Written answers
Thursday, 13 November 2008
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Prison Visiting Committees
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes he proposes to make to arrangements in respect of prison visiting committees; and if he will make a statement on...
- Drug Seizures
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs within the State during 2007 and to date in...
- Prison Violence
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to deal with the increasing problem of violence in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take regarding overcrowding in the State's prisons in view of the fact that Thornton Hall is two years...
- Civil Unions
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised legislation on civil unions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40185/08]
- Asylum Applications
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications which have been deemed withdrawn in each year from 2000 inclusive to date in 2008 due to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí operating as juvenile liaison officers; the proportion of personnel this represents; if he has plans...
- Residency Permits
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time taken to process applications for residency within his Department; if he will confirm that applications...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reopen the independent living support programme funded through the Disability Equality Unit; the other...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the recidivism levels within Irish prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40338/08]
- Prison Service
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take arising from the recent report by the Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement...
- Community Policing
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received from the Garda Commissioner the report of the working group developing proposals for a comprehensive...
- Garda Deployment
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the civilianisation programme within An Garda Síochána; the...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the establishment of joint policing committees throughout the State identifying at...
- Courts Service
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 29 October 2008, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Money...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he proposes to address the lacuna created by his decision to withdraw funding to projects (details supplied); and if...
- Prison Medical Service
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he deems it appropriate for young people who require treatment such as psychiatric treatment to be located on the same...
- Prison Education Service
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the prison education service at St. Patrick's Institution outlining the level of participation of young...
- Garda Reserve
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of...
- Garda Deployment
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to Members of the Government, members of the...
- Drug Seizures
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent figures showing that there are more than 10,000 registered heroin addicts here, which reflects the...
- Garda Strength
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those...
- Road Safety
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of stationary speed cameras in use; the areas in which they are used; when he expects this system to be extended...
- Public Order Offences
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons, broken down between children and adults, given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding provided since the establishment of the Office for Integration to groups involved in migrant integration; and if...
- Young Offenders
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it his intention to relocate a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to the proposed new national child detention...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Irish Human Rights Commission regarding the implications...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 992 of 24 September 2008, if the strategic document to outline the vision, mission...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the first five reports of the Morris Tribunal; the...
- Bail Law
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the assessment of the bail procedures introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2007; his views on whether...
- Court Awards
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out in compensation or legal costs arising from claims against members of the gardaí in respect of assault,...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received communication from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission regarding a possible public interest inquiry...
- Young Offenders
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of tenders received and the difference in price there was for the development of the proposed new national child...
- Departmental Reports
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or plans to take arising from the report of the Hartnett Inquiry into the death of a person (details...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that structures in place to allow garda vetting are functioning efficiently and effectively; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reverse the decision contained in Budget 2009 to cut funding to the National Consultative Committee on Racism and...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent figures showing that in the past five years just 54.5% of persons charged with drink driving offences...
- Garda Investigations
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007 and to date in 2008 in which grenades, bombs and improvised explosive devices have been...
- Garda Equipment
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the system of electronic tagging with full details of the operation of the scheme; and if he...
- Departmental Reports
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his intentions in respect of the Denham report regarding a court of appeal; if he plans to legislate in this connection; and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the undertaking given to bring forward legislation to regulate management companies and their performance in respect of...
- Human Trafficking
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to figures (details supplied) suggesting that at least 50 foreign nationals have been...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made in respect of his promise to introduce new legislation to augment victims' rights; and if he will...
- Garda Operations
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to increase the Garda search powers, promised in the Programme for Government, in relation to drug crime...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2008; the number of...
- Garda Equipment
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that An Garda Síochána have ready access to all modern technology with particular reference to their...
- Garda Transport
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the criticism made in the Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he will achieve the reduction of 3% in payroll costs for his Department, as announced by the Minister for Finance in...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the status of developments at Thornton Hall including final cost projections and expected...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Government will take arising from the two final reports from the Morris Tribunal, published on 7 October...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement detailing the rationale behind and the evidence underpinning the decision to expand prison...
- Immigrant Registration
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the impact the new registration fee introduced by the Garda National Immigration Bureau...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Commission of...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount allocated in respect of Garda pay, including overtime, in 2009; the way this compares with the figures for 2008;...
- Garda Transport
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that garda patrol cars were restricted at Hallowe'en in parts of Dublin because...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on recent figures produced by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs showing that one in twenty Irish people and...
- Garda Investigations
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will enter discussions with the Garda Commissioner aimed at launching an effective Garda operation targeting groups...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied regarding the capacity of the preferred bidder to deliver the Thornton Hall prison project; the progress...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take arising from the first interim report of the Inspector of Prisons in which he expressed concern at...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of kilometres travelled by him since 2007 to date in 2008 on official business in his Ministerial car; the cost...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Ministerial Staff
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people she and her Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in...
- Industrial Development
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her strategic plan in regard to the industrial and commercial development of the south-east region; and if she...
- Work Permits
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 5 November 2008, if a person (details supplied) in County Clare...
- Competition Act 2002
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints for breaches of the Competition Act 2002 being considered by the Competition...
- EU Directives
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on exempting small shops from having to display the price per unit or by weight in addition to the...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can apply for through her Department or the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to amend the Competition Act 2002 and in particular the changes that she proposed to make to...
- EU Directives
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the UK Government proposal to introduce a de minimis threshold to exempt small companies from the...
- Work Permits
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, further to correspondence (details supplied), to implement the air travel tax on a more equitable basis; and if he will make a statement...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the position to date regarding decentralisation (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40389/08]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of Public Works did not proceed with the purchase of two buildings and a site (details supplied) in County Wexford; if the OPW...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency offices and in their...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on liquidity difficulties in the credit union sector here; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in the sector with the...
- Tax Code
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; his plans to address the concerns outlined; and if he...
- Flood Relief
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works the action that can be taken to prevent flooding at a property (details supplied) in County...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been decentralised from...
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income tax levy will be charged against the income of a person with a State pension and an occupational pension when the medical expenses of...
- Departmental Properties
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements the Office of Public Works has made for the disposal of Hawkins House; the amount of revenue he would expect to raise from such...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed decentralisation of the Office of Public Works; the number and the proportion of OPW staff who will move; the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Special Educational Needs
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is special grant assistance available for individuals seeking to provide Montessori places or other preschool initiatives for...
- Ambulance Service
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if parts of the country are provided with an air ambulance service; if she or the Health Service Executive has initiated pilot projects...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the development of the BreastCheck service to Clare; her plans to extend the service to different age groups; and if...
- Health Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the development of primary care in west Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40360/08]
- Ambulance Service
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a detailed report on the ambulance service for west Clare, including the location at which the ambulance is...
- Health Service Staff
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a number of recently graduated physiotherapists, speech therapists and...
- Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the 300 primary care teams promised in the primary care strategy that have been delivered; if she still intends to promote...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when outstanding moneys owed to all claimants whose applications have been approved under the health repayment scheme will be paid; if...
- Health Services
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40398/08]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people she and her Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency offices...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the effectiveness of byotrol anti-microbial technology in destroying and preventing hospital acquired...
- Child Abuse
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been presented with a copy of a report by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in relation to complaints made against...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home refund appeals processed in each of the past 12 months; the length of time it is taking to process each...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the commitment to a multi-annual investment programme under the national disability strategy; and if...
- Medical Malpractice
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of persons (details supplied). [40467/08]
- Hospitals Award Scheme
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount each hospital has been penalised or awarded under the Health Service Executive award scheme for hospitals each year for the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of bonus awarded to the manager of each hospital each year for the past three years; if she will provide the information per...
- Departmental Offices
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details and costs of the data centre recently established at Hawkins House; if it will be possible to move this data centre in the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason medication (details supplied) is not available under the GMS scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40511/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40515/08]
- Alcohol Marketing
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the consultative panel to advise the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body as proposed in the revised codes of practice on...
- Sports Sponsorship
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the working group to examine the extent of the existing sports sponsorships by alcohol companies and the terms and lengths of...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been...
- Department of Transport
- Regional Airports
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason an airport (details supplied) received a grant of €800,000 in 2008; if he will provide a breakdown of this support; the reason this...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency offices and in their...
- Regional Airports
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the €22.3 million allocated under Transport 21 to Waterford Airport; the amount to be allocated in 2009; and if he will...
- Public Transport
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport his strategic plan for the development of public transport in the south-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40449/08]
- National Car Test
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if a person buying a vehicle, for example 18 months after its last National Car Test test period has expired, is required to pay the full test...
- Road Network
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport the legislative basis on which the National Roads Authority and a company (details supplied) have determined toll charges; and if he will make a...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason with regard to an application for renewal of a SPSV licence (details supplied), the applicant is being charged a penalty fee of €500...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been decentralised...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Ministerial Staff
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their...
- Judicial Appointment
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will appoint a permanent District Court judge to Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40452/08]
- Garda Investigation
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [40469/08]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the aftermath of the Morris tribunal, other alleged miscarriages of justices are being investigated by the...
- Residency Permits
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position regarding an application for residency or family reunification in the case of a person...
- Asylum Applications
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to a family reunification application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Organised Crime
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied regarding the degree of exchange of information between the authorities here and those in other...
- Asylum Applications
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make...
- Bail Law
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he will tackle the problems of the availability of bail to those who commit serious crimes including murder and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Recidivism Rate
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to prevent recidivism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40538/08]
- Asylum Applications
Question 163: 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 Offaly; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended temporary residency will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Judicial Co-operation
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the availability of assistance in the fight against crime through Eurojust; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 170: 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 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if travel documentation will issue for their daughter; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a matter has been investigated in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Ministerial Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency offices and in...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken or attempted to speak to Senator Barack Obama since his election victory on 4 November 2008; and if he will make a...
- International Summits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that his Department has received a proposal for the inclusion of a youth delegate in the Irish delegation to the 2009...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Ministerial Staff
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Staff
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their...
- Grant Payments
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants which have been approved under his Christmas lights as Gaeilge scheme in 2008; the amount approved in each...
- Irish Language
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the action plan for the future of the Gaeltacht and the 20-year strategy for the Irish language will be...
- Security of the Elderly
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the associations a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can contact to resolve their concerns; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an oral hearing pertaining to disability benefit. [40371/08]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people she and her Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in respect of people who are in receipt of disability allowance, they automatically become entitled to the contributory State...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been...
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Staff
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people he and his Minister of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency offices and in their...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation with respect to interviews (details supplied); the reason the applicants have received no result to date; when they will receive the...
- National Security
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Defence the assessment which has been carried out in regard to the vulnerability of the State to cyber warfare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason four helicopters sold to a company (details supplied) in the USA by his Department for €311,000 were later sold to the Chilean Navy by...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been decentralised from...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Departmental Staff
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works the number of jobs which will be created in a centre...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the granting of pre-emptive rights to local authorities to purchase property at points of sale...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to the planned Lower Harbour/Cork main drainage scheme; if the funding is available...
- Planning Issues
Question 205: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will publish legislation to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006 in order to extend the...
- Election Management System
Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date in each constituency for the design, manufacture, transport, security storage and training...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the two recent 0.5% decreases in the European Central Bank rate have not been passed on by local...
- Local Government Elections
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will introduce legislation in regard to spending limits for local elections in view of his recent...
- Election Management System
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will complete the consultation process in regard to election posters; when he expects to introduce...
- Legislative Programme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in order to provide a legislative framework in the Housing (Miscellaneous...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the length of time it takes to process each application under his Department's capital loan and subsidy...
- Departmental Properties
Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the Chief State Solicitor's Office has received all outstanding documents relating to...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent research which suggests that ordinary light bulbs may be more...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will carry out an audit of housing stock here; and if he will examine a bond situation which is used in...
- Election Management System
Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the period of contracts in regard to e-voting machines not centrally stored; the tendering process involved;...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- EU Directives
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential implication of the new Directive 2006/21/EC and its implementation for the Tynagh mines site....
- Inland Fisheries
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding spent to date under the national development plan for the development of the angling sector; the...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the roll out of broadband in the south east region; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fisheries Boards
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the annual accounts of the Regional Fisheries Boards in respect of 2006 and 2007 have been presented before...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not received their area aid payment. [40388/08]
- Ministerial Staff
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their...
- Animal Welfare
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will support a matter (details supplied). [40433/08]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the preliminary findings of an audit carried out by the European Commission into the administering of the REP scheme; and if...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the development of Dunmore fishing harbour, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Industry
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress of the Government's strategy to promote Ireland's food investment and innovation strategy; and if he will make...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will allow people who have the legal documents stamped in preparation for the early retirement scheme to proceed with...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Enrolments
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a second level school place has not been offered to a person (details supplied) in County Louth who became resident in the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of Parliamentary Questions Nos. 476 and 532 of 4 of November 2008, all of the existing staff employed in the three bodies...
- State Examinations
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a matter from a school (details supplied). [40379/08]
- Psychological Service
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has allowed the third level institutions to reduce the time period in which a psychological report produced...
- School Staffing
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 131, 153 and 490 of 4 November 2008, of his assertion that the levels...
- Schools Funding
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding withdrawn from schools (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40390/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Wexford; when this school will receive the go-ahead; if his...
- School Enrolments
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if this Deputy will be supplied with a copy of reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40394/08]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason schools (details supplied) are not receiving funding for works to be carried out; if he will address this problem; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for a new building or extension; and if he...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people he and his Ministers of State have appointed to work with them; the number located in their constituency offices...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; when he expects building to...
- School Transport
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a child who lives next to the Luas and whose school is near a Luas stop, cannot avail of the school transport scheme while...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will make a decision on the application of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to the university of the south...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to the budget reductions in pupil/teacher ratios for national schools, he will ensure that on the grounds of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in primary and post-primary schools receiving special needs assistance; the number of WTE SNAs in his...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a higher education grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Funding
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the activities and services funded by his Department from the budget 2009 subhead B17 entitled miscellaneous which amounts to €15.7...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the number of posts that have been decentralised to date, and of those, the number that have been...
