Written answers

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if 68 patients contracted C. difficile in Beaumont Hospital in the period 1 July 2008 to 31 October 2008; the number of persons who died...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 756 beds in acute hospitals are inappropriately occupied by patients awaiting post-acute step-down,...
    • Health Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on proposals by a group (details supplied) to treat this illness more effectively; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish legislation to remove medical cards from over 70 year olds as a matter of right; the position of those who will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will proceed with the introduction of the cervical cancer vaccination programme in view of the fact that it was recommended by the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Information and Quality Authority to investigate cancer misdiagnoses in Louth and Meath in view of the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on her decision to dismantle the structure of the Health Service Executive into nine regional health...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed voluntary retirement scheme for staff of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the concerns raised by the Irish Cancer Society that average waiting times for colonoscopies could be seven to nine months...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has reconsidered the decision to move the Central Mental Hospital to Thornton Hall in view of the opposition to such a move; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected annual administration costs for the new medical card system in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42167/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she expects the resource capping of the new nursing home scheme, currently under consideration in the Houses of Oireachtas, will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on contingency plans for the removal of all acute inpatient services from...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce regional structures and integration of acute and PCCC care in these regions; the timeframe for same; the addition...
    • Health Services
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the pilot programme to include the services of a dietitian in the regional health centres of three north-west counties, namely,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken or proposes to take to prevent the recurrence of misdiagnosis in respect of cancer patients, including...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be rolled out in the remaining counties in the south and west that do not have the screening programme. [42436/08]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a culture of acceptance of trolley waits in hospital accident and emergency departments exists within her Department; the reason...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected net annual cost of the new medical card system for over 70 year olds; the net budgetary savings introduced by the new...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the growing number of people here who are dependent on methadone programmes; if she has plans to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to reduce the number of staff within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42456/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to regulate stem cell research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42439/08]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 21 October 2008, when the national rehabilitation strategy group will hold the public...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals that have been brought to her attention to transfer maternity hospitals in Dublin to the campuses of acute general...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners per head of population here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42465/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospital services which have been curtailed or suspended due to end of year cutbacks or budget over-runs; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to amend the Competition Act 2002 in order to be able to engage more effectively with groups (details supplied) and other such...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costings that have been done on the proposal for a common capitation fee to general practitioners in respect of all medical card...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to address the growing problem of addiction to legal drugs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42444/08]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to allow a full debate on the legislation for the proposed fair deal scheme for funding nursing home care; when it is...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans there are to increase the number of paediatric surgeons here in view of the small number currently employed in comparison to...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in the review of the long-term illness scheme; her views on including other suitable illnesses within...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of national food labelling legislation; the action being taken to create common nutrition...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been a value for money audit carried out on the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the outcome of same; and if she will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for implementing the recommendations in A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42426/08]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Teamwork report on hospitals in the mid-west will be published; the reason it has not been published; if it has been approved...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the planned new child and adolescent psychiatric beds will be in place by the end of 2008; the plans in place for 2009; and if she...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for a new major acute hospital for the north east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42446/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on commitments given on the provision of dedicated beds and other care services for people with cystic...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on statements contained in the Comptroller and Auditor General Annual Report 2007 that disability and mental health areas...
    • Departmental Capital Projects
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital projects being planned within her Department for commencement within the next five years; if she has had discussions within...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will engage with the Department of Education and Science on the proposed reduction in places in higher education nursing courses...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the recruitment of a senior rehabilitation co-ordinator and the establishment of the national drugs...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the administrative and other arrangements that have been put in place to implement the changes to the over 70 year olds medical card...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the new products that have been developed that would help in the control of hospital-borne infections...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her intentions with regard to reducing the cost of drugs to medical card patients to save some of the €100 million targeted under this...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to address the situation at Cavan General Hospital due to inadequate bed numbers, resulting in a record...
    • National Cancer Control Programme
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the budget 2009 allocation for cancer care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42464/08]
    • Health Reports
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the all-Ireland study on health inequality published by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the proposals for co-located hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals in view of the deteriorating finances of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 139: To ask the Taoiseach the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the estimated savings...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details supplied) under which mileage...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the names, affiliations and addresses of the census advisory group; its term of office; the name of the chairperson; the procedure that was used for their...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in his private office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each person; the expenses paid to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied). [43227/08]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Rights
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she proposes to introduce legislation to implement the temporary agency workers' directive; if she has...
    • Job Protection
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the threat to jobs at a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Work Permits
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued each year for each of the years 1997 to 2007, and for each month to date in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and names of organisations or agencies under her auspices which have been amalgamated or...
    • Departmental Grants
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of grants provided by her Department, or agencies of her Department, which are available to...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of courses available for redundant construction workers, excluding apprentices, being provided...
    • Polasaí Fiontair
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta cad iad na forbairtí ó thaobh polasaithe iomaíochta agus nuálaíochta de a bhfuil an Roinn Fiontar,...
    • Work Permits
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits granted by her Department in 2008; if she will tabulate the nationalities of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated spend on mileage allowances for her Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if community employment participants aged 60 years are having their appointments terminated; if this is in...
    • Work Permits
      Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a work permit was refused for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the National Consumer Agency does not address the issue of the serious anomalies between sterling...
    • Job Creation
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Authority in Mayo for the years 2006, 2007 and to...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency offices; the annual amount paid in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs involved in off-site rental storage of her departmental documents in designated document storage...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if the €200 levy on parking spaces will be payable by those who start work at 7 a.m. and therefore have no access to public transport at that time...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the delays in supplying P21 statements to families seeking such forms for education grant application purposes;...
    • National Partnership Agreement
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if the State may avail of the inability to pay clause of the national pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42139/08]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will give an estimate of additional taxes collected, for the relevant years concerned on a year by year basis, which...
    • Tax Code
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief can be claimed on fees charged at third level which are due to having to repeat the year at college. [42185/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Parliamentary Draftsman's office should have its own Accounting Officer in view of the fact that its work is separate in...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in processing the P21 for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance if the VRT office (details supplied) is being closed; if so, the reasons for this closure; the implications it will have on travel and distance for...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [42299/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he has to address the concerns of a group (details supplied) in regard to the changes announced in budget 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants earning amounts (details supplied); if he will provide an estimate of the average PAYE and PRSI take for each band;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties created for public transport operators, particularly in rural areas, with the ending of the...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on establishing a forum to determine the terms and conditions on which school secretaries and caretakers operate; and if he will...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if he received approval from the European Commission for the new tax incentive scheme announced to facilitate the relocation of facilities (details...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue Government gains from increasing the taxi fare introduced by the regulator, based on the current number of taxis available....
    • Interest Rates
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the positive effects of the recent drop in interest rates on the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42400/08]
    • Oil Prices
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the positive effects of the recent drop in crude oil prices for the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42401/08]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the itemised and ancillary and administrative costs, including consultancy and advisory costs, with respect to the bank guarantee scheme; if these...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs involved in off-site rental storage of departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied). [42419/08]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has received all of their entitlements in relation to tax rebates; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years;...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if the regulations governing Iveagh Gardens could be reviewed in view of a number of recent incidents of local children being ejected from the park...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details supplied) under...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans for the future use of an old Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 11 which will shortly become vacant. [42680/08]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Food Safety
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to ensure that all bottled water sold in the Irish market is tested to ensure compliance with either legal or EU...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the final phase of payment from the dormant accounts funds in respect of a project (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied). [42234/08]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 1 October 2008, if funding will continue for an organisation (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [42272/08]
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be brought to Dáil Éireann to deal with shops selling herbal pills and party pills (details supplied); and if...
    • Food Safety
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the policy for establishment and maintenance of standards in production of bottled water here; if she will...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the Health Service Executive's spending on youth homelessness for 2007 and 2008; and the expected spending for 2009....
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their son;...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long stay beds for older people in Cherry Orchard Hospital; the number of these beds currently available; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the speech and language therapy resources that will be made available from January 2009 to meet the demand for services at a special...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide additional beds in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant ophthalmic surgeons attached to Beaumont Hospital; her plans to increase this number; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the wards currently in operation at Our Lady's Hospital in Cashel; the plans there are to provide additional services in the hospital;...
    • Nursing Homes
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any complaints in the past 18 months in relation to nursing homes which have been upheld related to nursing homes in south Tipperary....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and names of organisations or agencies under the auspices of her Department which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if her further attention has been...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assessments that have been made of the expected costs and savings that will result from the new consultants' contracts; the expected...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the response of her Department to each individual recommendation in respect of the recommendations contained within the Consumer...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the administrators of the health repayment scheme do not state the reason a particular claim is being rejected, but rather...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that almost 400 symphysiotomy procedures were carried out on women in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda,...
    • Community Care
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the effect that the cutbacks on travel allowance by the Health Service Executive will have on community addiction outreach workers; her...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the newspaper reports regarding new figures obtained from the report from the national drugs related deaths index that...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the application for assistance by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly towards the cost of...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede and allow a respite care grant application lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to be sanctioned;...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [42304/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [42305/08]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision made with regard to subvention for nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 29 October 2008 and the alleged conflicting evidence regarding the suitability of...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision made with regard to subvention for nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a full-time neurology service to County Donegal; if there is a critical number of neurological patients in the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason €38 million has been diverted from the disability budget since January 2007; the location this money was spent in other...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it is still the intention of her Department and the Health Service Executive to transfer the functions of St....
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide, in panel format, the number of people who have been treated by the accident and emergency departments in Cork...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 18 November 2009, the timeline in respect of the tendering process for the establishment...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to publish the Hynes report of the review of the circumstances surrounding the elapse of time in bringing to...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people permanently resident here who originate from countries that practice female...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for her refusal despite repeated requests to meet with groups (details supplied) regarding the community child care...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role her Department has in the introduction of a community led pilot scheme to counter the social isolation of the elderly in rural...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in each of the years 2000 to 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by her...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [42602/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated spend on mileage allowances for her Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42632/08]
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the contract negotiations between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmacy Union. [42644/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to free transport to University College Hospital, Galway in view...

    • Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify her response to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 21 October 2008; if the doctor concerned was or was not available...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason medical card holders are obliged to pay fees for chiropody services; the situation with regard to agreement of a common...
    • Health Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will provide a detailed response to questions (details supplied) in relation to cystic fibrosis...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new community nursing home unit on the grounds of Kerry General Hospital will be open for patients; and if she will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-term residents aged 65 years in public and private nursing homes in the Health Service Executive south areas; and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her departmental officials have had discussions or negotiations with representatives of an association (details supplied)...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 is waiting for an eye operation for some time;...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the full-time beds which are available for persons under 65 years of age who need full-time care and attention in County...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to make the Health Service Executive accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Department has issued instructions, guidelines or advice in the matter of restructuring and reconfiguration of the health...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to introduce a new Health Act to facilitate impending changes in structure of the Health Service Executive at local...
    • Health Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to ensure strategic research into the possible cause or causes of autism here with particular reference...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the view of many professionals that all hospitals regardless of location, status or size are required...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the instructions she has given to eliminate MRSA or other hospital-based infections with a view to ensuring patients entering hospitals...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected the full and final phase of the Naas Hospital development plan will be completed including the commissioning of all...
    • Health Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which it is intended to upgrade, improve or replace or extend the facilities at the various health centres throughout...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs involved in off-site rental storage of her departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied)....
  • Department of Transport
    • State Airports
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm reports that he intends to abandon plans to implement the provision of the State Airports Act 2004 separating Cork and Shannon...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to rural transport for Loughglynn, County Roscommon; if he will give assurances that this service will be continued into...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport the response of his Department to each individual recommendation in respect of the recommendations contained within the Consumer Strategy Group...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport the location of the demarcation lines for prosecutions being brought by his Department through the State Solicitor scheme, at a time when the Road...
    • Road Network
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the road contract for the N2-N3 link road section from Cherryhound to Tyrrelstown; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans his Department has to upgrade the Maynooth rail line; the timescale for such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years;...
    • Rail Services
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the fact that the North Esk freight facility is no longer connected to the upgraded Cork-Cobh line, there is an issue over the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details supplied) under...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the regulation of taxi operators having to have wheelchair accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [42698/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has received an application for funding from Kildare County Council for the construction of a project (details supplied); and if...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied). [43232/08]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has considered the introduction of cameras to monitor the observance of red lights as has occurred in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who work on the traffic corps nationally; the number of staff moved from their duties to traffic...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of requests received from the Garda authorities in each of the past five years for permission to place taps on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if views have been sought from overseas employers on the delay in processing claims for long-term residency or...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in law following recent court decisions in relation to begging in public places such as traffic junctions; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the report in a Sunday newspaper that the Garda traffic corps cannot reliably use its equipment for detecting speeding...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to...
    • Victims of Crime
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the garda superintendent will liaise with a group (details supplied) regarding referrals and the direct garda referral...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that property management companies are to be legislated for with a single Bill rather than three...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the response of his Department to each individual recommendation in respect of the recommendations contained within the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when work will commence on the refurbishment of Blarney Garda station, which was seriously damaged by an arson attack on 10...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people in direct provision at present; the cost to the State in the past 12 months of such provision; the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position relating to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [42272/08]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allotted to each of the Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan area in each of the past five...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants and committal warrants which had not been executed at the end of 2006, 2007 and to the end of...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community closed circuit television schemes which have been approved in the 2005 and 2006 call for...
    • Private Security Industry
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who are employed in the private security industry; the number who are licensed; the cost of the...
    • Nationality and Citizenship Regulations
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the fee for a certificate of naturalisation has increased in the past two years; the reason such a necessary and...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of community gardaí in each station around the country, for every year...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and locations of Garda youth diversion programmes in communities around the country. [42310/08]
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the locations of closed circuit television schemes around the country. [42311/08]
    • Refugee Status
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for leave to remain here....
    • Garda Ombudsman Commission
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [42348/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [42368/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people awaiting transfers within his Department in Dublin to other locations around the country; and if he...
    • Immigration Procedures
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will assist with an immigration inquiry by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42421/08]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his...
    • Ground Rents
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements with respect to the payment of ground rent, particularly with respect to properties in Fingal county; if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of a visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [42603/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) is free to re-enter the State; and if not, the action they need to take in order to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended leave to remain here will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Control of Firearms
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Firearms (Restricted Firearms and Ammunition) Order 2008 made on 12 February 2008 and due to come into operation on...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will intervene to prevent the deportation to Nigeria of persons (details supplied) to protect them from female...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that his Department has received an appeal against the refusal of a tourist visa application from a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations that do not have PULSE; the plans he has to install it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review can or will be undertaken regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the national property services authority office was opened; the cost of the lease of the building per annum and per...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the meetings he had at EU, international or government level as to the present situation in the Congo; his plans to assist the problems in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures;...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/08]
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is acceptable, in the context of the Good Friday Agreement, that the half-mile ferry crossing from Greencastle, County Donegal, to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details supplied)...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied)....
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Funding
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the main items funded in 2006 and 2007 under the horse and greyhound racing fund and funded from the approximate €74 million...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when his Department will be accepting applications for lottery funding for development purposes by sporting organisations. [42294/08]
    • Olympic Games
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will publish the report to analyse and evaluate the potential economic benefits to Ireland in the sporting, business and...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposed itinerary for the St. Patrick's week celebrations in 2009; the areas and countries involved; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he continues to provide funding to support the provision of panic alarms for the elderly; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by...
    • Community Development
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the local action groups under the Leader programme will be launched; the budget the Tipperary LAG will have; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of...
    • Community Development
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the percentage of the budgets of the Leader and Partnership programmes spent on administration; if he has plans to...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding is available, including humanitarian funding, for residents who were affected by the flooding in August 2008; and if...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42193/08]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on allowing free schemes to be retained by persons on pension, when a son or daughter who is still in full-time...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of PPS numbers issued for each of the years 1997 to 2007, and for each month in 2008. [42209/08]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and names of organisations or agencies under her auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of issues that can be taken into consideration for a person to be granted a payment under the occupational injury...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the exceptional needs payment application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [42286/08]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the payments that are made to those in receipt of social welfare in respect of a bank holiday. [42395/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by her Department...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the entitlements a person is eligible for whilst their appeal for carer's allowance is being processed and as the carer's benefit...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will receive the carer's allowance as a matter of urgency in view...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated spend on mileage allowances for her Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of rent supplement in Waterford city and county; the number of people in Waterford city and county...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for rent allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average time a person has to wait before their application for jobseeker's allowance or benefit is dealt with; if in view of...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason PRSI credit is not available to self-employed persons on the same basis as it is to employed persons; and if she will...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of children in receipt of the early child care supplement here; the cost of this payment for 2008; the predicted cost...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary measures; the...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm having received a detailed plan and economic approval of the decision to close Connolly Barracks in Longford which demonstrates...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of expenditure in consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details supplied) under...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to deal with the disposal of the Army campsite at Monaghan town; if and when it is fully closed, will special arrangements be made for...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Defence when he last visited the Irish Army personnel (details supplied) in Liberia; the number of personnel he had accompanying him; the cost of the travel...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient rooms and other services will be available in Dundalk for the increased number of personnel who will be staying...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason in respect of the published Estimates for the Public Service 2009, estimated expenditure for 2009 under sub-head A1 for his Department is...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Registration of Tenancies
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected by the Private Residential Tenancies Board in 2006 from the registration of tenancies;...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will seek legal costs from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total insured fire losses for dwellings and commercial premises for each local authority in each of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding available every year for social housing since 2004; the number of social housing units...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available to elderly people here to upgrade or insulate their homes; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Comptroller and Auditor General's 2007 annual report with respect to the collection of...
    • Fire Services
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has determined the impact of the fire services change programme on the wider community and the fire...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that under the destocking compensation, Connemara hill farmers who are complying with the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will make a decision on the draft rate scheme 2008 proposed by Cobh Town Council under...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the finance will be approved for augmentation works to the sewerage scheme at Castlecomer, County...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the dates of all sewage spillages or discharges into Dublin Bay at Ringsend since January 2007; and if he...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm the inadequate level of local government funding which has led to persons (details...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 14 November 2007, the progress made to date on the Ennis water...
    • Remediation of Mine Sites
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy regarding the clean up of old mining sites; if an old mine site clean up is mandatory; and if an...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the €150 million community development fund has been established as per the Agreed Programme for...
    • Hunting Licences
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the legal opinion of the Attorney General was sought regarding the licensing of a hunt (details supplied)...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will implement a provision that was in the Building Control Act 2007 (details supplied). [42673/08]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when stage two of the Castleisland sewerage scheme will go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the use and disposal of housing units in a National Association of Building Co-Operatives...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has put forward to achieve the 6% cut in carbon emissions for 2008 and 2009; the amount each...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding regulations (details supplied). [42712/08]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received tender documents from Kildare County Council in respect of the Kildare town waste water...
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will purchase land on the Great Blasket Island and initiate a plan for the conservation of the old...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has in place to ensure the register of electors is correct; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the funding for the energy saving upgrades at a heritage centre (details supplied) in County Donegal which...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding MANS broadband for Boyle and Castlerea in County Roscommon; and when is it envisaged it...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the proposed Broadcasting Bill will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42281/08]
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way, in relation to the recent announcement regarding additional funding for the warmer homes scheme, this...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [42365/08]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has to provide broadband to Newhall, Ennis, County Clare; when it can be expected that residents...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of...
    • Nuclear Power
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 18 November 2008, if he plans to launch a national debate on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of homes in County Kildare that have benefited from the greener homes scheme and the warmer homes...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of telephone exchanges nationwide; the number that have not been broadband enabled; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details on the situation of the applications for foreshore...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 1 May 2008, when an application (details supplied) to purchase a foreshore...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to an ongoing matter in regard to REP scheme payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern being expressed by fishermen engaged in the refrigerated sea water...
    • Compensation Payments
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm the destocking compensation available for Connemara hill farmers who are complying with the habitats...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in forwarding the previous forestry grant since 4 April 2008; the counties which have been paid to...
    • National Reserve Schemes
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the awarding of national reserve 2006, 2007 and 2008 for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of expenditure on outsourcing by his Department in each of the years 2003 to 2007; the numbers of outsourcing...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there will be any impact on the single farm payment if a farmer continues to cut turf on one of the 32 raised special...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will issue a lease to Donegal County Council to enable the breakwater project at Buncrana to proceed; when he will do...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason one element of a previous parliamentary question was not referred to in his reply (details supplied); and if he...
    • Food Industry
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the measures taken to assist the marketing and processing of agricultural products; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Youth Services
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sanction will be given for the recruitment of a youth officer in Fethard, County Tipperary (details supplied). [42165/08]
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties outlined in correspondence (details supplied) for persons who have been made...
    • School Transport
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures he is examining to counteract the financial loss suffered by operators of school transport coach services as a result of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in filling 31 special needs assistants applications for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [42121/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of funding of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; his plans for the completion of the project and...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the problems that applicants seeking educational grants are having in seeking to provide the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) will be allowed to proceed with the appointment of a new teacher in view of the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in terms of budget 2009 cutbacks on pupil numbers in schools this change will not be made retrospectively in respect of the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes he anticipates to the staffing level of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary following the recently announced...
    • Home-School Liaison
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are legal requirements or departmental guidelines which help schools develop policies to liaise appropriately with parents of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices that have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary...
    • School Staffing
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [42230/08]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the recent increase in calls from families about their children not being allowed to access their local second level...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a refurbishment project at a school (details supplied) in north Tipperary; when the project will move to the...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to reinstate the summer works scheme for 2009; if schools that have applied previously will have to reapply; the amount of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a refurbishment project at a school (details supplied) in north Tipperary; when the project will move to the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the provision of special needs assistants within primary and post-primary education; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in respect of the redeployment panel scheme, the number of teachers on the redeployment panel awaiting an offer of a teaching post at...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Walk Tall programme was first compiled; when it first began to be taught in schools; when it was last updated; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions he has had with a person (details supplied) in the aftermath of budget 2009; if these discussions have led to proposed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; the amount of money he will be providing in 2009 to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a full-time teacher for the visually impaired in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be reinstated; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in County Offaly that have made applications for assistance under the grant scheme for minor works; the position regarding...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many newly qualified teachers in primary schools have been told that they will not be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [42303/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to address the concerns of staff at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to proposed...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [42347/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 had agreed to increase its intake of pupils...
    • School Books
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rationale for abolishing the book grant in budget 2009; if this measure could have a significant and negative impact on those...
    • School Staffing
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 has been commenced; if his Department has made provision for the engagement of...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that have been put in place to bill schools for local authority water charges; the way he expects schools to pay...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 was refused a grant for a postgraduate diploma; if it is accepted that they are...
    • State Examinations
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of State money that has been spent on State examinations for special centres on an annual basis since 1997; and the amount...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) has lost its disadvantaged area status; if he will reverse this decision; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money saved to the Exchequer for a full school year by the abolition of the leaving certificate applied grants; and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has in regard to concerns about the proposed cuts in education spending (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the programmes and policies he has for schools, both primary and secondary, to highlight the importance of road safety; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding to be allocated to the fund for students with disabilities in respect of the academic year 2008-09; if there is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received in his Department; if so, when it was...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of resource hours for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [42418/08]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be exempt from the payment of water charges in view of the financial burden that...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the properties agreed to be transferred to the State as part of the agreement between the Catholic Church and the State to pay for...
    • State Property
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools owned by the State; the number of primary schools owned by religious orders who are members of the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the cuts in education...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary from the Health Service Executive; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has not received its minor works grant for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a new school building (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42697/08]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will make an announcement some time in 2009 regarding the need to increase the income thresholds that apply for...
    • School Staffing
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of mainstream teachers in each primary school in County Roscommon and in County Leitrim in the 2007-08 school year; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 3 July 2008, if the contract documents requested from the local developer by his...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department is taking to tackle alcohol and drug abuse among young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and...
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital funding allocated to each of the universities and each of the institutes of technology in 2008 and in each of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied)....

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