Written answers
Thursday, 16 October 2008
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Losses
Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contractual workers laid off on a county basis in an organisation (details supplied); and when...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has plans to allow persons who have completed their term on community employment schemes, who are...
- Work Permits
Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 was refused a work permit; and if she will make a statement...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Consumer Protection Act 2007, the Personal...
- Wastewater Treatment Systems
Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that CB6 biocylce units were being sold without correct NSAI/IAB...
- Industrial Relations
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her view on the industrial relations dispute at Aer Lingus; if she will intervene; and if she will make a...
- Employment Rights
Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legal protection that exists for employees who agree to transfer from one employer to another under the...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 2 July 2008, if progress has been made in agreeing an alternative scheme to replace the fuel excise...
- Strategic Development Zones
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the development of a strategic development zone in the area of Ireland West Airport, Knock; if he has received an application for...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and the Central...
- Banking Sector
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 7 October 2008, he has sought assurances from the banks that asset to liability values...
- Department of Health and Children
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women in County Donegal who have been called for appointments under the BreastCheck programme to date; and if she will make...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason people hiring equipment from the Health Service Executive have not been refunded for months; if his attention has been drawn...
- Adoption Services
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the grandfather clause has been eliminated from the legislation ratifying the Hague Convention; if she will re-consider eliminating...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a claim for repayment under the long-term care scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if a date...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having the national breast screening programme extended to Waterford; and when this service is expected to be...
- Hospital Services
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Hygiene Standards
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the compliance rates with hand-hygiene policy regarding MRSA in hospitals here which her Department informed this Deputy is...
- Health Services
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she stated in a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 316 on 30 September 2008 that the newborn screening programme for cystic...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason specific type accommodation is not included in the long stay repayment scheme; and if her attention has been drawn to the case...
- Health Services
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [35273/08]
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 8 July 2008, the position regarding the issue of interest owing to long stay patients and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when Revenue funding will be provided to open two residential centres (details supplied) in County Limerick for persons with...
- Hospital Services
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be admitted to hospital for a procedure or if she will refer them...
- Health Services
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the moneys put in place for a development (details supplied); the progress made on this development to date; and...
- Pre-School Services
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available from her Department or its agencies for preschools in respect of children with autism or autistic spectrum...
- Illegal Substances
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to address the issue of head shops selling BZP, cannabis seeds, smilers, jokers and other psychotropic products...
- Organ Retention
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal situation regarding the retention of organs by pathologists without the consent of the next of kin and their subsequent sale by...
- Health Services
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when provision will be made for speech and language services and occupational therapy services in a school (details supplied) in...
- Medical Cards
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a full medical card has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the outsourcing of smear testing to the USA; if she will explain the cervical screening programme plan to...
- Health Care Funding
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was ring-fenced in 2008 for rape crisis centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35368/08]
- Icelandic Investments
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if she will make a...
- Department of Transport
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Railway Safety Act 2005 and the Taxi...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the implementation of the National Disability Strategy. [35230/08]
- Legal Costs
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ascertain from the Chief State Solicitor's Office the reason legal costs have not been granted in a case (details...
- Visa Applications
Question 47: 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...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will publish the independent evaluation which has been completed into a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a residency requirement was not met in respect of a person (details supplied in County Wexford; the number of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of his budget allocation to the Minister for Integration which has been carried out; and the breakdown of the...
- Garda Stations
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to provide a new full-time Garda station in Rathcoole, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in regard to a residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the past year in the case of an application for residency and citizenship in the name of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency and citizenship will be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the process of an application for residency and naturalisation will be concluded in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in regard to a residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of residency and other status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for family reunification will be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency will conclude in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for residency and citizenship will conclude in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Deportation Orders
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the necessary documentation will issue in the case of an application for residency in the name of a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the case of an application for leave to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds for a person (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the case of an application for residency and other status in the name of a person (details supplied) in...
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Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that due process is being followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas development and humanitarian aid given to the Palestinian Territories in the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and up to...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a group (details supplied); and if he will raise the recent massacre of 46 young men in the North-east of Colombia with...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [35265/08]
- Icelandic Investments
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will guarantee that there will be no cuts in his funding of a theatre (details supplied) in County Donegal, in the next 36...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006 were appointed...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that persons appointed to positions under the Dormant Accounts Acts were appointed in accordance...
- Inland Waterways
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Government has applied for EU funding for progression of works on the Ulster Canal; and if he will make a...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the historical, cultural and recreational significance of Donadea Forest Park,...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Court Proceedings
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when her Department will present papers in relation to a Supreme Court case (details supplied) which was listed as a priority in...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the consultation process that was involved and the person who was consulted in the high level review, value for money and policy...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded jobseekers benefit. [35297/08]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a community welfare officer may approve an exceptional needs payment for the maintenance of a diet for cultural rather than...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if she will make a...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recourse open to persons (detailed supplied) in County Kildare whose neighbours are involved in...
- Waste Management
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name of the environmental consultant that he met in respect of a proposal to construct a thermal...
- Planning Issues
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to build a crematorium in the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in County Longford being awarded a grant under the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff employed by An Bord Pleanála; if his attention has been drawn to the delays in...
- Turbary Rights
Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the completion process for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon relating to...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funds will be released under the regeneration programme to complete the refurbishment project in a...
- Planning Issues
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is within the powers of local authorities here to abolish planning objection fees; and if he will make...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of expenditure in respect of carbon offsets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available to encourage the installation of solar panels and geothermal heating in new house...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if public bodies under his Department's aegis have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Appointments
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that the persons appointed to positions under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 were...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a local authority (details supplied) has abided by the foreshore legislation, following their alleged non-adherence to...
- Grant Payments
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money farmers here have drawn down to date from the sheep farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an area (details supplied) in County Cork will be reclassified as severely disadvantaged. [35236/08]
- Farm Waste Management
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the farm waste...
- Sugar Beet Sector
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the sugar beet compensation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on extending the date for spreading slurry on agricultural land in view of recent heavy rainfall and poor ground...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be awarded their area aid from his Department; and the reason for the...
- National Parks
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the historical, cultural and recreational significance of Donadea Forest Park, Donadea,...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new catchment areas in and around Wicklow town are forcing some families to drop...
- State Examinations
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of fees collected in respect of the junior certificate and the leaving certificate examination for each of the years 2002...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way the standard procurement system for the building of new schools works; the role of an architect in this system; if he will...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recent contacts he has had with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland or official representatives thereof; the issues...
- School Accommodation
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve and sanction a second Gaelscoil for Kilkenny City in view of the increasing demand for same by parents and pupils;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the secondary schools in County Donegal that are using assistive technology geared toward specific literary support for students with...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an application for a higher education grant will be decided on for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to his Department in respect of paying funds to the DIT for the purposes of protecting the existing buildings on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new school (details supplied) in County Carlow will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35229/08]
- Psychological Service
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 30 September 2008, if there have been recent transfers of staff from County Dublin VEC...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [35268/08]
- Bullying in Schools
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [35269/08]
- School Curriculum
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [35270/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35272/08]
- Weight of Schoolbags
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on introducing an ebook initiative to reduce the cost and weight of school books; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide details of the student email project undertaken by HEANet, Ireland's National and Education Research Network,...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that have been explored in relation to providing a visiting teacher for visually impaired children in County Mayo....
- Schools Recognition
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he refused a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35306/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available from his Department or its agencies for preschools in respect of children with autism or autistic spectrum...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the school will be advised of the way to proceed on...
- Icelandic Investments
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a...
