Written answers
Thursday, 5 February 2009
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money estimated, allocated, owing or spent by the Government on the purchase of carbon credits...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend the ten year derogation on designated bogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 16: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of the new equity support scheme which is to replace existing affordable housing...
- Freedom of Information
Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to immediately bring the Private Residential Tenancies Board within the ambit of the...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of all payments and bonuses to the director of services in each county council for...
- Natural Heritage Areas
Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of management plans which have been drawn up by his Department in respect of natural heritage areas...
- Energy Ratings
Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a standard cost for BER assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3831/09]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 21: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken following two errors in appointing persons to the Private Residential Tenancies Board...
- Site Investigation
Question 22: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take on foot of the White Young Green report into pollution emanating from Haulbowline...
- Planning Issues
Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether delays in the planning process and in particular in relation to planning appeals are...
- Election Management System
Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure on the acquisition and the storage of electronic voting machines to date; if he will scrap...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to extend compulsory purchase order legislation to vacant properties and other lands; and if he...
- Radon Gas
Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the possible effects of exposure to high levels of radon gas; and when clear guidance for local authorities on...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress his Department has made with regard to producing a legislative framework to enable the sale of...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the increasing number of people on the social housing waiting lists here;...
- Waste Management
Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the 2007 national waste report that found that Ireland is moving further away from its targets to...
- Register of Electors
Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure local authorities have accurate electoral registers in place in time for...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 39: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to initiate legislation to require local authorities who hold a surplus of affordable housing to...
- Recycling Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the material collected for recycling by local authorities or licensed waste...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 27 November 2008, that any rental property being let...
- Recycling Policy
Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some local authorities charging for recycling of household...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to initiate legislation that will include protocols and procedures for local authorities and...
- Election Management System
Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will impose a spending limit on local elections in time for the elections in 2009; and if he will make a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding notification he has received from the Environmental Protection Agency indicating the...
- Housing Regulations
Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who have made an application under the home choice scheme; and if he will make a...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that a time of nine to ten months from the date of a disputes application being received by...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money set aside or spent on the purchase of carbon offsets for flights by Ministers or other...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable housing units at turn-key stage which are at present vacant and unsold; his views on...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures in view of the funding shortfall by local authorities under the housing aid to the elderly scheme...
- Local Government Elections
Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will refrain from signing the ministerial order to give effect to the Electoral Area Boundary Report's...
- Housing Needs Assessments
Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to propose amending the terms of the Housing Act 1988 in order to ensure a statutory assessment of...
- Recycling Policy
Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take further steps on foot of the North South study into the feasibility of an Irish paper mill in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures planned by his Department to reduce carbon emissions through the actions of local authorities;...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Live Register
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in employment here in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether County Donegal's enterprise development and job creation agencies provide value for...
- Employment Rights
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has examined the questions raised with her by a person (details supplied) who is one of 40 staff who...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm the availability of funds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason an applicant for a position was told their safe pass certification which was issued in the UK was...
- Departmental Property
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spent by officials in 2007 and...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person in receipt of a course participant training allowance from FÁS who is also in receipt of a...
- Work Permits
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the application for a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Employment Rights
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the entitlement to redundancy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Employment Task Force
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the make-up, terms of reference and reporting deadlines in respect of the employment and re-training...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Offices
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the logic behind the reason to move the Lifford VRT office to Donegal town; if a feasibility study has been conducted in respect...
- Tax Code
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if the 1% income levy on farm income will be reviewed before 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3999/09]
- Departmental Property
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs involved in the new departmental headquarters in respect of the Department of Defence; the date when the contract for the new building was...
- Flood Relief
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention in conjunction with other Departments to address the issue of flooding at various locations throughout the country; and if he...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if a draft legislative proposal for the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank was prepared by officials in his Department in September 2008; and if he...
- Public Procurement
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the company allocated responsibility for the management of the [i]www.etenders.gov.ie[/i] website; the location at which this company is based; if it...
- Tax Code
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for small businesses who elect to forgo VAT rebates as a philanthropy to the national Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Stations
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3962/09]
- Departmental Property
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen from his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes he will bring about;...
- Tax Code
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is liable for the car parking levy announced in Budget 2009 in view of the fact that their car is...
- National Lottery
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the element of funds which it was intended would be used for the promotion of sporting activities when allocating funds collected by the National...
- Tax Code
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of each property based tax relief (details supplied) for each year from 2005 to 2008; the number of people availing of each...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the way, following the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, the salaries, emoluments, pensions and other compensation of directors and staff will be...
- National Debt
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected rise in the cost of financing Government debt in 2009; the extra cost on financing such debt since the end of September 2008; the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants with pension entitlements, that is, civil servants above assistant principal, civil servants below assistant principal...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, the salary, bonus entitlement and the pension entitlements in summary of the chief executive of...
- Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are proposals to dispose of St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; if so, the plans for finance raised as a result...
- Medical Cards
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical cards in January 2008; and the number in January 2009. [3926/09]
- Ambulance Service
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that emergency ambulances are used to transport non-urgent cases for investigative and other procedures at Cork...
- Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that children from the Health Service Executive south area have to travel to Dublin or Limerick for orthopaedic...
- Medical Cards
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation with respect to people who hold medical cards who are over 70 years of age and their spouses are under 70 and depending on...
- Health Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [3976/09]
- Health Service Staff
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in the Health Service Executive who are entitled to consideration for receipt of performance related bonus payments;...
- Medical Cards
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 16 December 2008, the number of staff engaged in the processing of medical card...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to allow them remain in nursing home care; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the orthodontic clinical treatment of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Property
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen from...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spent by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes she will...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action which can be taken to assist a patient who is receiving the maximum rate of subvention from the Health Service Executive for...
- Medical Cards
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional number of persons under 70 years who will qualify for a medical card due to having a spouse over 70 and in which their...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a person (details supplied) in County Dublin can continue to afford the cost of their nursing home fees prior to the...
- Health Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who was approved for transport to clinics for six months...
- Medical Cards
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlement to a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her policy to close long stay public residential beds for senior citizens and transfer patients from existing public hospitals...
- Health Service Staff
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not entitled to a pension from the Health Service Executive in respect of their...
- Hospital Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in respect of funding by current or proposed private hospitals; if she has given...
- Department of Transport
- Harbours and Piers
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 28 January 2009; the position regarding the development of Doolin Pier, County Clare and the...
- State Airports
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the three airports at Dublin, Cork and Shannon following his decision to postpone separation; his plans going forward; if changes are...
- Marine Transport Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport if he and his ministerial colleague at the North-South Ministerial Council will provide funding for ferry services (details supplied) that link...
- Departmental Property
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen from his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes he will bring...
- Road Network
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is in a position to provide the finance required to the National Roads Authority and Kildare County Council for a major road project...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Equipment
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda districts and sub-districts which are without a car as a result of the boundary revisions; the steps which are...
- Crime Prevention
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm if there is funding available for new Garda juvenile diversion programmes in 2009; if so, when this...
- Visa Applications
Question 140: 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); and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Property
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at each garda station in the Kildare Garda division following its recent reconstruction;...
- Residency Permits
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a residency extension will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) is due for release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4104/09]
- Residency Permits
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when stamp four will be upgraded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or outstanding position in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will revoke or review the deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when eligibility for citizenship will arise in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
Question 158: 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 Limerick; and if he will make...
- Visa Applications
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the proposed deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of...
- Residency Permits
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in regard to eligibility for citizenship and residency status in the case of a person...
- Residency Permits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in regard to eligibility for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
- Residency Permits
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
- Tendering Procedures
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the aspects of the upgrading of the fingerprinting system used by the Garda Síochána that were put out to tender; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Undocumented Irish
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had meetings with the new administration in America in relation to the undocumented Irish in America. [3990/09]
- Departmental Property
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen from his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes he will bring...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans there are to cut the ODA budget in percentage or real terms; the budget for 2008, estimate and outturn; the estimate for 2009; and...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Property
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes he...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Department Property
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008;...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are currently 4,000 claims awaiting decision at the Cork local office; when...
- Departmental Property
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that a community service (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will receive the full grant aid requested for 2009...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Property
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Defence if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen from his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes he will bring about;...
- Army Barracks
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs involved or expected in 2009 in maintaining the barracks closed in January 2009; the costs involved in renovating other barracks to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Defence the funding provided by his Department for the use of Defence Forces personnel to aid civilian authorities in dealing with weather emergencies...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Defence the expected recruitment levels within the Defence Forces in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4094/09]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Motor Industry
Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason car dealers with legitimate trade plates are charged up to €300 at the Border and are deemed to...
- Local Authority Service Indicators
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the system of monitoring performance indicators he has in place regarding the reporting by local authorities...
- Energy Ratings
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Private Residential Tenancies Board has been given a four-year period of grace on rented...
- Local Government Elections
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made a decision on the date the local and European elections are to be held; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be allocated to Clare County Council for schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in each local authority who are eligible for consideration for bonus performance-related...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on making funding available for work at a historical building (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
- Departmental Property
Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, Blackberries or other equipment...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spent by officials in 2007 and...
- Local Government Reform
Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when, with reference to the Green Paper on Local Government Reform published in April 2008, he will publish a...
- Fire Safety
Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by an association (details supplied) that chimney...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he proposes to take to provide adequate funding to Kildare County Council in view of the ongoing...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing starts to be funded from his recently announced capital allocation to the various local...
- Water Pollution
Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken or proposes to take to incentivise the prevention of pollution of rivers, lakes and...
- Water Quality
Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of investment in the provision of adequate domestic drinking water...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the full extent of grant aid being made available by his Department to the various local authorities in 2009;...
- Fire Stations
Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals for the funding and development of the part-time fire services in the future; and if he will...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of sewerage schemes expected to benefit from the capital programme in 2009; and if he...
- Waste Disposal
Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to continue indefinitely with the use of landfill as a means of waste disposal; and if...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for the Limerick regeneration project in 2009; the amount of that funding; the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Property
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and...
- Energy Resources
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policies he and the energy regulator are pursuing to ensure a more competitive supply of energy here in...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are grants available for the establishment of an animal feed plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Installation Aid Scheme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made in respect of an application for installation aid to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the farmers and the counties they are from who have received REP scheme 4 payments to date; if a county has been excluded...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the financial assistance he will provide to Waterford County Council in regard to the proposal of the extension and...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following application under the farm...
- Grant Payments
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be awarded their REP scheme 4 entitlements; and if he will make a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in REP scheme 4 payments; the position regarding negotiations between his Department and the...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will grant a greater number of licences to fishermen on a peninsula (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of...
- Rural Environmental Protection Scheme
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted REPS scheme 4. [3988/09]
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the single farm payment will be reviewed before 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3999/09]
- Departmental Property
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received payments to date; and when they can expect to...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Enrolments
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish a review of the system for entry to secondary schools in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made for the provision of a new school at a location (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a full maintenance grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a new primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Third Level Fees
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether assessing student fee applications with reference to their parents' incomes should be reconsidered in view of the...
- Departmental Property
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if laptops, art works, paintings, sculptures, computers, mobile telephones, blackberries or other equipment has been lost or stolen...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has a contract with a taxi firm; if so, the amount of money spend by officials in 2007 and 2008; the changes he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if construction will commence on a school (details supplied) in County Waterford in 2009 and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that have more than two English language support teachers. [4057/09]
- State Examinations
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a full compliment of teachers has been found to date in order that all practical, oral and aural exams in connection with State...
- In-Service Training
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department will spend in 2009 on in-service training. [4059/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to an application for a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
