Written answers
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Fees
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which revenue raised by the forthcoming increase in third level registration fees will be spent; the reason, if extra...
- Institutional Redress Scheme
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that is owed to his Department from the indemnity agreement negotiated between his Department and the Catholic Church as...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take to bring pupil-teacher ratios in the classroom into line with best practice throughout Europe; if his...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision to defer the implementation of the Education for People with Special Educational Needs Act 2004....
- School Transport
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the budget 2009 decision to increase the cost of school transport will cause more people to use their cars to...
- Grant Payments
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding specialist grants which were abolished in budget 2009 in lieu of the capitation grant; the functions same had;...
- School Staffing
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason front-line services and teacher numbers have been cut in budget 2009 and an extra €300 million has been provided for...
- School Enrolments
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W will have to turn pupils away in September...
- School Staffing
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of job losses that will result, if his plan to cap the number of English language support teachers at two per school comes...
- Psychological Service
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the waiting time periods in each county or region for a student to access his Department's psychological service; and if he will make...
- Capitation Grants
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the capitation grant for primary schools was not doubled in budget 2009 from €178 to €356 per pupil; his views on the...
- School Completion Programme
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on reversing the 3% payroll cut directive in regard to the school completion programme in view of the fact that this...
- Grant Payments
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he did not consider removing State support for private, fee-paying schools in budget 2009; if his failure to do so is in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for his decision to withdraw funding from a group (details supplied); the savings his Department will achieve in 2009 from...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the research, referred to in various post-budget 2009 media interviews, which indicates that larger class sizes are not detrimental to...
- Departmental Funding
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the education budget has not been increased in budget 2009, particularly when the OECD's Education at a Glance 2008 has...
- Third Level Grants
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if provisions are available for children of social welfare recipients, who are marginally over the income levels for support under the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of job losses that will result if his plan to increase class sizes comes into effect; and if he will reverse this decision....
- Departmental Funding
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures he will take to improve the ranking of Ireland as 27th out of 29 OECD countries when it comes to the amount of GDP [i]per...
- Grant Payments
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his budgetary proposals will result in pupil teacher ratios going to 20:1 in minority...
- School Staffing
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to reverse the decision to cut two teachers from every school's English language support provision, as announced in budget...
- Grant Payments
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding devolved grants; his views on whether it is the most cost efficient way to repair schools; and if he will make...
- Departmental Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff allocated to the broadband for schools initiative; the duties of same under this scheme; if they have other roles...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools awaiting resources to meet the requirements of children with autism; when it is expected that these requirements...
- School Enrolments
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will have to turn pupils away in September...
- Third Level Funding
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 2 October 2008, the Higher Education Authority has completed its dialogue with the...
- School Staffing
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is considering reversing the decision on the withdrawal of funding in respect of substitute teachers to cover uncertified sick...
- Third Level Fees
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the introduction of an Australian style loan system in order to pay for third level fees; his further views on the...
- Third Level Institutions
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department accepted but has not yet acted upon the recommendation of Report No. 42 by the Review Body on Higher...
- Education Schemes
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is considering reversing his decision to reduce the level of financial support given to the back-to-education initiative as...
- Grant Payments
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the non-payment of certain grants to Catholic fee-paying schools; the grants involved; the value of same; if all...
- School Transport
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has studied the possibility of utilising school buses for other uses such as the transport to functions or for other relevant...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether an expanded school building programme is necessary not only to alleviate the widespread inadequacy of schools but...
- School Staffing
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the withdrawal of funding in respect of substitute teachers to cover for uncertified sick leave or absences on school...
- Library Enhancement Projects
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the qualifying criteria for funding in respect of library enhancement for schools in disadvantaged areas; the amount allocated to such...
- School Transport
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of his Department's review of school transport catchment boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37950/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the withdrawal of the grant in respect of foreign qualified teachers to attend courses in the Gaeltacht; if his...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will honour the commitment to commence work on the building of the new school (details supplied) in County Kerry as one of the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the changes to his carbon footprint that have occurred since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37846/08]
- Price Increases
Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the price increases imposed by his Department and its agencies for public service, product or tax since 1 January to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38293/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach the role of the Government Press Office; the number of staff employed therein; the grade and salary of these staff; if he will clarify the relationship between...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Site Disposal
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 24 September 2008, the progress made to date; and if she will...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a European certificate to operate heavy machinery on site and for excavation work is not...
- EU Funding
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has sought funding from the EU globalisation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Work Permits
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an appeal to refuse work permits will be reviewed in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she...
- Job Initiative
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives she has in place to attract industry to County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role and responsibilities of each of her Ministers of State; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an appeal of an application for a work permit in respect of a person (details...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Properties
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 21 October 2008, if the Revenue Commissioners hold a charge over the said properties. [37836/08]
- Tax Code
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that when one spouse owns a property prior to marriage the couple cannot be considered as first-time buyers in regard to stamp...
- Departmental Staff
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies at executive officer level within his Department in Athlone and Tullamore as on 15 October 2008; when these vacancies will...
- Tax Collection
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the saving that could be made by imposing a 5% pay cut on public sector employees earning more than €150,000 per annum and a...
- Flood Relief
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if plans to change the weir at Fermoy, County Cork will be subsumed into the flood alleviation works; if so, when this was decided; and if he will...
- Freedom of Information
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis under which non-governmental bodies can be prescribed for inclusion under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Masts
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the information he has in relation to the health effects of the communication mast, which is proposed to be installed at a Garda station (details...
- Tax Code
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of profits made from short selling shares. [38157/08]
- Tax Collection
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax payers, with gross income in ranges (details supplied) in respect of the tax years 2007 and 2008 projected, as projected by the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who took parental leave from employment in the period May to September 2008; the number of temporary staff employed to...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if electric bikes will be included in the cycle to work scheme that was announced in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax collected on motor fuels in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38276/08]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38288/08]
- Information Transfer
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will make available information in relation to the income of individuals through use of PPS numbers to the Health...
- Tax Code
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed travel tax provisions of budget 2009 accords with case law of the European Court of Justice, which routinely condemns any member...
- Departmental Funding
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the budget within his Department and other Departments for youth affairs in 2008; the proposed budget for 2009; the impact this will have on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been cut from an organisation (details supplied); the amount that has been cut: if she will restore funding; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to address the need for speech and language therapy throughout north Kildare; the schools in most need of such...
- Medical Cards
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 on permanent medication had their long-standing medical card stopped and replaced...
- Health Service Staff
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive considers there to be a sufficient complement of social workers attached to a facility (details...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim for payment under the drug refund scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision that has been made in the Estimates of expenditure for 2009 of her Department and of the Health Service Executive to...
- Medical Cards
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place to avoid duplicate registrations of medical card holders and the removal of inactive medical card holders from...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget and actual cost of the GMS medical scheme for each of the years 2003 to 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists allocated to children with dyspraxia in area five; the waiting time for a child to receive OT in...
- Medical Cards
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the means test assessment guidelines for the over 70s medical card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings she estimates to make from drugs costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37888/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the over-70s medical card scheme for each of the years since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people receiving subvention for nursing home care per county; the number of people receiving enhanced subvention per...
- Health Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of treatment available for both primary and secondary lymphoedema; the locations where this treatment is available in the...
- Medical Cards
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the treatment of assets in assessing means for the medical card in the case of persons aged under 69 and in the case...
- Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the allocation of €15 million in budget 2009 for cancer services, including development of centres of excellence and...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time frame she envisages for the proposed merger of the National Cancer Screening Service with the Health Service Executive; the...
- Hospital Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the capacity of the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- HIV Infection
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to remove the right to free medications for patients taking anti-retroviral medicines; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Medical Cards
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the eligibility criteria for non-Irish EU citizens differs to Irish citizens for medical card entitlements; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a child care group (details supplied) in County Tipperary who have applied for funding. [38122/08]
- Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if services are available from Wexford Health Service Executive whereby a child (details supplied) in County Wexford can avail of a...
- Medical Cards
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [38129/08]
- Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the sexual assault treatment unit allocation in budget 2007 which was not spent; the amount of that underspend carried...
- Hospital Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will invest in a physiological observation and trigger system as recommended by the review team in...
- Cancer Review
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on cancer misdiagnosis in the north east. [38177/08]
- Health Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the evaluation report into the Rape Crisis and Serious Sex Assault Centre, Dundalk will be published; and when it is expected the...
- Child Care Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application by a organisation (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if suitable long-stay care accommodation will be identified for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38181/08]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women who have availed of the BreastCheck service in Cork city since screening commenced in the southern unit in December...
- Health Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when urgent home support will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of her spending on homelessness for 2007, 2008 and the expected spending for 2009. [38260/08]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role and responsibilities of each of her Ministers of State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38290/08]
- Health Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose parents are unemployed has been on the waiting list for orthodontic...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children with Kabuki syndrome deserve preschool education like every other child; if children with Kabuki syndrome require special...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent in an area of the Health Service Executive (details supplied) for each the past two years. [38327/08]
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was refused payment under the health repayment scheme on the grounds that the...
- Medical Cards
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual payment made to a general practitioner for treatment of a patient who has a medical card; if the payment is different in...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the terms of the fair deal scheme cover only care institutions which are registered nursing homes; the reasons a private...
- Hospital Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the number of pregnant women using the facility in Cork University Maternity Hospital to give birth; and if she will...
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport the legal position in relation to people driving cars with blackened out driver and passenger side windows; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Transport if a review has taken place in relation to bus licences over the past number of years; if changes or a decision have been made in this regard; the...
- Parking Regulations
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which parking spaces are available at all rail stations throughout County Kildare and the greater Dublin area generally; the extent...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38294/08]
- School Transport
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Government will replace the withdrawn fuel rebate on service and school transport runs; if he will replace the Inishowen service (details...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is within the power of the Taxi Regulator or of the State to impose a numerical cap on the number of taxi drivers operating in a particular...
- Marine Casualty Investigation Board
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of legislative or regulatory recommendations that have been made by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board since its establishment;...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the naturalisation application process for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if there...
- Garda Stations
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to review the catchment area of a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 20, in the west division of...
- Garda Deployment
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to patrol the Dublin Port tunnel; if they have specific training to deal with tunnel...
- Speed Cameras
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department or the gardaí have received representations from the National Roads Authority for the installation of...
- Asylum Applications
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Garda Deployment
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [37933/08]
- Garda Strength
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at Coolock, Raheny, Howth, Santry and Clontarf for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date...
- Asylum Applications
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people resident here with Irish born child status, with a breakdown by nationality; if people with this...
- Peace Commissioners
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a register of signatures of peace commissioners or another method by which such signatures can be verified; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is further recourse for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in relation to an immigration matter. [37988/08]
- Crime Levels
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline crime statistics for each year since 2004 to date in 2008 in respect of Garda stations located within Dublin...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people currently applying for asylum who are resident in direct provision in Mallow, County Cork; the average...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a criminal injuries compensation system exists which would be applicable to persons (details supplied); and if he will...
- Garda Operations
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inspections carried out in 2007 and 2008 by the Garda Síochána in the Dublin area, and from Clondalkin and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a subsidiary protection application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38134/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 158 and 159 of 23 October 2008, if he will provide the same in respect of wages paid...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the savings that will accrue from the decision to abolish the National Crime Council; the number of times the NCC met in...
- Garda Operations
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal position in relation to people who drive cars with excessive noise 4 levels; the powers and equipment the gardaí...
- Residency Permits
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the guidelines a person (details supplied) must adhere to in seeking to have an application approved by his Department; and...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to change the guideline 16.5.1 in relation to joint policing committees; and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an original birth affidavit will be returned to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details suppled)...
- Fireworks Licences
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fireworks licences granted during the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/08]
- Fireworks Seizures
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fireworks seized by the State in the past three years; the number of convictions as result of these; and if...
- Official Transport
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of State cars; the person to whom each car is assigned to; the cost of each; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38291/08]
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of those under the age of 18 years arrested for criminal activity between 2000 and 2007; and the amount the...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed refurbishment and renovation of the prison wing, C block, at Portlaoise Prison; and if...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date by which the Equality Authority will be transferring the remaining 15 staff who are meant to be relocated to...
- Garda Equipment
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the introduction of automatic number plate recognition technology for gardaí; the number of...
- Road Safety
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the introduction of speed cameras; the timetable involved for installation of same; and if he will...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the anticipated cost in 2009 and 2010 of the new Advisory Committee on Racism and Interculturalism; if it will have the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Temporary Release of Prisoners
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria by which a prisoner is selected for temporary release; the usual category of offender granted temporary...
- Asylum Applications
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied), as well as other similar cases recently documented; his further views on whether...
- Racism in Sport
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise an issue regarding lyrics of a song (details supplied) with his counterpart in Scotland; and when he will make contact...
- Debt Relief
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he will update Ireland's policy on international debt, with particular attention to the issue of debt cancellation or illegitimate...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38289/08]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Iraq; and his views on the plight of members of the Christian churches in that country, many of whom have been displaced...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received correspondence from a group (details supplied); if he has had contact with the Chinese authorities on the matter; if...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38516/08]
- Youth Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budget within his Department and other Departments for youth affairs in 2008; the proposed budget for 2009; the impact this will have...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that he is maintaining contact in respect of the proposed stadium (details supplied) in Dublin 24 due to open in...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the meetings he has had with Tourism Ireland and the national sporting bodies in regard to the selection of Ireland as a venue for...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38281/08]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the points score for successful projects in County Wexford under the 2008 sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Rural Development Programme
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the National Rural Development Programme 2007 to 2014; when the evaluation of business plans received...
- Youth Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the budget within his Department and other Departments for youth affairs in 2008; the proposed budget for 2009; the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support a matter (details supplied). [37744/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis for the projected decline of 20% in pre-retirement allowance in the 2009 Estimate over the 2008 Estimate. [37867/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rates of back to school clothing and footwear allowance that will apply in 2009. [37871/08]
- Live Register
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons registered as unemployed at the Coolock and Kilbarrack social welfare office in each of the past five years;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of vacancies at executive officer level within her Department in Athlone and Tullamore as on 15 October 2008; when...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rules governing the payment of child benefit to parents who are EU citizens residing and working here but whose families and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants working within the child benefit section; the number engaged in the processing of applications for...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason it is deemed necessary for County Mayo social welfare applicants to apply to her Department's office in Sligo for a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the delays people are experiencing in accessing their pension records from the UK and the United States; the steps...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average cost to the State per week of a household supported through rent supplement, broken down by unit size, including one...
- Department of Defence
- Army Barracks
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Defence the annual cost of running and maintaining each existing Army barracks. [38254/08]
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Defence the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38284/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Defence the budget within his Department and other Government Departments for youth affairs in 2008; the proposed budget for 2009; the impact this will have...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Tax Code
Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the proposed tax on second homes will operate; if the money will be retained by the local authority...
- Road Network
Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures and avenues of redress that exist for a citizen to make a complaint against a local authority,...
- Housing Grants
Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in funding for housing adaption, mobility aids and housing...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by a voluntary housing association (details supplied) in County Kildare for...
- Election Management System
Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the restrictions which apply to local government employees who wish to stand in the local...
- Health and Safety Issues
Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the White Young Green recommendations relating to the future of the Hawlbowline site at Cobh County Cork...
- Noise Pollution
Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to strengthen regulations controlling noise pollution; the sources of...
- Departmental Funding
Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when moneys allocated to a group (details supplied) in County Limerick will be awarded to Limerick County...
- Housing Policy
Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [38156/08]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the €40,000 income (details supplied); if the ordinary county council loan being...
- Local Authority Staffing
Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of reduction in staff numbers that has taken place in the various county councils who are dealing...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average rent paid per week by local authorities to private landlords participating in the rental...
- Planning Issues
Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on extending the time planning permission remains on a site from five to eight years in view of the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plight of homeowners in north County Dublin in which foundations have...
- Estate Completions
Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of estates taken in charge by a local authority (details supplied) in County Kildare in each of...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to improve emergency accommodation and refuge provision places for women and children...
- Homeless Persons
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown by county of the number of people who sought emergency accommodation from local authorities...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date, in respect of the announcement to merge the Rent Tribunal into the Private Residential Tenancies...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposed regulations compelling landlords to maintain their rented properties have been introduced;...
- Housing Statistics
Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure in future that the broad range of housing statistics compiled by his Department will...
- Planning Issues
Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the arrangements for ensuring the orderly enforcement of conditions of quarries...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Bodies
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the research and development functions performed by the Central Fisheries Board in the area of sea angling...
- Electricity Generation
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of electricity consumed by pumping operations and the amount of electricity generated by the...
- Flood Relief
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if plans to change the weir at Fermoy County Cork will be subsumed into the flood alleviation works; if so,...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Electricity Generation
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the studies or computer modelling of the electricity grid or market being planned, conducted, or paid for in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when landline broadband Internet access will be available in Castlemaine village, County Kerry; and if he will...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in respect of the announcement in budget 2009 to merge the central and regional fisheries boards into a single...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of years the installation aid scheme was in operation; the amount that was paid to applicants under the scheme;...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a local authority (details supplied) has met the requirements of a foreshore licence. [37858/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the marine section of his Department will have an engineer on site for a particular stage of a project; and if he will...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views, in view of the budget 2009 announcement regarding the installation aid, on allowing people who have applied and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, following the budget 2009 announcement regarding a scheme (details supplied), he expects the scheme to be available...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the recent announcement of the suspension the installation aid, there is a benefit to a person to complete...
- Departmental Staff
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of vacancies at executive officer level within his Department in Athlone and Tullamore as on 15 October 2008;...
- Grant Payments
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made under the REP scheme 4 to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support a matter (details supplied). [37983/08]
- Fishing Fleet Modernisation
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the situation in which fishing vessels have to be refurbished in order to qualify for...
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be given the opportunity to apply under the installation aid scheme....
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason when a farmer is in the REP scheme and in the event of their death that their spouse cannot continue to farm and...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position, in view of the suspension of the farm retirement and the installation aid scheme, with regard to a farmer over...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will approve an [i]ex gratia[/i] payment to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo who need the funds to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the animal welfare Bill will come before Dáil Éireann. [38239/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the early farm retirement scheme and the installation aid grant are EU funded; if so the savings to the Exchequer from...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38280/08]
- Milk Quota
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reconsider the substantial fine for milk production in excess of quota by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their disadvantaged area payments; and if he will make a...
- Fishing Licences
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason licences for oyster, crab, and lobster are being introduced, in view of the fact that fishermen have already paid...
- Grant Payments
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timeframe for a suspension of the early retirement scheme; his views on including students who are studying for the...
- EU Directives
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the adverse impact on Connemara sheep farmers regarding the application of the Habitats...
- Pesticide Controls
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, contrary to what he states, Coillte Teo informed him and he in turn...
- Department of Education and Science
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of primary school class sizes in County Clare for the school year 2007-08 showing in each case the number of pupils in...
- School Staffing
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the consequences of budgetary cutbacks for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 30 September 2008, his Department's reasoning for not including a school (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect of the cutbacks in the education sector to a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Languages Programme
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names on a county basis and roll numbers of the 672 primary schools in which language support teachers are employed; the number of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the withdrawal of funding for transition year programmes in view of the importance of early entrepreneurship to the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the purchase of a site by his Department to facilitate the location of a special school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the need to retain administrative non-teaching staff at a special learning school (details...
- School Transport
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of private bus operators directly, or indirectly, employed to operate school bus services; the number of private operator...
- School Staffing
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect of the budget 2009 cutbacks on a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo, with particular regard to teacher...
- Schools Inspectorate
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [37930/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [37931/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of vacancies at executive officer level within his Department in Athlone and Tullamore as on 15 October 2008; when these...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the registration of Educate Together as a patron...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated savings that will accrue from the amalgamation of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Higher Education...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated savings that will accrue from the abolition of the Educational Disadvantage Committee; and if he will make a statement...
- Adult Education
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated savings that will accrue from the abolition of the National Adult Learning Council; and if he will make a statement on...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated savings that will accrue from the abolition of the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 16 October 2008, the number of architects invoices which are outstanding or waiting to be...
- Accreditation Standards
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 21 October 2008, the steps he will take to ensure bogus institutions are closed down;...
- School Staffing
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers sanctioned by his Department for County Meath as of 24 May 2007; and the number sanctioned for County Meath as...
- Capitation Grants
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capitation and ancillary grants payable to primary schools (details supplied) for 2008; and the capitation and ancillary grants...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the time-frame for the proposed expansion of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [37969/08]
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received further indications from other Departments and agencies regarding funding for the continuation of the sports halls...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork is to benefit from the additional capital allocation funds; if it is to be on the list...
- School Staffing
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on introducing a cost-neutral early retirement scheme for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37974/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the amount spent per school in the provision and maintenance of prefabs in the north and east Cork area; and if he...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the alterations he plans to put in place to teach the primary curriculum with the proposed increase in the pupil-teacher ratio; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the proposed education cuts will have on the capacity of secondary schools to...
- School Staffing
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) will retain their resource teacher in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38203/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to address the impact of the education cuts proposed in budget 2009 in a primary school (details supplied) in...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect budget 2009 will have on class sizes in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38232/08]
- School Staffing
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect budget 2009 will have on language support teachers in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect budget 2009 will have on learning support teachers in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect budget 2009 will have on substitute cover in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a social welfare means-tested payment is not accepted as proof of income at local authority level for the purpose of third...
- Youth Services
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget within his Department and other Departments for youth affairs in 2008; the proposed budget for 2009; the impact this will...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Waterford has not been included in the DEIS scheme; if his attention has been drawn...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 24 June 2008, when payment will issue to a contractor (details supplied) in County Clare;...
- School Staffing
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the involvement he had in connection with the retention of a teaching post at a school (details supplied) in County Clare following...
- Forbairt na Gaeilge
Question 514: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth go bhfuil sé ag cur le claontacht aicme ag an dara leibhéal oideachais trí dheireadh a chur leis an deontas múinteoirí...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools in the State; the number designated as being disadvantaged; the criteria for so...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of primary schools with class sizes of 20 to 29, 30 to 39 and 40 and over for the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the role and responsibilities of each of his Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38285/08]
- School Staffing
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the terms of reference in place for the review of special needs assistant allocations; if there is a mechanism in place for parents to...
- School Transport
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason parents of students at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, who qualify for school bus pass are being forced to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to provide a school (details supplied) with a new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/08]
- School Transport
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if school transport will made available to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Education Schemes
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in County Mayo who benefited under the free book scheme per year in each of the past ten years. [38332/08]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was ineligible for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [38345/08]
- School Staffing
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of mainstream teachers in each primary school in County Roscommon and in County Leitrim; the projected number in each...
- Education Centres
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date, in respect of the closure of the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education, by which the centre is to be closed;...
- Adult Education
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date by which the National Adult Learning Council is to be formally disbanded; when the council last met; and if he will make a...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the implications of the announcement within budget 2009 to abolish the Educational Disadvantage Committee; the date by which this is...
- Schools Building Programme
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be included in the 2009 announcements of schools to go to...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources schools (details supplied) in Dublin 1, 7 and 9 have received under the DEIS programme in 2007 and 2008; the funding...
- School Staffing
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views in relation to the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare as expressed in correspondence; his plans to...
- Departmental Funding
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the consequences for a primary school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm the reckonable income guideline for the special rate of maintenance grant of €20,147 has been increased for the...
- School Management
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes to address the concerns of the primary management bodies in regard to the budget 2009 education cuts...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which he has examined or quantified the expected negative impact of his recently announced education budgetary cuts in...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which have classes that are in excess of the national pupil-teacher ratio; the location of such schools; the way...
- Budget Submissions
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the opinions he sought prior to the introduction of recently announced budgetary cutbacks in the educational sector; if he had been...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which he has examined or quantified the expected negative impact of his recently announced education budgetary cuts on...
- School Staffing
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision to cut the staffing levels of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38553/08]
