Written answers

Thursday, 19 February 2009

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to fund the new national paediatric hospital; if the sale of lands at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the six year waiting times for rheumatology services in some parts of the country; if her attention has been drawn to a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital funding which will be made available for the implementation of the reconfiguration plan for hospitals in the north east; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify if proceeds from the sale of psychiatric hospitals and lands will be ring-fenced for reinvestment in mental health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to reduce the waiting times of, on average, six months and more in some parts of the country for colonoscopies...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is reconsidering the decision to postpone the introduction of the proposed HPV vaccine programme for 12 year old girls; her views...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the further action she will take in 2009 to address needs of the 600 plus people who are in acute beds while their acute treatment is...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the indication she has from the developers of the proposed co-located hospitals that they will proceed in the present economic climate;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 23,000 patients are currently on hospital waiting lists in Galway and that a total of 1,341 bed days were lost...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the conclusions reached in the meeting that took place between the Minister of State for Children and members of the hierarchy in respect...
    • Private Health Insurance Levy
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date she expects to receive a decision from the EU Commission on the new private health insurance levy; and if she will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, taking into account that the new children's hospital is projected to cost approximately €1 billion, this project is being reviewed...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Dr. Michael Barry report; the amount of money expected to be saved if the recommendations of the report are...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the locations of the 500 hospital beds closed in 2008, including the wards, the number that were closed in each ward, and when they were...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate for the so-called saving to be made in 2009 from the abolition of the automatic entitlement to the medical card for people...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to prioritise the establishment of a national bowel cancer screening programme, as recommended by the National Cancer Screening...
    • Residential Care Standards
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the draft standards for nursing home care, approved by the Health Information and Quality Authority in March 2008, will be approved...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a company (details supplied) is meeting the turnaround times agreed with the National Cancer Screening Service for cervical cancer...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will act on the calls of general practitioners in the mid-west Health Service Executive region not to proceed with the downgrading...
    • Child Protection Services
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have died during the past ten years subsequent to a report made to a health board or to the Health Service...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if staff will be redeployed within the Health Service Executive to ease the burden on community welfare officers struggling to cope with...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information on the implementation of the recommendation of the Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied there is a regime in place to monitor the implementation of the terms of the consultants' contract; if the terms of...
    • Health Services
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on concerns recently expressed, including at the Joint Committee on Health and Children, that all of the services which will be...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that a total of 16,316 operations were cancelled here in 2008 and that this is a 10% increase on 2007 when 14,903...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of MRSA and Clostridium difficile infection reported or confirmed in each of the past five years to date; the action...
    • Child Protection Services
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken by her and by the Minister of State for children since the publication on 31 July 2008 of the national review of...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extra funding that will be required in 2009 in order to implement the agreement reached on new consultants' contracts; and if she...
    • Food Suppliers
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if suppliers of pork, ham and poultry products to the Health Service Executive mid-west region source products here; and if she will make...
    • National Counselling Service
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that former patients of a doctor (details supplied) who has been struck off the medical register can attend accredited...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how, in respect of the announcement on 3 February 2009, it is intended to achieve the general administrative reductions in regard to her...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42169/08]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contingencies in place to cater for the increased number of persons qualifying for the medical card as a result of the economic...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she plans to tackle the high incidence of substance abuse amongst the homeless population; if she will ensure that adequate...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of suitably qualified general practitioners expected to be available on a yearly basis for each of the next five years to...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding of €50 million required for the implementation of a Vision for Change in 2008 and 2009 will be provided; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will act on the call of general practitioners in Cavan, Monaghan, Clare and north Tipperary for the Health Service Executive not...
    • Health Services
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on Health Service Executive plans for long-term residential care beds; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review of the long-term illness scheme has been completed; if she will add Huntington's disease to the scheme in view of the fact...
    • Rights of the Child
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the input she has had into discussions on proposals aimed at inserting the rights of children into the Constitution. [6525/09]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the availability of social workers at weekends for vulnerable children; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfall in funding for amputees whereby they have to pay a considerable amount of the cost of prosthetic arms...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the report on the reconfiguration of acute hospitals in the south; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is seeking voluntary redundancies and early retirements from staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects BreastCheck to be fully rolled out here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6538/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to proceed with the development of a new regional hospital for the north east. [6605/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the Health Service Executive service plan for 2009. [6604/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons expected to lose their medical card, including those over 70 years of age in the course of 2009; and if she will...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Company Closures
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [6696/09]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assistance being made available to FÁS apprentices whose sponsors, due to the economic downturn, are...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an organisation (details supplied); the legislation which underpins its role; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in respect of staff and bodies under the remit of her Department, she will provide details of those...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the eligibility for the FÁS redundant apprentice rotation scheme; if it is the case that redundant...
  • Department of Finance
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he will make, in the context of the Finance Act 1992, to enable quad bike owners to have motor tax displayed on their vehicles for use...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Financial Regulator has carried out its duties in respect of the regulation of Irish banks. [6714/09]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the body which is responsible for the upkeep of the River Nore; if he will arrange for the large trees which have fallen into the river recently to...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that, as a result of a decision not to make available grant aid through the sports grants section of the Department of Arts, Sport...
    • Tax Code
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6758/09]
    • Transfer Application
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to an application for a transfer by a person (details supplied). [6759/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies at executive officer level within the Revenue Commissioners in Athlone as on 31 January 2009; when these vacancies will be...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former Deputies drawing down pensions; the names of these persons; and the amounts they receive annually. [6771/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer if the income levy for those on annual salaries of €200,000 was increased to 6%. [6784/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer as a result of section 23 tax relief in 2008. [6786/09]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that, following the State's guarantee of six financial institutions in September 2008, Ireland's rate for loans on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by officials in his...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for reforming the regulation of the banking system here. [6813/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration arrangements which...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people, who were employed in the public service, who have taken early retirement or retired after normal service, who have been...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is confident that the interim head of the National Cancer Control Programme (details supplied) is receiving full co-operation...
    • Health Services
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect treatment to commence. [6697/09]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme. [6706/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the circumstances regarding the issue of a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if this...
    • Data Protection
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the protocols operated by the Health Service Executive in respect of queries by public representatives on behalf of individual...
    • Health Services
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having long-term care provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6720/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to plans of the Health Service Executive to transfer the administration of medical cards from Donegal to...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is receiving regular reports on the progress in making repayments to persons unlawfully charged while in nursing homes; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an eight week speech therapy course in a town (details supplied) in County Offaly, due to commence in November 2008, has not...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the Adoption Bill 2009, she will ensure that the legislation introduced will promote the development of adoption...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by officials...
    • Health Service Reports
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Information and Quality Authority report into services at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare will be published; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a detailed progress report on the provision of a new health centre (details supplied) in County Cork. [6814/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to Departmental staff and bodies under the remit of her Department, she will provide details of those remuneration...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inter-country adoptions into Ireland from each country for each of the past five years; the countries with which Ireland...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the payment of a child care grant in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Cork. [6859/09]
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals made to the nursing home repayment scheme; the number of appeal decisions issued; the average time to process and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure the system in place for processing GMS cards in counties Roscommon and Leitrim will be maintained and the present...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of members of staff in the Health Service Executive west area who have been awarded performance bonuses in 2005, 2006,...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent, nature and result of psychiatric treatment offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare during the...
    • Child Protection Services
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of funding available for child protection; if this sector is adequately funded in 2009; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an assurance that there will be no restriction in funding available to children and adults with special needs in the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in possession of a full medical card; the extent to which this number has increased or deceased in the past five...
    • Nursing Education
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to an application for registration for nursing regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if antenatal care will be offered under the GMS in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a case regarding a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, as to the appropriateness of PEG feeding in...
  • Department of Transport
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by officials in his...
    • Company Closures
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had or is proposing to have meetings with fellow Ministers at EU level to discuss the problems in the airline industry and in particular...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport if, regarding departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration arrangements which...
    • Road Network
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of kilometres of road works which were carried out under public private partnerships in 2008. [6847/09]
    • Company Closures
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to ensure that a licence to operate is not withdrawn from a company (details supplied) while efforts are ongoing to save...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Residency Permits
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the residency requirements in other EU states for non-national EU citizens; the way they...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 199 of 28 January 2009, the members of the project board that he has established,...
    • International Agreements
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has assessed the case for Ireland moving to fully participate in the Schengen Agreement in view of the fact that...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delays in dealing with the application for a stamp four residency permit for a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, regarding Departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the legal status in this State of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6860/09]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that he has received an application for permission to remain in the State dated 13 November 2008, from a...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if day release will be granted to a person (details supplied) currently serving a prison sentence in Portlaoise Prison to...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when stamp four will be issued to persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and ongoing position in the matter of residency regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 160 of 19 June 2008 and 634 of 27 January 2009, if arising from the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Laois qualifies for residency provisions under subsidiary...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if their application...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status and citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected position in regard to residency and citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will liaise with the French authorities to ensure the return of passports in respect of persons (details...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if particular or specific provision will be made in respect of residency and accommodation in respect of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the application for a visitor's visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will revoke on humanitarian and human rights grounds the deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of stamp 4 renewal, residency or citizenship status in the case of a person...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15....
    • Residency Permits
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in the matter of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of family reunification in respect of the child of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has assessed the case for Ireland moving to fully participate in the Schengen Agreement in view of the fact that Britain is moving...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the cut to overseas aid as announced earlier this month; if it is his intention to achieve a total aid budget of 0.7%; when he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by officials in his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in relation to Departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views in relation to correspondence (details supplied); the position regarding the meetings and so on that he has had in regard to the...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in relation to Departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to the payment of a grant to a club (details supplied) in County Cork under the sports capital grant...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in regard to grants for voluntary organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6726/09]
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when dredging work will start on the section of the canal between the Grand Canal Dock and Rathmines Bridge, Dublin;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in relation to Departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to ensure that waiting times at branch offices are reduced when she has no control over staffing levels;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be made payable in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by officials in his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in regard to departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration arrangements which...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he proposes to take to allow quad owners to be able to tax their vehicles for use on public roads;...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the law whereby conditions attached to licences issued by local authorities under the...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure all the people in direct provision are facilitated in registering for the local elections;...
    • Water Quality
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the agency which has the management of a river (details supplied) in County Offaly; if there is a management...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has had discussions with the water services investment programme team regarding the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in regard to departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if non-consultant hospital doctors who are attached to hospitals, and who rotate from hospital to hospital...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of a lack of funding provided by him, Naas Town...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the recently announced supports for insulation will cover window insulation; if it is excluded, the reason...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, for departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to proceed with the extension of the pier at Brandon, County Kerry. [6751/09]
    • Statutory Instruments
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement regarding Statutory Instrument No. 16 of 2009. [6711/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in regard to an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when those placed on a panel of candidates selected for appointment as technical agricultural officers with his Department...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a slatted house grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm the number of vacancies at executive officer level within his Department in Athlone and Tullamore as on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost, to date, of the construction of the new Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, offices in Clonakilty, County Cork; if a date...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded payment for REP scheme three. [6830/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, with regard to departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 3 February 2009, the measures he will take to assist farmers who have taken out...

    • Question 248: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in the context of Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 3 February 2009 on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County...

    • Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded the farm waste management grant. [6937/09]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Qualifications Recognition
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied with the progress made by the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland; the reason so little progress has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which he will continue to fund the autism unit for the Clogherinkoe/Derriiturn area of County Kildare in view of the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the concerns of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6W where the loss of two teachers will have a negative impact...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the deed of surrender in respect of lands for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be drawn up which are currently...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant a request from a school (details supplied) in County Louth to assist in the restoration of pre-first year places as...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will retain their special needs assistant hours in September 2009. [6733/09]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is expected the judicial review will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if home help...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm the number of vacancies at executive officer level within his Department in Athlone and Tullamore as on 31 January...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he has taken to ensure the cycle to work scheme, introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2008, can be availed of by officials...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be formally appointed for a planned new primary school building (details supplied) in County Cork; if the new...
    • School Staffing
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on exempting special classes from the provisions of circular letter 115/2008 in relation to substitute cover for registered...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the design stage of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • School Staffing
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school which in 2008-09 was not over quota and allowed teachers job share and take career breaks will be given replacement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the vocational educational committee board of management and teachers...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount he paid for the site for the proposed new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the extra funding will be made available for a project at a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [6872/09]