Written answers
Thursday, 6 November 2008
- Department of Finance
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance if new inter-agency management structures have been put in place to handle the banking crisis; and if clear lines of accountability have been put in...
- Public Service Pay
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to contain the growth in the public service pay bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38773/08]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposed committee which will address issues relating to remuneration structures in the financial sector here including its...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of budget 2009, he has identified and addressed any or all of the issues that heretofore have created a lack of competitiveness in...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of dated subordinated debt covered by the credit institutions financial support scheme; if he has a list of the holders of such debt; if...
- Budgetary Projections
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is revising Irish GDP and GNP forecasts in view of the GDP figures in the USA and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of provision for pension liabilities in the public sector; and the policy options open to him. [38747/08]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance if the letters given by him to certain credit institutions on 30 September 2008, referred to by him in Dáil Éireann on 17 September 2008, were in...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Financial Regulator's recent decision to fine a company and an individual (details supplied) €3.2 million and €0.2 million...
- Tax Code
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings that he has had to ensure that the needs of US companies based here are not adversely affected by moves to change the tax rules in the...
- Public Service Modernisation
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in work practices which he sought to negotiate as part of the national social partnership talks. [38795/08]
- Budgetary Projections
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that his budgetary projections for 2009 are likely to be accurate in view of the obvious miscalculations for 2008; and if he will...
- House Repossessions
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the rising level of home repossessions; if he proposes to introduce measures to help those at risk of losing their homes as a result of...
- Debt Levels
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the private sector debt here is proportionately higher than any other country in the EU and that at...
- Public Service Pay
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the operation of performance related pay mechanisms in the public service. [38783/08]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans amendments to the legislation established to provide for an annual investment in the National Pensions Reserve Fund. [38805/08]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if the contracts for the €387.5 million worth of property sold in Dublin under the decentralisation scheme contain clauses that will allow the...
- Debt Levels
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that outstanding Irish bank loans to property developers within Ireland only were estimated to be €86.7...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the steps necessary to ensure that there is a continuing flow of credit for enterprises and families; and if he will make a...
- Budgetary Projections
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the tax forecasts on which he has based financial projections are robust in the budget 2009 statement. [38767/08]
- Capital Projects
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance if the central evaluation unit has identified any cases of non-compliance in its spot checks of capital projects; and the consequences for the...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason dated subordinated debt is included in the credit institutions financial support scheme; the representations received by him or his...
- Freedom of Information
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the freedom of information scheme to include costings of Government projects in view of the importance of public spending in the...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the net Exchequer income expected to arise from the credit institutions financial support scheme for each of the years 2008, 2009...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the solvency ratios of firms operating in the insurance market here; if he instructed the Financial Regulator to seek monthly solvency...
- Capital Projects
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the public capital programme is delivering in priority areas on time and on budget; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the advice of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland on the appropriate scope of the credit institutions...
- Government Bonds
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of Exchequer debt financing since 30 September 2008; the changes to the cost of insuring Irish Government bonds against default since 30...
- EU Directives
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on draft EU proposals that originating banks be required to retain a portion of assets which they securitise on their books; and if he...
- State Agencies
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications in terms of a reduction in staff numbers and savings in annual costs of the programme of rationalisation of State agencies outlined...
- Legal Costs
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which the State paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he is satisfied that...
- Tax Code
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the VAT rate on defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38572/08]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if the credit institutions financial support scheme stipulates that the State will underwrite losses incurred as a result of default as opposed to...
- Tax Code
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to adjust the tax treatment of pension contributions in respect of company directors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38811/08]
- Debt Levels
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the forecast total national debt for the year ends 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38812/08]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that under the credit institutions financial support scheme he can insure that increased liquidity will be provided by the banks...
- Tax Code
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the full details of the proposed €200 levy when an employer provides a car parking space for an employee; the urban areas to which the levy will be...
- Customs Service
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to ensure that appropriate steps to deliver a comprehensive Customs and Excise Service with a view to preventing the...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the measures being taken under the credit institutions financial support scheme to ensure the capital adequacy and solvency of...
- Tax Code
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a higher rate of income levy than 2% for persons earning significantly more than €100,000; the number of taxpayers who...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if an actuarial or similar analysis was carried out with respect to the aggregate level of liability taken on by the Exchequer through the credit...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the recruitment of experts by the Financial Regulator to police the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Relief
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which he is taking to address the summer flooding in the Shannon Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38571/08]
- Exchequer Borrowing
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the forecast Exchequer borrowing requirement for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the discussions he or his Department officials have had with the EU...
- Supplementary Budget
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a supplementary budget during the first half of 2009; if there are circumstances in which he would consider doing so; and if he...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings or correspondence he has had with directors or boards of any Irish credit institution since the announcement of the credit institutions...
- Tax Code
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the rationale for changing payment dates with respect to corporation tax and capital gains tax; the expected impact of these...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if financial support, within the meaning of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008, has been sought by or provided to a credit...
- Tax Collection
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure better reporting going forward in view of the previous failings of his Department to accurately predict tax revenue;...
- Tax Code
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of recent financial developments, he is in favour of European and international support for the Tobin tax. [38396/08]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Staff
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in her Department whose function it is to deal with representations from her...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 8 October 2008 in regard to each centre, the centre is...
- EU Regulations
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, under European Communities (Hallmarking of articles imported from other Members States) Regulations, 2001...
- State Agencies
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of County Donegal electricians on the FÁS list of recommended electricians. [39066/08]
- Work Permits
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full amounts of moneys collected over each of the past three years through applications made to her...
- Departmental Staff
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the systems her Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget 2009 allocation for the advancement of the national disability strategy; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Motor Vehicle Registration
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare cannot obtain registrations for antique vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the number of these staff...
- Tax Code
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of VAT rates for the professional photography industry; if he is satisfied that all Departments and State agencies are aware of the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if credit default swaps and certain related derivative contracts are regarded by the regulatory authorities here as valid financial instruments...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain what a market notice is; the persons to whom it is addressed and under what authority; the circumstances in which his Department...
- Tax Code
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim, who upon purchase of farmland completed the green certificate course and...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a request to instruct the Financial Regulator to investigate alleged overcharging by a company (details supplied); and if he will...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has advised him of the number of cases prosecuted against Irish banks in courts here; and if so, if he will provide a breakdown...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if contracts for difference are a declarable interest under the Standards in Public Office Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Revenue Staff
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies at executive officer level within the Revenue Commissioners in Athlone as on the 15 October 2008; when these vacancies will...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of national lottery funding administered by his Department in 2007 and 2008 and anticipated lottery revenue in 2009; the amount distributed...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a fall of 10% in the amount that Irish residents held in their current accounts between...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that outstanding Irish bank loans to property developers within Ireland only, were estimated to be...
- Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended that the income levy announced in budget 2009 will apply to occupational pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Properties
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the public buildings that are vacant or not in use in County Donegal; the amount the heating, maintenance and security of these buildings cost in...
- Car Park Levy
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if an assessment has been carried out of the administrative cost that will be imposed on businesses in operating the new car parking space tax; and...
- Tax Code
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if an assessment has been carried out on the administrative cost that will be imposed on businesses by changing the VAT rate in the middle of the...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that he has received full information from all of the banks operating here and the required information relating to...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken or proposes to take to augment the competitiveness of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39150/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued instructions directly or through his Department to other Departments relating to making good, budgetary shortfalls arising now or...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had contact with the banks or the Central Bank with a view to reaching agreement on strategy for the future; and if he will make a...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has taken initiatives through the EU Commission or the European Central Bank prior to action to protect the financial...
- Programme for Government
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if budget 2009 is in accord with the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39156/08]
- Tax Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance when a refund of income tax paid will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Relief
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have work carried out on the Gleann Sharron River Castleisland, County Kerry to prevent the flooding of 17 houses at Tullig,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best standards and for...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of domiciliary care allowance;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been added to the orthopaedic procedures waiting list since February 2008; the total as it stands at...
- Foster Care
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of potential foster carers or parents who have applied to the Health Service Executive midlands each year for the past three...
- Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if posts of an adult respiratory consultant with special interest in cystic fibrosis and a second paediatric CF consultant for Limerick...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take in respect of the special language unit at a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed for developmental co-ordination disorder; and when appropriate services...
- Pharmacy Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps which are being taken to refund the balance of payments due under the GMS to pharmacists for the period March to September...
- Medical Cards
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available for services (details supplied) to people who urgently need them and who have always received them in the past...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to receive appropriate non-surgical treatment for their medical...
- Medical Cards
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income that is considered in calculating the thresholds for qualification for a medical card for people over 70 years; if, in the...
- Hospital Hygiene Standards
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she envisages the preparation and completion of a report into the contraction of MRSA by two babies at Letterkenny General...
- General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding given to SouthDoc, the out of hours service co-op in Counties Cork and Kerry since 2001 to date in 2008; the...
- Hospital Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding breast cancer treatment services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an angiogram will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Meath continues to qualify for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the systems her Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the 2009 funding allocation for disability services under the multi-annual investment programme 2006 to 2009; the expenditure under this...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Staff
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the number of these staff...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation with regard to the over supply of taxis in cities such as Galway, where the proliferation of the issuing of taxi licences has led to...
- Search and Rescue Service
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made a decision in regard to the future of Malin Head and Valentia coast guard stations; and the result of that decision. [39063/08]
- State Airports
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the separation of the three State airports of Dublin, Shannon and Cork under the State Airports Act 2004; and the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the €13.6 million paid to CIÉ in 2007 as the railway safety grant and what is was used to fund; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best standards and for...
- Bridge Repairs
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has received an application from Longford County Council for funding to repair the Camlin Bridge at Clondra; if finance will be...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport the Budget 2009 allocation for the advancement of the national disability strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39282/08]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Visa Applications
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a visitors visa will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39162/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgeted expenditure, and actual expenditure where relevant, of the Garda Reserve force, including resources diverted...
- Asylum Applications
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application on humanitarian grounds for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
- Work Permits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in relation to the processing of an application for business permission by a company (details supplied)...
- Residency Permits
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for permission to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the length...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
- Residency Permits
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if accommodation or medical assistance will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Deportation Orders
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the case of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status or leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements in train to repatriate a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it is intended to intervene,...
- Residency Permits
Question 173: 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 Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details...
- Asylum Applications
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a letter as per the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 23 October 2008, will issue to a person (details...
- Deportation Orders
Question 178: 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 Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider applications made by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Applications
Question 180: 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...
- Travel Documentation
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review a travel document in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of persons (details supplied) in...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Applications
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Travel Documentation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to a request for a travel document in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Refugee Status
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for leave to remain or residency in the case of a person...
- Departmental Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the 2009 funding allocation for disability services under the multi-annual investment programme 2006 to 2009; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the number of these...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his policy on the issue of extraordinary renditions; if there are new developments planned in this area; the implications of these new...
- International Agreements
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has satisfied himself with progress in the various EU-Israeli partnership agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the procedures and resources in place to lobby the US Congress on issues of importance to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best standards...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the staff employed by a group (details supplied) giving details of their respective titles and so on. [38994/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the staff who will be transferring to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; the existing companies from which...
- Community Development
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of an application from a group (details supplied) in County Cork for funding under the Pobal refurbishment...
- Departmental Staff
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not being granted a mortgage allowance payment in view of their income...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Insurance
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projected balance of the social insurance fund for end 2008, end 2009 and 2010; if she expects it to fall significantly into...
- Pension Provisions
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if credits can be claimed by a person who takes a career break; and the general position of such persons in relation to the effect...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people on the live register by nationality with a breakdown by occupation and duration on the register. [39046/08]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a disability appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be finalised. [39068/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the specific measures she is taking to offset the savings originally identified in the proposed changes to the revised estimates...
- Departmental Staff
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the systems her Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent at Rockhill and Lifford Army Barracks on refurbishment work and capital investment since 2000 to date in 2008. [39061/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the number of these staff...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of National Defence Force personnel who have undergone potential NCO courses in each defence region in each of the past three years; the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Defence the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best standards and for...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Local Government Boundaries
Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to an application for boundary extension from a council (details supplied) in County...
- Waste Management
Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed incinerator at Ringaskiddy; his views on whether all the requirements of the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the obligations of local authorities to properly insulate houses which they rent to tenants in order to...
- Animal Welfare
Question 232: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of hares killed or which subsequently died at coursing meetings (details supplied) during October...
- Departmental Staff
Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the 2009 funding allocation for disability services under the multi-annual investment programme 2006 to 2009;...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Staff
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be rolled out to an area (details supplied) in County Mayo. [39044/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Budget 2009 allocation for the advancement of the national disability strategy; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Staff
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff employed in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from his constituency; the...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in granting a foreshore and aquaculture licence to a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the results of a compliance inspection (details supplied); the penalties involved; the reasoning for same; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Staffing
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [38984/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his proposal to cut the grant he allocates to Protestant faith schools will have a...
- Departmental Property
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will convey any interest it may have in an old national school (details supplied) in County Mayo to a committee....
- School Transport
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm if he has received a report from Bus Éireann which was sought in October 2008 (details supplied); and if his...
- School Completion Programme
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding allocated to a school completion programme at a school (details supplied) in County Offaly in 2008/2009; the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the career guidance counsellor-student ratio here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39033/08]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in writing to Cork County Council in relation to a school (details supplied) to clarify that his Department...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a new ceiling will be installed at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be progressed in view of the capital funding announced in Budget 2009; the...
- Third Level Fees
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views in relation to submissions of concern in relation to education (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the 32 budget 2009 cuts in his Department he will reverse; and if he will elaborate on these particular cuts. [39065/08]
- School Staffing
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when schools in Dublin South-West will receive formal notice through departmental circulars, of changes arising from budget 2009...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funds will be made available for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the action he will take to...
- School Transport
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the private contractors who received the €1.4 million to install new seat belts on school buses; and if he will...
- School Staffing
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of private fee-paying second levels schools here; and cost of State funding including salaries of staff to these fee paying...
- Departmental Staff
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of paying the draft national pay agreement to those who are paid from his Department's budget; if he will provide a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Longford; if steps will be taken to progress same;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the 2009 funding allocation for disability services under the multi-annual investment programme 2006 to 2009; the expenditure under...
