Written answers

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Accommodation
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to improve the accommodation within his Department in view of the significant level of dissatisfaction with same; and if he will...
    • Customer Service Surveys
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department has not published its findings from customer surveys; if he will provide these findings; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Safety
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport when compulsory testing of alcohol testing will be introduced for all those involved in road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of public transport buses in County Cork which are wheelchair accessible; the number of wheelchair buses being used for County Cork...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department lacks the capacity to plan and deliver the information and communication technology service that his Department needs;...
    • Cycling Strategy
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the National Cycling Strategy; the reason the deadline for the publication of this strategy by the second quarter of 2008 has...
    • Public Transport
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the report on CIÉ (details supplied); if legislation will be necessary arising from this report; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Infrastructure Projects
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the planning of a post Transport 21 programme in view of projected population increases; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date in reducing transport emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46447/08]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason eight staff vacancies in his Department's information and communications technology unit remain unfilled for two years thus affecting...
    • Public Transport
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will reinstate the public transport fuel rebate; his views on measures to replace the public transport fuel rebate which includes school...
    • Port Development
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is reviewing the governance arrangements in place for Dublin Port; his views on the position of members of the board of the Port of Dublin;...
    • School Travel Patterns
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to tackle the school run; if he has had recent contact with the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Environment,...
    • Light Rail Projects
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Luas line BX/D and phases 2 and 3 of the western rail corridor and the Dublin rail interconnector have been deferred or rescheduled; the...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport the policies being adopted to sustain and develop the rural transport programme. [46377/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of his recent meeting with transport Ministers regarding the cross border enforcement of traffic laws in all 27 EU Member States; and...
    • Air Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport the scale, scope and extent of discussions he, his Department or other Government Departments or representatives thereof have had with companies...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has taken cases against road hauliers for breaching regulations since 2006; if so the number that have resulted in successful prosecutions...
    • Light Rail Projects
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the development of light rail systems for Cork, Limerick and Galway; if he will publish the feasibility studies for each of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will place the Road Safety Authority operated scheme for approved driving instructors on a statutory setting; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation to replace the 1932 bus licensing law; what the heads of the Bill will be; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason some Department staff who are underutilised are not moved to areas of greatest need as recommended in the report of the organisational...
    • Ferry Services
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the re-establishment of the Cork-Swansea ferry as a link to facilitate the development of tourism in the south west; and if he will...
    • State Airports
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed separation of Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports; if he will repeal the State Airports Act 2004; if he will revise the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a full report on the recent intergovernmental agreement on full US pre-clearance facilities for Shannon and Dublin airports; if...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will improve the maintenance of his Department's buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46451/08]
    • Road Safety
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made with his opposite numbers in Northern Ireland or in the UK regarding a common structure for penalty points; the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the Sustainable Travel and Transport Plan; the reason this national policy document has been delayed; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Dublin outer orbital road remains his policy; and if so, when he expects construction to begin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is reviewing road traffic legislation; if he has made recommendations to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on updating road...
    • Rail Services
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he gave a 10% increase in fares to Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46457/08]
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the nationwide provisions in place for commuter park and ride facilities in view of the need to encourage a modal shift to...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport if he expects Metro West to be completed by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46475/08]
    • Public Transport
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans in response to CIE claims of its major budget deficit in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46480/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on amendments to the Harbours Bill 2008; if he will ensure that the level of employee director and county councillor representation on...
    • Road Safety
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of times he is briefed by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety; his views on recent submissions by the MBRS to increase the funding of...
    • Light Rail Projects
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress on the big dig infrastructure works necessary in Dublin city centre to facilitate the construction of metro north,...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new Dublin Transport Authority will be fully operational. [46376/08]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received and reviewed the recent legal opinion (details supplied) prepared for the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport on the taxi...
    • Port Development
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the 2003 high level review of commercial ports; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport the position the three Government appointees to the board of directors at Aer Lingus took on proposals for the outsourcing of key ground and cabin...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is planning to change the blood alcohol level for drivers; if so, when he will introduce the necessary legislation; the level to which he...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of inspectors monitoring the wages and conditions of maritime workers on vessels in Irish ports; the number of random inspections...
    • Public Transport
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport when the integrated ticketing project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46384/08]
    • Marine Safety
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce new regulations on the issue of overloading of private leisure boats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46483/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport the final costs for the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46367/08]
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is reviewing and updating legislation in relation to parking; his policy in relation to the growing problem of larger vehicles parking in...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the results of the investigation led by his Department into the presence of Irish and foreign registered car write-offs on...
    • Road Safety
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the National Pedestrian Safety Strategy; the reason the deadline for the publication of this strategy by the third quarter of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Labour Force Statistics
      Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach the estimate he has made of the number and percentage of the workforce who will be over the age of 65 years in 2013, 2018, 2023 and 2028; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money paid by the Office of the Attorney General in respect of official business abroad by the holders of positions (details supplied) for each...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 134: To ask the Taoiseach if the contract drafters hired between 1996 and 2008 from outside the EU received training in European Communities law in the Office of the Attorney General...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46671/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2004 to date...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the amount of capacity...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department; the comparative cost for each...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the decentralisation programme; the estimated...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 148: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and €60,000 per annum; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 151: To ask the Taoiseach the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition or sharing of services as...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 152: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon Referendum. [47105/08]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to EU Directive 2002/44/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will expand on Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 9 December 2008 to include the duration and dates of...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from her Department in the past 12 months; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by her Department and each State agency under the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the advisory committees, boards, quangos, taskforces, fora or any other [i]ad hoc[/i] bodies which were...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the external consultants hired by her Department in 2007 and 2008; the work carried out and the cost of such...
    • Redundancy Statistics
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies reported to her Department for County Kildare in each of the past five years; the...
    • Unemployment Levels
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans or investigative mechanisms that she is planning to address the major increase in unemployment...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are itineraries planned by any of the State agencies under her remit to visit Kildare south in the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she has taken regarding employment law (details supplied); if no action has been taken to date,...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when this Deputy will receive a full reply to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 18 November 2008; and if she...
    • Work Permits
      Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pricing Policy
      Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken and each of the measures she has introduced in the past three months to ensure that...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budgeted cost to her Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people working in her Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of her Department that have been scheduled for merging,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute of International and European Affairs in the lead up to...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to increase the number of business mentors available to small and medium enterprises outside of the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of EU funding received by her Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or...
  • Department of Finance
    • International Monetary Fund
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently announced International Monetary Fund rescue package for Latvia; the full details of same, and the response to the crisis...
    • Counterfeit Currency
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of counterfeit €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500 notes that were removed from circulation for each of the years 2003...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the penalty for people having number plates on vehicles that are not up to standard or unclear; the number of people who have been summonsed for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income levy to be introduced in January 2009 applies to gross income which includes the contributory State pension; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 6 November 2008 the position regarding this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Property
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46666/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each of the years...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the amount of...
    • Surrender of Salary
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the grades of all individuals who have voluntarily surrendered pay; the value of the pay surrender to the State in each case; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of working days it takes to have a tax clearance certificate issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46910/08]
    • Banking Sector
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the relevant information which has been put at his disposal with regard to the availability of credit to small businesses here; if he has been...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out for each tax credit and tax relief available to individual taxpayers, including but not confined to tax relief on mortgage...
    • Budget 2009
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the budgetary framework of revenues and expenditures set out by him in Budget 2009 remains viable in view of recent...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance when the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes is due to report; if elements of its recommendations will be reported,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people working in his Department; the number of qualified economists, having a masters degrees in economics, PhD's in economics, and...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with respect to each PPP project under development with Exchequer financing, at the planning or construction stage, the increased cost of debt...
    • Air Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the possible takeover of Aer Lingus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46952/08]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the increases in credit default swap prices on sovereign Irish debt since 30 September 2008; the way this increase relates to the benchmark of...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if the charging scheme of the bank guarantee scheme foresees a mechanism for a reappraisal of the overall gross charge in view of developments in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer, in terms of tax revenue foregone, of tax relief for investors in the private housing market for each year from 2002 to...
    • National Parks
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance if the buses run by the Office of Public Works in the Phoenix Park could be eco-friendly buses; if the OPW has examined this possibility; his views...
    • State Property
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose the Steward's House at Farmleigh is used for; if it is used by An Taoiseach; if An Taoiseach has stayed there overnight; if so, the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if property developers who build houses and rent out rather than sell them can claw-back VAT paid on construction costs; if there have been changes...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of the reported levying of a fine by the Financial Regulator on the chairperson of a leading insurance company and the publication of...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with private equity interests, hedge funds, or groups or consortia including private equity or hedge funds proposing to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department; the comparative...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and €60,000 per...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition or sharing of...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether banks should be required to provide people with an annual statement of DIRT deducted in order that they can check their exact...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the elements of the Programme for Government that will not be implemented and delivered on due to the changed financial situation nationally; and if...
    • EU Funding
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under his aegis in the past 20...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Child Care Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to an application to Pobal by a committee (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give an assurance that she will fully support the renewal of the bilateral agreement with Vietnam for the adoption of...
    • Health Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cuts in home help services in County Louth in 2009. [46548/08]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the nursing home charges repayment scheme....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of a public long-stay nursing home bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46627/08]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the refurbishment and extension works planned for Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; when these will commence; when the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant doctors by speciality who are employed by or have fees paid by the State for each of the years 2004 to date in...

    • Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she or her Department has to publish data on an annual basis regarding the salaries or fees paid to consultant doctors,...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from her Department in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her Department for each of...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her Department; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of home help allowances in Kildare/ west Wicklow in each of the past five years; the number of new...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 221 of 8 May 2008, if the Health Service Executive has completed a cost benefit analysis under the...
    • Medical Inquiries
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the result of an inquiry into practices at hospitals (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [46787/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages funded in the Kildare West Wicklow areas of the HSE for each of the past three years; and if she will...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of an infection (details supplied) that were recorded in 2007 and to date in 2008; the number of cases identified in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons from the retired professions with State pensions who will loose the medical card as a result of recently passed...

    • Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46923/08]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the BCG vaccines have ceased in Maynooth, Naas and Athy in County Kildare in which the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with respect to the proposed co-located hospital on the site of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, recent increases in the cost of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budgeted cost to her Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of her Department; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people working in her Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of her Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition or...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason medications (details supplied) are no longer on the medical card approved list; and the guidelines which she has issued to...
    • Health Services
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [47090/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon Referendum....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional services she plans to introduce at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath for 2009; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is permissible for parents to have the collection and storage of their baby's umbilical cord blood if they are prepared to enter a...
    • EU Funding
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of EU funding received by her Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under her aegis in the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Safety
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the particularly adverse weather conditions which have been prevailing in the midlands area, including Westmeath, Longford, Offaly...
    • Air Services
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport his position on the possible takeover of Aer Lingus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46953/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport his view on the statement of the Minister for Finance that the new air travel tax should have little, if any, impact on aviation policy; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are plans to carry out a feasibility study on the advantages of having a rail network for County Donegal and connecting Derry and Sligo;...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Transport the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46672/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each of the years...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the amount...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department; the comparative...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and €60,000...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Transport the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition or sharing of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead-up to the Lisbon referendum. [47106/08]
    • Road Network
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport his preferred options for spending on major road development projects for the alleviation of traffic chaos in each of the next five years; if any...
    • Rail Services
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of the upgrading of the commuter rail services throughout County Kildare that has taken place in the past five years; the proposals for...
    • EU Funding
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the extent of EU financial aid received for major or minor road works, rail or bus services or installations in each of the past 10...
    • Public Transport
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the public capital transport programme is expected to proceed in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Regional Airports
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport his preferred options for the development of a regional airport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47225/08]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Ground Rents
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [47089/08]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46520/08]
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) in County Kerry who were released under licence could have the conditions of their release...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has reviewed the appeal from a person (details supplied) whose application for a holiday visa for two...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will expedite a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if investigations are continuing regarding crime in County Donegal; the progress being achieved; if there is cooperation...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the establishment of a committee (details supplied); the persons who will constitute its membership; and if...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to incidences whereby protection money has been illegally demanded from businesses in the...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people in each Garda division who were detected for driving vehicles whilst serving a ban from driving in...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department; and the amount of capacity on each server....
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of An Garda Síochána firearms stolen, reported stolen, missing or otherwise unaccounted for in each of the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community Gardaí currently assigned in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46728/08]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of legally held guns and pistols that have been licensed by the Garda authorities since the ban on such guns was...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda reservists who have been appointed to Garda stations in County Limerick. [46788/08]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent or paid to each consultancy company or firm in each of the years 2000 to date in 2008; the cost of each...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, with respect to the proposed Thornton Hall prison project, recent increases in the cost of debt financing may impact on...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at the Blanchardstown Garda station County Dublin currently and for each of the past five...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation,...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken to investigate the issues raised by a person (details supplied) who has been protesting outside...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to deal with the problems for communities created by the actions of anti-social teenage gangs,...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons having been refused permission to stay here, who voluntarily leave and subsequently reapply to work...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [47087/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a group (details supplied). [47088/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for a re-entry visa by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are entitled to attend hearings in respect of asylum seekers in regard to their...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons apprehended while driving under the influence of illegal drugs in each of the past five years to...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of unlawful killings caused by the use of legally or illegally held handguns in each of the past six years to...
    • EU Funding
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under his...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information obtained from the recent Operation Cellar campaign by the Garda that can assist local drug task forces in...
    • Road Safety
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the status of the national speed camera roll-out and tendering competition; if he will provide a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the actions of the Iranian Government against the Baha'i community with regard to arbitrary arrests and...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the blockade of humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian inhabitants of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Government; the action...
    • FAI Welfare Scheme
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the recently announced scheme whereby the Football Association of Ireland is to have a welfare officer with responsibility...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation as it currently pertains in Thailand. [46614/08]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the third session of the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council which was held between 1 and 15...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has held with colleague Ministers throughout the European Union, following the withdrawal for sale of Irish pork...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each of the...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon Referendum. [47101/08]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of receptions hosted (details supplied) in the period from June 2007 to May 2008 in tabular form. [47113/08]
    • EU Funding
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under his aegis in the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of funding which will be available under the sports capital programme for 2009; when he will accept applications for...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for funding under the sports capital grant over the past five years; the number of applications from...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition...
    • EU Funding
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Clár Forbartha Áitiúla
      Question 385: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas déanta ag Eagraíocht (sonraí tugtha) ar airgeadú dá n-imeachtaí agus an gcuirfidh sé na...
    • Data Protection
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of...
    • Community Development
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the make up of the management committee of Kilmore West CDP in Dublin 5; the remit of the group; if his attention has...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging,...
    • EU Funding
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she expects to issue instructions to reverse the situation whereby Irish citizens are refused social welfare benefits under...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an oral hearing. [46550/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from her Department in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her Department for...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her Department;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if families who have a GMS card are entitled to claim funding from local community welfare officers under the book grant scheme to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money spent or paid to each consultancy firm in each of the years 2000 to date in 2008; the cost of each consultancy...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a transfer to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in Naas, County Kildare will be offered to a person (details...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people working in her Department; the number earning less than €50,000 per annum; the number earning between...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of her Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of payments made to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare from the community welfare officer for the period...
    • EU Funding
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of EU funding received by her Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under her aegis...
  • Department of Defence
    • Data Protection
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Defence the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46662/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each of the years...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the amount of...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces firearms stolen, reported stolen, missing or otherwise unaccounted for in each of the years 2004 to date in 2008; and...
    • Estate Management
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Defence if final agreement has been reached with Kildare County Council in regard to the taking over of an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Defence the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department; the comparative...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants and other public servants who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and €60,000 per...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Defence the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition or sharing of...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of taxpayers money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon referendum. [47097/08]
    • EU Funding
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under his aegis in the past 20...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the early December meeting in Poznan, Poland on climate change issues; the progress...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of posts assigned at assistant principal level in his Department's soon to be decentralised office...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the standards used to determine the safety levels at...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 21 October 2008, the position regarding the proposal from an...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps his Department will take to replace lead water pipes in housing estates in which the lead...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of decisions made by An Bord Pleanála if membership of the board does not include members from...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to advise or instruct local authorities to purchase houses on the open market for inclusion...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed upgrading and extension of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who are on the waiting list for local authority housing in County Donegal; the steps he...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact of recent cutbacks in posts in Donegal County Council,...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €500,000 funding allocated to Health Service Executive west for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by his Department in each year over the past five years, including 2008, on the distribution...
    • Fire Service
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the level of administration in the fire service when compared to other jurisdictions; his...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be made available for the remedial housing programme in an area (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his competency and power to sanction an application for rates, remissions or rebates proposed for start-up...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the initial application for funding regarding an area (details supplied) was received by his Department...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when this Deputy will receive a full reply to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 18 November 2008; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging,...
    • Constituency Boundaries
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will establish a commission to make recommendations on the proposal for a boundary extension for...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of the local government fund allocation made to Donegal County Council which is from the levy that...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding he will provide to Cork City Council and to Cork County Council under the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up...
    • Local Authority Reform
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for devolution of authority to local authorities; the scale of such devolution; the timescale...
    • EU Funding
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available for persons in houses which are in need of insulation for heat preservation and retention...
    • Data Protection
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when this Deputy will receive a full reply to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 18 November 2008; and if he...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with the ESB regarding the traceability, sale, use and disposal of oils which have...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging,...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to...
    • Media Funding
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to funding directly or indirectly through sponsorship or other form of...
    • EU Funding
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the results of the data obtained by the sustainable management of interactions between...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for delay in rural environment protection scheme payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • EU Directives
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will identify the person permitting processes within his Department that are not in line with EU Directive 2003/35/EC...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason Ireland no longer avails of European funding for the forestry programme here taking into consideration the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the Court of Auditors on the failure of cross compliance (details...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason Ireland no longer avails of European funding for the aquaculture industry, taking into consideration the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme four payment. [46551/08]
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the moneys paid to date or already committed for payment in 2008 for the farm waste management grant; the moneys available...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment in respect of a the REP scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [46626/08]
    • Data Protection
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to parliamentary Question No. 393 of 9 December 2008, if his Department ever approached the European Commission for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be granted their entitlements from the lease which has been...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department monitors drying processes for animal or human foodstuffs in this State, including the fuels used in these...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of locations where civil and public servants working in or under the aegis of his Department are located; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation,...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon...
    • EU Funding
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under his...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of badgers captured by each district veterinary office, by year, in the past ten years. [47250/08]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      Question 595: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an aontaíonn sé gur buille mór don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht cealú an deontais caipitíochta do na coláistí samhraidh; agus an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision to close the special needs class at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [46519/08]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding which will be provided for Gaeltacht summer schools following the abolition of the capital grant scheme previously...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 599: 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 10; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to parliamentary Question No. 512 of 4 November 2008, when payment will issue to a contractor (details supplied) in County...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an educational services provider (details supplied) that has been working in...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of higher education grant applications made in 2008-2009; the number of successful applications; the number of applications...
    • Data Protection
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the equipment and data that was lost or stolen from his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent on hotel accommodation by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department for each of...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for an extension and refurbishment; when the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received in his Department for a new school for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost for each of the years 2002 to 2007 for the provision of annual rental or lease of prefabs for classroom and facilities at...
    • School Staffing
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of permanent teaching posts created by sector at second level in each of the years 2000 to date in 2008. [46804/08]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on including schools (details supplied) in County Roscommon in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures of supervision under health and safety that are necessary in schools. [46811/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when this Deputy will receive a full reply to Parliamentary Question No. 612 of 18 November 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way the appeals system will operate for schools scheduled to lose teachers or support staff as a result of cutbacks in the 2009...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the location and construction of a school (details supplied); if the school will open at a permanent or...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the establishment of a Gaelscoil in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make provision for the upgrading of the science laboratories in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 during 2009; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budgeted cost to his Department for 2009 of incremental pay increases for all staff in and under the aegis of his Department; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants and other public servants who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people working in his Department; the number earning below €50,000 per annum; the number earning between €50,001 and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the agencies, bodies or authorities under the aegis of his Department that have been scheduled for merging, amalgamation, abolition or...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which are awaiting permanent recognition, permanent accommodation and are in prefabs partly or in whole;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of taxpayers' money given to the Institute for International and European Affairs in the lead up to the Lisbon Referendum....
    • School Staffing
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (detail supplied). [47108/08]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school building project at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; if payment will be made to progress...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that the commitment given by him to a school (details supplied) in County Meath that has dispersed disadvantaged...
    • School Staffing
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if moneys were allocated for the provision of facilities in respect of a person (details supplied); the extent of moneys allocated;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath that had requested much needed works to be carried out on their grounds, were...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Meath which has applied for an extension to its school...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Louth for the refurbishment of its toilet facilities; if it...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Louth which has applied for a new school building; if it has...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Louth which has applied for essential works; if it has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for a new school building; if it has been accepted; and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for essential works; if it has been accepted; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for a new school building; if it has been accepted; and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for essential works; if it has been accepted; and if...
    • EU Funding
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of EU funding received by his Department directly or for institutions, groups, organisations or bodies under his aegis in...

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