Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of grant aid he has provided under CLÁR funding to local improvement schemes on a county basis for each of...
    • Voluntary Sector
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recent policy developments in relation to the voluntary sector; the progress made to date on delivering Towards...
    • Community Development
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that investment made by his Department in the western region to encourage economic activity in...
    • Road Network
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding allocated under scéim na mbóithre áise, on a gaeltacht area basis in 2007 and to date in 2008; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has undertaken any aspect of amalgamation or abolition of State agencies or semi-State bodies or boards within...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the new National Drugs Strategy; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cuts in services provided by or funded through his Department arising from Budget 2009 decisions; and if he will...
    • Community Development Forum
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the anticipated role of the newly established Community Development Forum for North Mayo, arising from the Corrib gas...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      Question 94: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an ainmneoidh sé na heagraíochtaí Gaeilge a gcreideann sé gur chóir dóibh a bheith cónasctha; cén fáth go...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with Waterways Ireland or has given directives to that agency in relation to the provision...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views in relation to the continued finds of large amounts of drugs, be it on sea or land; the number of meetings...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the mechanism he will use to achieve the 3% reduction in payroll costs for his Department as announced in July 2008;...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with Waterways Ireland in relation to extensions to or refurbishment of the canals within...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding provided by his Department to groups, bodies or agencies involved in combating drugs in each of the past...
    • Irish Language
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has discussed with his Government colleagues the holding of a major debate on the future of the Irish language...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of the decentralisation programme for his Department; the cost to date; the cost of the temporary...
    • Polasaí don Ghaeilge
      Question 103: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén uair a bheidh an Coiste Comh-Aireachta Rialtais atá ag plé leis an Tuarascáil ar an Staidéar Teangeolaíoch ar...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 104: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na cainteanna a bhí aige maidir le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta a thabhairt isteach faoin Údarás Forbartha...
    • Coláistí Samhraidh Gaeilge
      Question 106: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sé gur buille tubaisteach a bheadh ann do gheilleagar na Gaeltachta dá mbeadh ar na coláistí samhraidh...
    • Community Development
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in relation to the amalgamation of LEADER groups in County Kildare; if the chief executive officer has...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the reopening of the Ulster canal; when he expects work to commence; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of bodies, voluntary or statutory under his aegis that have heretofore received funding directly or...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 111: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, cad iad na cainteanna a bhí aige le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta faoi ghníomhachtaí Thaighde Mara Teoranta a chur ar ceal;...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent research published by the Health Research Board which found that...
    • Irish Language
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans he has for the disbursement of the additional funds that he has received for Ciste na Gaeilge in 2009; and...
    • Community Development
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to review the boundary areas under the CLÁR programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent official visit to the United States. [40953/08]
    • Polasaí don Ghaeilge
      Question 120: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sé go ndíríonn feachtas GLAC LEIS Chonradh na Gaeilge — le daoine óga go háirithe a spreagadh agus a...
    • Community Development
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of recreational areas or parks that have received funding from his Department or its agencies in each of...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the research that was carried out into the workings and effectiveness of the regional drug task forces established...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the response he has received to his recent request for submissions to the Dormant Accounts Board; and if he will make...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding supplied in each of the past three years to sporting organisations in RAPID areas to provide and support...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Liscensed Trade Sector
      Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach if there is evidence that the recent changes in the licensing laws have resulted in a reduction of employment in that sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • US Presidential Election
      Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach if he attempted to contact Senator Barrack Obama to congratulate him on his election on 4 or 5 November 2008; if Senator Obama took the call; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 134: To ask the Taoiseach 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 Department;...
    • Housing Statistics
      Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach the number of houses which were reported as vacant at the last census in Dublin distinguishing the number in each local authority ward. [40599/08]
    • Active Citizenship
      Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach the reason funding for the Active Citizenship Office in his Department to implement the findings of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship has been cut from...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach 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 Dublin, and...
    • Administrative Burden
      Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of small businesses, who have to complete the National Employment Survey and Annual Services Inquiry forms,...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40877/08]
    • Trade Statistics
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the UK Government proposal to introduce a [i]de minimis[/i] threshold for Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3330/91 on the reporting of intra-community...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the reason for the 11% increase in funding for the Central Statistics Office from €51 million to €56.5 million, which includes a 58% increase in incidental...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent figures excluding long term...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried out by each; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Income Statistics
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people with weekly salaries of less than €300 according to the latest Central Statistics Office data; and the number of people with weekly...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the data available to him on the number of workers in receipt of the minimum wage of €8.65 per hour. [41273/08]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the notification requirements to the Irish Stock Exchange of significant shareholdings; the...
    • Work Permits
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will amend the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to prevent Employment Regulation Orders from imposing...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the public appointments made by her Department between 1 September 2007 and 1 November 2008; and if she will...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by...
    • Job Creation
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 25 September 2008, regarding the FÁS decision to close the jobs...
    • EU Directives
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her view of the recently proposed Contract Rights Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will estimate the savings that would be made by suspending incremental pay increases in 2009 with...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average number of sick days taken by her departmental staff in each of the past three years (details...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy...
    • National Minimum Wage
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the data available to her on the number of workers in receipt of the minimum wage of €8.65 per hour. [41274/08]
    • Science and Technology Groups
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that has been made available to the research frontiers programme in 2008; the amount that has...
  • Department of Finance
    • Credit Union Fund
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the take-up to date in 2008 among individual credit unions of the enabling functions contained in section 44 of the Credit Union Act, 1997; his...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra revenue the Exchequer is expected to receive in a full year as a result of doubling the betting tax from 1% to 2%; if he, or his...
    • Tax Code
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will put in place to ensure that all betting transactions originating here, including those carried out by telephone or by Internet,...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the rules in relation to the compulsory purchase of annuities at retirement. [39553/08]
    • Bookmaker Licences
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licences issued to bookmakers in each of the past five years; the criteria governing the issuing of such licences; the tax to date...
    • Tax Compliance
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns and frustrations of small business owners who feel intimidated by Revenue Commissioner agents who...
    • Licensed Trade Sector
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent changes to the licensing laws has seen a reduction in Exchequer returns from that sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Irish lending institutions have availed or intend to avail of the European Investment Bank's latest €30 billion small and...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the advisory service provided to his Department by a company (details supplied); when this relationship was first established; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 18 May 2004, the reason the correspondence between the solicitor's office involved which has been...
    • Restoration Works
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the maintenance of Rathfarnham graveyard, County Dublin is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works; his views on...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40872/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer expenditure, capital and current, planned for 2009; the departmental expenditure planned for health and children, social and family...
    • Tax Code
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount per year, in tabular form, from the tax year 1996/1997 that was claimed in total to date and in total per year by tax covenanters in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding decentralisation of the Revenue Commissioners office to Newcastle West. [41060/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the average number of sick days taken by his departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent figures excluding...
    • Tax Code
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of additional people who will pay income tax in 2009 as a result of the failure to increase the income tax exemption...
    • Departmental Transport
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the annual cost of mileage expenses across the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41098/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the sources and types of income that are exempt from income tax. [41099/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried out by each; and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the general requirements on PAYE workers to make tax returns. [41193/08]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Food Labelling
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to request the EU Commission to reform the food labelling laws regarding country of origin and lightly...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who had been given the family home, legally signed over to them, should have...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo is not sending on outpatient referrals to the National Treatment Purchase Fund...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a couple, both over 70 years, who have savings of slightly more than €70,000 will lose their entitlement to their medical cards;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the establishment of a private co-located hospital on the grounds of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans that exist for the expansion and upgrading of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services Funding
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which hospitals here can and do engage in multi-annual budgeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40641/08]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure allocated and utilised by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for procedures originating in Connolly...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of hospital or accident and emergency charges which went unpaid in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008;...
    • Health Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who benefited from home care packages and the cost, for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 projected; the amount...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will continue the provision of medical cards for the over 70s without means testing (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • General Practitioner Co-operatives
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [40667/08]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent negotiations regarding the five year bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam which ends on 1 May...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses who graduated here in 2008; the number of these who are employed in public hospitals, first, on a permanent basis...
    • Hospice Care
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason two separate medical departments in a hospice centre (details supplied) are being closed with immediate effect until January...
    • Patient Safety
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions taken to implement the recommendations of the joint sub-committee on the adverse side-effects of pharmaceuticals; and if she...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [40720/08]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason community child care facilities need to be incorporated; if her attention has been drawn to the legal implications this has...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason contracts of employment have not been given, as promised, to home help workers working in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review an application for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40729/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the number of a specific item (details supplied) approved to date in 2008; the categories of people to which they...
    • Health Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath who applied in June 2008, will have a hearing test carried out; and if she will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to include Crohn's disease under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40759/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40760/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has to wait until February 2009 for an...
    • Youth Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Children's Advisory Council survey of existing youth cafés has been completed; if the council has reported to her on...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by her Department. [40874/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a response has not been received from the Health Service Executive on an issue (details supplied). [40986/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [40995/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a public nursing home bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [41000/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income guidelines that will apply in 2009 in assessing the entitlement of a person over 70 to a general practitioner visit card....
    • Foster Care
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2009. [41007/08]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Cork City will be given an out-patient appointment at Cork University Hospital. [41010/08]
    • Mortality Levels
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the latest international comparisons of levels of mortality amenable to health care per 100,000 people for Ireland, France, Spain,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assistance available to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare with an autistic child; when this child will receive a further...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath in which dental services from young children have been...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to ensure that young children with crania facial difficulties are treated urgently; if the necessary resources are...
    • Health Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of proposals to reopen the Grove Hospital in Tuam, County Galway as a health care facility; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will estimate the savings that would be made by suspending incremental pay increases in 2009 with regard to her Department and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond in full to a previous question (details supplied). [41057/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average number of sick days taken by her departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for funding that were made to his Department under the national childcare investment programme on a county...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41172/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money paid to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried out by...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if moneys raised from the sale of psychiatric hospital buildings and lands are being ring-fenced for the development of mental health...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in her Department over the past three years;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to postpone the introduction of vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer in view of the...
    • HIV Infection
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 2 April 2008 if the three sub-reports from the Irish Study of Sexual Health and...
  • Department of Transport
    • Driving Schools
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport if regulations exist to control the use of residential estates by driving schools to instruct drivers especially drivers of HGVs; the limitations...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of implementing the aspect of the ports policy statement regarding transfer of harbours, particularly Arklow Harbour, to the local...
    • Rural Transport
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and location of rural transport initiatives assisted by his Department; his plans for further expansion; and if he will make a...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport his responsibilities under section 77 of the Roads Act 1993; if this section has been superseded by the Environment Noise Regulations 2006; if so,...
    • Rail Network
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if he expects the Dunboyne commuter rail line to open in early, mid or late 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40606/08]
    • Road Signage
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations governing the use of Irish in road signs; if he will review the road signage guidelines to give parity to the Irish and English...
    • Road Network
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue which is expected to be generated from road tolling over the next five years; the amount that will accrue to the State from...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made as part of the national transport policy in implementing the sustainable rail and coach based transport system within the...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40878/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent figures...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried out by each;...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the operational capabilities of each of the different types of fixed and mobile speed cameras that are in use by An Garda...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for citizenship on behalf of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [40626/08]
    • Courts Service
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the improvements in the collection of the fines management system which have taken place since the Comptroller and Auditor...
    • Gangland Killings
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the specific Garda resources, legislative and other measures that will be put in place immediately to tackle the gangland...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Inquiries into Garda Activities
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a report from Coolock Garda station has not been submitted to the Criminal Injuries Office in respect of an...
    • Weapons in Prisons
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of dangerous weapons seized in prison in each of the past three years and in each prison; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40727/08]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review is to be undertaken in respect of the licensing laws governing off-licences; if the proposal to segregate such...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to carry out a further recruitment campaign for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prison Service
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he plans to carry out a further recruitment campaign for the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision on an application for naturalisation from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent letter from the Garda Commissioner to mobile phone operators instructing them to retain the...
    • Prisoner Numbers
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners incarcerated here; the number of prison drug treatment places available; the number of prisoners...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the necessary works will be undertaken to ensure that there is adequate car parking facilities for members of the...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department....
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number in respect of sections 71 to 73 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, of prosecutions that have taken place under...
    • Garda Communications
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when digital radio for An Garda Síochána is projected to be rolled out nationally; the extent of its coverage in Dublin...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when all gardaí will be equipped with pepper spray; the way it will be rolled out and to what extent initially; and if he...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations; the number which have e-mail access; the number that have the PULSE system in operation; the...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all gardaí are wearing anti-stab vests; the percentage of personnel that are wearing these vests; the Garda districts...
    • Garda Training
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals in respect of tactical training facilities in Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Vehicles
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures to ensure that Garda cars are roadworthy; if there are plans to apply the national car test to Garda...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of on-the-spot fines that gardaí have issued when persons are found to have been engaging in anti-social...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new Garda rostering proposals; the general feedback from piloted new rostering schedules in Cork, Limerick and...
    • Garda Communications
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to upgrade the PULSE system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40941/08]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, in tabular format, of juvenile liaison officers nationally and annually for each of the past ten years; the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has commenced the evaluation of the effectiveness of existing Garda youth diversion projects as committed...
    • Courts Service
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will amend the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940 with a view to finding alternatives to imprisonment; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a request for an increase in Garda patrols in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3,...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of forged Irish passports seized at ports and airports here in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will estimate the savings that would be made by suspending incremental pay increases in 2009 with regard to his...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will continue to fund Justice for the Forgotten in its efforts to assist the survivors and the bereaved...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the...
    • Garda Vehicles
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda patrol vehicles and Garda motorbikes and bicycles in a Garda station (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí belonging to the emergency response unit based in Limerick City each month in 2008. [41167/08]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sex offenders being monitored by gardaí in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislation Programme
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Judicial Conduct Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41169/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions brought and convictions secured for an offence under section 9 of the Offences against the State...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the arrest of a person (details supplied), gardaí are aware that Irish citizens, including naturalised...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in his Department over the past...
    • Gangland Crime
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details in tabular format of the number of criminal incidents (details supplied) which were gangland...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (detail supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which an application for naturalisation has been progressed in the cases of persons (detail supplied) in...
    • Travel Documentation
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a travel document will issue to a person (detail supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency or citizenship in the case of persons (detail supplied) in Dublin...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for subsidiary protection will be forwarded to a person (detail supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Restorative Justice
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the National Commission on Restorative Justice published on 21 May...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in the implementation of the key recommendations contained within the Flood Report on Irish Prisoners abroad; and if he...
    • International Agreements
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in relation to the UN financing for a development meeting in Doha in November 2008, his views on supporting a proposal tabled by the...
    • Overseas Development Assistance
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance being given to African countries in respect of AIDS and HIV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40835/08]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding his contacts in respect of the need to support human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40873/08]
    • Passport Fraud
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passports which were reported lost or stolen here and outside the country in 2007 and to date in 2008; the number in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent figures...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a request to his Department regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41171/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried out by...
    • International Summits
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a youth delegate will be included in the Irish delegation to the 2009 United Nations General Assembly from the National Youth Council of...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the death of a person (details supplied) while on holiday in Orlando, Florida on 26 August 2008; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in his Department over the past three years; and...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Tax Yield
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the estimated increase in income accruing to the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund arising from the increase in the betting tax to 2%...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40865/08]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason for the ongoing delay which is holding up a €200,000 grant to a community development centre (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the individual score achieved by a club (details supplied) in County Wexford in consideration of the project for which it received...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when application forms for grants (details supplied) will be available; if the grants will be allocated at a later stage in 2009; if...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Road Network
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is funding available for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if there is an active application on...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his...
    • Teangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 385: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén plean, ar son chur chun cinn na teanga a chuir Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann faoina bhráid le haghaidh an €3...
    • Community Development
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role his Department has in the promotion and support of the use of school facilities by community groups as...
    • Irish Language
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions taken to date by the senior officials group, consisting of representatives from the Department of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will estimate the savings that would be made by suspending incremental pay increases in 2009 with regard to his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied);...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is intended to reconstitute the CLÁR programme with a view to identifying the way strategic support could be...
    • Community Development
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is intended to expand, revise or reconfigure the RAPID programme with particular reference to increased demands...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the sources of funding available to his Department in each of the past five years excluding that of the Dormant...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding made available to the Dormant Accounts Fund in each of the past five years to date; and if he...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the reason an allowance has been withdrawn from persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend the funding standard. [39553/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the request of residents of Newcastle West, who had their homes and businesses damaged by the severe flooding of 31...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to the appeal of a decision to refuse unemployment assistance to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the State recognises the self chosen gender of transgendered people; if not, her plans to change this situation; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average waiting time for decisions on appeals of applications for social welfare payments; the average waiting time on same...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a disability allowance payment will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo following a successful appeal. ...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in making a decision on a jobseekers allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be given for the full eight years rather...
    • Community Development
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of the sanctioning of the application by Galway City Partnership for funding for the provision of a family resource...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress to date on the appeal of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny on their carer's allowance claim. [40777/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused supplementary welfare allowance in view of the fact that...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by her Department. [40876/08]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for reassessment in respect of their disability allowance claim....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the application made for rent allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [41008/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average number of sick days taken by her Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent...
    • Tax Code
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the sources and types of income that are exempt from income tax but are taxable under PRSI. [41100/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement; and the average payment. [41102/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded disability allowance; and if this case will be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in her Department over the past three...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when full mortgage support will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal application will be reviewed in relation to an application for social welfare payment in the case of persons (details...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will facilitate the repatriation of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40714/08]
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Defence the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40868/08]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Dauphin helicopters, sold in October 2006 for a total of €311,000, had been at the time of their original purpose supplied with digital...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Defence the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent figures excluding...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried out by each; and...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 11 November 2008, the number of persons currently availing of...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenants currently housed under the rental accommodation scheme in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Election Management System
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has sought or received a valuation of the electronic voting machines at the present time. [41791/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the proposed levy on non-principal residences, as announced in Budget 2009, will be administered; if...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his responsibilities under section 77 of the Roads Act 1993; if this section has been superseded by the...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an incident command service in Bray Fire Station, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for the Royal Oak sewerage scheme, County Carlow; and if he will make a...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 192 and 193 of 30 October 2008 and his confirmation by replies to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to extend the period of planning permission fully granted from five to eight years; and if he...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken by him to raise the public awareness of radon; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding options available to an approved voluntary housing body, seeking to adapt a rented unit to meet...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to the State of all emergency accommodation including hostels, shelters and bed and breakfasts, per...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether he should recoup a share of the value that is added to urban and rural land which is...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views, in view of the failure to achieve a 3% reduction in the carbon emissions here, on whether a 3%...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Principal Response Agency's controller of operations inspected on site the damage being caused to...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1431 of 24 September 2008, when an application will be processed for a...
    • Hare Coursing
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the reports from wildlife officers at coursing meetings will be made available to a group (details...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department requested the gathering of sheep in an area (details supplied), under full...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which will be taken against the owners of existing buildings of any class after 1 January 2009 if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will estimate the savings that would be made by suspending incremental pay increases in 2009 with...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for funding under the gateways initiative received in 2008; the value of those...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has directed local authorities to accept money from developers instead of either social or affordable...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy...
    • Waste Management
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capacity available for mechanical and biological treatment of municipal waste; the expected capacity by...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of planning applications received under the strategic infrastructural deficient category since the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Housing Grants
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way a person can qualify for the home energy saving scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the money which will be spent on carbon credits as part of our obligations under the Kyoto...
    • Energy Policy
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has plans to begin a national debate on our energy dependence on foreign oil gas that comes from volatile...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the situation regarding broadband connection in County Monaghan (details supplied); when people in these areas...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the uranium exploration licences granted in County Donegal over 20 years ago are still valid; if there are...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in his Department...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will examine the overdue dredging of Arklow Harbour and the plans for the disposal of the materials dredged from the...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who has commenced work on a slatted shed unit prior to submitting an...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the REP scheme. [40607/08]
    • Fisheries Statistics
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of fish landed at each of the six national fisheries harbours for each year over the past five years; the value of...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishery boats that are licensed to operate in each of the national fishery harbours each year for the past...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 29 October 2008, the situation regarding the suspension of the farm...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to REP scheme four for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when this person will be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive their area aid or single farm payment for the past five years; and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of acres of forestry the State own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their REP scheme payment. [40761/08]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is intended to require all meat products here to have country of origin labelling; if this labelling will take account...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department....
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 1535 of 24 September 2008, if his Department have made determinations; if not, when an...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been awarded; and if he will make a...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the overall cost of the tuberculosis programme to the State including an itemisation on the farmer compensation, livestock...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a participant in REP scheme three can claim a top-up payment due to land being designated for the preservation of the hen...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will intervene to try and find a resolution to the official dispute by public servants within his Department to ensure...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when area eight, disadvantaged three single farm payments will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in his Department over the past...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) to assist with the hosting of the seventh quadrennial European...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the planned decentralisation of a section of his Department to Mullingar. [41201/08]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs teachers employed in the primary school system; the criteria for allocating special needs teaching hours...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that the stage 2A submission for a school (details supplied) in County Cork has been returned to the design team...
    • School Staffing
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reduction in the number of teachers in the primary sector in County Mayo that will accrue if he proceeds with the education...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Mayo that availed of the school book grant scheme in 2008 giving details for the primary and secondary...
    • School Staffing
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers at primary and at second level involved in the teaching of English to foreign nationals; the number of teachers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will arrange for funding for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to extend the design and communication graphics course...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the school book grant scheme, following the cutbacks announced in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effects of Budget 2009 cutbacks on a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the meetings which have taken place to resolve the difficulty over identifying a site for the construction of a permanent school...
    • School Staffing
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when, further to his remarks in Dáil Éireann whereby up to 15% of all national schools in the country will lose a teacher from 1...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department allowed an architect to certify that a building (details supplied) in Dublin 24 had been completed in view...
    • Language Programme
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department is spending on training language support teachers in the 2008/2009 school year; if this money will continue...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve the construction of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40665/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for a third level grant. [40673/08]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he foresees changes to the junior certificate schools programme and the leaving certificate applied programme arising from the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assure parents that there will be no reduction in the number of special needs assistants employed in schools and on the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received by the Residential Institution Redress Board; the number of cases completed; the number of offers...
    • Adult Education
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his Department's expenditure on adult education in 2009; if he will provide this figure as a percentage of GDP and GNP; if he will...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department spent paying the salaries of teachers in private, fee-paying secondary schools in the past three years; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the opinion that the suspension of the early retirement scheme for teachers may leave his...
    • School Transport
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the school transport scheme contract is due for renewal; the value of the school transport scheme contract; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 17 June 2008, the status of a school building project at a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of uncertified sick leave lost in primary schools and post primary schools in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and to...
    • School Transport
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a school bus pass; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis on which the classrooms were designed in respect of the generic building design that his Department has established,...
    • Multi-Denominational Schools
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the application by Educate Together to be registered as a patron of second level schools based on its track record at...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, as a consequence of construction costs of already sanctioned projects falling by up to 20% below the original anticipated costings...
    • School Staffing
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his...
    • Benchmarking Awards
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40869/08]
    • School Transport
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the restrictions that apply in relation to when school transport will be provided for pupils to a school; if there are exceptions to...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when payment will issue in the case of educational tuition sessions undertaken in July 2008 by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he or his Department will meet with board of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 and the Docklands Development...
    • School Staffing
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect of the education cuts on each second level school in the constituency of Dublin central; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when notification will issue to a second level school (details supplied) in Westmeath that has applied for necessary emergency works....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount budgeted for emergency funding for school buildings for each of the past ten years; the amount spent for emergency repairs...
    • School Staffing
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes he anticipates to the staffing levels of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary following the recently announced...
    • School Transport
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for free transport to a special class;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes he anticipates to the staffing levels of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary following the recently announced...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [41036/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in providing an extension and improvements to the car park in a school (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if funding will be provided for this work. ...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average number of sick days taken by his Departmental staff in each of the past three years (details supplied); the equivalent...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the advance that has been made to evaluate a site for the building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date on a centre (details supplied); when it is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Enrolments
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the enrolment at schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of teachers, permanent, temporary or part-time, assigned to...

    • Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm the person who sets the criteria that establishes whether a primary school is a feeder school to a nearby secondary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made during the design process for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork since the appointment of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money paid out to consultants in the years 2000 to date in 2008; the name of each consultancy firm; the work carried out...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in his Department over the past three...
    • School Staffing
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes, following the recently announced changes for the 2009 education budget, he anticipates to the staffing levels of a school...

    • Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes, following the recently announced changes for the 2009 education budget, he anticipates to the staffing levels of a school...
    • School Management
      Question 941: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on schools requesting voluntary contributions from parents in order to fund day to day expenses in the running costs of...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 942: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of school books at primary and post primary respectively; the amount his Department plans to make available in the...

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