Written answers
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Contracts
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of any...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contractual workers who have been let go in an organisation (details supplied); when they were...
- Workplace Accidents
Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 76 of 9 October 2008 and 98 of 6 March 2007, dealing with reducing...
- Department of Finance
- Pension Provisions
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer, if the maximum allowable pension fund was capped at €5 million, €4 million, €3 million and €2 million respectively....
- Departmental Contracts
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of...
- Financial Institutions
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra supervisory steps which have been taken on the six credit institutions covered by the system wide guarantee granted on 30 September 2008;...
- Home Ownership
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the potential role for increased use of mortgage insurance here as a means of facilitating increased home ownership for people...
- Department of Health and Children
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a wheelchair and chair as requested and recommended by their medical...
- Health Services
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the funding for residential placement in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be made available; and if she will...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in an appeal being determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received the funds required for their rehabilitation programme. [35092/08]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the steering committee on vaccination compensation will report. [35093/08]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by her Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and...
- Health Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to approve finance towards the provision of a primary care centre in Callan, County...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a group (details supplied) was not included under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 to repay recoverable health charges...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment at Naas or Tallaght General Hospitals; and if she will...
- Health Services
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a dietary allowance in view of their serious health conditions;...
- Health Service Staff
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the list for chiropodists to apply for work under the GMS system will be closed; when a decision will be made on those chiropodists...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons that a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal is not recognised by her Department to deliver a service; the efforts...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will honour the commitment to make a minimum amount of €50 million available to put in place services and support to vulnerable...
- Department of Transport
- Road Signage
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding drawn down by local authorities for erecting road signage in the past 12 months;. [35176/0
- Airport Charges
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport the per passenger charge for persons travelling through each airport here. [35071/08]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length...
- Rail Services
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport the new initiatives planned or changes that have been made since 2006, in terms of line improvements, car parking facilities, waiting areas,...
- Public Service Vehicles
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a decision in relation to the report from the Road Safety Authority which he received more than a year ago in relation to small...
- Regional Airports
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Irish Aviation Authority has the legal power to change the aerodrome licence at Weston Aerodrome from Code 1A to Code 2B and in the process...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of traffic offences recorded in Kildare for each of the past three years; the number that involved alcohol...
- Property Services Regulation
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members which will comprise the Property Services Regulatory Authority as discussed in Delivering Homes,...
- Criminal Law Codification
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the work to date of the Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee; when it is expected to finish its...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008;...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a recruitment campaign (details supplied). [35115/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will approve the application for a long-term residency permit by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that funding is provided to keep open an institution (details supplied) in County Sligo in order that it...
- Departmental Advertising
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when content will be available on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service website regarding residency rights for...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Contracts
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress, in advance of World Food Day on 16 October 2008, that has been made both here and by the international community to eradicate...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the payments Ireland has made and has received from the United Nations in connection with peacekeeping operations on behalf of the United...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Contracts
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for the delay in having a payment made to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Question No. 251 of 24 June 2008, her views on extending the travel scheme to persons who suffer from medical...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo pertaining to jobseeker's benefit refusal. [35072/08]
- Departmental Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the interpretation facilities available in her Department for dealing with non-Irish national claimants; if interpretation...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by her Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are in receipt of carer's allowance at full rate; the number of other social welfare recipients receiving...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length...
- Overseas Missions
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence the operational issues that would have to be considered to ensure continued Defence Force participation in peace-keeping in Chad, if EU forces are...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence the payments Ireland has made and has received from the United Nations in connection with peacekeeping operations on behalf of the United Nations in...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria for determining the inclusion of towns within the smokeless fuel scheme; if these criteria have...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when the work will commence. [35076/08]
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of landlords who were found not to have complied with the minimum standards deemed acceptable for...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the backlog of cases to be decided by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the reason for same; and if he...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being caused to elderly and disabled people in County Monaghan...
- Planning Issues
Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce new regulations for the advertising of planning applications to prevent the practice...
- Stage Payments
Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the agreement between his Department and the Construction Industry Federation which...
- Health Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will sanction the revenue funding to provide the residential places for residences (details supplied);...
- EU Directives
Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the conservation status of the Irish hare is listed as poor or bad in the context of the EU habitats...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the functions of the Private Residential Tenancies Board is outside the scope of the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is support for the use of horticultural discards in the production of biofuels. [35089/08]
- Departmental Contracts
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied); his views on whether...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Contracts
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008;...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received an environmental impact statement (details supplied); if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of same;...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied). [35062/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding new accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the proposed decentralisation of his Department's headquarters to Mullingar, County Westmeath; if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will investigate a case in which incremental payments are not being granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [35116/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding the rebuilding of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and the status of the project. [35123/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the application for home tuition in the 2008-2009 school year by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Chlár Tógala Scoile
Question 88: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth a bhfuil neamhaird á déanamh ar iarratas ó Ghaelscoil (sonraí tugtha) ar fhoirgneamh buan; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
- School Transport
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review of school transport catchment boundaries has commenced; when the review will be completed; the terms of reference of the...
- Scoláireachta Gaeilge Tríú Leibhéal
Question 90: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad iad na moltaí atá aige chun déileáil leis na cúiseanna imní atá ag grúpa tuismitheoirí as Gaeltacht Chonamara faoi scéim...
- School Staffing
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing persons wishing to become a special needs assistant, who do not possess an...
- School Accommodation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; his views on whether it is acceptable...
- Aitheantas Scoile
Question 94: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil sé i gceist sa chinneadh nua a d'fhógair sé maidir le haitheantas a thabhairt do scoileanna úra, gur i gceantair...
