Written answers
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
- Department of Health and Children
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce a cervical cancer vaccine programme for schoolgirls; if she has had further discussions on the cost and...
- Hospital Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will have the Strategic Review of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Services, carried out by the Health Service Executive and...
- Nutritional Supplements
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if new guidelines on the prescribing of nutritional supplements have been finalised; the consultation that has been undertaken on this...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that money has been allocated to commence the process of establishing a bowel cancer screening programme to be rolled...
- Hospital Staff
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the new consultants' contract sufficiently deals with issues of consultant work practices in co-located...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that appellants of the nursing home repayment scheme have to wait more than six months for a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed voluntary retirement scheme for Health Service Executive staff; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the detailed implementation plan for 2009 in relation to A Vision for Change; the funding ringfenced for this...
- Medical Cards
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to be able to implement the promises in the programme for Government on increasing the threshold for qualification in...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that sufficient bed accommodation at all hospitals throughout the country will be provided to meet expected...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the finding of the group report, chaired by Dr Michael Barry, to achieve cost savings in the prescribing of drugs...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent report of the Committee of Public Accounts on aspects of the delivery of health services; if she will, in...
- Ambulance Service
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure adequate ambulance cover at the three ambulance bases serving County Roscommon; if her attention has...
- Medical Cards
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to provide funding in 2009 for the expected increase in the number of people and families who will qualify for a...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there have been changes made in the operation of the long-term illness scheme; if those who hold a long-term illness book are required...
- Hospital Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the implementation of the transformation plan for hospital services in the north east region; and if she will make a...
- General Practitioner Co-Operatives
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the primary care centre for Athlone, promised since 2004; the number of general practitioners contracted for this centre;...
- Hospital Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the report commissioned to review maternity hospitals in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of salary that has been agreed for medical consultants who also serve as professors in university medical schools; the way...
- Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a similar service to that offered by the Health Service Executive south that is the farm and rural area stress-line is in operation in...
- Hospital Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take the necessary steps to ensure that the Health Service Executive and all maternity hospitals in the State co-operate with...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had recent discussions on funding issues with the companies that have been selected to provide co-located private hospitals on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposals from a society (details supplied) which contain a number of practical measures to reduce the time public...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact the deferral of the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act, 2004 will have on the...
- Pharmacy Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the burden being placed on pharmacists throughout the country in having to pay a fee of €2,500 to...
- Hospital Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the delivery of her commitment announced in July 2008 on the retention of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to assisted living supports for people with disabilities; the resources she has allocated to assisted living in...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the further strains on Exchequer finances as highlighted in Revenue figures at the end of November 2008, it is still...
- Health Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects hospice care to be available to the people of Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45497/08]
- Obesity Levels
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Obesity as a matter of urgency in view of the accumulated evidence that...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the bilateral agreement in relation to adoption between Ireland and Vietnam; and the steps being taken for its...
- Pharmacy Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional penalty the High Court judgment (details supplied) will have on the taxpayer; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the screening programme to prevent against sight loss associated with diabetes will not be rolled out in view of a promise in...
- Hospital Staff
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new consultant posts that will be filled in 2009 as opposed to replacement posts; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to retain qualified physiotherapists in this country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45513/08]
- Private Health Insurance
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive a decision from the EU Commission with regard to her proposal to impose a levy on health insurance companies...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposed to take in response to the recent report of the Committee of Public Accounts on health expenditure; and if she...
- Mental Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the manner in which the money raised from the sale of psychiatric hospitals and lands will be ring-fenced to fund mental health...
- HSE Service Plan
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in addressing the shortage of midwives as a result of the increasing birth rate; when the report on...
- Child Protection
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a report was received by her in July 2008 regarding the child protection policies practised in the Cloyne Diocese; if the report...
- Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of those over 70 years who on the basis of current calculations are expected to lose their eligibility for a full medical...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendations in the third interim report on the 2006 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of the Committee...
- Private Health Insurance
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the VHI will not meet the requirement to achieve solvency of 40% by the end of 2008; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is still a shortage of speech and language therapy services while trained speech...
- Medical Cards
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the general practitioner take-up rate of the single capitation fee of €290 in respect of all persons aged 70 years and over who will...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives that have been taken to target those most at risk of suicide in order to take measures to prevent such an outcome; and...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis on which a decision was made to reduce the number of beds in the Waterford specialist cancer centre; if she is satisfied that...
- Pharmacy Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the High Court's decision (details supplied), her Department and the Health Service Executive can negotiate with...
- Hospital Staff
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extra value for money she expects to be delivered to the health services as a result of the new consultants' contract; the mechanism...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration is being given to changing the way the Health Service Executive data on waiting times in hospital accident and...
- Health Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the five year implementation framework for the Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care 2001;...
- Hospital Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will ensure that hospital consultants who continue to work under their existing contract spend the appropriate time caring...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the establishment of arrangements to encourage inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive reallocates, to services for people with disabilities, the estimated €70 million...
- Child Care Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from people working in child care on the adverse effects of the child care subvention scheme; and if...
- Nursing Education
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from SIPTU regarding cutbacks in nurse education; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that have been put in place to address the concerns of former patients of a person (details supplied); if there is an...
- Medicinal Products
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to commence a new tender process for the supply of unlicensed medicines to Irish patients; and if she will make a...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 140: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess, measure and then reduce by 25%...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the number of rented properties identified in Dublin city and in each electoral district within the city in the last census; and the number of these rented...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding all contracts for the years 2007 and 2008 with consultants in relation to the preparation of reports of any kind; the name of the...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives for 2008 since June 2008;...
- Census of Population
Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach when he expects the next census will be undertaken; the input he has into the formulation of questions included in the census; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Companies Regulations
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure to be followed to deregister a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of an application for statutory redundancy by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by her to give effect to the...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason an application for redundancy payments has not been concluded in respect of a person (details...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the European Union Guidelines on national regional aid permit aid in some circumstances for...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative provisions and rules covering the use of closed circuit television cameras in the workplace....
- Employment Rights
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown for each year since 2000 to date in 2008 of the action of her Department, and agencies under...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the occasions on which she did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments,...
- Job Creation
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on taking action that would lead to employment opportunities for north Meath, particularly in the...
- Job Losses
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will intervene to assist former employees of a company; if, to date, redundancy or other payments have...
- Industrial Relations
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review the implementation of all Labour Court recommendations relating to a person (details...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the training services that are currently offered to former carers when their caring duties come to an end;...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess, measure and then...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the difficulties created for people who are on high mortgages at fixed rates and who are receiving no relief from falling rates;...
- Tax Code
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the income tax levy will apply to maintenance payments in the terms of the giver and the receiver; and if protections have been put in place...
- State Property
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate if there could be a perceived conflict of interest following recent purchases by the Office of Public Works (details...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance when new criteria under Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in relation to primary medical certificates will...
- Garda Stations
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the progress in securing of accommodation for gardaí based in the Laytown area of County Meath. [46025/08]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure any of the external advisers he has engaged to advise him on the bank guarantee scheme and related matters are not...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives for 2008 since...
- Tax Code
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if a report has been carried out on the compliance cost of the C2 certification system; if its regulations continue to be required for the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46116/08]
- Tax Code
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners differentiate between invalidity and incapacitation for the purposes of...
- State Property
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State buildings in County Meath, including Government offices, schools, Garda stations and so on, for which surveys and inspections...
- Tax Code
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow schools to claim tax relief on donations made to the school of either 20% or 42% depending on the tax level paid by the donor; and...
- Court Actions
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the reporting arrangements of repossession actions taken by lenders in respect of homes, cars and other property; and the extent to which...
- Planning Issues
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance when the design team will be appointed to commence planning for an extension to Waterford City courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of divorced and separated parents who claimed single parent tax credit in each of the years ending 31 December 2005, 2006 and 2007. ...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the choice of a non-Irish printer to print 2.5 million copies of a PAYE information booklet for Budget 2009. [46515/08]
- Department of Health and Children
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the function and membership of the expert group convened by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to provide advice to the CMO on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason new clients to the community welfare scheme from Balbriggan have to travel to Gardiner Street to process their applications;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new asylum applicants who have had a medical assessment on arrival and the cost involved; the number who have had a...
- Product Licensing
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take immediate action to ensure that all products sold in head shops are regulated by an appropriate body; and if she will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be called for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Departmental Properties
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of every building that is being rented or leased by the Health Service Executive here with the annual rental...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by her to give effect to the commitment to assess,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with waiting times for dermatology services at Beaumount Hospital, Dublin and the fact that the waiting time for...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed Health Service Executive health centre (details supplied) in County Louth; the cost to date of...
- Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [46015/08]
- Private Health Insurance
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [46018/08]
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [46019/08]
- Private Health Insurance
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the checks carried out by health insurance companies, including the VHI, to ensure that they receive value for money from hospitals and...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who submitted a claim under the nursing home repayment scheme was refused; and...
- Hospital Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the ward closures or other service cutbacks scheduled for 2009 at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; the services to be scaled down or...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the occasions on which she did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives...
- Health Service Funding
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive approved palliative care centre at a hospice (details...
- Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for orthodontic treatment; and when they will receive...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 5 November 2008. [46156/08]
- Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46157/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 2 December 2008, the accuracy of the national intellectual disability database as per the...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners contracted for CervicalCheck; the number of contracts that have yet to be approved; and if she will...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) is only being calculated from 1998 despite the fact that he or...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 of translation services in each division of the Health Service Executive; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have her medical card restored; and if she will make...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be granted their money in respect of an illegal charges claim; and if she will...
- Ambulance Service
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of ambulance service bases in County Meath; the number of personnel per base; the number of active ambulances per base; and...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is envisaged that the cytology laboratories currently in public hospitals are all to be maintained; the way it is envisaged that...
- Medical Cards
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the lengthy delays in processing medical card renewals in Finglas, Dublin 11; her views on the maximum target times which...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the number of appointments in the Mater Hospital, Dublin which have been cancelled per month over the past 12...
- Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive has considered the establishment of a centre of excellence for the support and...
- Community Care
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference, the person who set them, if they were followed and the outcome of an internal review into the management of...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is possible for a patient undergoing IVF treatment as a matter of urgency through the private system to transfer to the public...
- Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive regarding correspondence forwarded to it in respect of cystic fibrosis...
- Mental Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to redirect the €70 million reassigned by it from the 2007 and 2008 budget for...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average number of patients who were medically ready for discharge but who were still occupying beds in the Mater Hospital, Dublin...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate of the number and percentage of cases that are seen in the accident and emergency department of the Mid-Western Regional...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Longford who have sought the domiciliary care allowance since June...
- Community Care
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages allocated in 2007; the number allocated to date in 2008; and the eligibility criteria for same. [46407/08]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the discussions officials from her Department and the Health Service Executive have had with the National Council for...
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport the conditions attached to local government fund payments for the provision of road gritting; if figures are available for the amount paid to each...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess, measure and then...
- Light Rail Projects
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46020/08]
- Departmental Appointments
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether a person who, a court has noted, as a director of a limited company failed to ensure that audited accounts were prepared and...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives for 2008...
- Road Safety
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations for the gritting of roads here; the breakdown of financing to local authorities to fund gritting; if he has expressed concerns...
- Port Development
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if public funds are used to fund the Dublin Port Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46312/08]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of the recent experience of public procurement and expenditure guideline breeches in public agencies, he has been in contact with any...
- State Airports
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation in relation to the future of Cork Airport; if the business plan which the board of Cork Airport was required to prepare and submit...
- Air Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on his recent meetings with companies (details supplied). [46322/08]
- Road Network
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the start dates for projects in Transport 21 that are yet to get underway; the estimated completion dates of same; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on a submission (details supplied); the plans he has or is proposing to address the concerns expressed; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department in each year over the past five years, including 2008, on the printing and distribution of publications from...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Registration of Title
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application to the land registry for a map will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to develop a national action plan for human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/08]
- Garda Investigations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the British security personnel, or members of British police forces who were in or around Broadhaven Bay or Glengad, County...
- Garda Operations
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs per month for the past six months of policing the protests against the scheme to install an onshore refinery and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for a subsidiary protection...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to the State of free legal aid for the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 and a breakdown of each category in...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the next recruitment to An Garda Síochána will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45930/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of applications for long-term residency and for naturalisation from a person (details supplied) in County...
- Visa Applications
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for extension of a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is under...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the New Zealand passport of an applicant (details supplied) in County...
- Public Service Vehicle Licences
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public service vehicle licences which have been approved in Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford in 2007 and...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug driving prosecutions taken by the traffic corps here each year for the past three years; the number of...
- Road Safety
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of accidents which have been investigated by the traffic corps here each year for the past three years. [46004/08]
- Drug Seizures
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of seizures of drugs which have been made by the traffic corps here each year for the past three years; and the...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money granted under the criminal legal aid scheme each year for the past six years; and if he will make a...
- Garda Investigations
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [46014/08]
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a Garda investigation carried out on behalf of the Garda Ombudsman...
- Refugee Status
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for family reunification of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time for processing applications in respect of family reunification; the number of applications and the length...
- Passport Forgeries
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of forged Irish passports seized at ports and airports here in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU...
- Visa Applications
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has to apply to the Irish Embassy in Mexico for a visa to visit Ireland; the further...
- Residency Permits
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, who applied for residency in June 2008, will receive a response to their...
- Employment Rights
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46128/08]
- Garda Stations
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to re-align the Birr and Roscrea Garda districts along county bounds and...
- Public Order Offences
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued since 1 January 2008. [46147/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application by a person (details supplied) will be decided upon. [46151/08]
- Departmental Funding
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46154/08]
- Garda Operations
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [46155/08]
- Garda Training
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí authorised to carry firearms; and the in-service firearms training arrangements provided annually for...
- Asylum Applications
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the powers which he has to overturn decisions of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the powers which he has to overturn the decision to deport an individual following the exhaustion of all other review...
- Asylum Applications
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applicants residing here at the end of 2001 who were still awaiting a final decision on their...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken on foot of appeal on humanitarian grounds to remain here in the case of persons (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to the Garda vetting unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46310/08]
- Asylum Applications
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new asylum applicants who sought protection from the State to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement...
- Registration of Title
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the registration of a property (details supplied) in County Laois will be completed; and if he will make a statement...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda youth diversion projects in operation; the number of young people participating in each project; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Military Personnel
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the British security personnel, army, navy or otherwise, or members of British police forces who were in or around Broadhaven Bay or...
- Visa Applications
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the new one year working J visas to the United States can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45898/08]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess, measure and...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding the humanitarian catastrophe in Sri Lanka. [46011/08]
- Diplomatic Representations
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46012/08]
- Visa Applications
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [46013/08]
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives for...
- Pricing Policy
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with his counterpart in the UK the overpricing by UK stores operating here in calculating the sterling to euro price...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess,...
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Question 340: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment...
- Regulatory Impact Analysis
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills...
- Community Development
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the proposed 33% cut in funding for Pobal; the projects and programmes which have been affected...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of households in receipt of mortgage interest supplement in 2006, 2007 and 2008, broken down by quarter. [46106/08]
- Pension Provisions
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether the advice to State non-contributory pension recipients that any portion of the pension saved will be means...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the eligibility for children's allowance for an Irish citizen parent of two children residing here who is in receipt of a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average waiting time for an appeal to be heard by the social welfare appeals office; and the steps she is taking to reduce...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the occasions on which she did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the charge for persons applying for rent or mortgage subsidies is to increase by €5, from €13 to €18; the purpose of the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a review of the decision regarding retrospective payment of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if free schemes will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an illness benefit appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Departmental Funding
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the bodies to which her Department makes grant-in-aid allocations, with a breakdown of each allocation made in 2006, 2007 and 2008...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused supplementary welfare allowance; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Properties
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a premises could be identified in Balbriggan to accommodate both the community welfare offices and the unemployment exchange in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the Exchequer of providing the carer's allowance on a non-means tested basis to all persons in receipt of a carers...
- Departmental Surveys
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the disability allowance survey and invalidity pension schemes were completed in 2007 and 2008 respectively as per her...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the VTOS income support has been integrated back into income support under her Department; if the vocational educational...
- Departmental Staff
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the contact between her Department and the Public Appointments Service to improve the recruitment of people with...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess, measure and then...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for St. Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin 7; if the hospital is to be closed down; the action which will be taken regarding the buildings...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Defence the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives for 2008 since...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- International Agreements
Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale, in view of his long standing commitment to see the Aarhus Convention ratified as soon as...
- Hunting Licences
Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rules and regulations in place in respect of a pastime (details supplied). [45923/08]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Oughterard sewerage scheme, County Galway; the position in respect of the brief;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the...
- Rented Accommodation
Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of bedsit units currently within the public housing stock and the private housing stock; if he has...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments,...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding for refurbishment projects (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the 2009 local government fund of €41,475,164 allocated to Donegal County Council which...
- Freedom of Information
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if agencies (details supplied) in County Limerick are the subject of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; if...
- Fire Services
Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a fire safety study or fire risk assessment was last carried out for County Meath. [46245/08]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on the council waiting list for housing in County Meath. [46248/08]
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of private rented accommodation in use or available for use in County Meath; and the...
- Rented Dwellings Register
Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which has been taken to identify and prosecute, if necessary, those landlords who have not...
- Road Network
Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed N4 route from Mullingar to Longford will impact...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made in the development of a national housing strategy for people with...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review of the Code of Practice for Employment of People with Disabilities 1999 in the local authority...
- Disability Support Service
Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all bodies under the aegis of his Department are on target to complete accessibility audits and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify aspects of the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Regulations) 2009 season (details...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 9 December 2008, the location of the regional pilots for the home...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to ensure that mobile phone users here are charged fair rates for texts, calls, and...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the roll-out of broadband to the Cloonagh, County Mayo exchange; and if he will make a...
- Broadcast Advertising
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent decision by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to ban an advertisement from a shop...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of the €6,921,989 spent on consultancy fees in 2008 in his Department; the names of the...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Laune River in County Kerry has not been designated as a salmonid river in view of the fact that...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will travel to Asia via the UK and Germany in mid-December 2008 to address consumer concerns in those countries in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to...
- Grant Payments
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive payment for all the animals for which applications...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the Animal Welfare Bill; when the Bill will be published; the stance the Bill will take on hare coursing; and...
- Grant Payments
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the suckler cow welfare scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will appoint a task force within his Department to expedite traceability within the pork sector from the processor to...
- Grant Payments
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange direct payment of grant due under the single farm payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has traced all product that left the feed plant associated with the dioxin scare since 1 September 2008;...
- Coastal Erosion
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to address coastal erosion at Tramore, Ballyvoile, Helvick, Cunnigar, Dungarvan and Bunmahon, County...
- Departmental Funding
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if funding has been allocated under the capital investment programme for marketing and processing of certain agricultural...
- Grant Payments
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [46172/08]
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the conditions which must be adhered to, to comply with the type of licence held by an establishment (details supplied) in...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of pigs and cattle which have been slaughtered or are to be slaughtered as a result of the recent contamination...
- Food Labelling
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the new labelling system being implemented by An Bord Bia for pork products following the recall of pork products; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to a grant application from a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [46278/08]
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that it is the intention to include all producers and processors, including those involved in the...
- Grant Payments
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of REPS 4 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [46320/08]
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a penalty of €3904.45 imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following their application for young...
- Farm Restrictions
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the course of action that can be taken by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has had their livelihood put on...
- Department of Education and Science
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated annual cost of extending the free fees scheme to part-time courses in third level institutions. [45988/08]
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature of the building work occurring at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; the status of same; and if he will make a...
- State Agencies
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 4 December 2008, the State agency which will be assigned the role of regulator for...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 1 July 2007, the position regarding the provision of a special needs assistant for a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess,...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is within the scope of the Commission on Child Abuse to consider court committal cases in which children were sent into...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the band rating of the building plan of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; the number and value of primary school projects in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the minimum duration in respect of being in receipt of a scheme (details supplied) that is required to be approved for the higher...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way an application for a secondary school building is given a band rating by his Department; the band ratings and the level of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he intends to curtail in anyway the appointment of special needs assistants during 2009; if decisions to withdraw SNA's can be...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the building programme at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford has never commenced, even though the school has...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the facilities that exist at a second level school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he has...
- Departmental Statistics
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 25 November 2008, when he expects the completion of the aggregate list of national...
- School Transport
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when and the reason the school transport scheme was introduced originally; the amount it cost the Exchequer in 2005, 2006 and 2007;...
- Departmental Funding
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not sufficient to...
- School Staffing
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the implications of the loss of substitution cover for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in north Dublin which received funding for capital works since 1 September 2004; the facilities that were provided with...
- Regulatory Impact Analyses
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans for extensions to schools (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Network
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the provision of the road at the new schools at Killahue, Gorey, County Wexford which was a condition of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has decided to cease the practice of allowing parents with autistic children from availing of the services...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the situation facing pupils and staff of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow due to ongoing structural...
- Departmental Funding
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the way the contents of correspondence (details supplied) can be addressed to the satisfaction of those who supplied the...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the provision of a sports hall at the...
- School Staffing
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the school year which will be used in determining teacher numbers in a school (details supplied) in County Sligo from September 2009;...
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the examination of alternative arrangements for a service (details supplied) in County Mayo has been completed; when the service...
- Departmental Funding
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied with the consequences of the education cuts to a college (details supplied) in County Galway resulting in a loss of...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider the decision to refuse the higher education grant to a person (details supplied) in County Louth for the...
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluations carried out in each of the past five years in secondary schools; the name of each school where...
- Irish Language
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the demand for schooling through the medium of Irish is not one of the criteria listed to be taken account of by the...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the acquisition of a site in respect of a proposed new primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [46191/08]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason tuition grant fees cannot be used to fund educational assistance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application from a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow has had their application for a higher education grant from Dun Laoghaire...
- Tax Code
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a private college (details supplied) in County Kildare has applied for approval by him for the purposes of tax relief in respect of...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will initiate a new schools insulation programme to bring all schools up to a minimum standard and to reduce heating costs for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when payment due in respect of works carried out to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford will issue. [46290/08]
- School Staffing
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his recent proposals for education in 2009 have any impact on the staffing levels or funding going to special schools; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the initiative within Trinity College, Dublin to develop a third level option for students with a...
- School Transport
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to correspondence (details supplied), he will approve school transport in view of the fact that the nearest school can not...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made to date in finding permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if he will...
- School Enrolments
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the concerns expressed in correspondence from the school principal of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6w; if...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval for refurbishment works which have been promised for a school (details supplied) in County Longford will be allowed to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the planning and construction status of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if his attention has been drawn to the fine...
- School Enrolments
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the concerns expressed in correspondence from the school principal of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if...
