Written answers
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will divert resources from FÁS to increase the number of training places and PLC courses provided in...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the concerns expressed by the Dáil Committee of Public Accounts in relation to FÁS; and if she...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has plans to increase the number of community employment schemes to help reduce unemployment; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to the answer given to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 39 and 40 of 29 January 2009, the precise reasons...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way she will address the lack of competitiveness in the economy; when she became aware of this issue; and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that a person (details supplied) has returned to work at FÁS; if representations were...
- Retail Sector
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the National Consumer Agency price survey which showed a 50% differential in retail prices...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the purpose and costs associated with establishing a statutory board for the National Employment Rights...
- Company Closures
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts she has had with persons seeking to purchase a company (details supplied) with a view to keeping...
- Work Permits
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on reducing the number of work permits and work visas issued by her Department in view of the...
- Research Funding
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of research and development supports for indigenous enterprise that went to small and medium...
- Consumer Protection
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of on-the-spot fines for breaches of consumer law imposed to date under the terms of the Consumer...
- Industrial Development
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support small business in view of the credit crunch; and if she will make a...
- Export Credit Insurance
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals under development in her Department to establish a State-backed export credit insurance scheme;...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the future of FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7194/09]
- EU Directives
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to the implementation of the temporary agency workers directive, agreed at the...
- Business Regulation
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the requests for additional support that her Department has received from the Office of the Director of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way, in respect of the announcement of 3 February 2009, it is intended to achieve the general...
- Copyright Law
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her position in relation to the Terms of Protection for Performers on a Sound Recording which has been brought...
- Employment Rights
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate in 2008; the way this compares with...
- Job Losses
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she has taken or proposes to take to reverse the ongoing trend of job losses in the manufacturing...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the introduction of a social economy or job initiative schemes to help deal with the unemployment...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive the report commissioned from the Comptroller and Auditor General into the...
- Job Creation
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average cost of each job created by Enterprise Ireland, the Industrial Development Authority and the...
- Industrial Development
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support enterprise development in the midland and western regions; and if she will...
- Job Losses
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to her discussions with the EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs regarding...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salaries of the members of the board of directors of Enterprise Ireland; and if measures are being taken...
- Consumer Protection
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that she is taking to implement the commitment in the programme for Government that steps would be...
- Job Losses
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to warnings from the Construction Industry Federation that some 55,000...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to review the operation of the community employment scheme; the number of people currently employed...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents and workplace deaths recorded in each year from 2002 to 2008; her proposals...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed, in respect of her constituency office and her private office and those of each...
- Industrial Development
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has had contacts with the new administration in the United States in view of reports that proposed tax...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding to county enterprise boards will be reviewed in the next 12 months; and if the criteria under which...
- Business Regulation
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to evidence of a new feature entering business life here, namely, new debt...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the suggestion (details supplied) that the national minimum wage should be lowered; if she has...
- Job Losses
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts she has with the industrial development agencies with a view to securing alternative employment...
- Employment Rights
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and in...
- Grocery Industry
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received a report from the Competition Authority following the Department's request to the...
- Job Losses
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has met with the employment task force for Limerick since its establishment or if she has received...
- Employment Rights
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the report of the Committee of Public Accounts on FÁS. [7272/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed in the enterprise development unit of her Department; the number who work with...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money paid out in statutory redundancy payments in respect of each year from 2002 to 2008; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way, in respect of the announcement of 3 February 2009, it is intended to effect the 8% reduction in...
- EU Directives
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives, for which her Department has responsibility, that remain to be implemented; the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of apprentices in FÁS related schemes who were made redundant in each of the years 2006, 2007 and...
- Departmental Reports
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will implement the recommendations contained in the report of the advisory group on media mergers...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Staff
Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach if, in relation to departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration arrangements which are...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 119: To ask the Taoiseach 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 Department; and if...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 120: To ask the Taoiseach. further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 3 February 2009, if the Government working group on Dáil reform which was established on 27 January 2009 has...
- National Statistics
Question 121: To ask the Taoiseach the number of 18, 19, 20 and 21 year olds in the State each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7553/09]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Protection
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has initiated national job protection schemes; her plans to implement such strategy in view of the...
- Employment Rights
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company which wins a contract in open competition from a State agency has obligations under transfer of...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number in relation to the newly announced FÁS employer based redundant apprentice rotation scheme, and...
- Industrial Development
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policy her Department and its State agencies, including Enterprise Ireland, are pursuing to encourage...
- Grant Payments
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of grants paid to a company (details supplied) in County Cork over the past five years; the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of additional full-time FÁS courses which will be provided in 2009; and if she will make a...
- Job Losses
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she proposes to take to ensure the restoration of confidence in the manufacturing sector with...
- Job Creation
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs expected to be created in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7528/09]
- Insurance Industry
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that all insurance products on sale here qualify under the trade descriptions...
- Retail Sector
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that the retail sector here is sufficiently well placed to compete in the market; and if...
- Job Protection
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expected number of jobs at risk in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7531/09]
- Industrial Development
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she has taken or proposes to take to encourage foreign direct investment in jobs here; and if she...
- FÁS Services
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she will extend or improve the ability of FÁS to meet its greater demands arising from...
- Job Protection
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has had direct contact with representatives of the manufacturing and services sectors with a view to...
- EU Funding
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will apply for funding from the EU globalisation adjustment fund in order to support the retraining of...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), progress has been made to ensure an...
- Department of Finance
- Pension Provisions
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if public servants who are members of a pension fund that is not part of the State pension scheme will be subject to the proposed public service...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of the public private partnership for the National Conference Centre; the timescale envisaged for repayments; if the ultimate ownership...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes a new policy direction in respect of the allocation of national lottery funding in 2009 in view of the economic circumstances. [7627/09]
- Tax Code
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford who have retired back to Ireland from the UK are being charged such a high rate of VRT on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6990/09]
- Tax Code
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the 1% income levy does not apply to State pensions of married couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7001/09]
- Tax Collection
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if an income tax assessment form will be forwarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals employed in the Civil Service who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of...
- Garda Stations
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance when a contractor will be appointed and when work will commence on Castleisland Garda station, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Collection
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [7216/09]
- Tax Code
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a person who has incurred losses on a rental property as a result of refurbishment expenses to set that off against their PAYE...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the prize bond scheme to the Exchequer for each year for the past three years; the value of the scheme at present; the breakdown of the...
- Tax Code
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to introduce a new property tax on second homes that would include enterprises such as those that provide self-catering holiday...
- Tax Collection
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7231/09]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently revealed deposit of €7.45 billion by a bank (details supplied) in Anglo-Irish Bank is the only deposit of this type of which he is...
- State Guarantees
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent funding proposal from a group (details supplied); and when he expects to make a decision on same. [7518/09]
- Public Service Contracts
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will arrange for a completion of works (details supplied) in County Laois before the end of February 2009. [7539/09]
- Tax Code
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if married persons over the age of 65 years with one income are tax exempt; the limit for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7567/09]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in place to free up working capital for small businesses to survive in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Yield
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise returns from the off-licence sector on a monthly basis since July 2007; and his views on trends within the figures. [7644/09]
- Department of Health and Children
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the new bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam; the contacts she has had with the Vietnamese...
- Youth Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and budget of youth cafes funded by her Department each year in 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a...
- Food Labelling
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce country of origin labelling in the white meat sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7818/09]
- Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the plans by the Health Service Executive to centralise administrative services; if so, the...
- Youth Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to minimising the impact of the cuts from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to the youth...
- Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for speech and language therapy services in each service area in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Care Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of young people who have left State care and foster care in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 with a statistical...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for refusal of the claim by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 for repayment under the health repayment scheme. [7193/09]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 12 February 2009, if in view of the fact that enhanced subvention is governed by an Act,...
- Mental Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and nature of complaints made to the Health Service Executive against mental health units and intellectual disability...
- Medical Cards
Question 216: 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 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [7307/09]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the draft national standards for residential services for people with an intellectual disability, which were recently put forward...
- Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the general practitioner service at a health centre (details supplied) in County Louth will be reinstated; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time for pre-assessment tests for hip replacement patients in Cappagh...
- Health Service Staff
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra staff will be deployed to Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin, to deal with an increase in the workload, including applications for...
- Youth Services
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will finalise the allocation to the young people's facilities and services fund; and if her attention has been drawn to the...
- Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultation which was involved in the proposed centralising of the medical card section in Ballybofey, County Donegal; the reason...
- Adoption Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that the new Adoption Bill will confer on adoptive parents a wide menu of post-adoptive services, rather than...
- Youth Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure on the youth services budget in County Mayo from 2002 to date in 2009; if she will commit to minimising the impact of...
- Hospital Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the paediatric high dependency care unit in the Mid-West Regional Hospital, Limerick will open; if it is being given priority in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants employed in her Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in...
- Department of Transport
- Sea Pollution
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport his reaction to the oil slick off the west coast in February 2009; the origin of the slick; the action he will take against those responsible for...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the role of the marine survey office with regard to regulation and monitoring of gross tonnage and registered kilowatts in the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is the responsibility of the driver who accumulates 12 penalty points on his or her driving licence to surrender it to the Garda; and if he...
- Road Network
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [7649/09]
- Light Rail Project
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated completion and opening dates for the extension of the Green Luas line from Sandyford to Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if he will...
- Road Safety
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make it compulsory for any person who rides a bicycle to wear a helmet for protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will expedite the processing of the application in respect of a company (details supplied) for a licence to operate bus passenger services...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 17 February 2009, his position on including the N3, Navan to Kells road, in the national cycle route...
- Road Network
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the current and capital spending on road infrastructure in each of the past five years; the proposed current and capital spending in 2009; and if...
- Travel Trade Regulation
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the provision of a 4% bond under the travel trade regulation is unnecessary; if the bond should be fixed at 2% and applied to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Public Transport
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in issuing public service vehicle licences to an applicant (details supplied) who has submitted...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the problems there are with paying the staff employed at an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if it is expected...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when fixed speed cameras will be operational here; and if a decision has been taken as to the private operator that will...
- Residency Permits
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7034/09]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the non-commenced sections of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on...
- Registration of Title
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the waiting time for processing land registry dealings on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received in his Department in respect of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm the position in relation to religious volunteers and missionaries who come to Ireland on behalf of their...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people jailed here for not paying their television licence fee each year for the past 30 years; the average...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath; when he will make a decision on this...
- Visa Applications
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the basis on which a stamp three is granted; if it can be renewed; if so, the conditions under which it can be renewed; and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the establishment of a centre for excellence in universal design as provided for under the Disability...
- Residency Permits
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on extending temporary or long-term residency on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application for citizenship will be concluded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Garda Operations
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [7479/09]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if recent vacancies arising from resignations from the board of the Equality Authority have been filled; if so, when the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [7514/09]
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if gardaí have the ability to check the number of points on a licence while at a road check point; the number of drivers...
- Prison Staff
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the competition for recruitment of prison officers which commenced in 2007; the number who applied...
- Crime Levels
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences committed by persons on bail in County Mayo for each of the years 2006 to 2008; and if he will make...
- Public Order Offences
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [7545/09]
- Garda Deployment
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the context of the reconfiguration of the Garda divisions, additional Garda resources have been allocated to...
- National Age Cards
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of national age cards that have been issued annually since its establishment in 1999; the method of recording...
- Crime Prevention
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of the knife crime campaign; the organisers contracted to run the campaign; the budget for the...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he decided not to put measures in place for a product (details supplied) as was previously mooted; his views on...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consultation process for the White Paper on crime; the budget for same; the methods being used for the promotion of and...
- Garda Deployment
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether An Garda Síochána resources in Inishowen are sufficient in view of the fact that Inishowen towns and...
- Public Order Offences
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public order offences committed after 10 a.m. in each month since July 2007 in tabular form on a county...
- Policing Committees
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in producing guidelines for the community policing fora; and when the roll-out of local community...
- Departmental Staff
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation in regard to undocumented Irish citizens being detained in US prisons prior to deportation,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding allocated to Comhaltas Ceolteoiri Éireann in the budget 2009; the amount sought by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí...
- Sports Funding
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the principle of funding for GAA players in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7016/09]
- National Concert Hall
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the nature of the public private partnership for the National Concert Hall; the timescale envisaged for repayments; if the ultimate...
- Abbey Theatre
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the nature of the public private partnership for the Abbey Theatre; the timescale envisaged for repayments; if the ultimate...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to the drawdown of a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied) in County Cork. [7285/09]
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has reallocated funds originally ring-fenced for the swimming pool at Loughrea, County Galway as a public private partnership;...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an organisation (details supplied) received a sports capital grant from his Department in 2006, 2007 or 2008; and if he will make...
- Departmental Staff
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Grant Payments
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make funding available to a social services centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to carry out essential...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the refocused measure for general water scheme top-ups in respect of 2009, which was to be announced in late...
- Community Development
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the contract between Pobal and his Department regarding the community service project schemes expires; if there...
- Inland Waterways
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress, or otherwise, regarding the provision of private mooring facilities beside the Waterways Ireland marina...
- Community Development
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will request a public body (details supplied) to reverse the withdrawal of funding that is resulting in the...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and budget of voluntary bodies that his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department provide...
- Departmental Staff
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of Civil Service pensions; the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money paid under the early childhood allowance scheme in 2008 in respect of children who are not resident here....
- Pension Provisions
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that all pension funds have operated in a fashion expected to protect the consumer; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money paid under the child benefit scheme in 2008 in respect of children who are not resident here. [7074/09]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the legal position regarding a rent allowance issue (details supplied). [7076/09]
- School Meals Programme
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the analysis carried out on the extent of food waste arising from the school meal programme; the assessments that were carried out...
- Departmental Staff
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a job facilitator post is in place at all social welfare offices; the availability of such persons to those seeking employment;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way income tax, tax levies and so on are treated in the means test for jobseeker's allowance; if a different set of rules...
- Pension Provisions
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), if she will change the regulation which states that a person...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be assessed for a jobseeker's allowance. [7241/09]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [7412/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if extra staff will be deployed to the social welfare office in Clondalkin to cope with the increase in social welfare...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason on two recent occasions money was not available for pensions and welfare payments at Finglas Post Office (details...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her intentions in relation to increasing or decreasing pension and welfare rates for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Meals Programme
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide details of her Department's investigation into the school meals scheme. [7629/09]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if plans are in place to relocate existing Money Advice and Budgeting Service offices in County Donegal to other locations; and if...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding self-employed workers' entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7636/09]
- Department of Defence
- Asgard II
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will proceed with the salvage operation for the [i]Asgard II[/i]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6971/09]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will sanction the recruitment by the Air Corps of apprentice aircraft mechanics from the short list of people who have been vetted, sent for...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people who have taken part in the national sail training programme in each of the past five years; the cost to the Exchequer of the...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the [i]Asgard II[/i] is not to be salvaged; if he will commission the building of a new vessel to replace the [i]Asgard II[/i]; the cost...
- Departmental Properties
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on land owned by his Department in Templebreedy, Crosshaven, County Cork in view of the fact that under the Cork County...
- Army Barracks
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans for the continued use of the vacated Army barracks in Lifford, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Environmental Policy
Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the information he has on health risks that may be involved in relation to pylons in...
- Planning Issues
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify if planning permission is required from local authorities for works carried out under the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve a pilot scheme by Dublin City Council to allow some affordable housing to be released...
- Environmental Policy
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [6970/09]
- Register of Electors
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the fact that many people, particularly in apartment complexes, appear to be...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that there is no obligation on landlords to supply a building energy rating and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate funding for the sewerage treatment plant at Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities are having their budgets for insulation projects reduced to help fund the new national...
- Election Management System
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the proposal of the National Youth Council of Ireland to reduce the voting age to 16 for the...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the work carried out by a committee (details supplied) which was established by him;...
- Building Regulations
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there has been a change made to the relevant regulations requiring payments to be made to planning...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authority staff will benefit from bonuses as a result of performance indicators or another bonus...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding for the continuation of works to rejuvenate an estate (details supplied) in County...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to prevent overcrowding in properties that are rented out to tenants by private...
- Inland Waterways
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a visit by his Department's staff to a location (details supplied) in County Laois;...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the legislation that he promised would be introduced that will allow Cork City Council...
- Waste Disposal
Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 382 and 383 of 17 February 2009, if the general and hazardous waste...
- Departmental Staff
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension;...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Programmes
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the source of the funding in respect of the national insulation programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the length of time the national broadband scheme is currently running over its original schedule since first...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of researching, drafting and publishing the Energy White Paper 2007; and if he is committed to...
- Departmental Reports
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the Review of the Security of Ireland's Access to Commercial Oil Supplies September 2008; the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the Commission for Energy Regulation to the taxpayer; the number of staff employed by the CER each...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the recently announced grants for the installation of high performance boilers and insulation will be...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the fisheries board (details supplied) is charging an extortionate amount for a licence. [7237/09]
- Energy Prices
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the announced reduction in energy prices can be expected in view of the recently announced energy review....
- Telecommunications Services
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public service answering points here; the number of staff employed at each point; if he has...
- Electricity Pylons
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the information he has in relation to pylons in residential areas; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the district electoral divisions in County Laois that are not part of the national broadband scheme; the reason...
- Energy Conservation
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way a community group can apply to Sustainable Energy Ireland to register its interest in taking part in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department will publish regulations or legislation regarding the production of geothermal energy here;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Foreshore Licences
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for a foreshore licence by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive payment under REPS 4; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that there is no change to the consolidation arrangements under the single farm payment scheme 2009...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to ban afforestation on enclosed and unimproved land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue under REPS 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [7067/09]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 10 February 2009, the number of farmers of the 145 who have actually been...
- Grant Payments
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been deducted €850 in their REPS payment; the way this amount...
- Poultry Sector
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there is no funding available for poultry farmers here; and if he will provide a commitment that he will move to...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, as a result of his recent announcement of delayed staged payments of the farm waste management grants, he will pay...
- Grant Payments
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that the farm waste management grant is awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo...
- Restriction of Farm Holdings
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when farmers who have had their animal population depopulated due to the dioxin feed situation, and who have been...
- Grant Payments
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the application under the farm waste management scheme for a person (details supplied); when payment will be...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a commitment that applicants under REPS 4, many of whom have had their applications submitted since late...
- Grant Payments
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to make the first 40% instalment payment under the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a...
- Dairy Sector
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will evaluate and quantify financially the benefit of recent market support initiatives for the dairy sector here as...
- Grant Payments
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the payment arrangements by his Department envisaged for outstanding grants due under the farm improvement scheme; and if he...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the scientific justification for the introduction of new rules in respect of KW days at sea regulations; and if he will make...
- Food Labelling
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department can identify the percentage of salmon that is sold as Irish salmon which is in fact not Irish salmon; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will approve funding for a farm waste grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Accommodation
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid by individual schools on a yearly basis in Carrigaline, Douglas, Ballygarvan and Passage West, County Cork on prefabs...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have been approved to go to tender and construction for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 and have yet to...
- School Accommodation
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown on a county basis of all schools using prefabricated buildings as classrooms. [6956/09]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 applying for a maintenance grant in order to further their education cannot use a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6982/09]
- Pension Provisions
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6987/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools which have been successful in securing funding for 2009 in Counties Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin in respect of development...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budgetary cuts to be implemented at second level education by his Department in the 2009-10 school year; and if he will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level teachers on fixed term contracts; if cuts in the education budget will result in a reduction in this number...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made with regard to the proposed construction of a new community college in Bantry, County Cork; when he expects work to...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department or the board of Trinity College Dublin was made aware of the unauthorised payment of bonuses and an allowance to...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who needs a full-time special needs assistant to support them in...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will furnish this Deputy with the information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 1465 of 27 January 2009; and if he will...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to date incurred arising from an inquiry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7047/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will sanction the necessary finance to allow the building of an extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policies and procedures he has in place to ensure school children do not become victims of emotional or psychological abuse in...
- School Staffing
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allowed to retain its existing number of teachers. [7073/09]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 9 November 2008, if details supplied were forwarded to the National Council for Special...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will direct that an audit of the accounts in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo be undertaken for the period...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a reply was issued to a group (details supplied) in County Laois; the details of the reply; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will make a decision on the case in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 which has been waiting for...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in County Mayo who will be affected by his recent decision to place special needs children in mainstream...
- Schools Recognition
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the development of a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the growth of this all-Irish...
- Pension Provisions
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an allowance will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bullying in the Workplace
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of formal cases of bullying, harassment and intimidation lodged with the human resource departments of third level...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs assistant and access to an individual education plan, IEP, programme will be provided in respect of a person...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most recent position regarding the provision of new schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the schedule of accommodations...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the qualification criteria in place within his Department for tutors employed by parents to provide home tuition; the criteria...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet with representatives of a school (details supplied) in County Cork to discuss its application under the schools...
- School Staffing
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if interviews for a post (details supplied) in County Mayo have taken place; if so, the outcome of the interviews; and when the person...
- School Transport
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the review of school catchment boundaries in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding provision of a new school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if steps will...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the number of schools in County Cork which will be directly affected by his recent decision to close special needs...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction sufficient places for apprenticeships (details supplied) in his next announcement of phase six places to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford on the school building capital programme; and if he will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Galway which had the required 48 students on 30 September 2008 to retain all of its...
- State Examinations
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent by his Department each year on storing project material submitted by leaving and junior certificate students...
- Education Schemes
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding in each year 2005 to date in 2009 for both breakfast and after-school clubs; the number of both breakfast and after-school...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and addresses of each second level school in receipt of additional teaching resources in respect of special educational...
- Grant Payments
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will be providing devolved grants to schools in 2009; if so when he hopes to announce same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the €10.085 million spent on the work of the National Educational Welfare Board in 2008 by his Department; the amount...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of his recent admission to this Deputy that €58 million was spent in 2008 on administration for vocational education...
- Third Level Education
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who wishes to pursue a four year degree course in classical music and who...
- Third Level Institutions
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has had communication with the authorities of University College Dublin with regard to their decision to spend €15 million on...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explore ways of alleviating the difficulties that have been imposed on vocational education in County Donegal by the recent...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason that critical special needs assistance care in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal has been ceased in...
- School Enrolments
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to the issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the action being taken to...
- Departmental Staff
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in...
