Written answers

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made regarding the east-west interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on amending legislation in order to establish a public hearings system in advance in an application...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will use Government purchasing power to stimulate demand, create economies of scale and develop...
    • Ministerial Engagements
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of occasions he attended the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Strategy; the amount of...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason smart metering has been launched as a pilot project in certain selected areas instead of making it...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale for increasing the percentage of energy generated from renewable sources from 33% to 40%; and if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs and timeframe of the MANs project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37136/08]
    • Energy Prices
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to address a warning from a group (details supplied) of the need to take action in view...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the possibility that further delays in the Corrib gas project will cause gas shortages in the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will instruct the regulator to open access to ducting, capable of carrying fibre optic cable, in public...
    • Knowledge Society Strategy
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the new e-Government project that was due to be launched in July 2008 following agreement with...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the response from UK Prime Minister Mr. Gordon Brown in relation to the reluctance of fuel...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for 2009, in the context of the 25% cut in the information and communications technology programme,...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a pricing tariff available for a person who wants to sell energy back to the national grid as a...
    • Research Funding
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the cut in energy research funding in budget 2009 is a retrograde step in advancing...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the way the market for green technologies has matured in view of the decision to cut the budget...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his target as part of the objective of a 3% cut in carbon emissions per annum as per the programme for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that broadband access and quality here will become comparable with that available in other...
    • Postal Services
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the introduction of a new post code system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nuclear Power
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on recent comments from the chief executive officer of ESB regarding nuclear power; if he will remove...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on setting a price ceiling for energy prices instead of the regulator determining a set price; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in relation to the budget 2009 Estimates, he will justify the €1.2 million increase in the salaries and...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the future of the ESB in regard to privatisation; his policy to transfer assets from the ESB to...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the broadband situation in each of the counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim and Donegal; his views on the fact...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide extra funding for people following the second increase in gas prices of up to 8% from...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has indicated to the EU that the targets on biofuels should be halted due to the ethical implications of...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to meet the raised target of 40% renewable; his views on calls from EirGrid for more to be done to...
    • Mining Operations
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy in relation to the closure of a mine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for implementation of the new REFIT tariff scheme for offshore wind; when this tariff scheme for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the growing digital divide across rural and urban Ireland as outlined in a recent report by the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure the availability of quality electricity supply throughout the country; and if...
    • Mining Operations
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the completion of the remediation of a mine (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure the roll out of broadband in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the harnessing of wave and tidal energy and its viability as a power source; and if he will make a...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he chose not to ban alcohol advertising in the Broadcasting Bill 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to combat the growing numbers of people in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the impact of the digital terrestrial television switch over on Border counties and on the east...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will put in place to safeguard children against mobile phone bullying; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on Ordnance Survey Ireland sharing mapping information with a company (details supplied). [37123/08]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if areas have been identified under the national broadband scheme as suitable for satellite Internet access...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on reports that the Minister for Finance contacted the director general of RTE to complain about the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outside organisations working on the national broadband scheme; the amount that has been paid out to them...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount in relation to the proposed increased payments to the Exchequer from ESB, Bord Gáis and Bord na...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to minimise further gas and electricity price increases for households and businesses;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach the number of special advisers appointed by him since his appointment as Taoiseach; if he will tabulate their annual salaries; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of incremental pay increases awarded to existing staff in his Department and the agencies under its aegis in 2008 and 2009; and if he will...
    • Census of Population
      Question 179: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to introduce amending legislation to the Statistics Act 1993 in order to reduce the closure period applying to the 1926 census data of 100 years in...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach the date the Moriarty tribunal was established; the intended date of completion; the cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people from Kildare South that recently took part in a trade mission (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a State company (details supplied) in Dublin 3 moved from a State owned premises to rented...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people on community employment schemes; the number of whom were previously employed on...
    • Financial Services
      Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Office of Corporate Enforcement has investigated failings in duty of care within the financial...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to reduce the grant-aid to Shannon Development in 2009 for grants payable to industry; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to postpone, pending a review in 2011, the decentralisation of Enterprise Ireland to Shannon;...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on reducing the requirement for entry to a community employment scheme from one year on the live...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the active labour market or back-to-work measures in operation here; the funding allocated to each of these...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of her Department for the years 2006, 2007 and...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of the number of enforcement actions carried out by her Department from 2000 to date in 2008 to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the proposed annual €200 levy for car parking by employees in urban areas; if this measure will be part of his forthcoming...
    • Financial Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines regarding the arrears figure a borrower has to be in before a home lone provider can issue repossession proceedings; and if he will...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the credit institutions financial support scheme was not open to amendment when debated in Dáil Éireann on 17 October 2008; if the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs that continue in the tax code in respect of construction work with particular reference to commercial, residential and nursing home...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed development of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36997/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the potential cash flow implications for sub-contractors on account of the movement of many sub-contractors to a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to reform betting legislation in order to increase the Revenue Commissioners' tax take from gambling and therefore providing support...
    • Tax Code
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the thresholds for the income levy; and the revised thresholds, bands, and rates applying to each band. [37256/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance if work will commence on the new Castleisland Garda station, County Kerry in 2009; if a contractor has been appointed at this stage; and if he will...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Lee catchment flood risk assessment and management study; when it is due for publication; when works will commence in order to...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite an assessment of tax liability for 2007 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Exchequer Expenditure
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the apparent conflict between his statement in Dáil Éireann on 14 October 2008 that in relation to savings of €440 million in...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [37024/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a submission (details supplied); her plans to address this submission; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a submission (details supplied); her plans to address this submission; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will exempt IVF treatments from the proposed reduction in tax relief on medical expenses from 41% to 20%; if she has proposals to...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Health Service Executive of the ambulance service in Dublin provided by Dublin City Council; her views on whether it is...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria she uses to establish eligibility for a medical card based on medical reasons; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the budget of an association (details supplied) was cut by the Health Service Executive...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for inter-country adoption by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare with Down's syndrome is not entitled to a medical card; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a person can avail of child care subvention if there is no community child care facility in their neighbourhood or within a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons over 70 years who lose their medical card as a result of the means test will be required to pay the 2% health levy. [37055/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the anxieties felt by a group (details supplied) in County Galway regarding the effect that some of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of area medical officers in the Dublin area; the number of vacancies for such positions that exist; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting list time for applications for domiciliary care allowance to be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive authorises the release of the funding necessary to allow the parents of a person...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to determine the income level of current holders of the over 70 years medical card after 1 January 2009; her...
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [37289/08]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the different types of subvention available to people in nursing home care; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Food Safety
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Food Safety Authority of Ireland last performed an audit to determine compliance with food labelling and traceability...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for the health repayment scheme will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Oireachtas report on child immunisation of July 2001 which recommended that a compensation scheme be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of her Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a public nursing home bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [37399/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that not one of the 14 recommendations of A Vision for Change, the blueprint for reform of...
    • Suicide Incidence
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee that the suicide prevention national strategy Reach Out is properly funded to deliver on the commitments in that...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a directorate of mental health will be established. [37422/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a home care package to be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if domiciliary care allowance or carer's allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [37585/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when physiotherapy will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application for funds from Wicklow County Council in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of complaints received by his Department from a company (details supplied) into competition issues with a State operator; the steps his...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to postpone, pending a review in 2011, the decentralisation of the Irish Aviation Authority headquarters to Shannon; the...
    • Rail Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the continuing overcrowding on trains travelling the Dublin to Wexford commuter railway line despite assurances...
    • EU Directives
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the proposed changes to the EU sulphur directive especially in terms of proposed changes to regulation MARPOL Annex VI; the...
    • State Airports
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to negotiations regarding customs and border patrol pre-clearance between the Irish and US authorities; when he will give...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to apply the same criteria for operating a taxi or a hackney to vehicles with more than eight seats and to make them accountable to the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport if there is funding in the current budget 2009 for a route (details supplied) in County Cork; if so, when he expects work to commence; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport the action that will be taken to decrease the amount of time DART level crossings are closed and blocking traffic (details supplied); and if he...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a visa application by a person (details supplied). [36884/08]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of State cars in use by Government Ministers and by former Government Ministers; the estimated cost per annum...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been imprisoned in each of the past ten years for failure to pay a civil debt; his plans to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long-term residency in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Courts Service
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the introduction of a debt rescheduling service to take debt enforcement cases from the courts; and if he has...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent application for naturalisation in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in...
    • Immigration Statistics
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of the top 20 nationalities registered with the Garda National Immigration...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if they...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36970/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36976/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in each Garda division nationally and annually for the past five years; and the number of gardaí...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of discussions between his Department and retailers on the implementation of a code of practice on the display...
    • Data Protection
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the provisions of data protection legislation apply to the issuing of angling licences; and if there is a restriction on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the local immigration officer has stated, in relation to a person (details...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on contacts he is maintaining, within the remit of his Department, with the British authorities in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork ; if further applications or appeals are open to them; and if he...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he received correspondence in July 2008 from a person (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding grievances...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the Barr tribunal was established; the intended date of completion; the cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to ensure that a representative of an association (details supplied) is elected to the board of the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the prisoner capacity of the proposed Thornton Hall prison; the number of cells within the prison; when he plans to sign...
    • Refugee Legal Services
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding allocated to the Refugee Legal Service annually for the past five years; the funding allocated for 2009; the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the language testing system used for verifying language and country of origin for asylum applicants; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all appeal procedures have been exhausted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in view of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he raised the issue of human rights with the Chinese authorities during his recent visit; if, in particular, he questioned the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the charges payable by persons (details supplied) in respect of visitor visas to this country; if he has plans to review these charges; and...
    • International Agreements
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps taken by his Department, through diplomatic or other channels, to ensure that children from Belarus can continue to make visits to...
    • Debt Relief
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will commit to the points made in a declaration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37310/08]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on contacts he is maintaining, within the remit of his Department, with the British authorities in respect of the Omagh...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the Gaelic players grant scheme; if this will continue to be funded in 2009; if this funding is ring-fenced or if it...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if any Members of the Oireachtas represented the Government at the Rugby World Cup in France in 2007 or at the Heineken Cup final in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount his Department has allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for the years 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the Royal Canal will be made fully navigable from Islandbridge through to the Shannon; the amount that has been...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the schools in County Mayo that currently benefit from a scheme (details supplied); the cost of operating this scheme in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will restore the right to child benefit to all children here; the number of children who have been refused the benefit in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the policy in place regarding the decision on the types of compensation payments which are disregarded in the means test for the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is receiving no social welfare benefit or assistance from the State; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rates for reduced rate pensions that will apply in 2009. [37263/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will waive the overpayment being sought from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [37266/08]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an appeal in relation to an application for social welfare payment in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the active labour market or back-to-work measures which have been introduced by her Department since May 2007 to date in 2008; and...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the OECD's recently published report entitled Growing Unequal Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD countries; her...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of her Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for child benefit received by her Department in each of the past five years; the number of cases...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006 to 2008, inclusive; and if he will make a statement...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Defence the basis on which the Government took the decision to close Connolly Barracks, in Longford; if, in the context of the public concern being...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Defence the position for recruitment into the Air Corps, in view of the fact that 30 recruits and five apprentices were notified that they were successful...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to enable planning permission to be refused to a developer who has been...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1427 of 24 September 2008, when an application will be processed for...
    • County Development Plans
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in implementing the sustainable Meath master plan which modifies the M3 project and will...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available to older people for roof insulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure the proposed works under the precinct improvements programme in an area (details supplied)...
    • Waste Management
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the report of an investigation of the waste waiver schemes administered by local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, under legislation in which a house purchased under a shared ownership scheme drops in value from the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of moneys outstanding from his Department to a local authority (details supplied); the heading...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Environmental Protection Agency waste water treatment manual, Treatment Systems for Single...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of evictions from local authority housing in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively;...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether delays by An Bord Pleanála in issuing decisions are having an adverse effect on...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason funding is no longer available to the disabled persons grant scheme in both Cork city and county...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available to build the new fire station in Belturbet, County Cavan; the progress...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date the Mahon tribunal was established; the intended date of completion; the cost to the Exchequer to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department including local authorities for...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm having received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he will take...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that all members appointed to An Comhairle Leabharlanna in 2008 were appointed legally and...
    • Election Management System
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations at which the electronic voting machines are stored; the cost per annum; the owners of the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a grant aid available for entrepreneurs who wish to provide broadband in remote areas in order to...
    • EU Directives
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 21 October 2008, when he will publish legislation that will...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a preferred bidder has been appointed for the national broadband scheme; and the timetable for the full roll...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), the type of technologies he proposes when he...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he proposes to take to encourage the production of alternative energy; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position on north/south and east/west gas and electricity interconnectors; and if he will make a statement...
    • Postal Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will restate his policy on the future of An Post and the postal services; if lessons have been learned...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken to encourage next generation technology in the telecommunications sector; and if he...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has had discussions with his EU colleagues to ensure that the supply of oil and gas here...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has sought or received information from or given instructions to the regulator with a view to...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects product from the Corrib gas field to become available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken or proposes to take to ensure that the communications industry here is at least up to...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the effect falling advertising revenue will have on State funding for RTÉ television; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the provision he has made to finance improvement works at the Ardmore fisheries harbour, County Waterford; and if he will...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the installation aid scheme, which was suspended on 14 October 2008, will be reintroduced; if so, if eligible applicants...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a slatted shed grant will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details on the applications for foreshore leases in respect of offshore generating stations in Irish...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding the suspension of the farm retirement scheme; when the scheme will be resumed; the situation for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received their single payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants approved for installation aid on a county basis for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants approved for benefit under the scheme of early retirement from farming on a county basis for 2007;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants for disadvantaged area payments on a county basis whose land-holding was in excess of 35 hectares...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants under the suckler cow welfare scheme on a county basis in 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a matter which has been referred for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with. [37070/08]
    • Animal Imports
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a monthly breakdown for 2007 and 2008 of the number of sheep slaughtered here which were bred in Northern...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) who successfully qualified for a FETAC certificate in July 2008 is eligible for the...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) who is successfully qualified for a FETAC certificate in July 2008 is eligible for the...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend for a period of time the farm retirement scheme in order to allow people who are in the process of...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify his position regarding the regional veterinary laboratory, Kilkenny, and confirm that there are no plans...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that payment for the farm waste management grant scheme is awarded without further delay to persons...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme four payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to contact the Land Commission offices with a view to ensuring that the necessary documentation to...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the anxiety, upset and hardship throughout rural Ireland as a consequence of the recent...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has a cross-departmental working group with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will challenge national wage agreements in his request to the school completion programme to cut salaries by 3% in respect of a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a submission (details supplied); his plans to address this submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve a slight alteration to a school bus route in order to cater for a child (details supplied) in County Limerick in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the proposed new secondary school for the Carpenterstown-Porterstown area of Dublin 15; the persons under whose...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a full time special needs assistant has been sanctioned in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Departmental Fees
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money his Department estimates the €300 annual fee for post-primary school transport will raise per annum; the amount...
    • Departmental Savings
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money his Department estimates will be saved by the decision to withdraw substitution cover for all absences arising...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has estimated an extra €300 million in respect of teachers' salaries in budget 2009 in view of the...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene to ensure the recognition by an organisation (details supplied) of a third level college course; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied); if in view of the circumstances sanction will be given; and if he will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether it is fair that his Department at the information meeting in Tullamore in 2008 regarding the third level grants,...
    • Foireann na Roinne
      Question 481: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth nach bhfuil ach 3% d'fhoireann na Roinne Oideachais agus Eolaíochta in ann gnó a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge, nuair atá...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge
      Question 482: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth nár tugadh cuireadh gníomhach móide an chóiríocht chuí go dtí seo do Ghaelscoileanna ná don Fhoras Pátrúnachta chun...
    • Riachtanais Ghaeilge
      Question 483: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth go bhfuil a laghad aird á thabhairt ag an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta ar na riachtanais Ghaeilge maidir le hoiliúint...
    • Múineadh na Gaeilge
      Question 484: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth, i ndiaidh na mblianta de thuarascálacha faoi mhúineadh na Gaeilge, agus moltaí maidir le réiteach na faidhbe...
    • Coláistí Oiliúna
      Question 485: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhféachfaidh an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta chuige go múintear ábhar amháin ar a laghad, sa bhreis ar an nGaeilge féin,...
    • Coinníollacha Aitheantais
      Question 486: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhféachfaidh an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta chuige go gcloítear leis na coinníollacha aitheantais reatha, leis an status...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge
      Question 487: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhféachfaidh an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta chuige go dtógtar pé céim is cuí lena chinntiú nach bhfágfar aon...
    • Coláistí Oiliúna
      Question 489: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an mbrostóidh an Roinn chun cinn le forbairt an Ionad Oideachais i mBaile Bhuirne, ó thaobh acmhainní daonna de do COGG ar mhaithe...
    • An Luath-Thumoideachas
      Question 490: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an éireoidh an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta as a bhfeachtas gníomhaíochta agus beartas in aghaidh an luath-thumoideachais...
    • Scoileanna Gaeltachta
      Question 491: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth nach gcuireann an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta na tacaíochtaí cuí oideachais ar fáil le haghaidh scoileanna...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected timescale for refurbishment work at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36931/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a student support grant despite being eligible as a student...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is entitled to a pension or gratuity payment from his Department in respect of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 qualifies for a higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department estimates will be saved by the abolition of the transition year grant in the 2009-10 school year; the...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the schools e-mail project (details supplied) has not been rolled out beyond pilot stage to all schools; and if he will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools not in the DEIS programme previously in receipt of top-up funding provided under disadvantage initiatives that...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of additional funding schools previously received in additional capitation for Travellers; the extent to which this funding...
    • School Staffing
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of teachers at primary and secondary level who have permanent posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way the €10 million set aside for enhanced measures in respect of children with special educational needs will be used; the new...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and its request for additional funding and new premises; and if he will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is appealing a refusal to award them a full rate grant...
    • School Transport
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County Laois are left with no access...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications granted and refused in respect of furniture replacement grants for primary schools in 2008. [37046/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action that is being taken to facilitate the expansion of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if funds will be made...
    • School Staffing
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances under which the cap of two language support teachers per school will be lifted; the criteria a school will have to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the exceptional circumstances that would enable local authorities to have the discretion to waive the residence requirement for the...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide funding to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37074/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 1766 of 24 September 2008, when his Department's review of overall economic and budgetary positions and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effects of budget 2009 on a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, with particular reference to its teacher numbers. [37089/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be approved for the provision of a new school building (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37090/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 1675 of 24 September 2008, if he will report on the follow up and facilities in place for persons (details...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement regarding a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will provide funding in 2009 towards...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the completion of works under the public private partnership at a school (details supplied) in County Offaly;...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 28 May 2008, the further consideration which has been given to the establishment of a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review and increase the staff allocation at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 in view of the fact that many pupils...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants working in a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [37342/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry which was informed on 24 April 2007 that it had been project...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid in bonuses to anyone under the jurisdiction of his Department for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to parliamentary Question No. 424 of 20 May 2008, if his Department has finalised proposals on the review of the school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 8 July 2008, the steps he is taking to meet the educational requirements of autistic...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas who fail to resign their teaching post upon being elected continue to receive a teacher's...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regularity with which restricted recognition was granted to resource teachers in the primary school system; and if he will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision to increase class sizes in the budget of 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the consequences of...
    • Lár-Oifig Iontrála
      Question 552: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta ar úsáid an Lár-Oifig Iontrála buiséad riaracháin na heagraíochta le cás a thógáil i gcoinne an Stáit le déanaí faoina...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the statutory instrument that precludes students of distance learning courses from support under the higher education grants scheme;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to parliamentary Question No. 419 of 1 July 2008, if funding was allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if existing educational services and assistance in place for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will continue in view of...