Written answers

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of incentives to address the issue of children living in consistent poverty; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will provide for a personal advocacy service in respect of people with disabilities; the specific target date she is...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projected savings arising from her proposal to place the Money Advice and Budgeting Service under the control of the Citizens...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 25 June 2008, the involvement her Department has had with the Office of the Minister...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for a State transition pension, contributory State pension and a non-contributory State pension being...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the way the household benefits package to allow for the equitable treatment of people with oil fired...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the most recent figures for the number of recipients and the cost to the Exchequer, of mortgage payment assistance; the budgeted...
    • Child Support
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress that has been made in the development of a second tier payment for children in low income families and in the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proposals she has made to Government to merge the employment services section of FÁS with her Department. [39512/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the way fuel allowance is paid; and her views on paying it in two lumps sums to people with oil fired...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking to augment staffing levels in her Department to deal with the increased demand from the growing number of...
    • Fuel Poverty
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will develop and publish a national strategy to address fuel poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures she will take in the next 12 months to increase the take-up of family income supplement. [39488/08]
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the National Carers Strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39374/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for illness benefit being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being processed...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on altering the eligibility criteria for the household benefits package in relation to medical grounds; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for invalidity pension being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being...
    • Child Support
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on the welfare reforms for child income supports that were outlined in the programme for Government; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the claims from the pension industry that the regulatory regime is putting pressure on the sustainability of defined...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has issued instructions throughout her Department to introduce economies, notwithstanding the public perception that no...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for her decision not to increase the maximum rents allowed under rent supplement following the recent review. [39511/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of jobseeker's benefit affected by the budget 2009 announcement in relation to the changes to the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of the pilot studies in relation to support services and activation measures for lone parents. [39514/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her future intentions in relation to the age thresholds for disability allowance. [39501/08]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the adequacy of provision for pension liabilities in the private sector; and the policy options open to her. [38747/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to improve access to the back to education allowance having particular regard to the downturn in the economy and...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on the welfare reforms outlined in the programme for Government for family supports; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way her Department has stress-tested the impact of each of the measures announced in budget 2009 on individual social welfare...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the effectiveness of policies in relation to the take-up of supplementary pensions. [39557/08]
    • Child Support
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans in relation to the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion and in particular the high level goals in relation to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of the review by her Department in relation to the equal treatment of men and women in the social welfare code; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, as suggested by recent media reports and as set out in the programme for Government, she considered removing the cap on PRSI...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for back to education allowance being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to provide free broadband to older people; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for one parent family payment being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the continuing problems experienced by former workers of Tara mines in relation to their...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to ensure that the definition of an orphan under social welfare legislation is amended in order that it...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her intentions to increase child specific welfare payments to reflect the higher cost to low income families of raising teenagers....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will take the necessary steps to bring to the notice of members of the public, who may be unaware of their rights, to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the research project, commissioned by her Department to examine the factors behind the level of take up on...
    • Attendance Management
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her target to reduce the number of hours lost through absenteeism in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for respite care grant being processed here; the way this compares to the number of applicants being...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by Ministers of State in his Department whose function it is to deal with representations from the Ministers of State's...
    • Attendance Management
      Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach the systems his Department has in place for tracking absences from work for various reasons, for benchmarking them against best standards and for estimating...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 170: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he is satisfied that effective...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 172: To ask the Taoiseach the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39545/08]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under section 181(2)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, since the Act was enacted;...
    • Waste Management
      Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach if, in the interest of reducing paper use, he has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies of tender documentation and to...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled to; the cost of same; and if...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 178: To ask the Taoiseach the latest unemployment figures at the Tallaght social welfare centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39876/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 179: To ask the Taoiseach the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the cost for each...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Protection
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her discussions with a company (details supplied) in respect of the plant in Limerick.....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role the National Standards Authority of Ireland has in respect of companies or individuals who register...
    • Job Losses
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has reviewed the recent significant job losses in the motor sales sector in view of the fact that it...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to a matter (details supplied). [39294/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, with reference to the recent commitment given in Dáil Éireann to bring forward amending legislation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which her Department paid for in 2007 and to...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown for 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 of the expenditure by FÁS in relation to apprentices; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date, in regard to the decision announced in budget 2009 to amalgamate the national Consumer Agency and...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [39337/08]
    • Job Creation
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Authority within the Border, midland and western...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the severance packages for each retiring staff member in her Department over the past three years; and if...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenditure by FÁS in relation to community employment schemes in 2007 and to date in 2008; the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the development works undertaken by her Department under section 181(2)(a) of the Planning...
    • Company Takeovers
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the number of small home heating oil distributors which are being taken over by large...
    • Waste Management
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the interest of reducing paper use, her Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people on community employment schemes who have progressed to full time work at the end of...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the public transport services used by her since she came into office or since 2007 on official business;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing the higher rate of tax relief in respect of IVF treatment in view of the fact that the cost per cycle of treatment will...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the request of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has suggested an annual soccer game be played in the Island of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the rate structure for the proposed €10 air travel tax; his plans to replace the proposal with a coastline tax; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the number by resort of holiday homes, hotels and other developments that were built through the seaside resort renewal scheme; the cost to the...
    • National Parks
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the regulations governing the playing of football in the Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 2 at the rear of the National Concert Hall; if he...
    • Global Financial Crisis
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans to form a European financial crisis cell to tackle the current financial crisis; the composition, functions and powers of such a cell; and...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the practice of mortgage providers failing to pass on interest cuts to customers who are on variable mortgage rates...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites and buildings designated for decentralisation that have been acquired by the State; the amount each site or property cost the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [39336/08]
    • Lottery Funding
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the surplus received from the national lottery to the Exchequer each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on circumstances in which a non-executive director of a charity who receives no payment apart from out of pocket expenses from the charity...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each of these projects; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 283 of 24 September 2008, if he will correct this anomaly in view of the fact that the amount paid as rent to the local...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was foregone under each of every property tax-based scheme in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures for the assessment of major public projects; the way they are decided upon; the methodology of the cost benefit analysis; the time...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, since the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for tax relief in the Finance Bill 2008 for the necessary remediation works on vacated SEVESO sites in the Cork docklands in...
    • International Monetary Fund
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances under which a country can apply to the International Monetary Fund for financial assistance; the implications of same; and if he...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies of tender...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [39743/08]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on a pint of stout and beer, a measure of spirits, a bottle of beer and stout, a bottle of alcopops and a bottle of wine for 2005, 2006...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled to; the cost of...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding has not been provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a firm commitment to retain the accident and emergency services at St. John's Hospital, Limerick. [39206/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale for the 1% cut in disability funding in both 2008 and 2009, along with the withdrawal of €53 million and €17 million...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budgetary changes to the national child care investment programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39216/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their doctor's only medical card removed; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the external review into the procedure of symphysiotomy in some Irish hospitals (details supplied) is complete; if not, when it is...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is planned to open the new hospice unit at St. Ita's Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick. [39262/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to over-70 year old medical card holders whose entitlement will continue to be valid after 1 January 2009 because their...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a scan in relation to their medical problem. [39265/08]
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the appeal to the nursing home repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the efforts being made...
    • Health Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [39296/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which her Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she is...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renal unit capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in County Offaly; if all stations in same unit have been...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to married couples in which one spouse is aged over 70 years and the other aged under 70 years; if the spouse...
    • Health Services
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [39334/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39346/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a letter (details supplied); if, under the circumstances outlined, provision will be made for additional speech and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of palliative care nurses employed in County Wicklow; and the action being taken to ensure the employment of specialised...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the net annual savings that will be made by the new system for over 70s medical cards in comparison with the old system, taking into...
    • Health Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 16 in 2008; if the Health Service Executive funding for this...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists currently working in the Health Service Executive; the number working in the Dun Laoghaire area; if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a 20-month waiting list for the adult audiology service in Wexford; if she has...
    • Health Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the dental treatment services scheme for medical card holders is in full operation here; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the delays in refunding patients under the drugs payment scheme will be expedited by invoking the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each of these...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the severance packages for each retiring staff member in her Department over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [39565/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to provision of a home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [39592/08]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on queries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter relating to the provision of mental health...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that after January 2009, once a medical card is legitimately received by a person over 70, that card will not be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment in Galway with a neurologist in view of the fact that their...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken by her Department to replace a speech and language therapist providing services at a school (details...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken or will take on the recommendations issued by the Sub-Committee on the Adverse Side Effects of Pharmaceuticals;...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the development works undertaken by her Department under Section 181 (2) (a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000,...
    • Health Services
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding allocated to a service provider (details supplied) in 2007; and the breakdown of this budget. [39657/08]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed community hospital for Tuam, County Galway; the number of expressions of interest that were...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the introduction of a medical card for all full-time carers regardless of means; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff, employed and on contract, in the personal office of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive;...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is paying €350 per week out of their limited income for the maintenance of their...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of referrals from a group (details supplied) in Dublin 7, to the Mater Hospital accident and emergency department, in each...
    • Health Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the provision of home help for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39725/08]
    • Waste Management
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the interest of reducing paper use, her Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding issues raised between her Department, the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmacy Union; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the radiology department in the Louth Meath hospital group is sufficiently resourced with consultant...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive are taking action on the constant consultant representations regarding the inability of the...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a health warning on alcoholic products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39773/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community drug prevention workers employed in each of the Health Service Executive areas; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the public transport services used by her since she came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled to;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when appointments will be made for women who have been referred by their general practitioners to Dochas Centre, Drogheda and Beaumont...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the investigation into the delay in publishing the McCoy report has been completed; and the reason for the delay in publishing the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money paid to private companies and individuals to look after children in the care of the Health Service Executive in...
    • Long-term Illness Scheme
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on adding the condition lupus to the long term illness scheme in view of the nature of the condition which is consistent with...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to coordinate the ambulance services in the Dublin area which are operated under the Health Service Executive and...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delays in paying claims under the drugs refund scheme in the midwest; if she will take action to...
    • National Centre for Medical Genetics
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a letter from an organisation (details supplied); if she will address the issue raised in their letter regarding the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Exchequer of subventions paid to persons in nursing homes in 2007; the estimated cost in 2008; and if she will make a...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Air Services
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to change the Air Navigation and Transport Acts as outlined in a newspaper article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • State Airports
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will take steps to fill the vacancies which exist on the board of the Cork Airport Authority; when he will appoint a chairperson of the...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the downturn in the public finances, he will reconsider his decision to prohibit amending the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking)...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [39293/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he is satisfied...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the implications of the decision announced in budget 2009 to amalgamate the Air Accident Investigation Unit, the Railway Accident Investigation...
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received and reviewed the new report into the capsizing and sinking of a boat (details supplied) by the Marine Casualty Investigation...
    • Air Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport the airstrips, airfields, aerodromes and airports in public and private ownership in the State that are permitted to receive international...
    • State Airports
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport if and the way privately owned airports outside the scope of the Irish Aviation Authority are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each of these projects; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the Government policy in relation to funding design and building of tunnels will be affected by any lessons learned; and if he...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of the Luas extension to Cherrywood; when he will publish the cost benefit analysis of this public investment; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, since...
    • Public Transport
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport the status and present timeline for metro north, the interconnector, metro west, Luas line F and Luas line BX; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Waste Management
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies of tender...
    • National Cycling Policy
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to publish the national cycling policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39784/08]
    • Sustainable Travel
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport if research has been conducted by his Department into a pay per use scheme for road users to replace car tax and VRT; his views on whether such a...
    • State Airports
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress to date in progressing the extension to the US customs and border protection facility at Shannon Airport; if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the cost for...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Residency Permits
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for family reunification on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • State Airports
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the airports designated with port of entry status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39442/08]
    • Youth Services
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to develop and extend the juvenile diversion programme and the youth diversion projects; and if he will make a...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to progress the planned installation of a closed circuit television system on College Road,...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cutbacks in funding in each of the services and projects established in the State and community sectors to combat...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with respect to the promotion of alcohol at discos or in public houses; the restrictions placed on it; and if...
    • Private Security Authority
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the requirements necessary to register with the Private Security Authority; the cost of same; if it is obligatory; and if...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report fully on recent reports that approximately 32,000 motorists who were initially charged with drink-driving...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of parking wardens employed by each local authority; the number of parking tickets issued in 2006 and 2007; the...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the ongoing levels of murderous mayhem associated with illegal drugs is a threat to the State; the...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Questions No. 787 of 17 June 2008 and No. 300 of 7 October 2008, when the information sought will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39298/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that the residency application of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is dealt with quickly....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an application for naturalisation by person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be made; if this...
    • Community Alert Programme
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and projected position in relation to funding from his Department for the community alert programme,...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the increase in headline crime for the past five years to date for Garda divisions in Dublin North, Dublin North Central...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if enquiries into the authentication of documentation in the matter of application for family reunification in the name of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the allegations made by a person (details supplied) that their correspondence went...
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to complaints from a person (details supplied) that they have been suffering acute pain and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to an allegation made by a person (details supplied) that one of their visitors was...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under Section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and...
    • Sentencing Policy
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the operation of the court poor box system or whether it should be put on a statutory footing....
    • Irish Film Classification Office
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of assistant classifiers in the Film Classification Office; the procedure in place for the appointment of such...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the membership of the various prison visiting committees here including the date of the appointment of each member and the...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of personnel appointed to the Garda vetting unit; the average timeframe for vetting queries to be processed; the...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 5 November 2008 and his reference to the newspaper cutting which was one part...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39726/08]
    • Waste Management
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average number of prisoners held in State prisons in the years 2001 to date in 2008; and his estimate of recidivism or...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will qualify for a stamp four visa; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of high-security wings and sections in each prison in the State; the date of establishment of each; the average...
    • International Agreements
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the penalties under an Act (details supplied) for alcohol related disorder; his plans to increase this penalty; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to increase Garda powers to issue stay away orders when there is harassment in public places or at a person's...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the closed circuit television grant aid system for community groups and organisations that has been offered by his...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to legislate for mandatory jail terms for violent unprovoked assaults and to specifically criminalise the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform An Garda Siochana's progress to date in providing for an increased number of promotional posts to ensure that management is...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to use the additional capacity of An Garda Síochána to target communities experiencing significant anti-social...
    • Garda Charter
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on the development of a Garda charter; the recommendations the Garda Inspectorate has passed to him on...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the initiatives in place within An Garda Síochána for tackling racism, homophobia, and upholding the human rights...
    • Drug Court Programme
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to expand the drug court programme; his plans to provide judges with the option of sentencing offenders to...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug treatment programmes in each prison in the State; the number of places available in each prison for each...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress on allowing the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal against lenient sentences in the District Court and...
    • Judicial Studies Institute
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to progress the role of an institute (details supplied) in assisting the professional development of the...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce new pretrial procedures to deal with admissibility of evidence, to save overtime and the time of...
    • Courts Service
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his legislative plans which will give the courts greater discretion on the way trials are to be conducted and enable them...
    • Legal Costs
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his progress on providing for lawyers clients in non-criminal matters with a right of application to the court where they...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date on introducing new reforms on protecting the identities of witnesses and victims at identification...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money in fines collected in respect of offences under the Road Traffic Acts each year for the past three...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances in which Garda pay may be deducted from a member of An Garda Síochána in respect of a disciplinary...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Consular Services
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [40234/08]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the policy changes which have taken place or are proposed to take place as outlined in a newspaper article (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he has...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the effect the Lisbon "No" vote has had on Ireland's negotiating power at Council level in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to bringing children from Chernobyl to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/08]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and Development Act 2000,...
    • Waste Management
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies of...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled to; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the cost...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Architecture Award
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the success of architects (details supplied); the action he proposes to take to recognise this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under Section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and Development Act...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a matter (details supplied). [39698/08]
    • Waste Management
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he expects to assist the promotion of sports in all primary and secondary schools and colleges; and if he will...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the 2007 annual report for a statutory body (details supplied) will be published. [39207/08]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cutbacks in funding where they occur for each of the services and projects established in the State and community...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under Section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and...
    • Road Network
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding which has been promised for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo in 2008 has not materialised;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the proposed extension to Cappataggle group water scheme at Cappataggle, Ballinasloe, County Galway covering the...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be offered a place on the rural social scheme; if his...
    • Waste Management
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      Question 441: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist athscrúdú a dhéanamh ar na meastacháin ar an deontas a cheadaigh an Roinn níos luaithe i...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will increase the rate of carer's allowance and benefit to €300 per week to reflect the true value of the work done by...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her detailed plans in relation to the future of the Combat Poverty Agency. [39948/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding recently proposed reforms to assist lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40025/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the longest and average wait for the processing of a jobseeker's benefit claim and a jobseeker's allowance claim respectively in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which her Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to jobseeker's benefit refusal. [39354/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a retrospective payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39369/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each of these...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the severance packages for each retiring staff member in her Department over the past three years; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the fact that the Department of Education and Science is not accepting the means tested farm assist payment as proof...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of a disability allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [39588/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reconsider the back to work scheme application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [39599/08]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the development works undertaken by her Department under Section 181. (2) (a) of the Planning and Development Act...
    • Waste Management
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in the interest of reducing paper use, her Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the public transport services used by her since she came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the qualifying criteria for mortgage interest relief. [39874/08]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will deal with an appeal (details supplied) due to certain hardships; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applicants for respite care grants to date in 2008; the number approved, refused or pending; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she proposes to make improvements to qualification guidelines for applicants for the back to education allowance having...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has carried out an evaluation of the extra household running costs incurred by widow's or widower's with young families;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she proposes to introduce full disability occupational injury payment or equivalent for those affected by pneumoconiosis...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons refused entitlement to an old age pension due to lack of sufficient contributions in the past 12 months; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have been refused social welfare entitlements on the basis of the habitual residency clause since its...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will introduce further improvements in respect of the level of payments under the family income supplement in view of the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has issued instructions restricting access or curtailing expenditure under the supplementary welfare code; and if she will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to appointments (details supplied); if the appointments have been made; if not, when this will occur; and if he will make a...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals to restore the [i]Asgard II[/i]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39250/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he has satisfied...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Defence the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under Section 181 (2) (a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, since the Act...
    • Waste Management
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies of tender...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Defence the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled to; the cost of...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the cost for...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will introduce legislation to implement the budget 2009 €200 levy on second homes; if he will raise...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of the persons appointed to An Comhairle Leabharlanna in 2008; the selection criteria that were...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of parking wardens employed by each local authority; and the estimated pay roll cost and total...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a matter, previously brought to his attention, in respect of a charity (details supplied) and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name of each semi-State body under the control of his Department; the date of establishment, number of...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [39292/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated by county and by year for the mobility scheme; the amount allocated by county and by...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislative changes he proposes to meet the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in regard to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of sewerage facilities services to houses (details supplied) in County...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to facilitate persons who purchased houses under the affordable housing scheme to remortgage their...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact the Lisbon "No" vote has had on Ireland's negotiating power on environmental issues at Council...
    • Waste Management
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the location and concentration of landfill waste facilities, current or proposed, in County Kildare is in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of CAS applications awaiting approval; the value of those applications; and the number of units...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken following correspondence dated 5 September 2008 (details supplied); when he will send...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the projected completion of the Longford central regional water supply scheme,...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the...
    • Water Quality
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken in relation to discoveries of excessive levels of lead in drinking water supplies in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [39696/08]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will advocate the continued investment in infrastructure as a stimulus to economic recovery; if so,...
    • Waste Management
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to...
    • County Development Plan
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to review proposals made by Donegal County Council in the variation of the county...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to enable planning permission to be refused when an applicant is considered...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the...
    • Library Usage
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide statistics on library usage in areas (details supplied); if there is any discernible...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a council (details supplied) will be advised of the allocation to the water and sewerage improvement...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the certification exams will be available along with the updated DEAP software in view of the fact that...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure equal representation at the oral hearing for both proponents and opponents...
    • Waste Management
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Government will publish the national waste strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of incinerators which have been improved to date here; the tonnage capacity of these facilities;...
    • Aarhus Convention
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Aarhus Convention will be ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39995/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount the process of decentralisation has cost to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a semi-State body (details supplied) is not covered under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date...
    • Rail Network
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consult with Bord na Móna and officials in the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism on the matter...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has devolved complete responsibility to an Post in the determination of policy relating to the closure of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason it appears the communications regulatory system throughout Europe seems to have achieved a higher...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the...
    • Site Remediation
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the budget and consultant's brief governing the commissioning of a report on the Avoca river and the old mines...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of RTE's decision to postpone the diaspora channel, he will ensure that the Irish abroad will have...
    • Fisheries Authority
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has put in place in relation to the seven regional chief executive officers and their extensive...
    • Waste Management
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if petroleum leases granted before 1 January 2007, under the terms of his Department's licensing terms for...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his view on whether the use of short rotation coppice willow would be a suitable material to be added to poultry litter in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis on which his Department has informed a person (details supplied) in County Wexford that headage payments in...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the implications of the decision announced in Budget 2009 to merge COFORD into his Department; the date by which this is to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded a REP 4 payment. [39341/08]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the age limit for mandatory testing of animals for BSE is being changed; the details of changes being introduced; the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the enforcement date of the Nitrates Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39362/08]
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the moneys part funded by the European agricultural fund for rural development earmarked for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their outstanding payment in view of the fact that a full...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the protocols for labelling country of origin on agricultural produce here or at European Union level; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is correct that a payment (details supplied) is not being paid to applicants until every applicant is approved. [39574/08]
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 580: 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....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under Section 181. (2) (a) of the Planning and Development...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 29 October 2008, if research is being carried out into investigating the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not being awarded their reactor grants; his views on part payment...
    • Waste Management
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason his Department did not allow an application under the dairy hygiene scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will allow a person (details supplied) into the installation aid scheme in view of the fact that the delay was not of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on an application for a slatted house grant in the name of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Accommodation
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views regarding correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the action that he proposes in relation to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford would have qualified for admission to...
    • Departmental Savings
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 29 October 2008, the breakdown of the overall sum spent on substitution cover; if the...
    • School Transport
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the feasibility of requesting the school transport facility to collect children at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the qualifying criteria for DEIS schools; and the primary and post primary schools in County Kildare who are included under this...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the €8 million which was provided in budget 2007 and budget 2008 as the Government's contribution towards the funding of...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions which he had with representatives from companies (details supplied) during October 2008 when it is reported that he...
    • Higher Education Sector
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will a formal designation of the National College of Ireland as being an institute of higher education under the remit of the...
    • School Inspections
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the findings of an inspection at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 by the Health and Safety Authority. [39260/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the examination of alternative arrangements for a service (details supplied) in County Mayo has been completed; when the service...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a means tested social welfare payment has not been accepted as proof of income for third level grant purposes in the case...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which his Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he is...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet with a group (details supplied) as a matter of urgency, as following extensive efforts locally in Lucan, County...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to transferability of pension entitlements arising from years of teaching service in Northern Ireland and the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a letter (details supplied); if he will re-open the Residential Institutions Redress Board to late applicants; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction appropriate special needs assistance as appropriate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly;...
    • School Management
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on and when he will respond to a letter (details supplied). [39468/08]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Limerick will be constructed. [39492/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each of these...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the severance packages for each retiring staff member in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the planning for the expansion of a school (details supplied) includes efforts to find a suitable new site rather than expansion on...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proof of income required for the purposes of third level grants for the recipients of disability allowance, jobseekers allowance...
    • School Management
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures being taken to provide security for cash deposits in schools; and his plans in relation to improved security in view of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the development works undertaken by his Department under section 181(2)([i]a[/i]) of the Planning and Development Act...
    • Discrimination In Education
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Education and Science Ireland's position in regard to the UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination in Education 1960; the action taken in the past two years...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special needs assistant position for a school (details supplied) in County Laois has not been re-sanctioned; his views on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect the Budget 2009 cutbacks will have on a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if any teaching posts will be lost at...
    • Waste Management
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for an emergency repair grant for a faulty roof has been received from a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Traveller Education
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on reversing the decision to cut the enhanced capitation grant for Traveller students until this scheme is reviewed by the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way support will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39771/08]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position pertaining to Irish nationals living outside the EU, applying for college places here for the forthcoming year; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to replace the service formerly provided by the Centre for Talented Youth, in view of the fact that his Department's grant...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the public transport services used by him since he came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled to;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the implications of the Budget 2009 cuts on a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in which teachers will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will make available a capital allocation for the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that when a teacher is put on a panel in cases in which their school loses a teacher, that teacher can remain on...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and...

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