Written answers
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Programmes
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to the roll out smart metering in homes and business across the country; and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on instructing the energy regulator to set a price ceiling for electricity and gas instead of an...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of maintaining the Power of One and the Change websites; his views on the merit of merging the two...
- Windfall Profits
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in terms of whether or not windfall profits earned by energy companies, due to the price of carbon...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 29 October 2008 if he has the recommendations from the working...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department has spent on consultants, forums, working groups and consultation documents in 2008;...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to a previous parliamentary question the progress made on the provision of access to ducting to improve...
- Postal Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish details of the cost benefit analysis on the introduction of post codes; the initial cost and...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe under which he expects to see commercial energy generation coming from wave energy projects onto...
- Electricity Generation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the consultation process has been completed on the creation of a tariff that would allow micro generation...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding arrangements agreed with RTE for the provision of RTE broadcasting in Great Britain; and...
- Electricity Generation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the energy used in his Department that comes from renewable sources; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of studies and reviews carried out in his Department in 2007 and to date in 2008; the cost of these...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the electricity market made up from sustainable energy sources; if he is working towards the...
- Corrib Gas Terminal
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of his initiative to facilitate a dialogue between local residents and those proposing to bring gas...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the development of a grid connected wave energy test site at Annagh-French Point near...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, due to the Taoiseach's request, he has investigated semi-State bodies under the control of his Department,...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in relation to a proposed peat and bio-fuel energy plant in County Mayo; if he has a problem in...
- Energy Prices
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will instruct the energy regulator to put a new structure in place around the consultation process for...
- Electricity Interconnector
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress being made on the construction of an east-west interconnector; and if he will make a statement on...
- Greener Homes Scheme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the greener homes schemes; the number of applicants waiting to receive grants; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on doubts over the accuracy of the broadband coverage map and therefore the area to be addressed by...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ease the effects of the close down of analogue television in Wales on Counties...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of metropolitan area networks that have been constructed around towns here under the most recent...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the way a person can apply and benefit from the warmer homes scheme or the home energy saving...
- Energy Prices
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken at national or European level to ensure that consumers here gain full benefit from the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the repurchase of Eircom infrastructure as part of the telecommunications infrastructure...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount and percentage of wind power with access to the national grid; the number of applications awaiting...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on findings that show that broadband connections here are among the most expensive in the OECD; his...
- Electric Car Industry
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 3 July 2008, if he has received reports on the success to date of...
- Seirbhísí Poist
Question 115: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha cén fáth go bhfuil an Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha ag beartú ar chóras cód poist ina...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of locations at which oil and gas exploration is taking place on or offshore; if there are any...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Cabinet Sub-committee on Climate Change meetings that he has attended. [43623/08]
- Telecommunications Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on calls for a functional separation of Eircom's business rather that a full structural split of its...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from Moneypoint power station; the steps being taken to pursue the option...
- Electricity Generation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a call from Eirgrid for more to be done to construct the 250MW per annum needed to reach the...
- Consumer Protection
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fuelwatch website in Australia which is a government fuel monitoring service; if he envisages...
- Fuel Poverty
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the fuel poverty action research project has completed its report; if this report will be published; and if...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his Department's target as part of the programme for Government's target of a 3% cut in...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the progress made on the implementation of the new tariff scheme in respect of offshore...
- Geothermal Heat
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the potential of the deep geothermal heat source on the Newcastle Blackrock geological...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has plans for extra provision of storage facilities similar to Turlough Hill; his views on whether...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the national broadband scheme; his views on whether the 1MB service that it offers is...
- Semi-State Bodies
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on growing speculation regarding the privatisation of the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Prices
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the findings from the Sustainable Energy Ireland 2008 report Understanding Electricity and Gas...
- Electricity Interconnector
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans for an interconnector to France; if this would have implications for policy in relation to nuclear...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the growing digital divide across rural and urban Ireland as outlined in a report of the Central...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Unemployment Levels
Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the monthly breakdown commencing January 2008, of the number of people who have signed on to receive unemployment benefit in the towns of Mallow, Fermoy,...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Tax Code
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives she has undertaken since her appointment to support Border businesses in this State who are...
- Live Register
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will host a special event in Tralee, County Kerry, together with the CEO's of Industrial Development...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons registered on community employment schemes in County Laois each year for the past five...
- Work Permits
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 18 November 2008 (details supplied), the details of the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of FÁS registered apprentices whose employment has been terminated due to insufficient work...
- Work Permits
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 25 November 2008, the industries to which work permits were...
- Services Sector
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which have been taken to date to implement the recommendations of the services strategy group; the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the fuel duty rebate received by Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann in the first three quarters of 2008; the way this compares against the corresponding...
- Flood Relief
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has received a request from a council (details supplied) to fund works in respect of summer flooding; and if provision...
- Pension Provisions
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the National Pension Reserve Fund; the estimate of its expected value at the end of 2008, 2009 and 2025; the rate of return to the fund...
- Departmental Properties
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 2 October 2008, the cost for each of the years 2006 and 2007 of leasing office space at Dock Gate in...
- Tax Collection
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 12 November 2008, the amount of tax for each of the categories, with an identical breakdown, paid by...
- Tax Code
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there are many motorists escaping the payment of VRT by driving foreign registered cars which remain undeclared to the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the buildings in County Donegal owned by the State which are vacant; and when these buildings were vacated. [43433/08]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an appeal of a decision not to grant an application under the disabled drivers and tax concessions scheme to a person...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure that the guarantee scheme for credit institutions is not operated by covered institutions in a way that will...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person opts to avail of the bicycle tax break via a salary sacrifice arrangement will that person, in the same tax year, be prohibited from...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an application under the disabled drivers and passengers tax concession scheme in the name of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Tax Code
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the loss of trade business by suppliers in this jurisdiction to cross-Border purchasing he will carry out a review of the control...
- Financial Services Ombudsman
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the Financial Services Ombudsman; the remit of the said ombudsman in dealing with complaints from consumers in relation to whole of...
- Job Losses
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [43839/08]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the proposed move of the Office of Public Works staff from their location in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; the location to...
- Banking Sector
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the information he has received from the Central Bank on the state of the flow of lending to small businesses; and the monthly statistics for the...
- Lottery Funding
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the way an organisation (details supplied) in County Waterford can access national lottery funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Stations
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works have for the redevelopment of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the frequency with which the consumer panel of the Irish Financial Services Regularity Authority meet; the date of its last meeting; and the...
- Public Service Remuneration
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the saving in 2009 of the 4% reduction in public service pay off 2008 outturn; the sectors that have been excluded from this requirement; the cost...
- Flood Relief
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to alleviate the severe flooding that affects Sneem, County Kerry several times annually; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Disabled Drivers
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delay in processing applications under the disabled drivers and passengers tax concession scheme...
- Departmental Facilities
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when this Deputy will receive the details requested in Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 2 April 2008; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason audiology services are no longer available in Drogheda; the location to which those who need the service should go; the...
- Hospital Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the new 30 bed modular build maternity unit due to open later in November 2008 at Portlaoise Hospital in view of...
- Hospital Staff
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that Waterford Regional Hospital has lost three orthopaedic surgeons in recent times and that some of these...
- Tax Code
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her undertaking to examine the way users of expensive IVF treatment could be assisted, to take into account that...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a scheme pursuant to an Act (details supplied) is near completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43395/08]
- Ambulance Service
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the operation of ambulance services in the Dublin region in view of the existence of both the Health Service...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national review of autism services will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43461/08]
- Pension Provisions
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath did not receive part of superannuation payments in respect of additional...
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason dental services have been withdrawn in an area adjacent to a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, the...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [43476/08]
- Healthcare Associated Infections
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 28 May 2008, the progress in implementing the recommendations of the Health Service...
- Medical Cards
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients over 70 years of age in County Clare in receipt of a medical card as of 31 October 2008; and if she will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to parliamentary Question No. 64 of 21 April 2005, her views on the practice of dumping crutches, zimmer frames and wheelchairs...
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if financial assistance will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [43526/08]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of laboratories that have closed as a result of the outsourcing of smear tests; the number operating part time; the amount...
- Hospital Services
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the plans for St Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the State is paying the administrator of the health repayment scheme; if payments are made per claim or are fixed; the...
- Hospital Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a follow up study has been undertaken of the major hospitals to see the progress that has been made in factors critical to the...
- Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours worked by home support workers in Counties Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal for 2008 on a monthly and quarterly basis. ...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to extend the BreastCheck facility for those over 64 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for nursing home subvention in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Child Protection
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the function of the child protection notification system established by the Health Service Executive; the difficulties experienced with...
- Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason €640,000 was spent in 2001 on three houses in Castlepollard, County Westmeath, which have not been used since purchase;...
- Child Protection
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the audit announced in October 2005 into child protection measures applicable in every Catholic diocese in the country has been...
- Hospital Staff
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that medical staff at Waterford Regional Hospital are concerned that her policy of...
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the non-allocation of funding in 2008 to a project (details supplied) in County Cork; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the national paediatric hospital and in particular the national paediatric hospital development board; the...
- Health Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that persons practising psychotherapy are regulated effectively in order to ensure patient-client protection; if...
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 17 June 2008 when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to include motor neurone disease on the list of illnesses and conditions for inclusion on the long-term illness scheme;...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 24 June 2008, the position regarding this project. [43832/08]
- Health Service Staff
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application from a person (details supplied) has not been validated to enable them to get employment here as an...
- Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will receive an appointment date for psychology and occupational therapy; when they will...
- Departmental Properties
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the proposed relocation of her Department to the Office of Public Works building in St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2;...
- Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 26 November 2008, she will supply the emerging recommendations of the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when hip replacement surgery will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [43854/08]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected or estimated cost of the proposed extension to Kenmare Community Hospital; the estimated cost of the proposed new hospital...
- Medical Cards
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43867/08]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of requests she has received, inside or outside of Dáil Éireann to have the Grove Hospital, Tuam re-opened. [43930/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report of the audit of the national intellectual disability database; when such report was received; when she will...
- Health Service Staff
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 24 September 2008 the progress made in the filling of positions at a facility (details...
- Department of Transport
- Cycle Facilities
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will explain the details of the proposal in budget 2009 for funding for cycle lanes in Dublin City; the way this scheme will operate; the...
- Public Transport
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the average age of the bus fleet at both Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; the number of vehicles and passenger capacity of the fleet; the average age...
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Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the 2007 annual accounts of Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus provide only collective profit total for the whole businesses, and do not...
- Rural Transport Initiative
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost per annum for each of the years 2003 to 2007 of the rural transport initiative; the number of passengers carried in each of these five...
- Bus Passenger Licences
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of annual bus passenger licences applied for to his Department in each of the past five years; the average length of time taken to...
- Public Transport
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of capital that has been invested in intercity services by Bus Éireann for each of the years 2003 to 2007; the grants given to Bus...
- Commemorative Events
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the views of a person (details supplied) seeking Government recognition for a national day of remembrance for victims of road...
- State Airports
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport when he proposes to introduce public safety zones at the State airports in view of the fact that the final ERM report has been with his Department...
- Public Transport
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of buses used for public transport nationwide which are wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Taxi Regulations
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [43788/08]
- Coast Guard Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost incurred for pay at each coast guard station here in each of the past three years for which figures are available; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Residency Permits
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speeding fines issued on non-national roads and primary roads within the northern divisional area of Cork...
- Garda Operations
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the applications to the Garda vetting unit including the nature of the request for vetting, the number of requests...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for citizenship being processed; the average time it takes to process an application for...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce controls on the buying, use and selling of air soft rifles which are virtually indistinguishable in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the countries which are designated by ministerial order as safe countries for the return of refugees and the parts of the...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of minors detained in juvenile detention centres here; the number of minors who were detained in juvenile...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a stamp four will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Refugee Status
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency and refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Deportation Orders
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if leave to remain here on a subsidiary protection application will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Visa Applications
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position regarding an application for visas in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 6;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position regarding an application for citizenship or family reunification in the case of a person...
- Residency Permits
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of an Adjournment debate question (details supplied) he will indicate the other form of photographic...
- Asylum Applications
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing religious persecution of Ahmedin people in Pakistan; and if this persecution...
- Firearms Offences
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of licensed handguns that have been reported stolen each year for the past five years. [43480/08]
- Garda Stations
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the inaccessibility of Donnybrook, Sundrive Road and Crumlin village Garda stations to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions in place to ensure members of the public with sensory disabilities can access gardaí at a local level....
- Crime Prevention
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected timeframe for the launch of the dial to stop drug dealing non-Garda confidential freefone line by local...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of traffic related convictions in all Clare Garda divisions from 1 January 2008 to the 31 October 2008 broken...
- Asylum Applications
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath who seek leave to remain here on humanitarian...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement regarding a matter (details supplied). [43536/08]
- Domestic Violence
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has in regard to domestic violence against women (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances and discussion that took place between the Reception and Integration Agency and a person (details...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the attacks on firemen at Hallowe'en; if he will amend the legislation to ensure that the emergency services...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive their naturalisation papers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will be transferred to a hostel close to a place of worship for Nigerian Muslims. [43789/08]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities on the action they are taking against a company (details supplied)...
- Deportation Orders
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended leave to remain will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 pending further appeal...
- Residency Permits
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath;...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a PACE facility (details supplied) in Dublin 9; his views on recent speculation that the Mountjoy...
- Passport Applications
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can apply for an Irish passport on the basis of their marriage; and if he...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has furnished a response to correspondence from a person (details supplied); the steps being taken to address the...
- European Council Meetings
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the council conclusions adopted at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting recently regarding the second...
- Transfer of Prisoners
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the repatriation and treatment in the case of a person (details supplied); if an effort has been...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made on negotiations with the Belorussian authorities to secure continuance of Irish charitable projects working to provide...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing religious persecution of Ahmedin people in Pakistan; and if this persecution is taken into...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support proposals in relation to Colombia (details supplied). [43473/08]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Zimbabwe which appears to be on the brink of collapse both economic and humanitarian; the efforts he and the EU are taking to...
- State Visits
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [43836/08]
- Ambulance Service
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is a fund available to repatriate a person with a serious illness who requires to be transported by air ambulance; and if he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a petition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43931/08]
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in regard to the repatriation and treatment in the case of a person (details supplied); if an effort has been made to establish...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sporting Events
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans to host the World Equestrian Games in 2014; the steps being taken to receive the games for Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Road Network
Question 314: 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...
- Crime Prevention
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expected timeframe for the launch of the dial to stop drug dealing non-Garda confidential freephone line by local...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that four schools in the Tallaght and Clondalkin areas of Dublin have had...
- Community Development
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the South Tipperary Local Development Company will be open for applications for funding. [43592/08]
- Consumer Protection
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will revisit the issue of possible regulation in the sale of so called bogus Mass cards. [43608/08]
- Community Development
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding avenues available to a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the announcement that CLÁR funding for water and sewerage schemes has been suspended for the remainder...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the contribution her Department and the Revenue Commissioners have made to a report into the take up of family income supplement;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will send out a new UP2 letter to persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit who have been affected by the recent...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an oral hearing will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [43443/08]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will answer a question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43506/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of families waiting for child benefit claims to be processed; the number of these in which the parents are foreign...
- Pension Provisions
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a pension forecast will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have availed of the mortgage interest supplement in each local authority area over the past five years...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will itemise the research carried out by her Department and the Office of Social Inclusion each year for the past five...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has examined the impact proposed changes to jobseeker's and illness benefit will have on the criteria for the back to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the office the additional 115 staff will be allocated to; the various grades of same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will include chronic illnesses of miners under the occupational injuries benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Defence
- Commemorative Events
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans in place to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising; if an interdepartmental committee has been established; and if so, the persons who are...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Defence if persons who had been successful in recruitment to the Defence Forces in 2008 but who did not commence training because of a cut in the Defence...
- Departmental Files
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Defence if files relating to persons who served in the Army before and during the Second World War were stored by his Department; if such files are...
- Army Barracks
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 25 November 2008, when a gym and football pitch will be made available at the Dundalk barracks; if he...
- Air Ambulance Service
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department or the Defence Forces assist with air ambulance transportation from the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43912/08]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of budget allocated to housing aid for the elderly in the former mid west region of the Health...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason there are no disabled berths on the Killarney lakes adjacent to Ross Castle for disabled fishermen...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the initial application was received by his Department for funding in relation to sewage schemes...
- Drainage Works
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the National Parks and Wildlife Service will give approval to the Office of Public Works in respect of...
- Water Quality
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an agreement in place in relation to the provision of a clean, potable water supply to all...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 19 November 2008, the way he will ensure that incorporating the...
- Building Energy Ratings
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress or otherwise being made in respect of the building energy rating programme; the person who is...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of public money that was spent annually on advanced driving courses for temporary workers by local...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has agreed to include items in a list (details supplied); and the reason he has included so many items...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 20 November 2008, if he will provide a breakdown of the...
- Domestic Violence
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of refuges for victims of domestic violence here; the number of spaces available; his plans to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available for an organisation (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has a site earmarked to...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the consequences of job losses in Donegal County Council, he will provide additional funding...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses and apartment units that remain unsold including those in which contracts...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to his confirmation by way of reply to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 18 November 2008 relating to...
- Planning Issues
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 18 November 2008 relating to development consent in...
- Homeless Persons
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulties that are arising for a project (details...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average cost per applicant of the rental accommodation scheme; the number of persons accommodated under...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations in place in regard to employment in the private sector of senior local authority staff...
- Emergency Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking in respect of his Department's direction to local authorities to implement a 3%...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) in County Laois will be given approval to go to contract and invite tenders;...
- Planning Issues
Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the contraction in the construction industry and difficulties in the financial services...
- Hunting Licences
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis of the decision to specify a five and a half month hunting season in the recent licence granted to...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount charged by each local authority for commercial water charges; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied); his views on the matters...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of properties registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the number of cases of...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Building Regulations
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the process whereby he will enforce the legislation in respect of the energy performance of buildings S.I. No....
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 29 October 2008 the number of submissions his Department received...
- Health and Safety Issues
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether monitoring the operation of coal mines by his Department failed in the past to address the...
- Environmental Policy
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has evaluated the economic impact of national and EU climate change measures; the...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other mineral exploration licences sought and issued in the past year; the number...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent and nature of discussions he has had with the public and private broadcasting sectors in the context...
- Information and Communications Technology
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received or issued advice or instructions nationally or in conjunction with his EU colleagues in the...
- Postal Services
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his preferred options in regard to the future operation of parcel and letter delivery services here on a next...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied regarding the availability of broadband here; if previous and recent efforts for the...
- Information and Communications Technology
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in regard to the development of the digital hub and the benefits accruing there from; and if he...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if REP scheme four payments will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon before Christmas 2008. [43430/08]
- Farm Waste Management
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of his declaration of 19 November 2008 that his Department has not prepared an estimated cost to the State of...
- Milk Quota
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the temporary transfer of milk quota under [i]force majeure[/i] in respect of a person (details...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when all outstanding payments which are due to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted. [43498/08]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the decision to refuse an application for early retirement in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Grant Payments
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to a previous parliamentary question, when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their outstanding...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding an industrial dispute (details supplied) which is holding up single farm payment applications in his...
- Grant Payments
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a 60% grant payment did not apply to the application of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 19 November 2008, if he will confirm that there is no staff member to sign off...
- Grant Payments
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following their application for a farm...
- Poultry Industry
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that imported gas flushed chicken fillets comply fully with the stringent health and safety food...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will issue a response as quickly as possible to a memo regarding persons (details supplied) in County Mayo which was...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to extend the farm waste management scheme beyond the 31 December 2008 deadline; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 21 October 2008, the position regarding an application for a milk tank grant in...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated saving in 2009 in respect of the suspension of the early farm retirement scheme; the estimated saving in...
- Grant Payments
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo whose parcel of land of 7.6 hectares has been...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify his position in relation to the request by the polyvalent sector to be allocated an increased share of...
- Grant Payments
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of single farm payment applications which have been received from applicants in County Roscommon and County...
- Coastal Protection
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the submissions made in September 2008 (details supplied), he is in a position to allocate funding; and if he...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the farm retirement pension for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the REP scheme payment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Science
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is proposed to cut funding to a college (details supplied) in Dublin 2; his views on the consequences for the deaf community of...
- School Transport
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals in relation to having an independent review of the post-primary school transport system; when such a review will take...
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of whole school evaluations and subject inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43416/08]
- State Examinations
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of oral exams and practical exams held in school term as opposed to holiday time; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of school development and planning programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43418/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of in-service courses organised by second level service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43419/08]
- Psychological Service
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will provide for a necessary up to date psychological assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin...
- Teacher Inspection
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be assessed and inspected in their place of employment in view of the fact that...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 30 October 2008, the position regarding the programme; if a school (details supplied) is...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions that have taken place since Dáil Éireann last debated the issue of wider recognition for the applied behavioural...
- School Enrolments
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students enrolled on the junior certificate schools programme and leaving certificate applied programme respectively;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost in terms of wages and salaries for the provision of special needs assistants in the education service; if SNAs are paid when...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the appointment of a design team to initiate the architectural planning of the extension to a school (details...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1671 of 24 September 2008, the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the impact on staffing levels the budget 2009 announcements on education will have on a DEIS school (details supplied) in County...
- Distance Learning
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures his Department is taking to increase the affordability and the number of third level distance learning courses here; and...
- School Staffing
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes following budget 2009 to the staffing levels of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the reduction in the grants to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the building programme for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Funding
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of revenue funding allocated to each of the universities and each of the institutes of technology in 2008 and in each of...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average number of pupil-teacher ratios in both national and secondary schools in County Kilkenny. [43589/08]
- School Staffing
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of days uncertified leave taken by teachers in both national and secondary schools in County Kilkenny to date in the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will implement the summer works scheme; and when schools can make an application under this scheme. [43591/08]
- School Placement
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a second level school place has not been offered to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if further to correspondence (details supplied), he will confirm that rent allowance is considered reckonable income; and if he will...
- School Transport
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if further to correspondence (details supplied) he will confirm that the rules state that eligibility is to the nearest suitable...
- School Staffing
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to address the problems that will arise for a primary school (details supplied) in County Waterford resulting...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost to his Department of in-service training for teachers at post primary level for 2009 and 2010. [43749/08]
- Library Services
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the withdrawal by him of a grant to a service (details supplied) in County Waterford...
- School Accommodation
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost per year of providing prefabricated buildings for the past ten years at all schools in County Waterford; and if he will make...
- School Staffing
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the withdrawal of substitute cover for teachers on uncertified sick leave will have...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the situation of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- School Curriculum
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a query that has twice been sent to him directly (details supplied). [43778/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost per year of providing prefabricated buildings for the past ten years at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and...
- School Accommodation
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no permanent structures to accommodate school pupils have been built in Tramore,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the invitation of tenders for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [43801/08]
- School Staffing
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the impact the cutbacks in education will have on the staffing levels in a school (details supplied) in County Sligo, including all...
- Schools Recognition
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria for granting permanent recognition to a school; the criteria a school (details supplied) must fulfil; and if he will make...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date on which a decision to acquire a site for a school (details supplied) was made; the action which has been taken since that...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to make provision for a child (details supplied) in County Mayo at a school in September 2009; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when road markings will be undertaken by his Department as per planning conditions on foot of grant of permission to a school (details...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 qualifies for a higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied); his views on whether this is the proper structure with leaking roofs, no hot water...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the difference in funding, each school (details supplied) in Dublin 1, 7, and 9 will receive under the DEIS programme in 2009,...
- Health and Safety Issues
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures in place to ensure electrical safety in primary and post-primary schools here; if regular inspections are carried out...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the impact of the budget 2009 cuts on smaller rural schools and on pupil-teacher ratio in larger primary schools; and if he will make...
- School Staffing
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projected number for specifically trained language support teachers in the primary and post-primary system from September 2009;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the decision on the allocation of a special needs assistant to a child (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet a deputation from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43950/08]
- Health and Safety Issues
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the safety concerns, which have been expressed about the safety of children and the very real dangers that exist at a...
- Teaching Council
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers at primary and secondary level who have not joined the Teaching Council to date. [44012/08]
