Written answers

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the EU towards the recent conflict in Gaza; the role the EU will play in brokering long-term peace; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of the overall aid budget for Timor Leste that comes from the Irish State; the countries which are the other major aid...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/09]
    • Natural Disasters
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Costa Rica following the recent earthquake there; the assistance offered following this tragedy; and if he will make a...
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the offer made on 30 January 2006 by Iran to suspend its enrichment programme in return for assurances on security issues; the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in Sri Lanka. [1856/09]
    • International Agreements
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation with respect to the preparation of proposals to extend the sovereignty of the Irish sea bed. [1858/09]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the context of EU level discussions or otherwise, he will make a public statement requesting that Israel reverse its settlement...
    • Energy Security
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions which have taken place at the EU with respect to energy security. [1870/09]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent requests he has received seeking participation by the Defence Forces in peacekeeping duties.. [1874/09]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of presentations and the topics covered at meetings of the interdepartmental committee on development. [1959/09]
    • Official Engagements
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he last met with the South African Ambassador. [1863/09]
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in the Balkans. [1875/09]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Burma. [1867/09]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Iraq and particularly the position regarding the security of its citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way the additional €500,000 funding to support humanitarian agencies working in Gaza, recently announced by Irish Aid, will be spent;...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with the incoming Czech Presidency of the European Union with regard to the objectives held for this Presidency,...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Zimbabwe, in which the present impasse has, according to reports, worsened again the lot of many people living in the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts that he has had with a transition team appointed to advise President Obama through the special committee established to discuss...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has proposals to cutback on overseas development aid in 2009. [1876/09]
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views in relation to the proposals for international control of enriched uranium supply and fissile material made to the First Committee...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance Ireland and its EU partners have offered in providing a framework for dialogue between India and Pakistan, particularly in...
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the preparations being made in the lead up to the review conference of the nuclear non-proliferation conference in 2010. [1958/09]
    • International Agreements
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason interim economic partnership agreements are being pursued for urgent agreement while regional economic partnership agreements are...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of funding that has been provided by Irish Aid to support the rule of law initiative project in Bosnia Herzegovina; if it is...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, following a joint foreign affairs sub-committee on human rights meeting in November 2008, he will make a statement on the poisoning of...
    • Arms Trade
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the volume of armaments being sold and exported to the Middle East and other areas of conflict by members of the European...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to increase the number of core programme countries receiving Irish aid; if he will identify which additional countries...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 164: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of agencies and stakeholders under the remit of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which were issued with...
    • National Statistics
      Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people on the live register in areas (details supplied) in County Cork as at 31 December 2008; and the increase in these figures, both in numbers...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 166: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the implementation of the recommendations in the report of the review of the operation of regulatory impact analysis; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Unity
      Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach if the Irish Government is neutral on Irish unity. [1224/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 170: To ask the Taoiseach the address and size, in sq. ft., of every building in this State that is being rented or leased by the Attorney General; the cost to the State of this rent or...
    • Departmental Guidelines
      Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach if he will issue advice or a circular regarding the appropriate use of the title of Taoiseach and Tánaiste, or other similar forms of address for former...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 172: To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department, on foreign travel in the...
    • National Statistics
      Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach the numbers on the live register of unemployed in each social welfare office in County Mayo at 1 January 2009; and if he will compare these to figures for 1...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime, expenses and allowances and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of the Government following the May 2007...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person who is entitled to work until they are 70 years of age but who are made redundant prior to that...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of EPACE; if it is a State agency or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their redundancy money; the further...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make provision for the windscreen replacement sector in order that it may have access to a level...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) has failed to pay their workers for the past six to eight weeks...
    • EU Directives
      Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the working time agreement; when it will come into force here; the consequences it will have;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the inclusion of FÁS on the risk register for each of the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recent job loss announcement of 1900 job losses at a company (details supplied); the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person who does not satisfy the means test for jobseeker's allowance because of income derived from...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a letter (details supplied). [1290/09]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by her and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the...
    • Health and Safety Issues
      Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will investigate a situation regarding a clause on an application form (details supplied). [1484/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in her private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary...
    • Work Permits
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a person (details supplied). [1653/09]
    • Job Creation
      Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the number of Industrial Development Authority visits each year for the past three years to...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of Exchequer funding used to fund the county and city enterprise boards for each year since 2006;...
    • Work Permits
      Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps a foreign national who is on a one year working visa can take if they lose their job; if they are...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will take steps to reduce the period of time for which a person must be registered as in receipt of...
    • Job Creation
      Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies which the Government have attracted to open up in a town (details supplied) in County Kildare...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in her...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review the criteria for eligibility for unemployed persons to gain access to community employment...
    • Job Losses
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the significant job losses in Tallaght in recent months; her views on the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is preparing a plan for submission to the European Commission for funding under the European...
    • Job Creation
      Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken in conjunction with the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and FÁS,...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money expended by FÁS on the centre of excellence in construction at Mountlucas, County...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of overseas visits by her and her predecessor for each of the past ten years and the months in...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to redundancy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her...
    • Employment Support Schemes
      Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people employed through the wage subsidy scheme; if people are still employed under the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she must take for ratification of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by her Department since the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial allocation for 2009 in respect of grant assistance for listed buildings in all respects...
  • Department of Finance
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in regard to the programme for Government commitment to advance the redevelopment of Glasnevin cemetery as part of...
    • Car Scrappage Scheme
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restart the car scrappage scheme which was available in the early 1990s, in order to create movement in the motor industry; and if he...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a national policy in relation to rates on child care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1744/09]
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the damage which was done to the spawning beds on the River Boyne as a result of the Boyne drainage scheme; the steps taken by his Department to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure for importing a car into Ireland; the length of time a car from another state can be kept here without being imported; and if he will...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance when a refund will be made in respect of a house purchase to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47933/08]
    • Tax Code
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive the travel tax in respect of all children travelling to and from here from the Chernobyl region due to the humanitarian nature of...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [48078/08]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance when the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme by an interdepartmental group established for that purpose...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1009/09]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a commission of investigation to examine the failure of the Financial Regulator to adequately regulate the banking system here,...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [1040/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the way a situation could arise with regard to relevant contracts tax in which the son of a builder would have to register as a principal contractor...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers according to the most recently available figures; the number of PAYE workers earning less than or equal to €16,953 per...
    • Tax Code
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of a redundancy payment made to an employee made redundant and then rehired, known as leave and return; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query regarding the policy towards approved retirement funds (details supplied). [1108/09]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 2 December 2008, the progress to date on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance the persons and organisations with whom he met with regard to his decision to intervene in the banking sector since September 2008 to date in 2009;...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified the extent of regulatory failure here which contributed to the financial crisis in the financial institutions; and the process...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1173/09]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to make changes to the laws relating to the Financial Regulator, and its role in the financial system since 2003. [1203/09]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which the 1% and 2% levies will operate with regard to the self-employed; if it will be on money earned before costs are taken into...
    • Tax Code
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the revenue that would be accrued by allowing pension contributions to be deducted from income tax at the standard rate only;...
    • Capital Expenditure
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of GDP and GNI that constituted current account public spending for each year since 1997 with a breakdown by Department; and if he...
    • Public Sector Employment
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people employed in the public sector for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1254/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be accrued by charging public sector employees an additional charge of 2% of their income to cover the cost of public...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance the income to the Exchequer for VRT for each year since 1997, with a breakdown of such on a monthly basis; the income accrued to the Exchequer for...
    • Tax Code
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance if spouses or representatives who paid tax penalties for deceased individuals should be entitled to a refund similar to the position in Britain in...
    • National Monuments
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the future of Rathcoffey Castle, County Kildare arising from a submission put forward at his meeting with a group...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the number of seizures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1365/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork to secure a P45 and P60 from their recent employers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department, on foreign...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance the payment by his Department into the Pension Reserve Fund in 2008; and the date on which this money was paid. [1490/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime, expenses and...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties being rented here for the purposes of decentralisation; the number of these properties in use; and the length of time he...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the application for a refund of tax during unemployment in respect of a person (details supplied); when payment will be awarded; and...
    • National Monuments
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is proposed to cut back on the daily opening hours and the number of months which the Office of Public Works' site located at the Céide...
    • Tax Code
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements being made by the Revenue Commissioners to allow a pensioner whose individual income exceeds €20,000, but who is eligible for...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tighten up the regulatory environment in the banking sector here and the business sector as a whole; if he has plans to introduce...
    • EU Directives
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will enact the payment services directive into Irish law; if it is intended to include provisions covering direct debit charges and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is proposed to introduce a tax free allowance in respect of the cost of rental accommodation for parents of college going children; if...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 20 May 2008, the funding made available for a project (details supplied); if tender documents have...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in his Department at present; and the salaries,...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce regulations to restrict the terms of early retirement that can be offered to executives who are retiring from banks as a result...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [2165/09]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis and extent of remuneration for each of the members of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; the amount...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of the Government following...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that senior civil servants, on retirement, get severance pay in addition to a lump-sum. [2297/09]
    • International Agreements
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Recreational Facilities
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to increase the development of public play and recreation areas...
    • Sports Sponsorship
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to discuss the question of the sponsorship of sporting events...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to open two cocaine specific treatment centres, in addition to...
    • Health Services
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to improve health facilities on the offshore islands to ensure...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if domiciliary allowance has been approved for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when payment will be made; if it will be...
    • Youth Services
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide extra resources to progress the implementation...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the bilateral agreement for the purpose of adoption between Ireland and Vietnam will be reviewed after 30 April 2009 when it expires;...
    • Food Safety
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures which will be taken in view of the total recall of pork foodstuffs to ensure the future safety of public health, in...
    • Health Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staff complement approved for the community welfare service in the Waterford and Wexford local health office areas, respectively;...
    • Food Supplements
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions at EU level regarding the prospect that the EU Commission Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the exemption of non-consultant hospital doctors from the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a delegation comprising the four Clare Oireachtas Members and members of Clare County Council to discuss the proposals...
    • Youth Services
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when information and duplicate application will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1472/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if participants on the drug treatment programme are receiving access to full treatment services within the timeframe of one month; and...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason county child care committees have not been informed in relation to national child care investment programme capital funding...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the study on the capacity of the Cork University Maternity Hospital has been completed; if and when it will be published; and if she...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason two consultant posts (details supplied) have yet to be filled; when these positions will be filled in view of the fact that...
    • Health Service Executive Property
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intended use of the Health Service Executive owned land that has been lying idle for 30 years at Blackcourt Road, Corduff, Dublin...
    • Health Centres
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if private bids have been received to build a primary care centre for Corduff, Dublin 15; and if so, the proposed location of same....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes proposed in the management structures within the Clare mental health services; if these structures are in line with the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 27 November 2008 has been circulated to each of the hospital networks here; if not, if the question...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food have made the case to the EU Commission that country of origin labelling be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all consultants in a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal have equal workloads and equal waiting times; if there is a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the waiting list for the National Treatment Purchase Fund is three months; if so, the reason a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Services
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told that they will have to wait four months to receive a test for a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the nursing home Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure the transfer of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to a more appropriate placement; and if she will make a...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the availability of a drug (details supplied) under the medical card and drug payment scheme; the conditions in respect of which it is...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); the reason a reply has not been received; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding breast cancer services in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [48069/08]
    • Health Services
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [48070/08]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are any medical doctors practising here who have been removed from the practitioners' register in the UK; the mechanisms in...
    • Health Services
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [48105/08]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that has been diverted from mental health local budgets into the legal costs of challenges to tribunal discussions;...
    • Legal Fees
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department or the Health Service Executive has not made full settlement with a person (details supplied) in relation to a...
    • Health Services
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [48125/08]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the protocols in hospitals for patients waiting for transplant operations and in particular the protocols that...
    • Medical Practitioners Act
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Part 6 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 has not been implemented; if she will make immediate arrangements to implement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on granting a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the exceptional circumstances that apply....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in delivering the hospital beds in each of the co-located private hospitals identified by the Health Service...
    • Health Services
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the case of separated or divorced parents who have joint guardianship of their child, the consent of both parents is required in...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a repayment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of the nursing home charges repayment scheme....
    • Health Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have had to be given emergency accommodation in Garda stations as a result of lack of appropriate care...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a dietician will be appointed to the vacant post in west Cork. [1033/09]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to reduce waiting periods for patients attending the accident and emergency unit at Beaumont Hospital;...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding St. Loman's Psychiatric Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, in view of the fact that the 40-bed admission unit...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to roll back on her decision taken in 2008, with regard to the provision of the HPV vaccine; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will fund staff for a care centre (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1063/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [1064/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will itemise the following costs associated with the purchase of the Bon Secours Hospital, Tuam, County Galway, by price paid...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a second consultant will be appointed in a region (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1130/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding medical card holders, including old age pensioners, being required to pay top-up fees to chiropodists; and if...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthopaedic surgeons working for the Health Service Executive in each HSE region; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities or advice available to transsexuals here who seek medical assistance in dealing with their transsexualism; if there are...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received an application for a primary medical certificate under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Tax Concessions...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1178/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place regarding ongoing treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide alternative accommodation for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [1195/09]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support and develop services for vulnerable children. [1218/09]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if charges apply to pregnant women who present for out-patient procedures related to their pregnancies such as scans or ultrasounds, in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when waiting lists of two years will be reduced in cases of patients awaiting ophthalmology examinations; if her attention has been...
    • Health Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals and the number of respite places which the Health Service Executive is cancelling in 2009; the alternatives it is to put...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding made available in 2007 and 2008 to the disability sector; the budget for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home refund appeals processed in each of the past 12 months; the length of time it is taking to process each...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the turnaround time for cervical smears analysed by a company (details supplied); if she is satisfied with this; and if she will make a...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 21 October 2008, the measures that are in place to deal with a potential influenza...
    • Health Service Construction Projects
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a project (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the timetable for its construction; the revised costings in view of the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 will be passed; if it is approved by the Oireachtas, when the new system will become...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to employ the recommended number of neurologists and relevant staff up from the current number of approved posts of 24 to 42;...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding that has been provided in the 2009 capital investment programme for the new 40-bed hospital in Kenmare, County...
    • Health Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the death of a person (details supplied); the reason an adequate assessment of their health needs and a stable...
    • Health Service Statistics
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who die unnecessarily from the effects of stroke here on an annual basis; if her attention has been drawn to a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that stroke units will be set up in locations throughout the country that are adequately staffed with...
    • Health Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages that have been provided in 2007 and 2008; the extent of finance provided for such home care packages;...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application made under the nursing home repayment scheme in August 2006 by a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Health Service Statistics
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statistics for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1412/09]
    • Children in Care
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in the care of the State for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 with a year-by-year breakdown by an age group...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vacancies for social work positions in community care areas across the State in December 2008; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by her and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of her Department, on...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rate of interest that has to be paid to a claimant in the event of a successful claim in relation to a scheme (details supplied)....
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime,...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a full reply has not issued to date for previously asked parliamentary questions (details supplied); and if she will issue...
    • Health Services
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a scan. [1580/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the scale of provision of services provided in the medical genetics area dealing with the study of the inheritance of disease in...
    • Compensation Schemes
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the introduction of a compensation scheme for those persons not covered in an earlier scheme in respect of...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in her reply dated 18 November 2008 to this Deputy's parliamentary question she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive has informed all the community welfare staff and all general practitioners of the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in relation to the construction of a new national rehabilitation hospital to replace the out-of-date...
    • Corporate Legal Services
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status, in view of the pressure on public finances and the need to make real savings particularly in non-front line areas, of an...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need for two full-time social workers and a psychologist at the Ballyfermot-Lucan mental health...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if cuts are planned in 2009 in respect of people with an intellectual disability in view of the fact that there was a €17 million cut...
    • Mental Health Strategy
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the implementation of the Government's strategy on mental health, A Vision for Change; the funding available for the...
    • Child Protection
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take to ensure future and mandatory compliance by relevant authorities with all parts of the Health Service...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date involved in the proposal to relocate the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Thornton Hall in Dublin; the breakdown...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the application for the health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when a...
    • Health Services
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to reduce the waiting times for speech and language therapy for children living in Drimnagh, Crumlin and Kimmage...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to include the condition systematic lupus erythematosus in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [1755/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the steering group on medical cards which was to report by the autumn of 2008 has completed its work; if so, if a report has been...
    • Alcohol Advertising Codes
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the consultative panel for the revised code in respect of alcohol advertising and marketing to children has been established; if so,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 who was recently refused a medical card; and if their...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost per year of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; her plans for the future of this scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an inspection system for public nursing homes comparable to that operating in private nursing homes will be in place; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive employs case managers to oversee the transfer of patients from a hospital to subsequent care, a...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions directed to her Department for 2008 which have been subsequently redirected to the Health Service...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the plans expressed by parents and the large number of children in Maynooth, Celbridge and Leixlip, County Kildare...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a full reply has not issued to date for previously asked parliamentary questions (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to assist a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in need of admission to a hospital to have a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline, in the context of nursing home subvention and the fair deal legislation, the position where a person who sustains...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when Pobal will allocate payments due to the various community and not-for-profit child care groups, many of whom are left in a position...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason autism is not regarded as long-term illness under the terms of the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child who is diagnosed with autism is not automatically awarded a general practitioner visit card or a full medical card;...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that €20 million was allocated by the Health Service Executive for microbiologists and infection-control nurses...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 107, 121, 122 and 123 of 11 December 2008, the amount of the €58,650 awarded to a crèche...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the closure of St. Joseph's Psychiatric Hospital, Limerick, in accordance with the policy of moving patients to more...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 25 November 2008. [1969/09]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifying criteria for domiciliary care allowance; if it is the case that parents of autistic children are deemed ineligible; if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the persons who are exempt from the means assessment of the over 70 years medical card due to EU regulations; and if she will make a...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or State and semi-State agencies under the control of her Department issue guidelines to voluntary groups provided...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in her Department at present; and...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the health repayment scheme. [2121/09]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 16 December 2008. [2128/09]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services and facilities available to autistic children in County Clare; if there are plans to improve the service; and if she will...
    • Medical Malpractice
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in view of the findings of the Medical Council in a case (details supplied) and the decision of the Medical Council not to publish...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the ongoing education and training programmes in place for the Health Service Executive's local health officers and management to...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if proposals have been put to her for the reorganisation of accident and emergency departments in Dublin; if she has issued policy...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the year in which each day care and workshop facility was last inspected by the inspector of mental health services; and if she will...
    • Compensation Schemes
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on mesothelioma patients who develop that condition as a result of working with asbestos in a State or semi-State company;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget that her Department is making available to the Health Service Executive in 2009 to enable the employment of personal...
    • Health Services
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [2291/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures which have been put in place for the cessation by the Health Service Executive of the housing aid for the elderly scheme...
    • Health Services
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if phase 3C of Naas General Hospital is included in the Health Service Executive revised capital plan for the remainder of the national...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 9 December 2008, the number of personal assistants currently employed or funded by the...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of a nursing home subvention; the proportion of same who have been classified as medium, high and...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the national review of adult day services has been completed by the Health Service Executive; if it will be submitted for the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make changes to the medical card eligibility scheme to allow all participants on the wage subsidy scheme to retain their...
    • International Agreements
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she must take for ratification of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by her Department since the formation of the Government...
  • Department of Transport
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to open terminal two at Dublin Airport in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to make rural locations more readily accessible for tourists on shorter...
    • Infrastructural Development
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to provide significant infrastructural development in the mid-west area;...
    • Public Transport
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to provide park and ride services in all appropriate locations; and if he...
    • Road Network
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide the necessary finance to reopen the roadways at Grange, Knockaderragh, Rathcahill East and Glenagown in the Newcastle West...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1007/09]
    • Road Safety
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has examined the legal implications regarding the possible use of alcolocks here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1025/09]
    • Public Transport
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been allocated to support public bus services in 2008 by programme; the amount of money that has been allocated to...
    • Road Safety
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Transport if Garda breathalysers are able to detect motorists' blood alcohol levels between 20 mg and 80 mg; if all breathalyser equipment would need to be...
    • Motor Insurance
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Transport the insurance liabilities for foreign cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1910/09]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Transport the addresses and size in square feet of every building and premises here that are being leased or rented by his Department; the amount each...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork to provide a particular rural bus service; the terms and conditions of...
    • Air Services
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied). [48076/08]
    • Road Signage
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy on signage for major towns on Irish motorways and dual carriageways; and if the signage for Cahir town will be improved. [48107/08]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new Road Traffic Bill will be published; the reason it has been delayed; if he will indicate the heads of the Bill; if it will contain...
    • Public Transport
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Transport the timeframe in which his Department will have made a decision on the application from Dublin Bus to extend the 37 bus route to a new terminus...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department, on foreign...
    • Rail Accidents
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of an investigation by a unit (details supplied). [1521/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime, expenses and...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the national cycling strategy; the reason there has been a delay in publishing this document; if he will bring forward...
    • Rail Services
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent cancellation of a delivery service (details supplied) on Iarnród Éireann rail services; his views on whether...
    • Road Safety
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on new Road Safety Authority proposals for a graduated driving licence system; the timeframe for the introduction of the new...
    • Public Transport
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will rule out a large scale programme of cutbacks to public bus and rail services in view of the critical nature of public transport...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the Dublin Airport Authority on its reported €20 million programme for job cuts at Dublin Airport and the postponement...
    • Air Services
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Transport the national policy directions he has given to the three Government appointed directors to the board of Aer Lingus in relation to a company's...
    • Public Transport
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann, trading under its Eurolines banner, has been awarded a licence by his Department to operate a coach or ferry service (details...
    • Rail Services
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the increased capacity development on the Kildare line; if there are plans to increase the four tracking on this line as far as or...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in his Department at present; and the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Transport if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 18 December 2008, there has been further progress on this issue; and if capital funding is...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Transport the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of the Government following...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will extend the off-licence trading hours to 11 p.m. closing, as requested by the independent off-licence trade; and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding a visa application by a person (details supplied). [1423/09]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money being spent each year on former Taoisigh and Ministers' cars and security. [1756/09]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath who have applied for long-term residency or stamp four. [47891/08]
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he will continue the work of combatting racism and promoting integration following the withdrawal of funding for...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners from County Meath who are currently on temporary release; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at each Garda station in County Meath; the level of increase in Garda numbers that has...
    • Garda Procedures
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing an application for Garda clearance for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the addresses and size in square feet of every building and premises here that are being leased or rented by his...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will approve an application for residency and citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to a previous parliamentary question, the exact position of the application for residency stamp four in question;...
    • Extradition Requests
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the whereabouts of a person (details supplied); if so, if he has informed the...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been an increase or decrease in the number of public order offences as a result of the enactment of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions brought during the years 2007 and 2008 in respect of tachograph regulations, driving times and...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [48072/08]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Free Legal Aid
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are circumstances where an Irish citizen resident abroad can be granted free legal aid in respect of matters...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he will undertake to ensure all cars in the Balbriggan area are compliant with tax regulations, national car...
    • Community Policing
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1010/09]
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [1011/09]
    • Prison Committals
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of citizens who have been imprisoned in each of the 12 months of 2008 for having failed, for whatever reason, to...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí operational in Dublin 24 by the end of 2008; and the number by the end of 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Reports
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [1029/09]
    • State Airports
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the operation of the Garda national immigration bureau at Dublin Airport on 29 December 2008 when...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 7 October, 2008, if he has considered the report of the Refugee Applications...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the staffing levels of the Garda drugs squads on a county basis; the number of gardaí attached to the national drugs unit...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of hand guns stolen in 2007 and 2008; the number stolen from the gardaí or the military; the number stolen from...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of outstanding warrants from the Garda to people in Northern Ireland relating to specific offences which were in...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are transsexual prisoners in jail at present; if so the location where they are imprisoned; and if he will make a...
    • Nationality and Citizenship Regulations
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) referring to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 25...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken regarding an application for leave to remain here in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the civil partnership Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1229/09]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the ministerial council on integration will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1230/09]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the order in which applications for naturalisation are dealt with; if any cases are being expedited; the basis on which...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason An Garda Síochána will not accept applications from candidates who are over the age of 40; if he is satisfied...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on new State cars for Ministers and office holders in 2008; the anticipated expenditure on such...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has been refused naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1136 of 30 January 2008, if an update on the progress of the drafting of the Bill in...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal prohibitions on the unwanted filming of private property and individuals; the legal recourse there is for...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the applications of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the time it will take to make a decision; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 19 June 2008, if he will confirm that the conditions under which a person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a group (details supplied) with a copy of Mr. Paul Coffey Senior Counsel's new report into all new...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests for drug-related offences for the year 2008 in County Clare; the number of convictions for the same...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in County Clare for the year 2008; the type of drugs seized; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are turbary rights on the folio of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [1416/09]
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the Prison Service application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his...
    • Garda Districts
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request An Garda Síochána to review the decision to change a district (details supplied) in view of the public...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-permit holding HGVs stopped and charged by An Garda Síochána since the five or six axle semi-trailer...
    • Courts Service
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the Drug Treatment Court and the programme on an annual basis since its establishment; and if he will make a...
    • Aircraft Searches
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a search was conducted of a plane (details supplied) which landed at Shannon on 8 January 2009 and remained for a few...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for a visitor visa for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 13 November 2008, if it is possible to facilitate the applicant other than by...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to citizenship or family reunification in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 672: 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 Louth; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency or leave to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds or...
    • Temporary Travel Documentation
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for the issue of temporary travel documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if further consideration will be given to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the registration in the Land Registry Office for a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [1719/09]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date on which an application for naturalisation was received by his Department in respect of persons (details supplied)...
    • Garda Procedures
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the time delay in respect of Garda clearance for child care staff in creches and nurseries; and if he will make a statement...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a further application for a visa extension from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford based on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown on a county basis for the past three years in tabular form of the number of fines issued to licensed premises...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí located at stations (details supplied) in County Dublin in 2007 and at present; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Somalians who have been given permission to reside here over the past two decades; the reason for granting...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline crime statistics for each year since 2004 to date in 2009 in respect of a Garda station (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí attached to a station in a town (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of women cautioned and arrested for prostitution in the Arbour Hill and Montpelier Hill area for each of the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the recent resignations of five members of the board of the Equality Authority, he will reverse the Budget...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of his Ministers of State in his Department at...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected citizenship status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a decentralisation project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the stage at which these...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that all necessary resources are made available to the Tallaght gardaí to facilitate the effective...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding proposals for the redevelopment of Tallaght Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will seek assurances from An Garda Síochána that the Tallaght Garda Drugs Unit is properly resourced; and if he...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of the closed circuit television system installed in Castlebar County Mayo; if it is proposed to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of student visa applications refused in each of the past five years from new applicants; the steps which are...
    • Payment of Fines
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken to date to address the flaws highlighted in the Comptroller and Auditor General report in 2000 on the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if temporary accommodation has been arranged for a garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal; the location of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2305/09]
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken in the case of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an examination for citizenship will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who is here...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for subsidiary protection in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a letter as per the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 23 October 2008 will issue to a person (details...
    • International Agreements
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Irish Language
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to support the introduction of a languages act in Northern Ireland as...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the overseas visits, excluding attendance at EU Council, he will make before 31 May 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the addresses and size in square feet of every building and premises here that are being leased or rented by his Department; the amount each...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the visa application of a person (details supplied). [1008/09]
    • Passport Applications
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on devising a scheme whereby persons close to reaching the age of 65 who require a new passport do not incur the full fee of €75...
    • Fair Trade Scheme
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has received a proposal to initiate a fair trade flag for schools, along the lines of the green flag scheme; the...
    • State Airports
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there have been requests for the shipment of munitions to Israel through State airports here since 2006; the nature and outcome of the...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a decision was taken by the Council of Ministers at any stage since 2002 to reduce the number of Commissioners; if so, when the meeting...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide information on P-1 visas for the US; the criteria for obtaining one and the way to go about it; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department, on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime, expenses...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the non-governmental organisations with which Irish Aid works in relation to overseas development aid. [1568/09]
    • State Airports
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a request for permission to transport munitions was received in relation to a plane (details supplied) which landed at Shannon on 8...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in his Department at present; and the...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the decision taken by the US Government to end trials at Guantanamo Bay; if discussions have taken place regarding Ireland's...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has plans to meet with the new US President Barack Obama or his Administration to enter negotiations on a resolution to the case of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent high profile murders of a lawyer and journalist in Moscow; if the EU has raised these...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contingency plans in the event of failure to ratify the Lisbon treaty here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2409/09]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which Ireland's development aid is expected to target the most deserving African countries in the future; the measures taken...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures taken, proposed or adopted at EU or UN level to address the ongoing problems of war, famine, violation of human rights and...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in regard to further enlargement of the EU with specific reference to the western Balkans and Turkey; and if he will make a...
    • International Agreements
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of the Government...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed public swimming pool for Ballybofey/Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to provide €300 million to assist the industry, tourism...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to roll-out the local sports partnership programme on a...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to support a new local authority swimming pool programme,...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to support training and professional development for the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 848: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department,...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 849: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime,...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the local authority swimming pool programme grant will be re-launched in 2009; the expected date for the re-launch; the funding...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans in relation to his Department's sports capital grant programme in 2009. [1854/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in his Department at present;...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the membership of the tourism renewal group; the number of times the group has met to date; when it is due to report...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the National Archives Advisory Council has been reappointed; if not, when members will be appointed; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the moneys for previous years' sports capital programme funding which has not been drawn down by clubs and organisations but which...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 863: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will announce a new round of grants under the local authority swimming pool programme in 2009. [2440/09]
    • International Agreements
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 866: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the financial allocation for 2009 in respect of grant assistance for listed buildings in all respects including tax breaks available...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Rural Development
      Question 867: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to establish the new programme for rural...
    • Community Development
      Question 868: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to double funding for the CLÁR programme to enable rural...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to expand the rural social scheme to provide additional...
    • Community Development
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to initiate a study in consultation with Fáilte Ireland,...

    • Question 874: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to pursue the possibility of using former railway...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to ensure that a farmer's application for planning...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made regarding the programme for Government proposal to implement the recommendations of the working...
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 880: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made regarding the programme for Government proposal to complete the infrastructure programme on the...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 881: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to develop the potential of language-based and countryside...
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made regarding the programme for Government proposal to change the law to enable Údarás na Gaeltachta...
    • Irish Language
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made regarding the programme for Government proposal to develop a 20-year strategic plan for the growth...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 894: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made in advancing the establishment of a youth and community resource centre in Foxfield, St. John...
    • Community Development
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are proposals for a 30% cut in funding to Pobal; the way this might impact on Pobal employees in Clifden,...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 896: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the proposals his Department has to carry out improvement works on Annaghveane Pier, Béaladangan, Connemara, County...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 898: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will re-introduce grant aid for water and sewage schemes in CLÁR areas for 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Community Development
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on a school outdoors playing facilities enhancement scheme on behalf of a school...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003
      Question 901: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta maidir leis an dualgas atá air faoi alt 17 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 a thuairisciú don Dáil agus don Seanad...
    • Community Development
      Question 903: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the request from a company (details supplied) in County Donegal for €70,000 in funding from the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 905: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the budget for local drugs task forces in 2009; the budget for regional drugs task forces in 2009; when the budgets...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 906: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 907: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of Exchequer funding Údarás na Gaeltachta has received in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will roll out the dial-to-stop drug dealing initiative in the Dublin south central area; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 911: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 915: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [2166/09]
    • International Agreements
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to continue to support low-income farmers through the farm assist...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 919: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused a supplementary welfare allowance in view of the fact...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 920: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she proposes to introduce legislation to vindicate the rights of transsexual Irish citizens; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will estimate the amount of money that would be raised by abolishing the PRSI ceiling; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 924: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was not successful with an application; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 926: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she plans to take to protect the pension entitlements of current employees of a company (details supplied) and former...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the addresses and size in square feet of every building and premises here that are being leased or rented by her Department; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 933: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the allocation made by her Department for community welfare office staff to the Health Service Executive in the Waterford and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 938: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the two year limit on illness benefit payable to people with 260 contributions as it impacts in general terms as well...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 942: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal application will be reviewed on an application for social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 945: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the decision regarding retrospective payment of jobseekers allowance in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the national carers strategy; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 954: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will report on recent media reports that carers allowance payments will be reduced; her plans for the various carers...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by her and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of her...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 956: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the specific section and sub-section or regulation which sets down the rules for the means testing of self-employed people and in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 957: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1498/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 959: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted disability allowance; and if this case will be...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carers allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of the full-time care...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 964: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been made following further information which was submitted to her Department in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if in respect of a recent article regarding the employment of extra staff (details supplied), these jobs will be publicly...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted the arrears of jobseekers allowance due to them; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the length of time an average appeal takes; the number of people waiting to be called for an oral hearing; the average waiting...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 969: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money collected in PRSI during each of the past four years. [1515/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 973: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded a State contributory pension. [1519/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff in her private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 975: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she will maintain the independence of the Combat Poverty Agency if it is absorbed into her Department; and the way she...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 976: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason staff at the social welfare office in Newbridge County Kildare informed an unemployed person who wished to sign-on on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 977: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 978: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a television programme (details supplied), wherein it was alleged that certain irregularities...
    • Civil Registration
      Question 980: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of objections which have been registered to a marriage under section 58 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 since the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 981: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [1761/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 982: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1770/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 983: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when mortgage relief will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her proposals to make changes to the lone parents allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1836/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 986: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the one-parent family payment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [1962/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 994: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support a centre (details supplied). [2161/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 996: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has plans to speed up the process for signing on in order that the many people who have lost their jobs, or have had their...
    • Legal Proceedings
      Question 1001: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the case title or case reference number of each High Court and Supreme Court judgment since 2000 to date in 2009 where her...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a rent support review will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 1006: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she expects the transfer of income support and maintenance schemes from the Department of Health and Children to her...
    • International Agreements
      Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by her Department since the formation of the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to push forward with plans for a substantial commemoration...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Defence the timeframe for the removal of equipment from barracks at Lifford and Rockhill to Finner; the timetable and contingency plan for the transfer of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 1018: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the consultants report on the best means of meeting the medical requirements of the Defence Forces and the sustainable future...
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      Question 1019: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason there has been no recruitment for Air Corps cadets in the past two years; if there is a recruitment freeze for cadets in the Air Corps;...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Defence the reasons behind his decisions to sell a property (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1158/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department, on foreign...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime, expenses and...
    • International Agreements
      Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Defence the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed. [2467/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Defence the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of the Government following...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Defence the financial allocation for 2009 in respect of grant assistance for listed buildings in all respects including tax breaks available to people who...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Programme for Government
      Question 1031: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to implement a community development...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1033: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to set up a national monitoring...
    • Community Wardens
      Question 1034: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to extend the pilot scheme of...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1035: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to build on recent planning laws by...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1036: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [48124/08]
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 1037: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the drivers of foreign registered cars are not being required to pay tax for their use of Irish...
    • European Parliament Elections
      Question 1040: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm the date for the holding of the next European Parliament elections; and if he will make a...
    • Building Energy Rating
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Sustainable Energy Ireland national examination will be introduced in respect of building energy...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 1043: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities have been notified by him as to the funding allocated by his Department to each local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1044: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is desirable that interest rate reductions be immediately passed on to local...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 1045: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the lack of transparency and communication regarding the development and finalisation of dog...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1046: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the Oughterard sewerage scheme, County Galway; the reason his Department has not...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1049: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the potential implications for planning and for public money of a court...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1050: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position as it pertains regarding a wind farm at Derrybrien, County Galway following a European Court of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1051: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list in each county and city local authority; and the number...
    • Water Quality
      Question 1052: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the progress to date in eliminating the lead contamination in the public water...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1053: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name of the registered owner of the premises at which electronic voting machines are stored in County...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1054: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed new sewerage scheme for Mountbellew, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1055: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding for Leitrim County Council relating to remedial works schemes in Treanmore,...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 1059: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an agreement has been reached between his Department and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1060: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the name of polling districts in the local electoral area of Ballyfermot and Drimnagh in...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 1062: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Sluice River Marsh, Portmarnock, County Dublin will be designated a natural heritage area or as a...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1063: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports of local authorities or waste companies not picking up materials...
    • Voluntary Housing
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application will be approved for the proposed 15 houses for elderly in Leighlinbridge, Carlow; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1065: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 21 October 2008, if the scheme will be included in the next...
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 1067: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a decision has been reached by his Department in consultation with the Department of Community, Rural and...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 1068: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the numbers of licences for archeological excavation that have been granted for development purposes; the...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 1069: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the studies that have been carried out on the effectiveness of the plastic bag levy since its introduction;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1070: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the conditions of purchase of affordable houses under Part 5 of the Planning and...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 1071: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to become certified to quality standard ISO 9001-2008 in respect of the...
    • European Parliament Elections
      Question 1072: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person is elected in the European Parliament elections and to Dáil Éireann in a by-election on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1074: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received from South Tipperary County Council for funding under the water...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1075: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he personally, or any of his officials, have seen and read the contract for the waste-to-energy...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 1077: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1078: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to abolish or reduce the fee of €50 charged to ordinary members of the public who make...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1079: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority housing start-ups taking place in 2009 in County Mayo; and the areas of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1082: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1083: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements that have been put in place in relation to granting permission to an approved housing body...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1084: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Adare sewerage scheme, Adare, County Limerick. [1542/09]
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 1086: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received and when a decision will be made on a proposed new recycling centre...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1087: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homes sold to tenant purchasers by local authorities for each of the years 2003 to 2008; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1088: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); when the noise Bill will be...
    • Voluntary Housing
      Question 1089: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated via the capital assistance scheme and capital loan and subsidy scheme by his Department...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 1093: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of Exchequer funding used to fund the county and city development boards for each year since...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 1094: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the net additional permanent units of Traveller accommodation provided by...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      Question 1097: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the RAS scheme is suspended by Kildare County Council; when this scheme will recommence...
    • Unsolicited Advertising
      Question 1098: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is legislation governing the delivery of unsolicited advertising material which sets out...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1099: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to review the operations of An Bord Pleanála. [1799/09]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of occasions on which section 35 amendment of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 and 2006 has...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite a decision in relation to the Ballyviniter water supply scheme in Mallow, County Cork;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 37 social housing units have been delivered in Dublin...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 1106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the expert group on adult entertainment will report to Dáil Éireann as it was announced in 2008 that...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in his...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed upgrading and extension of Glenties sewerage scheme, County Donegal....
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 1115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place since the cessation of the housing aid for elderly scheme, run by the Health Service...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 1117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received revised contract documents for the Castlewarden to Ballygoran water supply scheme in...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 1118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the White Paper on local government reform. [2446/09]
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      Question 1119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenants currently housed through the rental accommodation scheme; the number of properties in...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 1121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications awaiting decision in each local authority under the housing aid for older persons...
    • International Agreements
      Question 1122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 1124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial allocation for 2009 in respect of grant assistance for listed buildings in all respects,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1125: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to optimise the amount of indigenous,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal invest in the provision of broadband in...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 1128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to introduce a specific scheme for...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 1129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce the new national scheme for house insulation; what conditions are attached to the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll out of broadband will take place in the Kilmeedy exchange in County Limerick (details supplied)....
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 1131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the fibre glass insulation that is being provided through the warmer homes scheme and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when discussions will be completed on the next generation broadband consultation papers; if a decision has...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 1139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the conditions under which a licensing arrangement has issued for the provision of the Irish DTT network; the...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 1140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if in view of the recent decrease in oil prices, this decrease will be further reciprocated by reducing energy...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 1141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 1144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the quota for salmon for each river for 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1847/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of the Ministers of State in his...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 1152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his timeframe for providing natural gas to the towns of Templemore, Thurles and Roscrea in County Tipperary;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1153: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary cannot get broadband at their home; and if he will...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 1154: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the price of gas has not been reduced in recent weeks by the companies involved in the distribution...
    • International Agreements
      Question 1155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Energy Generation
      Question 1157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide information on applications for foreshore licences for offshore electrical generating installations in...
    • Aquaculture Licensing
      Question 1158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the resolution of the case of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will explain his meaning of the term contingent liability used in relation to his response to the recall of pork...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 1167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, on foot of the recent crisis in the pig producing sector, testing of feedstuffs supplied to both the beef and pork...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to increase conservation grants for old farmhouses and farm buildings; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Protection Areas
      Question 1169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that he is cooperating with the European Commission in relation to a complaint relating to damage of a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 1171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the financial assistance to be provided during 2009 for the development of a pier (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the completion of foreshore licences, which is contributed to by delays in...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government proposal to support farm families in order to maximise their...
    • Food Safety
      Question 1212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to ensure high standards of food safety, quality labelling and...
    • Beef Exports
      Question 1213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to continue to relentlessly pursue, along with political and...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 1214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to assist in the creation of an efficient dairy processing...
    • Sheep Industry
      Question 1218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to fully implement the recommendations of the sheep industry...
    • Food Safety
      Question 1222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to assist and expand the quality assurance schemes in the...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme
      Question 1223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to aid grain storage through the farm improvement programme; and...
    • Horticulture Industry
      Question 1225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to work with growers to continue to support import substitution...
    • Forestry Industry
      Question 1226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to promote a diverse forestry culture with an emphasis on native...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to implement a comprehensive strategic plan to maximise the...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 1237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to strengthen support for the organic sector through the REP...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to work with the implementation group established under the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 1243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to ensure the views of farmers are systematically sought on the...
    • Food Industry
      Question 1244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to implement policies to ensure Ireland's clean and green food...
    • Young Farmer Supports
      Question 1250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to continue to offer a range of supports to young farmers...
    • Tax Code
      Question 1251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to retain stamp duty relief that continues to play an important...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1252: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to support farmers here by promoting measures for the...
    • Education and Training Programmes
      Question 1254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to support education and training courses for both young and...
    • Food Industry
      Question 1258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to increase the level of funding committed to agrifood research...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1259: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to ensure all non-core funding is allocated in a competitive...
    • Port Development
      Question 1260: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to maintain world-class fishery harbours at Castletownbere,...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 1263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to complete the work of fleet restructuring, to create a world...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 1265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to improve the marine environment by implementing environmental...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 1268: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to increase grant funding to the aquaculture sector here to...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 1269: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to further develop Ireland's reputation as a centre of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to seek to ensure that all EU fisheries agreements with...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 1275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to encourage and support the development of high value-added...
    • Fishing Fleet Modernisation
      Question 1276: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to implement a system of instant electronic logging of all...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on to the programme for Government proposal to fully implement a comprehensive electronic traceability...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown of the number of staff employed by his Department; the units or areas of responsibility staff are deployed...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 1279: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of meetings which have taken place since January 2007 between his Department and the agencies under the aegis of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1280: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made on the development of Agri-vision 2020; when he expects this strategy will be published; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1281: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown of the deployment of staff which has taken place under the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of times since January 2007 members of the MAC have met with their heads of division; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 1288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [47889/08]
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      Question 1289: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he is proposing to implement to ensure that recycling plants producing animal feed are inspected on a more...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a forestry grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [47917/08]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 1295: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding people in his Department who stay in Dublin under the decentralisation programme; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1297: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment for 2006 and 2007 will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when were the first REP scheme four plans submitted to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an official will be put in place to replace the retired district supervisor in the local agriculture office in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a payment under the REP scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [48132/08]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 1307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 18 November 2008, if his Department have made determinations; if not, when an...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the process for the early retirement scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • EU Directives
      Question 1310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the prolonged dry spell over the 2008/2009 Christmas period, he is satisfied that the restriction on...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications for the farm retirement scheme that were received after the deadline for the withdrawal of the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 3 December 2008, the position regarding this case; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 1315: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a farm inspection will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Food Industry
      Question 1316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government proposal to increase funding to An Bord Bia for overseas...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to restrict or close entry to REP scheme after March 2009 or at any stage in the future; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1321: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his...
    • Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
      Question 1322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the Fallen Animal Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1446/09]
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 1323: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals he has to support the income of those smaller milk producers who have suffered a considerable loss in their...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1324: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals he has to re-instate the installation aid and early retirement schemes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals he has to re-instate the suckler cow scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/09]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if following the Budget 2009 announcement regarding a scheme (details supplied), he expects the scheme to be available...
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      Question 1327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when his Department will approve the transferee status connecting to a herd for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 1328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the payment of the farm waste management grant will be re-issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1456/09]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1329: 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. [1457/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [1459/09]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 1342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of tests there were for food processing in 2006, 2007 and 2008; the number that received more than a monthly...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 1343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will intervene to ensure that a compensation package for pig meat producers and suppliers will be finalised without...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1344: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted the farm waste management grant. [1662/09]
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 1345: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the latest closing date that will be accepted for the scheme in view of the recent commitment given about the closing date...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to parliamentary Question No. 226 of 1 February 2007 and No. 132 of 10 April 2008, if the panel (details supplied)...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 1347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there has been progress made in relation to tracing the oil that was the source of the contamination at the centre of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1795/09]

    • Question 1349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following their application for the farm...

    • Question 1351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1834/09]

    • Question 1352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an installation grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...

    • Question 1353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when all outstanding payments will issue to a person (details supplied) County Mayo. [1961/09]

    • Question 1354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

    • Question 1355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the REP scheme. [1974/09]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of early retirement scheme applications and installation aid applications approved on a county basis since 14...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 1359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of his Ministers of State in his Department at...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 2 December 2008, the number of applications approved in each month of 2008;...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      Question 1364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason only 31 sheep are allowed to graze on 369 acres of commonage in Rossrow Renvyle, Connemara, when the impact on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be awarded their farm waste management grant; and if he will make a...
    • UN Conventions
      Question 1366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the financial allocation for 2009 in respect of grant assistance for listed buildings in all respects including tax breaks...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in the programme for Government proposal to introduce a new syllabus for leaving certificate agricultural science;...
    • Schools Building Programme
      Question 1370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress has been made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to provide a dedicated fund of at least €100...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment to work towards making physical education mandatory at...
    • Offshore Islands
      Question 1372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to maintain all existing second level schools where at all...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 1373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to the programme for Government proposal to build on the work done by the Dublin Institute of Advanced...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to change the system whereby teachers elected to Dáil Éireann can retain their posts indefinitely; if he will...
    • Coláistí Samhraidh
      Question 1375: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil sé chun an cinneadh faoi chealú na nDeontas Caipitiúil do na Coláistí Samhraidh a chur ar ceal agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
    • Schools Building Programme
      Question 1376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new school buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin have been approved; if so, when the school building will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the application for funding from the emergency work scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to provide a person (details supplied) in County Waterford with a special needs assistant as soon as possible; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will expedite the process for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that the school...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Chomhairle Mhuinteoireachtas has records of the teacher training elements of the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide accommodation for the extra classroom needed in September 2009 by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expected date for the construction of a new school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare as this school has been on...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1384: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of primary teachers by at least...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1386: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to reform the initial teacher training programmes, to...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 1387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase day-to-day funding for schools in real...
    • Water Charges
      Question 1389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to examine the provision of waste and water allowances...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to establish a developing areas unit in his Department...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1391: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to improve the arrangements for acquiring sites....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure the maximum use of the top-class standard...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of release days for teaching...
    • Leadership Development for Schools Programme
      Question 1399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide improved training options for principals,...
    • School Management
      Question 1400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to review the role of middle management and put a new...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 1401: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to maximise the use of information technology to cut...
    • School Management
      Question 1402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that the new boards of management that will...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide a dedicated fund for investment in physical...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1406: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of guidance counsellors at...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that education is provided in road safety at...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 1408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to require all primary schools to implement the Stay...
    • Student Councils
      Question 1409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to encourage the establishment of student councils and...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to complete the senior cycle review that is currently...
    • Special Education Support Scheme
      Question 1413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase resources and services for gifted...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to encourage more schools to offer alternative...
    • Youthreach Programme
      Question 1415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of Youthreach places in line...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 1416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide a scholarship scheme for children from...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to give the opportunity to second level students to...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 1418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to complete the roll-out of the DEIS action plan to...
    • Literacy Levels
      Question 1419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that all children are tested in literacy and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to recruit extra staff to the Educational Welfare...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide each child with special needs with the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further increase the number of language support...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide access to English language classes for...
    • School Transport
      Question 1427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to review the school transport system, including the...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to expand the number of adult literacy training places...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 1429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of places on the back to...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further increase third level participation rates,...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to introduce a new system of means-tested free fees...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 1432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to promote more explicit arrangements for student...
    • Higher Education Capital Investments
      Question 1433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide a multi-annual capital fund of €2 billion...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 1434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to appoint two student representatives to each of the...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 1436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that all teachers and assistants have...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide for improved access to lifelong...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who has been awarded the contract for the construction of the new secondary school to be built in Gorey, County Wexford...
    • School Management
      Question 1440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the issue of patronage of the new school to be built in Gorey, County Wexford has been decided; if not, when it is due to be...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will carry out its duty to instruct local authorities and VECs on proper graduation of college courses; when a...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a dispensation will be made for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 in geography for the junior certificate. [48037/08]
    • School Discipline
      Question 1443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that under a recent change to the code of behaviour guidelines distributed by his Department in terms of the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post primary schools which have disadvantaged area status, that will lose a full post as a result of the budget 2009...
    • School Evaluations
      Question 1445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average length of time it takes for each primary and post-primary school to have a whole school evaluation; the average time-lag...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway which is anxious to proceed in acquiring a site from Galway City...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 1447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason parents of children with a disability cannot use their home tuition grant to contract the services of preschools (details...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools currently in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of teachers on the roll at primary and second level...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will progress the site acquisition issue in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [48054/08]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has had an opportunity to consider the application for an emergency works grant from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to...
    • School Transport
      Question 1451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide an exemption for the owners of eight to 16 seater school buses from the €2,000 charge for tachographs; if some...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 1452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason that illness benefit is excluded from the list of eligible social assistance payments for the special rate of maintenance...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has received an application for funding to replace dilapidated and unsuitable furniture, which is dangerous and...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant a school (details supplied) in County Louth DEIS status, in view of the fact that all other schools in the town have...
    • School Management
      Question 1457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, when a school's patron changes, it loses all recognition with his Department; the procedures that exist to deal with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will commit to dates for the commencement and completion of an extension of a school (details supplied); if his attention has...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the appointment of a design team for a new school building (details supplied) in County Cork. [48131/08]
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 1461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a third level grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for funding for a new school at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and the priority band of the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 1465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of retired officials and inspectors from his Department who have been appointed to various boards in which his Department...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take regarding a reserved site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1076/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure for the schools capital programme in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the amount spent in each year; and...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will acquire lands for permanent buildings in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when planning permission will be lodged for permanent school buildings in respect of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will acquire lands for permanent buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of large school projects from north Tipperary on his list to be progressed and completed in 2008 as a result of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the reason for the refusal by County Louth Vocational Educational Committee to award a third level trainee...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of the funds allocated to the school building programme for 2008 which were drawn down by schools in order to pay for...
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 1479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a grant will be made available under emergency funding to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the design stage for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the overall progression of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make funding available to schools who wish to install solar powered advance warning systems for school locations which...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a third level education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the new materials in terms of textbooks and so on which will be provided for use by teachers and students in the context of the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make arrangements that the cheques for grant holders are issued by set payment dates in order that students can rely on...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has support to offer to a person who lost their job over the summer and has enrolled in a further education course; and if in...
    • School Transport
      Question 1490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide school transport to a child with special needs (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 1491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his Department's role and responsibility in conjunction with the Health Service Executive regarding the operation of an educational...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the successful public private partnership for the construction of two new Gorey primary schools at Creagh, Gorey opened in September...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason changes under the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007, enacted since March 2007 have not been commenced or...
    • Education Welfare Service
      Question 1495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the evaluations that have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of the National Education Welfare Board in improving attendance...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 11 December 2008, if the savings to his Department in 2009 in respect of the change in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [1223/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 1499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement regarding a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [1239/09]
    • Clárú Gaelcholáiste
      Question 1500: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é an rogha atá ag tuismitheoirí atá ag iarraidh a gcuid páistí a chur chuig gaelcholáiste i ndeisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath...
    • School Transport
      Question 1503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1267/09]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes in various funding supports to a group of schools (details supplied) in 2009. [1276/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question Number 547 of 29 October 2008, the steps he is taking to meet the educational requirements of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 18 November 2008, if he will approve funding for the school extension; the status of the...
    • State Examinations
      Question 1508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason extra points for studying leaving certificate honours maths are not recognised at a college (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly under the permanent accommodation scheme 2007;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision can be expected on an application by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly under his Department's multi-annual...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the plans for the proposed new primary schools at Summerhill, Portlaoise, County Laois, with particular...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra information requested and promised in Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 18 December 2007 regarding medical students; and if...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 1519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will sign off and relinquish its interest in a portion of a site (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if negotiations between the National Development Finance Agency and a group have been completed in respect of a school (details...
    • Water Conservation
      Question 1524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position that applies for 2009 and the charge per year per pupil enrolled to be levied in respect of the EU water framework...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the development of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation at Rathdowney, County Laois, where the national schools are on two campuses at...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on appeals by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe in respect of a school (details supplied) regarding its inclusion in the bundle as a result of the start up of building...
    • School Transport
      Question 1531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that there will be no further increases in school transport charges in 2009. [1420/09]
    • Illegal Activities of Sects
      Question 1532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendations of the Council of Europe Nos. 1178/92 and 1412/99 on the illegal...
    • Foreign Travel
      Question 1533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent by him and Ministers of State, officials, persons in agencies, offices or bodies under the remit of his Department,...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a position (details supplied) has been filled; and when the appointed person will commence their duties. [1471/09]
    • Legal Documents
      Question 1536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a copy of a document (details supplied) available to this Deputy. [1474/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect of the Budget 2009 cutbacks on a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo, with particular regard to teacher...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1482/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1545: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effects the cutbacks will have on a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1483/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in his private office and constituency office in 2008 broken down by grade; the salary cost including overtime,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in responding to the tendering process application for a new school building for a school (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 1548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm receipt of a letter from an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois; if a response has been issued; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of projects that were budgeted for under the emergency funding programme in his Department for school buildings in 2007...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary should apply for the summer works scheme. [1672/09]
    • School Transport
      Question 1554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made by his Department in respect of changes to the school contract budgets and with regard to promised revised...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the opening by County Dublin Vocational Educational Committee of a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1693/09]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will address the need of renovation and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; if he is satisfied that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will allocate funding for a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; when this school can expect to...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts made to secure a new site for a school in County Dublin; the discussions his Department have had with the relevant...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will announce the next priority list for the refurbishment, renovation and development of schools; and if he will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding efforts to secure a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 1563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average waiting time, on a county basis, for children awaiting educational psychologist assessment. [1734/09]
    • Language Support
      Question 1564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on English language training for school children to ensure all children of school going age have a basic level of...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 1568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the moneys set aside for Integrate Ireland projects in schools; and if that money was spent in 2008; and what it was available for....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 1 July 2008, the position regarding the provision of a special needs assistant for a...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 1570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes in funding and resources that will apply to DEIS schools; if it is the case that schools with DEIS status will retain...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give the go ahead for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      Question 1574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a system has been put into operation within his Department which allows students who submit various projects as part of their...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will introduce regulations to allow students attending a college (details supplied) in County Dublin to qualify for third level...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average waiting time for a decision on a request for assessment of a pupil for learning support; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in proceeding with the proposed extension or refurbishment to schools (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 18 November 2008, the progress made with regard to the stage 2A submission for a school...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school summer works scheme will be reintroduced in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1846/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 1585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes, following budget 2009, to the staffing levels of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reduction in the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on expanding the ABA pilot scheme of 12 centres to accommodate other projects such as that proposed by a group (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be constructed and ready for occupation by September 2009; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants engaged solely in constituency work on behalf of his Ministers of State in his Department at present;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1600: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when sanction to go to tender will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature and extent of dialogue between his Department and the authorities of each of the schools, primary and post primary, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and location of primary schools in County Kildare at which special facilities have been provided for children with autism;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of the proposed new primary school at Kill, County Kildare; the degree to which the various...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [2162/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1619: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of funding that has been allocated in the multi-annual school building and modernisation programme for 2009; the locations...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1621: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to advertise, interview and appoint a suitably qualified teacher to work with visually impaired students in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1622: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the appointment of a design team for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare....
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding available for the purchase of sites for new national schools in 2009; and if he will purchase a site for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare is at in terms of architectural planning; and if funding...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1625: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 18 December 2008, when the information requested will be provided. [2199/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1626: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in 2009. [2200/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the building projects in County Kildare for new schools and additional classroom accommodation for both primary and post primary...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the protections in place to ensure that third country students receive a full refund of tuition fees from the education provider when...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received in his Department; the date on which the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been identified for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the said site has been purchased; the details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2438/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1637: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has reconsidered his decision not to sanction a gaelscholaiste in north Kildare in view of his indication that he would keep...
    • UN Conventions
      Question 1639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he must take for ratification of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to proceed; and if he will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is in a category that will be...
    • Departmental Allowances
      Question 1641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expenses and allowances paid to each Minister and to each Minister of State by his Department since the formation of the...

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