Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2008
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Programme for Government
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to implementation of those sections of the Programme for Government under the headings...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding contacts he has had with the Equality Authority regarding difficulties they will face as a result of...
- Firearms Licences
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of licensed handguns in respect of each year from 2002 to date in 2008; the number of licensed handguns that were...
- Garda Proceedings
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure the recommendations contained in reports of the Garda Ombudsman Commission on...
- Garda Strength
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on introducing a special grade for community Gardaí with opportunities for promotion under a new organisational...
- Bail Law
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will propose legislative amendments to the Bail Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47140/08]
- National Disability Strategy
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 992 of 24 September 2008, if the strategic document outlining the vision, mission and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding contacts he has had with the Human Rights Commission regarding difficulties it will face as a result...
- Garda Strength
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those...
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Commission of...
- Garda Stations
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the sub-standard and insufficient nature of the accommodation available to the Garda...
- Garda Complaints
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the report of the Garda Ombudsman Commission following the death of a person (details supplied); the...
- Crime Prevention
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cross-departmental strategy which exists in relation to tackling anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement...
- Firearms Licences
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of handguns that have been reported as stolen each year for the years 2004 to date in 2008; and if he will make a...
- Detention Centres
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the development of the proposed new national child detention facility for young offenders at...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the work of the Equality Authority since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47132/08]
- Court Awards
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out in compensation or legal costs arising from claims against members of the Gardaí in respect of assault,...
- Legislative Programme
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made since being appointed Minister in respect of the establishment of a judicial council; and if he...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2008; the number of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the failure to implement the 2005 EU Directive on money laundering by the deadline of December 2007; when the...
- Criminal Gangs
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to house convicted criminals, who are members of criminal gangs in isolation units; when such units will...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to increase the Garda search powers, promised in the Programme for Government, in relation to drug crime...
- Firearms Offences
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juveniles who came into conflict with the law for possession of firearms and knives in each of the years 2000...
- Translation Services
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is safe to rely on guarantees of a private company alone in relation to the standard and quality of...
- Community Policing
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received from the Garda Commissioner the report of the working group developing proposals for a comprehensive...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the Covert Surveillance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46736/08]
- Garda Investigations
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the murder of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Garda Equipment
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to non or less lethal weapons available to An Garda Síochána; the extent of such availability;...
- Garda Training
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the indoor firearms training range at Garda Headquarters in Phoenix Park Dublin was closed down because of ricochet and...
- Criminal Offences
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce legislative changes to deal with the prevalence of mobile phones within the prisoner population; and if...
- Public Order Offences
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons, broken down between children and adults, given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system...
- Garda Investigations
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received communication from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission regarding a possible public interest inquiry...
- Garda Strength
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in regard to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 13 November 2008, he will outline the nature of the issue...
- Crime Prevention
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to combat the rise of criminal activity in all areas here with particular reference to...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied regarding the capacity of the preferred bidder to deliver the Thornton Hall prison project; the progress...
- Garda Strength
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí per Garda division employed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47155/08]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the proposal by a group (details supplied) that the Budget 2009 cuts to the Human Rights Commission and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to review the number of Garda personnel assigned to duties as Garda protection officers, having regard to...
- Garda Stations
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the storm damage to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal; the plans to...
- Drug Seizures
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs within the State during 2007 and to date in...
- Garda Resignations
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the rate of resignation of female members from An Garda Síochána over the past five years....
- EU Directives
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility that remain to be implemented; the directives that...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish legislation based on his Justice for Victims Initiative; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on introducing incentives to community gardaí to live in the communities that they police; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or plans to take arising from the report of the Hartnett Inquiry into the death of a person (details...
- Garda Deployment
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí operating as juvenile liaison officers; the proportion of personnel this represents; if he has plans...
- Garda Communications
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that Garda personnel are barred from inputting incidents directly in the Garda PULSE system and that they...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent and cost of free legal aid awarded in criminal cases in each of the past five years to date; the number of...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action that will be taken arising from the seven reports from the Morris tribunal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Legislative Programme
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it remains policy that he will play the lead role in bringing forward legislation to address the issues confronting...
- Garda Operations
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007 and to date in 2008 in which grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices have been...
- Crime Levels
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has an estimate of the number of criminal gangs operating in this country; and if he will make a statement on...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners on temporary release from Mountjoy Women's Prison Dublin as a result of overcrowding; the steps...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rationale behind the decision to refuse repatriation to a person (details supplied) and in particular the basis upon...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on changing the social welfare restrictions which make it impossible for women returning to work...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 11 December 2008, the extent to which her Department is...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on a survey (details supplied) which showed that 70% of people with disabilities who were surveyed...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether monitoring the operation of coal mines by her Department failed in the past to address...
- Departmental Properties
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or...
- Job Protection
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the ongoing uncertainty with the future of and the recent jobs losses at a plant (details...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Relief
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance when the second phase of a project (details supplied) in County Cork will commence in view of the concerns being expressed by the residents of the...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure for a design and consultancy firm to be considered for inclusion in a suitable Office of Public Works framework agreement. [47266/08]
- Departmental Staff
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money and staff which will be transferred from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 2009 to the Office of Public...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the purchase cost and resale arrangements in relation to all properties purchased for the Reception and Integration Agency and subsequently...
- Pension Provisions
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to pension contributions in the public and private sector. [47297/08]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce legislative changes in early 2009 to address the failure of financial regulation here over the past three decades. [47327/08]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he will protect the public interest and investment under the proposed bailout fund for six financial institutions; his views on nationalising...
- Pension Provisions
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the review carried out recently of the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47341/08]
- Flood Relief
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if the consulting engineers have completed the detailed designs for flood relief works in Johnstown village, Naas, County Kildare; and if funding...
- Tax Code
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if the 1% income levy will apply to all medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47548/08]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate average effect on the public finances of each 0.1% increase in the live register figures taking into account reduced income tax...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 11 December 2008, the details of the €17.5 million acquisition of sites for deferred elements of the...
- EU Funding
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will participate in the joint european resources for micro-to-medium enterprises scheme managed by the European Investment Fund through...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on 14 December 2008 that up to €10 billion will be used to inject capital into the Irish banking system, the maximum...
- Tax Code
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual, full-year cost to the Exchequer of exempting interest earned on foreign or off shore bank accounts from the income levy; and if he will...
- Departmental Properties
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or leased by his Department; the cost to the...
- Tax Code
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the decision of the Revenue Commissioners to require a person (details supplied) in County Galway to discharge the tax liability...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to ensure that banks who are availing of the bank guarantee scheme pass on ECB interest rate reductions in full to...
- Department of Health and Children
- Food Safety Authority
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of prosecutions made since 2002 to date in 2008 in each county in which people have been selling off imported meat products...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the nursing home charges repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [47259/08]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the Health Service Executive response to Question No. 167 of 10 July 2008, the number of children who have been vaccinated to...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 327 of 8 July 2008, the position regarding the issue of interest owing to long-stay patients and the...
- Food Safety Authority
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inspections performed by environmental health officers on restaurants in 2007 and 2008; the number planned for 2009; the...
- Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding is available for a capital project (details supplied) in County Cork. [47298/08]
- Medical Cards
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on concerns raised by retired teachers and other pensioners over 70 years who will lose their medical card...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include phase 3C of Naas General Hospital in the final 2009 Health Service Executive Capital Plan. [47346/08]
- Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults awaiting assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare. [47347/08]
- Health Service Staff
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vacant posts in community occupational therapy in County Kildare. [47348/08]
- Health Services
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons receiving home care packages in County Kildare; the number on the waiting list for home care packages in County...
- Health Service Staff
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent speech and language therapists in Kildare/west Wicklow; the number of temporary speech and language therapists;...
- Health Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare; and the number of orthodontists working in the service. [47362/08]
- Mental Health Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs incurred by a person who is a patient at a psychiatric unit on a medium stay basis; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [47409/08]
- Health Service Inquiries
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take arising out of the medical report on a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 which concluded that there was...
- Health Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by her Department and the Health Service Executive in arranging, securing and purchasing treatment abroad for patients...
- Health Service Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff appointed to date including details of the type and location of each post of the 52 infection prevention and control...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the 14 fast-tracked single room beds for people with cystic fibrosis have been completed; if the full complement of 14 beds are...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate provided by the Health Service Executive as part of the 2009 estimates process, to her Department and the Department of...
- Mental Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent mental health teams established to date; the number of teams that have the full staff complement as...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bed days lost at each hospital due to delayed discharges at each hospital here in the year 2008; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of day cases and inpatient procedures cancelled in 2007; the number of day cases and inpatient procedures cancelled in 2008;...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the intention of her Department or the Health Service Executive to add myasthenia gravis to the list of qualifying conditions...
- Food Poverty
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to tackle food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47495/08]
- Obesity Levels
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific targets or commitments she has taken to tackle the rising levels of obesity here; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of a total hip replacement and total knee replacement in public hospitals. [47535/08]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of a total hip replacement and total knee replacement in private hospitals under the National Treatment Purchase Fund....
- Health Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of one community based residential detox bed per patient per day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47540/08]
- Asylum Support Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget of the separated children seeking asylum unit within the Health Service Executive; the number of staff employed and their...
- Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a Health Service Executive company (details supplied) is charging means tested clients...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has not responded to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 10...
- Hospital Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to purchase a spinal monitoring machine for Tallaght Hospital Dublin which they do not currently have; and if she will make a...
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Staff
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff allowed to be hired by his Department; if the Department of Finance has communicated concerns over staffing policy in his...
- Road Safety
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of an Act (details supplied) he will provide funding and instruct local authorities to grit busy regional and local roads during poor...
- Departmental Staff
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff assigned to work for the Minister of State in his Department; the budget the Minister of State has at his control; the number...
- Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he plans to take to address the long-term planning deficit within his Department; the structural changes that will be imposed in order...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has the capacity to monitor independently the output and services of the agencies under his Department; if he has the relevant...
- Departmental Communications
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that communication lines between his Department and local authority level are adequate to properly advance the agenda of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his Department assigned to media monitoring duties; and the changes he has introduced to tackle the issue of poor time...
- Departmental Reports
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of internal audit reports which have been completed within his Department since 2004; the breakdown of each section within his...
- Departmental Staff
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the performance management and development system process in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in respect of the proposed route change for the number 37 bus in Dublin 15; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this...
- Rail Network
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 10 July 2008, if there has been further progress. [47353/08]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding all contracts for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006 with consultants in respect of the preparation of reports of any kind; the...
- Public Transport
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding from his Department to Dublin Bus per year for the past ten years; the number of buses that were provided under this funding...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has full confidence in the chairman of the Dublin Port Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47489/08]
- Light Rail Project
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport the budget provided for metro north in 2009; and the aspects of the project which will proceed in 2009. [47516/08]
- Public Transport
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Transport his decision in respect of the request by CIÉ for an increase in fares. [47517/08]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Deployment
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [47260/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [47270/08]
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that five Irish women (details supplied) serving prison sentences in the United...
- Deportation Orders
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will furnish details of costs (details supplied); the breakdown of these costs; and if he will make a statement on...
- Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; the dates of their appointment; and the remuneration paid to each of them in...
- Garda Deployment
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown in relation to the number of gardaí in Garda stations (detail supplied) for the years 2002 to date in 2008;...
- Garda Reserve
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the function of members of the Garda Reserve; the number of members stationed at Garda stations (details supplied); if he...
- Crime Levels
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline crime statistics for the Carlow-Kildare division for the third quarter for 2008. [47345/08]
- Garda Stations
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [47408/08]
- Garda Deployment
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who will be devoted to community policing in the Dublin region by the end of December 2008; the...
- Garda Strength
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí operational in Dublin 1 and Dublin 3 by the end of 2008; the same details for end of 2007; and if he...
- Garda Operations
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that have been made due to the confiscation of mobile phones in prisons here; and if he will...
- Prison Service
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money that was spent on the installation of equipment to cut out the smuggling of mobile phones into prisons...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 11 December 2008, the reason the information received by the person (details...
- Departmental Staff
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if further to commitments given at parliamentary committees (details supplied), he will furnish details of staff vacancies...
- Visa Applications
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of student visas issued annually; the number revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47557/08]
- Court Procedures
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47595/08]
- Residency Permits
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission will be given to relocate to alternative accommodation on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person...
- Residency Permits
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Deportation Orders
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review on humanitarian grounds the deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
- Residency Permits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of the appeal taken in respect of the residency decision in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Applications
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if special consideration in the matter of residency will be given on health and humanitarian grounds in the case of a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in regard to citizenship or family reunification in the case of a person (details...
- Visa Applications
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Deportation Orders
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 20 November 2008, if he will revoke the deportation order on the basis of...
- Asylum Applications
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the citizenship application in the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the residency application in the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners given early release in each of the past 12 months to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison spaces currently available; the number of prisoners in prison; the number on early release; and if...
- Crime Levels
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons allegedly involved in gun crime including murder who have received bail in the past 12 months; if...
- Crime Prevention
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take against persons carrying illegally held handguns having particular regard to his concern...
- Crime Levels
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which persons on bail have subsequently offended while on bail; if many have re-offended more than once; and...
- Crime Prevention
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take to combat the rise in drug associated crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for naturalisation; and if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Irish Unity
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his position on Irish unity and independence. [47261/08]
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made representations for a person (details supplied) to be repatriated to a prison here. [47406/08]
- Employment Rights
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the legal guarantees he is seeking in respect of workers rights in the context of the Lisbon treaty. [47410/08]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of both Ireland's total official development assistance, and that spent only by his Department in both of the years 2006 and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the grades and number of staff currently in Irish Aid in Limerick; the number of those who moved from Irish Aid in Dublin; if they came from...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average cost per head of receptions hosted (details supplied); and if he will provide the information in tabular form. [47600/08]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will announce a new round of grants under the local authority swimming pool programme. [47365/08]
- Departmental Property
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or leased by his Department;...
- Sports Funding
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether the decision to cut funding to the Irish Sports Council and to sport in general despite the fact that obesity...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cuts planned for local drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47509/08]
- Departmental Property
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or leased by his...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is taking steps to ensure that private sector defined benefit pension schemes can meet their funding requirements; if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for supplementary welfare allowance in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008. [47424/08]
- Family Support Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a family resource centre was promised for the Ballinfoyle area of County Galway; if this remains the intention; and if it will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47257/08]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the budgeted expenditure for the Money, Advice and Budgeting Service for each of the past five years; the number of staff and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of mortgage payment assistance; the number expected to avail of such assistance in 2009; the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will make an announcement on future pensions policy. [47512/08]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the one-parent family allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Live Register
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people on the live register in areas (details supplied) in County Cork; and the increase in these figures over the...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Defence if a decision as to whether to proceed with a salvage operation on the [i]Asgard II [/i]will be made this week as promised in his reply to a...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Defence if the necessary finance will be provided in 2009 to provide 20 officers living in converted steel containers with permanent accommodation in...
- Departmental Property
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Defence the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or leased by his Department; the cost to the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the decentralisation programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to sanction the upgrade of water and sewerage facilities at Durrow, County Laois, in view...
- Fire Stations
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to provide funding for fire stations in County Waterford in 2009; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Correspondence
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Turbary Rights
Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reverse the decision to ban turf cutting on bogs from 1 January 2009, in which there has been only...
- Fire Stations
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the fire stations in Bundoran and Ballyshannon, County Donegal and the moves to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is planning regulations or legislation regarding the extension of the waste charges waiver (details...
- Building Regulations
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a task force led by himself, the Fingal City Manager and the Dublin City Manager to...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will seek the lifting of the embargo on recruitment for local authorities in the greater Dublin area....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the deadline for when he will introduce legislation in regard to spending limits for local elections; the...
- Litter Pollution
Question 291: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if further measures will be taken to clear chewing gum deposits from pavements and unsightly spray paint on...
- Recycling Policy
Question 292: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when shops will cease or be instructed to stop selling regular light bulbs and recycling options will be...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 293: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided to allow Lixnaw and Tarbert sewerage schemes in County Kerry to proceed in 2009;...
- Election Management System
Question 294: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the registered owners of each property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 295: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will authorise approval in respect of the housing element of the proposed development of a centre...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 296: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the €200 levy on holiday homes proposed in budget 2009 will be left to each local authority for...
- Technical Assessments
Question 297: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on the number of architects qualifying under the technical assessment pilot scheme. [47493/08]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of routine bacteriological sampling of the oyster beds in the lower Cork Harbour since such...
- Fishing Fleet Development
Question 299: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on statements in the recently published report on the environmental assessment of the east tip...
- Departmental Properties
Question 300: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or...
- Planning Issues
Question 301: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the impact of the economic downturn and hence lower immigration levels and housing...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Properties
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or leased...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Coastal Protection
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to the proposal to build a sea wall (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme four payment. [47254/08]
- Grant Payments
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded a payment in view of the fact that supporting...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm media reports that Dutch authorities first identified contamination of Irish pork on 2 December 2008;...
- EU Regulations
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the difference between a registered feed business operator and an approved feed business operator; his plans to review...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of compensation which will be made available to secondary processors as a result of the withdrawal of pork and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will announce allocations under the capital investment scheme for the marketing and processing of agricultural...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when all outstanding grant moneys will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, under the farm waste...
- Grant Payments
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme four payment. [47396/08]
- Forestry Sector
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether there is unfair competition created by Coillte when it sells its own Christmas trees in competition...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted REP scheme four. [47422/08]
- Food Labelling
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that imported pork, bacon and beef products have been sold off as stamped Irish...
- Grant Payments
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in respect of the farm waste management grant; and if he will make...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the package agreed with pig processors includes any form of compensation for workers who were temporarily laid off and...
- Food Labelling
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the procedures in place to prevent non Irish beef products being labelled as produce of Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme four payment. [47500/08]
- Irish Draught Animals
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will intervene in the dispute (details supplied) in order that the integrity of the Irish Draught Horse Studbook can...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of tests carried out for polychlorinated byphenals; the nature of those tests; the location of those tests; and...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the compensation package agreed with pig producers following negotiations to return pork products for sale...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if on foot of the recent crisis in the pig producing sector rigorous testing of feedstuffs supplied to both the beef and...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for farm retirement pension from a person (details supplied) in County Louth. [47561/08]
- Departmental Property
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or leased by his...
- Animal Welfare
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that the welfare of the potentially dioxin contaminated pigs held at present on restricted...
- State Laboratories
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the State laboratories at Backweston, Celbridge, County Kildare were first opened; when it is expected that the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Higher Education Grants
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of research and development funding provided to each of the universities and each of the institutes of technology in each...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if parents using their home tuition grant from 1 January 2009 can use that grant for schools run by a service (details supplied); and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the summer works scheme will be reopened for new applications; if those submitted in 2007 will be prioritised; and if he will...
- School Transport
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to parliamentary Question No. 473 of 2 December 2008, if he will confirm that eligibility is determined by the nearest school...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding under the emergency works grant will be made available to finance a new heating system at a school (details supplied) in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the closing date for receipt of tenders for the construction of the new national school for Kill, County Kildare; and if he will...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will purchase a site for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if so, when. [47352/08]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47354/08]
- School Accommodation
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47359/08]
- School Enrolments
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils by school in each national school in County Kildare for the 2007-2008 school year in class sizes of less than 20,...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been...
- School Accommodation
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been...
- Schools Recognition
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been...
- School Accommodation
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which has applied for essential capital works; if it has been...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funds that have been allocated to emergency works for 2009; if his Department plan to accept applications for the...
- Schools Recognition
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received an application from a group (details supplied) for the approval to develop a primary school in Athy, County...
- Psychological Service
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists working in the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of children waiting assessment; the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget allocation and expenditure of the special education support service since its establishment in 2003; the number of staff...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the advice he has for parents with low incomes whose children are not attending DEIS schools and who would normally have benefited...
- School Staffing
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the need for a school (details supplied) to retain its home school liaison in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm details of the announcement made by him on 12 December 2008 in respect of primary schools; and if he will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will retain all their language support teachers; his views on the...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will immediately reverse the decision of his Department to refuse to reconsider the decision to omit a school (details supplied)...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools which will lose their disadvantage status under the giving children an even break programme; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Fees
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide information (details supplied) in respect of registered medical students and payments made from the Vote for the...
- School Staffing
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the circular letter regarding supervision and substitution for second level schools which was due to be issued on 8 December 2008...
- Grant Payments
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of financial support, grants and so on that is given to each of the schools (details supplied) per year. [47494/08]
- Departmental Records
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in providing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 with details of their work record since October 2008 in...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget 2009 education cuts that apply to DEIS band one schools and DEIS band two schools. [47518/08]
- Site Acquisitions
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made on the proposal to swap sites in East Wall, Dublin 3 between his Department's site on East Wall Road where a...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costs involved in operating the SPHE programme per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47545/08]
- Language Schools
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to regulate the language education sector; the number of students in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio for supervision at second level; if he will issue guidelines to schools to assist boards of management; and if...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will fulfil commitments to post-primary schools not in DEIS but previously under the DAS scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Property
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the address and size in square feet of every building or premises in this State that is being rented or leased by his Department; the...
- Whole School Evaluations
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent every year for the past five years on whole school evaluations; the number of staff and inspectors employed...
- Departmental Funding
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be allocated for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [47598/08]
- School Curriculum
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way he proposes to address the issue of reduced woodwork places at a school in County Kildare resulting in loss of woodwork...
- School Staffing
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to meet the concerns of the parents of the west Waterford area who have children attending a school (details supplied);...
