Written answers
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Olympic Games
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has read the Irish Sports Council's commissioned review of Ireland's Beijing Olympic performance; and if he will make a...
- Natural History Museum
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the Natural History Museum; the proposed refurbishment works which are to be carried out; the proposed works which will...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he plans to launch the next round of the local authority swimming pool programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Visitor Attractions
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had contact with the Office of Public Works in relation to opening hours and staffing levels at visitor attractions under...
- Sports Museum
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the sports museum and Irish literature museum as promised in the programme for Government 2007; and if he will...
- Sports Promotion
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken or plans to take to meet the commitment given in his Department's statement of strategy 2008 to 2010 to...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of times the tourism renewal group has met to date; the progress that has been made in relation to a strategy for the...
- Philanthropic Support
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the supports his Department provides to facilitate the philanthropic support of artistic and sporting groups; and if he will make a...
- National Museum
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the National Museum at Collins Barracks, Dublin, in view of the fact that he has confirmed that the exhibition space at...
- National Library
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to continue with the proposal to amalgamate the National Archives with the National Library; and if he will make a...
- Asgard I Conservation
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the conservation work on the [i]Asgard I [/i]will be completed; if it is his intention to exhibit the restored vessel in...
- Sports Participation
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the latest ESRI-Irish Sports Council's report, Irish Sports Monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount that has been spent to date on preparations, consultants, reports or other expenses incurred in preparing for the...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he is encouraging closer co-operation between departmental agencies in promoting the image of Ireland abroad; and if he will...
- Local Government Charges
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had discussions with officials of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with regard to the...
- World Boxing Championships
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures he has taken to support a bid by a group (details supplied) to have Dublin host the 2011 World Boxing Championships; his...
- National Stadium
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money spent on the Abbotstown national stadium project since its first inception in 1999; his views on whether this...
- Tax Code
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has been lobbied with regard to the increase in betting tax from 1% to 2%; the recommendations he gave to the Department of...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the capital projects which had been planned by his Department, or with the assistance of funding from his Department, which will not...
- Departmental Funding
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding for the local sports partnerships will be maintained, even during the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement...
- Sports Facilities
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason for the delay in the national audit of sports facilities which was originally promised in the programme for Government...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the drafting of the new Bill for the heritage fund; when he expects this legislation to be brought before the Houses...
- Tax Code
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the artists' tax exemption scheme; his further views on whether this plays a vital role in attracting artists into...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps that have been taken to establish, through Fáilte Ireland, an innovation fund to promote and support the development of...
- Sports Funding
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason no funding is provided in 2009 for sports capital grants; the position regarding the funds accruing from the national...
- Olympic Games
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action taken by him since he received the report of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Task Force report in March 2008; and...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will take the opportunity to launch a review of the sports capital scheme to ensure that it is taking account of the latest...
- Arts and Education Report
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on implementing the Arts and Education Report; the progress made to date on implementing the recommendations of...
- Arts Scheme
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects to launch the new per cent for art scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8526/09]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Tourist Numbers
Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of tourists who visited Ireland from abroad in each year since 2000; the average spend per tourist for each year;...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the members of State boards appointed by him who are directors or senior executives of banks and other financial institutions; and if he will make a statement...
- National Flag
Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach if he will clarify a matter on the use of the tricolour (details supplied). [8469/09]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the most recent unemployment figures for the Tallaght social welfare office, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8546/09]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings
Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the dates of the past six meetings of the Cabinet committee on social inclusion. [8788/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide advice or training in the areas of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Service Contracts
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation in place with regard to service contracts for companies who own their own units or premises...
- Employment Rights
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism available to a person or persons seeking a visit by his Department's inspectorate to ensure that...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the options available to a person who has been made redundant while in the process of completing their FÁS...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment , further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 9 July 2008, the position in relation to the decentralisation to...
- Industrial Relations
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the organisations in possession of a negotiating licence under the Trade Union Act 1975; the membership of...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she will take to address the issue of competitiveness in the economy here as a means to stop...
- Work Permits
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the options available to a Moldavian citizen who has completed five years second level and two years third...
- Departmental Funding
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support available for young innovators, in particular the successful exhibitors in the Young Scientist...
- Safe Pass Training Programmes
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost for employees of a safe pass for the construction industry; the way this charge has increased in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by her Department or any of the agencies under her aegis...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Property
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the buildings which have been vacated by Departments in Dublin to facilitate a move to another location within Dublin; the reasons for such moves;...
- Pension Provisions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person working in the public sector but not paying into a pension fund and not entitled to a public service pension will be liable for the new...
- Tax Code
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to publicise the fact that medical card holders are exempt from the income tax levy, and specifically, to inform medical card...
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance when payment of rebate of stamp duty will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [8329/09]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the situation regarding new director's loan requirements which are being proposed by the Financial Regulator; if these proposals will...
- Tax Code
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the National Roads Authority estimates that 3.5% of the cars in Dublin are foreign registered; the steps he will...
- Voluntary Pay Cuts
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Deputies and Senators who have taken the voluntary 10% pay cut to date; and his views on whether city councillors expenses should also...
- Departmental Funding
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the cross-Border bodies that are funded by the Irish State; the cost to the State of each of these bodies in 2007 and 2008; if he will provide this...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 9 July 2008, the position in relation to the completion of decentralisation to the town in question;...
- Pension Provisions
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt medical card holders from payment of the pension levy under section 8 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...
- National Lottery
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding he expects the State to receive in 2009 for the national lottery; the proposed uses for such funds; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the way, in view of his Department proposing to pay the farm waste management grant over three years, the Revenue Commissioners will deal with the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that Houses of the Oireachtas secretarial assistants qualify to retire and receive a pension at the age of 50 years under the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is necessary to review and amend section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997, in view of the prevailing economic climate,...
- National Treasury Management Agency
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on establishing, under the aegis of the National Treasury Management Agency, a sovereign guaranteed bond through which credit unions could...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will bring forward to the next stage legislation covering whistle-blowers in the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Stations
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance when a Garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo will be refurbished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8774/09]
- Flood Relief
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of an aerial survey of an area (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the position in relation to the solution being sought for the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide advice or training in the...
- Insurance Industry
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if the insurance ombudsman is restricted, in complaints about life assurance policies and other such similar products which a consumer has taken...
- Flood Relief
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to alleviate the recurring flooding problem in Sneem, County Kerry, since this Deputy's previous parliamentary question; and...
- Tax Yield
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the assumptions used by his Department in estimating the so-called tax buoyancy effects of tax and spending changes in 2009. [8921/09]
- Price Inflation
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest estimate for price deflation in Exchequer-funded capital investment projects in 2009. [8923/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the Exchequer capital programme for 2009 that has been committed. [8924/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the annual general Government savings in 2009 to 2013 of an indefinite suspension of the national pay agreement. [8929/09]
- Tax Code
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has investigated the modalities for the application of income tax to receipts of child benefit and early childhood supplement; and if he will...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing legislation to regulate debt collection here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9005/09]
- Department of Health and Children
- Youth Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the approval of a youth officer for the parish of Gweedore, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a decision not to renew a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) on the grounds of income in...
- Youth Services
Question 159: 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...
- Hospital Staff
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the reassignment of staff from previous roles to the acute unit in Kerry General Hospital. [8294/09]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the report of the Houses of the Oireachtas on child immunisation of July 2001 which recommended that a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is in line with her policy for the Health Service Executive to provide money directly to a group of parents of children with...
- Medical Cards
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way income is assessed in the means test for the medical card in respect of persons over seventy when the pension has an account...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available for elderly people to avail of hearing aids from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the requirement that applicants for registration with a group (details supplied) must have,[i] inter alia[/i], 250...
- Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [8376/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans in place to move rheumatology services from Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim to Sligo General...
- Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8411/09]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the members of State boards appointed by her who are directors or senior executives of banks and other financial institutions; and if...
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the Health Service Executive budget shortfall will affect Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; if she will ensure that...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to have a chronic long term illness (details supplied) recognised under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the contract for medical and surgical appliances; if this contract will be extended for a further 12 months,...
- Youth Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his dealings with a group (details supplied) and its constituent bodies in respect of their recently expressed concerns regarding...
- Medical Cards
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in regard to the entitlement of citizens over 70 years of age to a medical card, she will extend the concession whereby widows and...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a grant to employ a night carer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires full night time care....
- Grant Payments
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the State financial assistance provided to an organisation (details supplied) to facilitate them meeting their expenditure; and the...
- Health Service Funding
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if State funding has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) for their symposium to be held on 2 April 2009; and if so, the...
- Medical Cards
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to centralise the processing of applications for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8703/09]
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Staff
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons who were formerly employed to carry out laboratory analysis of cervical screening samples here have all been redeployed...
- Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to correspondence (details supplied); her plans to rectify the problems; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W has been refused a medical card; if she will intervene to grant them a medical card...
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cancer services available to people in the north west; if there is a danger that these services will be cut back by the recent...
- Hospital Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will get the surgery they need for a brain tumour; and if she will intervene to...
- Health Service Staff
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on the dispute at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; if her attention...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to consider providing an accident and emergency facility for Killarney and the south...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by her Department or any of the agencies under her aegis to provide advice or...
- Health Service Staff
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive employees, including full time, temporary and casual workers, currently employed; if any of the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate of the expenditure savings from the introduction of a €5 maximum monthly charge on drug purchases for medical card...
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of plans to provide a new primary healthcare centre (details supplied) in County Dublin. [8988/09]
- Department of Transport
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of the 2009 and 2010 Exchequer capital programmes allocated to all works and studies associated with metro north, metro west and the...
- Road Network
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department ensures that manhole covers and frames used on all major capital projects are certified and meet European standards; the action...
- Coastal Protection
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport if, having regard to the potential environmental and economic damage posed by the oil spill from a Russian naval vessel, he is satisfied that...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 8 July 2008, the position on decentralisation to the town in question; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport the body responsible when damages are caused to a vehicle due to substandard non-national roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the members of State boards appointed by him who are directors or senior executives of banks and other financial institutions; and if he will make...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he will take in respect of the bonding arrangements for travel agents here based on the recommendations of the aviation commission;...
- Road Network
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the timeframe in place for the upgrade of the new Mills-Glenties junction in Letterkenny, County Donegal; and the number of accidents reported...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport if he funded 2009 registered buses for Dublin Bus; if so, the number and cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8474/09]
- Road Network
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport if moneys to complete the remaining phases of construction of the Western Distributor Road, Sligo are ring-fenced and available to Sligo Borough...
- Public Transport
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport the position and the projected date for implementation of the integrated ticketing project to enable Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Iarnród...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide advice or training in the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Stations
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide funding to refurbish the front public office at Coolock Garda station, Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be dealt with by...
- Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a tender competition was recently held to appoint presenting officers to attend hearings of the...
- Garda Transport
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide funding for a new fixed wing plane to the Garda air support unit; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 234: 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. [8321/09]
- Prisoner Releases
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for the parole board to meet a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had any communications at EU level regarding a co-ordinated approach to vetting procedures and standards for...
- International Co-operation
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the availability of assistance in the fight against crime through Eurojust; the proposal for a Eurojust national...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when the new cost regime for barristers (details supplied) is due to be introduced; when the abolition of the taxing...
- Human Trafficking
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details on the G6 human trafficking initiative; when this group last met; when the awareness raising...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will publish the civil partnership Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8407/09]
- Deportation Orders
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of US citizens who were deported in the past ten years for being here illegally; and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in the case of person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the members of State boards appointed by him who are directors or senior executives of banks and other financial...
- Residency Permits
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the conditions under which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is currently residing here; the reason the person was...
- Asylum Applications
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applicants who made an application for judicial review in 2008; the number of such applicants who are...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an application for naturalisation will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application to remain in the State based on the parentage of an Irish-born child and an asylum...
- Garda Deployment
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the effects of the closing of Granard courthouse, County Longford, on Garda personnel in Granard; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the delays that currently apply to persons applying for naturalisation who are the non-national spouse of an Irish citizen...
- Residency Permits
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on an immigration enquiry (details supplied). [8727/09]
- Garda Deployment
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a Garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo has no full-time Garda presence; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide...
- Legislative Programme
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans, within the remit of his Department, to deal with concerns regarding the operation of apartment block management...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing the application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Visa Applications
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have a decision to refuse a holiday visa in respect of a person (details supplied) reviewed; if in...
- Garda Deployment
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of overtime hours worked by gardaí in 2008 at stations (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the policy for...
- Garda Investigations
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views in regard to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [9006/09]
- Asylum Applications
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and...
- Garda Investigations
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to this Deputy's parliamentary question on 27 January 2009, the position in relation to same; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Military Personnel
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of foreign military personnel based at Shannon Airport; the capacity in which each is operating; and if he will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [8331/09]
- Deportation Orders
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens the Irish embassy in the USA is aware of having being deported from the USA for each of the past ten years for...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communications he has had with the Turkish authorities regarding the continued detention of a person (details supplied) and the ongoing...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-governmental organisations are concerned with the reduction in the overseas development...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to engage with the new Government of Israel following the recent conflict in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the...
- International Agreements
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the bilateral agreement signed between Ireland and Belarus on 23 February 2009. [8564/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide advice or training...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his approach to the forthcoming UN Sponsored World Conference against Racism; known as Durban 2; his concerns, with regard to the agenda...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide advice or...
- Sports Funding
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has ever granted funding to a club (details supplied) in Dublin 12 under the sports capital scheme; the occasions this funding...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the full extent to which decentralisation targets have been met by his Department to date; the all in cost; and if he will make a...
- Sports Funding
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which grants towards the provision of various sporting facilities here are likely to increase or decrease in the...
- Tourism Industry
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he has met with representatives of the hotel and catering industry; if he has identified specific difficulties...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to encourage the development of tourism here in 2009 with particular reference to the competitiveness of the international...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the members of State boards appointed by him who are directors or senior executives of banks and other financial...
- Aerstráicí ar Oileáin
Question 294: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é mar a sheasann cúrsaí faoi láthair maidir le haerstráice ar Oileán Thoraí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas...
- Caillteanais Phost
Question 295: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an líon post a cailleadh i ngach ceann de dhá thionscal (sonraí tugtha); agus na hiarrachtaí atá á ndéanamh chun...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm when the dial to stop drug dealing campaign will be rolled out in Limerick in view of the fact...
- Community Development
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the projects to benefit from RAPID funding for the next five years for all RAPID areas in Cork east; the projects for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Insurance
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total amount paid by public servants in PRSI contributions in 2007 stating the number paying at the 0.9% rate and the 5.5%...
- Civil Registration
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is a restriction on access to State records on births, deaths and marriages for the purposes of research in certain parts...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can apply for a payment here. [8302/09]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal was lodged for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when this appeal will be heard. [8399/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an income exemption was disallowed for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8400/09]
- Social Insurance
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if conclusions two and three of the first inquiry report of the Irish Human Rights Commission entitled the Self Employed and the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a European citizen with a Greek passport has been asked to complete a habitual residence form in connection with their...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal will be completed and the result known in regard to the disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent allowance payment and arrears will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Departmental Offices
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time for the one-parent family payment scheme for applicants at each of the social welfare offices in Navan, Kells...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether rules and regulations for various unemployment and training social welfare schemes are outdated in the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her Department has prepared projections for the number of new cases to be processed by the Newbridge social welfare office in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by her Department or any of the agencies under her aegis to provide advice or...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 3 February 2009, the number of people in each county who are in receipt of weekly or...
- Social Insurance
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimate of the proceeds from an elimination in the employee PRSI ceiling. [8917/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the Exchequer savings in 2010 by reducing all social welfare payments by 3%. [8918/09]
- Departmental Offices
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the month in 2009 and 2010 when the contract for each of the social welfare branch offices is scheduled for renewal; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a disability allowance appeal or credit contributions on disability benefit will be arranged in the case of a person (details...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength by rank and gender of the Army, Naval and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/09]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Defence the members of State boards appointed by him who are directors or senior executives of banks and other financial institutions; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Defence if realistic and funded proposals from private individuals or groups in regard to salvaging Asgard II have emerged; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are plans to dispose of the premises vacated by Army personnel in Lifford and Rockhill, Letterkenny; his views on making these premises...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Defence the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide advice or training in the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of the 2009 and 2010 Exchequer capital programmes allocated to social and affordable housing...
- Planning Issues
Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of plans to extend a special amenity area order (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Westmeath County Council or Athlone Town Council has complied with his recommendation of 5 October 2007 to...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when local authorities will be notified as to the amount of funding that each local authority is to receive...
- Local Authority Regulations
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has checked the compliance or non-compliance by local authorities and contractors to...
- Fire Stations
Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for two additional emergency tenders, one additional foam tender and one...
- Waste Management
Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of abandoned vehicles that are removed each year by each local authority under their powers under...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the members of State boards appointed by him who are directors or senior executives of banks and other...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the next urban and village renewal scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the time-frame for the upgrade of Letterkenny water and sewerage infrastructure, County Donegal. [8464/09]
- Local Authority Funding
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the funding requested by Donegal County Council for the resurface work on Milford Main...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the Askeaton Sewerage Scheme in County Limerick; and if a preliminary report is with his...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projects submitted for his approval by Dublin City Council still awaiting decision; the date they were...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made regarding Dublin City Council's revised scheme of lettings, submitted to his...
- Housing Advice Services
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the advice made available by his Department to homeowners facing repossession; and if he will make a...
- National Parks
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are planned cutbacks in the allocation to national parks, particularly Glenveagh National Park,...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8664/09]
- Election Management System
Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No, 213 of 19 February 2009, if medical doctors attached to hospitals are...
- Tax Regulations
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for the significant difference in cost for paying car tax on-line or otherwise depending on...
- Planning Issues
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that An Bord Pleanála can reduce the length of time it can take to reach decisions on...
- Archaeological Sites
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will issue on an application for a licence to carry out an archeological dig on a site...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed the assessment of the sewerage scheme for Gorey which was at the contract document stage,...
- Departmental Property
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be sent back to the State...
- Turbary Rights
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis...
- Estate Management
Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans, within the remit of his Department, to deal with concerns regarding the operation of apartment...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority employees, including full time, temporary and casual workers, currently...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of each River Boyne tributary which is fertile for spawning salmon; and if he will make a...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way, and when people may apply for grants under the insulation of homes programme recently announced; if...
- Fisheries Conservation
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he proposes a complete ban on eel fishing here for 90 years in his Department's national management...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he envisages that Valentia Island, County Kerry, will have broadband coverage. [8350/09]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 9 July 2008, the position in relation to the decentralisation to...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the oil and gas reserves estimated to be located off the west coast; the location of the various fields; and if...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in providing broadband to the residents and businesses of a town (details supplied) in County...
- Fisheries Conservation
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 10 February 2009, if he will supply all of the information sought...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8714/09]
- Local Authority Schemes
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his policy with regard to the provision of allotments in built up areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded for two animals under the suckler cow welfare scheme. [8359/09]
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Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had their lease of entitlements rejected; if, in view of the minor...
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Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in awarding the farm waste management grant to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when inspection for approval of the farm waste management scheme will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect payment of their REP scheme four grant; his views on whether...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a foreshore licence application within his Department (details supplied) will be granted; and if his attention has been...
- Grant Payments
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment in full of their farm waste management grant; and if he...
- Fishing Vessel Authorisation
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing days a company (details supplied) in County Donegal has been allocated in Areas 6A and 7A for 2009;...
- Grant Payments
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made in respect of a single farm payment appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
- Departmental Bodies
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for the Teagasc organisation, especially with reference to the proposed termination of the contracts of 101 REP...
- Grant Payments
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason payment has not issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has made an application...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide...
- Fishing Fleet Modernisation
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding provided by the EU and Ireland to fund decommissioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their afforestation grant; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Science
- National Lottery Funding
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 over the past five years in grant aid; and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 24 February 2009, if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of efforts by the Office of Public Works to identify and acquire a new site for a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Delegation
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet a delegation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8306/09]
- School Transport
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 10 February 2009; if where the application and contact has been made with the local Bus...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a query regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the price increases imposed by his Department and its agencies for public services, products or taxes since 1 January 2005 to date in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the closing date for the receipt of tenders for the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average rental cost to his Department of temporary and prefabricated classrooms; the amount spent by his Department in 2008 on...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 434: 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...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 9 July 2008, the position in relation to decentralisation to the town in question; and...
- School Staffing
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will not lose a teacher in view of its status in a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has applied for emergency funding. [8401/09]
- School Staffing
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason one of three teachers has been withdrawn from a school (details supplied) despite the fact that on the cut-off date of 30...
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Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are restrictions for primary and post primary teachers paid by his Department on taking additional paid employment outside of...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the technical assessment has been carried out in relation to a site for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the special class at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is being removed; the assessment which has been carried out of...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the members of State boards appointed by him who are directors or senior executives of banks and other financial institutions; and if...
- Advertising Regulations
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are regulations or other measures which prohibit food companies from using part of their advertising budget to support...
- School Curriculum
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will remove the cap on enrolment in the post leaving certificate sector in view of the encouragement given to people who are...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 18 February 2009, if he will make a special case for a group of children at a school...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the contacts he has had recently with a group (details supplied) following their recent engagement with members of the Oireachtas....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school nationwide that are availing of accommodation under the temporary...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused a third level college maintenance grant; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reinstate the special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork pending the introduction of an appeals...
- Home Tuition
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the home tuition in respect of a person (details supplied); when it will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a query regarding the pupil-teacher ratio (details supplied). [8726/09]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of a third level maintenance grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [8730/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8773/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the companies or consultants engaged since June 2007 by his Department or any of the agencies under his aegis to provide advice or...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Vocational Education Committee employees, including full time, temporary and casual workers, currently employed; if any...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent cuts in special needs education in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and the fact...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need for a new permanent school building to ensure increased demand for school places is met and suitable...
- School Transport
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will consult with CIÉ and ask for a reduction of the cost of school transport to be implemented before the start of the 2009-10...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the recent agreement to acquire a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the timeframe for...
- School Accommodation
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [8986/09]
- Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for a decision on whether or not he will grant second level patronage status to the Educate Together organisation. [8989/09]
- School Staffing
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of language support teachers assigned in the 2008-2009 school year and the numbers expected to be assigned in the 2009-2010...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a full time special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on...
