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have presented themselves to accident and emergency departments who have attempted suicide in each of the...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who died by suicide in the first, second and third quarters of each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the subvention that was paid by the Health Service Executive western area in the past year, detailing the amounts paid to each nursing...
- Medicinal Products
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will introduce a programme to recover unused medicines, appliances and so on from people where these...
- Energy Efficiency Strategy
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive has a specific energy efficiency strategy to ensure the sustainable and cost-effective...
- Patient Safety
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Patient Safety; if the drafting of all the legislative...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive position on cord blood collection at the time of infant birth; and if there are plans to investigate stem...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it remains Government policy to proceed with the construction of a new National Children's Hospital at the Mater Hospital site; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on making nicotine patches and so on available on the drugs refund scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in dealing with a complaint issued under the provisions of section 9 of the Health Act 2004 (details supplied)....
- Medical Cards
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the company to which the Health Service Executive has awarded a contract to carry out...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons are charged for the administering of the flu vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35034/08]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the fair deal legislation and scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35037/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional cost to the Exchequer if all medical card limits were raised to the lowest social welfare rates for adults and children;...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received an application for funding from organisations (details supplied) setting out the position whereby further...
- Child Care Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the position held by her Department whereby all applications for child care subvention have to be...
- Department of Transport
- Air Services
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport if an airline (details supplied) is an official Government agency; if not, the reason it is permissible for the airline to require passengers...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of programmes which include wider target groups, such as commuters and unemployed, as recommended in the 2006 discussion paper,...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed. [34431/08]
- Rail Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport the most recent talks he has had with his northern counterpart on developing the direct train service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Service Obligations
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of review to which companies that are in receipt of public service obligations are subject to ensure value for money and satisfactory...
- Road Safety
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [34537/08]
- Taxi Regulations
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 9 April 2008, the reason no permits have been issued to any applicant to operate a...
- Information Obligations
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved; if not,...
- Public Transport
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received requests for funding of Nitelink services operated by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus when the services being run are not...
- EU Directives
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if he will...
- Coast Guard Service
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the marine rescue co-ordination centres in the west of Ireland; if all such services will now be based at one centre at Shannon...
- Public Transport
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to provide support similar to the fuel duty rebate scheme for passenger bus transport services which is being withdrawn; if...
- State Airports
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the business plan submitted by the Cork Airport Authority to the Dublin Airport Authority; if he has received a response from the...
- Road Network
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport his views regarding the provision of service areas (details supplied) as part of the motorway network here and alongside roads in areas of tourist...
- Public Transport
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport when an ombudsman will be appointed to deal with problems and complaints with the transport system both in Dublin and throughout the country....
- Departmental Funding
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport the amounts granted to local authorities (details supplied) under all relevant transport headings in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and...
- Public Transport
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans in relation to the reform of bus licensing to permit the establishment of feeder routes as link points to further reduce traffic; and if...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Sexual Offences
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made on introducing, in view of the A case, a strict liability regime for the offence of sexual...
- Coroners Service
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the names and addresses of persons granted citizenship are available...
- Refugee Status
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application made on 31 July 2008 by a person (details supplied) in County Cork who...
- Visa Applications
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if travel documentation will be arranged for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Refugee Status
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected position in the matter of family reunification in the name of (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review, on humanitarian grounds, the application for asylum in the case of (details supplied) in County...
- Deportation Orders
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will rescind the decision to deport in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible to arrange for the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the application for citizenship in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was refused on the...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the planned roll out of the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme will take place in Carrigaline, County Cork; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for leave to remain here on...
- Crime Levels
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of thefts from Garda stations from January 2005 to date in 2008 with a breakdown by station detailing the items...
- Information Obligations
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the...
- EU Directives
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that he has been briefed fully on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Criminal Investigations
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether persons may have been convicted on information supplied by people who are not registered informants;...
- Legislative Programme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the Civil Partnership Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/08]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 3 July 2008, the progress to date in relation to same; and if he will make a...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the planned closure of a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if he will overturn this decision;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
- Refugee Status
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if temporary or extended residency status will be considered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and...
- Garda Strength
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the size of the drug squad unit covering the Bray district; and the number of other gardaí allocated to drugs searches and...
- Illegal Substances
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps An Garda Síochána have taken to ensure that alternative medicine or health shops are fully compliant with the...
- Garda Stations
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the refurbishment of a garda station (details supplied) in County Sligo; the stage at which the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the Mental Capacity Bill will be published soon and enacted as a matter of priority; and if he will...
- Integration Strategy
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 30 September 2008, if he will clarify statistics used to base his evaluation...
- Crime Levels
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour complaints brought to the attention of the Garda in each Garda division; the action...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is appropriate that the name and addresses of those who have been granted naturalisation by the State should be...
- Asylum Applications
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a Garda National Immigration Bureau card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been refused refugee...
- Residency Permits
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of residency permit applications which have been mislaid in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Agencies
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed....
- Information Obligations
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved; if...
- EU Directives
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if he...
- Official Engagements
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, when meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, on the sidelines of the 63rd annual session of the United Nations General...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of air transport in 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively to transport overseas aid to Third World countries; and if he will make a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Agencies
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff...
- Information Obligations
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations...
- EU Directives
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months;...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the conditions which apply to the provision of grants towards public leisure centres; the number and locations of applications being...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application for funding (details supplied) to assist with refurbishment works; when this application was...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Agencies
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he will intervene to ensure that top-up funding for group water and sewerage schemes under CLÁR is provided for...
- Information Obligations
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the...
- EU Directives
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the...
- Community Development
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a funding application has been received in his Department from a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amounts granted from his Department to local authorities (details supplied) in each of the years 2004, 2005,...
- Employment Levels
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a percentage breakdown of the employment sectors in Gaeltacht areas. [34992/08]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Agencies
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved disability allowance; if a decision has been made on this...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [34575/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will arrange an increased payment of social welfare or rent allowance to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and...
- Information Obligations
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has completed her list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; the information obligations...
- EU Directives
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by her Department in the past 12...
- Poverty Levels
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of people living in poverty in 2006 in Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been granted rent allowance; if a person in such circumstances is...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people with disabilities who have availed of community and voluntary organisations advocacy services funded by the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [34736/08]
- Departmental Offices
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she expects the social welfare office in Dunmanway, County Cork to re-open following its temporary closure in 2007; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will assist persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [34978/08]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Agencies
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed. [34421/08]
- Information Obligations
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved; if not, when...
- EU Directives
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if he will list...
- Army Barracks
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify recent reports that he is considering the closure of military barracks; if he is contemplating the closure of James Stephens...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Defence the action he will take in view of a High Court ruling to ensure that a person (details supplied) will get fair procedures; and if he will take the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [34536/08]
- Homeless Persons
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homeless people in Cork City, on a monthly basis over the past two years; and if he will make a...
- Courthouse Restoration
Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the communication he has engaged in with Monaghan County Council in connection with the restoration of...
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the finance promised for the eastern gateway bridge of the Cork Dockland project will...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale involved in having a town (details supplied) in County Donegal equipped with a sewerage...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the commitment to decentralise more than 200 staff from his Department to Waterford City; when...
- Planning Issues
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if SI No. 2 of 2002 will be amended in order to extend the benefit of the €50 per finger-post sign...
- National Heritage Areas
Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [34534/08]
- Environmental Impact Statements
Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an environment impact statement (details supplied); if he will provide this Deputy with a...
- Dual Mandate
Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an MEP can be a member of a local authority at the same time; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for penalising purchasers of environmentally efficient cars purchased prior to January 2008....
- Information Obligations
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 30 September 2008, if his attention has been drawn to the foul...
- EU Directives
Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to establish a tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a...
- Building Regulations
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all domestic dwellings for sale or rent must have, as and from 1 January 2009, a building energy rating...
- Contract Cleaning Companies
Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department provide a certificate of authorisation to contract cleaning companies who can show that...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number, in tabular form, of heritage projects being promoted by his Department in County Mayo; his plans...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to meet the housing needs of families on housing waiting lists in County Mayo; and if he will make...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a potential problem that has emerged regarding the affordable housing...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the agreed amount and associated percentage contribution agreed and granted by each local authority on a...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds granted to local authorities (details supplied) via the local government grant in the years 2004,...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding submissions (details supplied); the actions he is taking or proposing to take to address...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a scheme of support for the replacement or upgrade of septic tanks older than 15...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Agencies
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and...
- Building Regulations
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the use of fibreglass for insulation in the home; if...
- Information Obligations
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of metropolitan area networks users in counties (details supplied) as of 1 January 2008. [34613/08]
- EU Directives
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the broadband projects completed in Dublin north over the past two years; the areas in which they have been...
- Electricity Supply
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedures and costs involved in enabling a supplier to connect to the national electricity grid; and if he...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects broadband to be rolled out in Rossmore, Clonakilty, County Cork and the surrounding area; and...
- Home Energy Saving Scheme
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the pilot home energy saving scheme to be rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Local Authority Projects
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if draft terms for a lease have been sent to a council (details supplied); if so, the response that has been returned; when...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when funding will be provided to Cork County Council for a project (details supplied) in view of the proposal submitted by...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of...
- Sheep Sector
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that the proposals contained in the Malone Report on the sheep sector are being supported by Government...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for the farm waste management scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Initiatives
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of both organic and non-organic production promotion initiatives undertaken by his Department over the past 12...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenditure by his Department on the promotion and staging of the national organic week; and if he will make a statement...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if in the event of a spouse qualifying under the early retirement scheme 2007 and in the event of the other spouse...
- Information Obligations
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has completed his list of information obligations which the regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations...
- Legislative Programme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12...
- EU Directives
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are EU measures in his Department which require to be transposed into Irish primary or secondary legislation; if so...
- Grant Payments
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of the single EU payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34668/08]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the balance of the €28 million that was earmarked for sheep farming announced in 2007 will be granted; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a satellite inspection will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in order that...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an additional allocation (details supplied) from within the agriculture budget in order to avoid the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the potential for farmers here to be given derogations from the REP scheme to allow all year...
- Vessel Scrappage
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, he will sanction the scrappage of a boat in order to...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the proposal that farmers who lease commonage be allowed to apply for REP scheme payments. [34948/08]
- Food Imports
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of fish imports from the UK in 2007, detailing species of fish and whether they were...
- Grant Payments
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a slatted house grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
- Food Labelling
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 1626 of 24 September 2008, the details of the regulations drafted by his Department in...
- Grant Payments
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of a grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of submissions received by his Department in the context of the proposed new animal welfare Bill; the name of the...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on allowing graduates of the bachelor of agricultural science offered by University College Dublin to be eligible...
- Grant Payments
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the installation aid scheme has not been...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of the existing post-primary schools in Skibbereen, County Cork; and if he will make...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools on the school building programme which have been given a 1.1 banding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide the results of the enrolment audit of schools carried out by his Department, broken down by school; if he will...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will extend the early start programme to all designated disadvantaged schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Curriculum
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he, through the Educational Research Centre, will begin the cyclical monitoring of English reading and mathematics; if he has...
- Literacy Levels
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports available at second level for pupils experiencing difficulty with literacy and numeracy; the number of support teachers...
- School Accommodation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34479/08]
- Departmental Properties
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been made and is being actively considered by his Department for a long-term lease, minimum 22 years, of land...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the approval and construction of a new national school in Ballygarven, County Cork; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the agreement between his Department, Bus Éireann and private operators regarding the installation of safety belts on buses used for...
- Information Obligations
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the band a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow has been assigned; the factors taken into consideration when assigning this...
- School Curriculum
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances under which he would permit a child to repeat a class in primary school for the second time. [34604/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the rebuilding of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the expected commencement and completion date...
- EU Directives
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made on plans to construct a new primary school in Sheriff Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been made by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have applied...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the special school to be operating in Patrickswell, County Limerick to deal with children with autism; when...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on using a school (details supplied) in County Laois as a pilot for extending the generic school building plan, by putting a...
- School Accommodation
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received an EWS application from a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and, if so, if he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if agreement has been reached in relation to meeting a school delegation (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, the time, date...
- School Transport
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he intends to provide a fuel rebate for school bus operators who are forced to operate school runs at a loss on each individual run...
- School Placement
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 30 September 2008, the timescale involved in the interim measure to which he refers; if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim is included in the list of new schools to be built under the PPP...
- Schools Recognition
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will publish the new procedures for the recognition of new primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 504 of 7 October 2008, the terms of reference for this review; the persons or group conducting...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [34918/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be allocated extra resource hours for one on one therapy...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that do not have a principal's office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34927/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will include a group (details supplied) in any roll out of the special education needs initiative in the future. [34959/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, following his announcement of 29 September 2008 regarding the school building programme, he will set out the number and list of...
- School Staffing
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools operating with one teacher for the academic year 2008/2009 in Counties Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway, Roscommon,...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has directed vocational education committees to make changes to the contracts or terms and conditions of VTOS coordinators, if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in progressing an application for building works at schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when the...
