Written answers

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

  • Department of Defence
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals to amend the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990, in order to allow PDFORA to have a limited membership of the Irish Congress of Trade...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence the expected future strength and location of overseas troop deployments with regard to requests received to date, pending or expected; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence the way, in respect of the announcement of 3 February 2009, it is intended to achieve the general administrative reductions in regard to his...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence the changes in the rules of engagement applied to Irish soldiers participating in peace support operations compared to previous types of operations...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the operational costs of running Air Corps helicopters; and the details of their usage for ministerial transport in 2008 and to date in 2009. ...
    • Defence Forces Strategy Statement
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence when the drafting of his Department's and the Defence Forces Strategy Statement 2008 to 2010 was completed; if the document was amended to take...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects a decision to be made on whether there will be a cadet intake in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9857/09]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence the latest information regarding the security situation in Chad and the potential threat to Irish troops, particularly in view of reports that...
    • Coiste an [i]Asgard[/i]
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of the members of Coiste an [i]Asgard[/i]; the qualification or experience each board member has in sail training; if he is satisfied...
    • [i]Asgard II[/i] Replacement Vessel
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for his decision not to proceed with plans to salvage the [i]Asgard II[/i]; if his attention has been drawn to the disappointment his...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the age of each of the vessels in the Irish naval fleet; the number that are scheduled for replacement; if replacement plans have been prepared; if...
    • Air Corps Investigation
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a report regarding the helicopter emergency which arose in Killarney, County Kerry on 2 March 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence the proportion of the costs required in providing protection for cash-in-transit protection that is paid for from the Defence budget; the proportion...
    • Naval Service Patrols
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which future enhancement of coastal air and sea surveillance will be upgraded with particular reference to the need to intensify the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the funding scheduled to be provided for the riot control teams of the Defence Forces in 2009; if any revision of the budget in this area is...
    • Defence Forces Medical Staff
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of medical staff within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9521/09]
    • European Defence Agency
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the reports of a statement (details supplied) that Ireland should withdraw from the European Defence Agency; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Medical Requirements
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of a firm (details supplied) containing recommendations on the best means of meeting the medical requirements of the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members recruited to the Reserve Defence Forces throughout 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • [i]Asgard II[/i] Replacement Vessel
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposed timetable for the acquisition of a replacement for the [i]Asgard II[/i]; the funding allocated for this purpose; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the view of the Chief of Staff on the prospect of facilitating suitably qualified enlisted personnel to compete internally for...
    • Civilianisation Programme
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to carry out a review of the deferment of action on civilianisation in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence the way, in respect of the announcement of 3 February 2009, it is intended to effect the 8% reduction in professional fees in relation to services...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects to receive recommendations and a proposed plan of action with respect to the First Line Reserve; and if he will make a statement on...
    • [i]Asgard II[/i]
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence if at any stage he was advised that [i]Asgard II [/i]could be raised; the length of time involved in preparing surveys assessing the condition of the...
    • Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the work of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9844/09]
    • Passport Applications
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the procedures the Defence Forces have to deal with such cases; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of helicopters owned by the Air Corps with details of their age and condition. [9741/09]
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he or the Defence Forces have had with PDFORRA regarding a role that members of the Defence Forces may be asked to play in the event...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects the delivery of the first of the 60 new light tactical armoured vehicles, 16 of which are to be delivered in 2009; and if he will...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps which he is taking to make provision for additional personnel numbers in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Security Committee
      Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the National Security Committee in January and February 2008, the full year of 2008, and in January and February of 2009; and if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9810/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 94: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and 2008. [9956/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/09]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in his Department and agencies under his remit; the location at which this scheme is...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on a matter (details supplied). [9533/09]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a campaign (details supplied) in 2009 following recent reports that 70% of retail workers...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the proposal in the Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008 for a company (details...
    • Job Protection
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on taking a company (details supplied) into public ownership as a commercial semi-State body if...
    • Work Permits
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and duration of work permits issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount her Department has taken out of the Social Insurance Fund to meet the cost of redundancies or...
    • Tax Code
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on representations made by a person (details supplied) in respect of international trade; and if...
    • Job Creation
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies which have visited or scheduled to visit a factory (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if senior officials of her Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person who is being made redundant in March 2009 will be eligible to take up a FÁS scheme or community...
    • Work Permits
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to persons from non-EEA areas for each month since January 2007 up to and...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 secured a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of her Department in superannuation and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by her Department;...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who is in the final stages of their...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will amend the relevant rules covering the insolvency payment scheme to allow payments to be made to...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by her Department in conjunction with the Industrial Development Authority to secure...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of public advertising funded by her Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if contractors based in Northern Ireland whose employees are resident in Northern Ireland are bound by REA...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in her Department and agencies...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on establishing a website on which members of the public can suggest ways to solve the problems in the economy and identify ways to reduce...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the agency that has the responsibility for the management of a river (details supplied) in County Offaly in event of flooding; the person who has...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Office of Public Works to open the space that has been allocated for an essential child care facility run by a group (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer if the reckonable salary for pension relief purposes was reduced to €100,000 and €80,000 respectively....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a central banking commission; if this will require new legislation; the progress made to date with a view to establishing...
    • Departmental Representations
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the professional or public affairs advisers or consultants who made representations on behalf of groups (details supplied) to his Department or the...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if the accounting practice of public private partnerships takes account of the EuroStat decision of November 2004 that mandated that PPPs must be...
    • Tax Code
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of lowering the 20% tax rate on those earning less than €25,000 to 18%. [9570/09]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of his previous correspondence with the leaders of the main Opposition parties warning them of the potential consequences of loose talk...
    • Transfer Applications
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 19 February 2009, when the transfer of a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [9613/09]
    • Motor Industry
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission from a group (details supplied), the situation that prevails in the motor industry, and the threat to employment and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be saved by imposing a cap on public sector pay at €150,000 and €200,000. [9648/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised by reducing the single person tax credit by €100 and the married couple tax credit by €200. [9649/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the income tax reliefs, not credits, that are available; the cost of same to the Exchequer in revenue foregone in each case; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due arrears in their taxable income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9664/09]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing the Financial Services or Insurance Ombudsman examine warranty type situations (details supplied) in view of the fact that...
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties presented to small Irish companies who import goods from outside of the European Union and then...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding has been earmarked and is guaranteed for all future phases of the Munster Blackwater flood alleviation scheme in Mallow and Fermoy,...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9805/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated for the Exchequer by an increase of 1% in the higher rate of tax. [9812/09]
    • Rental Sector
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of moneys in 2008 received by the Revenue Commissioners from tenants who had withheld rent from their overseas landlord in accordance...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take, in conjunction with the Office of Public Works, to alleviate the suffering and hardship caused to farmers in the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a proposed new garda station (details supplied) in County Limerick. [9891/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of income earned in each of 2006, 2007 and 2008 by each decile of the labour force from lowest income to highest income; the income...
    • Tax Code
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on removing the rate of VAT on defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9931/09]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate a situation whereby a customer of an Irish bank was not notified of changes to mortgage services at that bank (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and 2008. [9951/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems confronting motor dealers with second hand stock which because of VRT changes and market conditions...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if an up to date tax credit certificate will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare due to an exceptional change in...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who are exempt from tax because of the tax exemption limit applying to persons aged 65 years and over. [10076/09]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to change the penalty system imposed by banks on people with household mortgages who wish to change from a fixed rate...
    • Tax Code
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance if contractors based in Northern Ireland that are awarded building, electrical and civil engineering contracts here are liable for VAT in the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the application of pension levy in the same manner as income tax at a uniform level of salary over the whole year in order to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in his Department and agencies under his remit; the location at which...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Food Safety
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has commissioned or carried out tests to monitor bacterial levels in meat or poultry products sold in retail or...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to renew the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam when the current agreement expires in May...
    • Health Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis on which a person (details supplied) in County Cork was not granted domiciliary care allowance in respect of their son; and if...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the many prospective adoptive parents who have selected Russia as their preferred country for adoption and the 1 May 2009...
    • Health Services
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive community occupational therapy. [9483/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 27 January 2009, when the requested information will be supplied; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing levels at nursing homes (details supplied) in relation to patient numbers in these nursing homes; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will explain the decision to centralise the medical card application office from Tralee, County Kerry to Dublin; and if she will...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding matters (details supplied) concerning the community childcare subvention scheme on behalf of a group in County...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 3 February 2009. [9578/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be given an appointment for an assessment by the autism spectrum disorder team....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of births recorded in the Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, in 2008; the number which were C-sections; the age group and...
    • Health Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a query regarding a person (details supplied). [9672/09]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role of the regional planning committees on domestic violence; the persons who sit on these committees; the persons who chair these...
    • Health Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 regarding the Leas Cross Nursing Home Report; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange to issue a medical card to persons (details supplied) in County Cork on the basis of medical evidence submitted with...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community dieticians operating within the Health Service Executive south catchment area; the number of those who operate...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money allocated by Cork University Hospital for acute services at Mallow General Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons aged 18 and under who lost their medical card entitlement in 2007 and 2008; the grounds on which this entitlement...
    • Youth Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the concerns expressed by a council (details supplied) in County Donegal at the termination of a youth project, she will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when construction of the new National Rehabilitation Hospital facility in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, will commence in view of the lengthy...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if senior officials of her Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9807/09]
    • Children in Care
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a matter (details supplied). [9827/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if running costs are provided to rape crisis centres; if so, the amount that is provided in each case; if running costs will be provided...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on improved ambulance services for the mid-west in the context of planned reconfiguration; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has signed off on the major capital budget for health services in the mid-west for 2009; the way this differs from 2008; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is a position to provide dental services under general anaesthetic for adults with special needs at the Cork University Hospital;...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of her Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an orthopaedic outpatient appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have access to an occupational therapist; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in the estates department of the Health Service Executive and the number of such employees who were...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of public advertising funded by her Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an accident victim; if the short-term treatment and accommodation needs of this...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); if the surgical procedure which is required will be expedited in view of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation of people over 70 years, granted a medical card prior to 1 January 2009, who made a declaration of income to the Health...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the state of play of her plans to amalgamate the three children's hospitals in Dublin city; if in view of the public finances a...
    • Travel Expenses
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that assistance is given towards the cost of travelling for necessary medical treatment to hospital in respect of a...
    • Health Services
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [10123/09]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in her Department and agencies under her remit; the location...
  • Department of Transport
    • Air Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of subvention given for regional air services in each year since 2005 to date in 2009; the individual contracts awarded to airline...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of Exchequer funding given to Iarnród Éireann for each year since 2005 to date in 2009; the amount given as capital funding for new...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will request the Taxi Regulator to cap the number of taxis licences here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9700/09]
    • Road Safety
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have had discussions with the National Roads Authority, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9811/09]
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport if records are maintained by the Irish Marine Search and Rescue outlining the individual times from the time the victims of drowning enter the...
    • Road Network
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport when his Department received the National Roads Authority's report on the eastern by-pass; when the city manager of Dublin City Council, the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport the laws that cover the use of quad motor cycles, three-wheel motor cycles and two-wheel motor cycles, if they are used off highway in open public...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and 2008....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Airports
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the roll-out of the US customs and border pre-clearance facility at Shannon Airport. [9992/09]
    • Port State Control Inspections
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if a Latvian registered ship docked in Cork port is being invigilated for alleged non-payment of crew members for up to seven months to the value...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Community Service Orders
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on suggestions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/09]
    • Citizenship Application
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for Irish citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a subsidiary protection application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9586/09]
    • Citizenship Application
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if suitable...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a stamp 4 has never issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if registration fees...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a report by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission under public interest provisions in section 102(4) of the Garda...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount seized by gardaí in conjunction with drug seizures in 2007 and 2008 respectively. [9636/09]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount secured for the Exchequer by the Criminal Assets Bureau in 2007 and 2008 respectively. [9637/09]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with regard to the new immigration Bill; if heads of a Bill have been agreed; when it is proposed to publish...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [9670/09]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be granted naturalisation. [9701/09]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will advise on a matter (details supplied). [9826/09]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on a matter in respect of an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [9828/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No 87 of 4 December 2008, the grade which is under subscribed; the timetable envisaged...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on Operation Gem; the cost to date and the number of gardaí involved; the number of persons arrested and...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the number of criminal incidents around Lifford, County Donegal and other Border towns, the increased...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase the legal age for consuming alcohol from 18 to 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in his Department and agencies under his remit;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on claims that Israel is partaking in a campaign of house demolition and eviction of Palestinians from Jerusalem; and the steps he...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations he has made to the United States authorities regarding the plight of undocumented Irish citizens, in particular...
    • Decentralisation Process
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9806/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way Ireland voted on a United Nations measure aimed at combating the defamation of religions in November 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in his Department and agencies under his remit; the location at...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to plans to abolish the faculty of tourism and food at Dublin Institute of Technology, Cathal Brugha...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if he will...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when new applications will be invited for a grant scheme (details supplied). [9587/09]
    • Community Development
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of support that will be allocated in 2009 for the programmes of grants to community and voluntary...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the annual reports and accounts of the North-South language body in respect of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and...
    • Irish Language
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in relation to the statutory instrument 391 of 2008, he will provide a full listing of all the institutions being...
    • Community Development
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the qualifying criteria for the village grant scheme; the procedure for applying; the work which can be carried out;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or...
    • Community Development
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the salary levels of the chief executive officers of the Leader companies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      Question 312: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an seasann an maoiniú atá ar fáil d'Fhoras na Gaeilge do 2009 a céadfhógraíodh sna Meastacháin agus i...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an alarm (details supplied) will be included under a scheme. [10051/09]
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding has been supplied by his Department for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory;...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the money available for the development of Brandon Pier, County Kerry. [10118/09]
    • Deontas do Thogra
      Question 320: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas faighte ina Roinn ar dheontas do thogra (sonraí tugtha), cén dáta ar frítheadh an t-iarratas ina...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9901/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the exchange rate used to determine income for those in receipt of a British pension; and the person who determines the rate....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent allowance payments and arrears will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are different rules for Irish and other EU recipients of jobseekers allowance and jobseekers benefit with regard to the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if senior officials of her Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin....
    • Family Support Services
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the national carers strategy document has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9841/09]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if tax exempt income such as long-term rent for farmers over 55 years to a non-connected person is subject to PRSI deduction; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of her Department in superannuation and pension contributions in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by her Department; and if she will make a...

    • Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who participated in a confined competition for promotion to clerical...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the communications that have taken place between her Department and the Office of Public Works regarding the provision of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of public advertising funded by her Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 4 March 2009, the numbers of Irish nationals refused under the habitual residence...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in her Department and agencies under her remit; the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is the position that people who are retired from the Army and who are in receipt of disability pension as a result of injuries sustained...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Defence if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9801/09]
    • Defence Forces Reviews
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Defence the value for money audits or reviews that have been carried out in the defence organisation in the past five years; if such audits or reviews have...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs incurred in 2008 on civilian doctors, dentists, physiotherapists and pharmacy services, respectively, in respect of members of the Defence...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Defence if the number of civil servants in his Department at principal officer and assistant principal officer grades has increased since 1 September 2008;...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which the Permanent Defence Forces have been used to fulfil functions or provide services in the absence of those...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Defence the expenditure from his Department's budget spent in preparing for industrial disputes in essential services; the nature of the preparations...
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended that the Office of Emergency Planning will be exempt from budgetary cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9873/09]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force personnel involved in the provision of the ministerial air transport service; the costs of that provision for the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Defence if the freeze on recruitment will impact on the length of tours of duty, the frequency of tours of duty abroad, the number of members of the PDF...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007 and 2008. [9947/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Reserve Defence Force will serve overseas in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9880/09]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if he will make a statement...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which all military installations decommissioned in 1998 and 2008 have been disposed of; if not disposed of, their use and associated...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Army, Navy and Air Corps Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10181/09]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to continue participation with EUFOR in Bosnia; the extent to which discussions have taken place with EU and UN colleagues in this...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in his Department and agencies under his remit; the location at which...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Waste Management
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has agreed to permit Dublin City Council to enter into a contract with a third party to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedure taken by the Government to impose buffer zones around wells supplying group water schemes under...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when, in view of the fact that the EU has reversed its decision regarding genetically modified maize in...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the position regarding civil and public servants standing for the local elections. [9514/09]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the application for a group (details supplied) to provide four houses at Knockaderreen and...
    • Local Authority Regulations
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the failure of local authorities to police the standards pertaining to...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the significant places of public worship grant to be administrated to the Heritage Council;...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly in the planning laws whereby a person (details supplied) in...
    • Waste Management
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on litter fines on people who leave bags and boxes behind them at recycling bring centres when no...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to outlaw provisions from contracts which prevent downward reviews of rents;...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on allowing the Financial Services Ombudsman or the Insurance Ombudsman to examine warranty-type...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the prices of affordable housing are currently reflecting the downturn in the housing market; if local...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way money will be allocated to the Health Service Executive for the operation of the former special...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention that under the new scheme local authorities should have the option, at the end of a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding in 2009 for the overhaul of the Ring and Old Parish domestic water supplies in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located at a decentralised...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budget that is being made available to groups (details supplied) in Limerick for 2009; the amount of this...
    • Local Government
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a Limerick city boundary extension; if his attention has been drawn to the concern being...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the grant application for a group (details supplied) in respect of housing units will be awarded. [9902/09]
    • Election Management System
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a deadline for extensions to be made to town council electoral boundaries in order for them to be...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department;...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation banning all blood sports, including hare coursing and fox hunting. [10007/09]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations governing the provision of structural guarantee bonds by local authorities which commission...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the documentation produced during the consultation he had with the County and City Managers Association,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs paid by local authorities prior to design build and operate schemes being introduced for waste...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is proposed to have the next housing action plan meeting between his Department and Dublin City...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make funding available for the implementation of the representations as outlined in the Rathkeale...
    • EU Directives
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will avail of the provisions in Annex III allowing a member state to exclude the spreading of sewage...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of regeneration plans in respect of areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Longford who had their application turned down for...
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the home energy saving scheme as launched on 8 February 2009 will be in a position to accept applications...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the use of electric vehicles; the support his Department and local authorities make available for...
    • Fishing Licenses
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will include in the Control of Salmon Fishing Order 2009 a requirement whereby the regional fishery board...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will include the oxyvent tank under the greener energy homes scheme. [9707/09]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be rolled out in Rossmore, Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to proceed with the removal of the existing weir on the river Blackwater in Fermoy, County Cork;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that south Dublin, with its extensive geothermal resources, offers...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has directed RTÉ to proceed with broadcasting in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the proposed Broadcasting Bill is expected to be through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make...
    • Prospecting Licences
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of technical evaluation carried out on a site (details supplied); the estimated reserves, estimated...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be made available in Broomfield, Castleblaney, County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the electoral divisions (details supplied) in County Laois will receive broadband under the national...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in his Department and agencies under...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the farm waste management scheme; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) will be exempted from nitrates regulations due to the size of their holding; and if he will...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of rejected AHC1 forms sent back to the PVPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9608/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the staffing levels within his Department from 1975 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9611/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of applications made under the rural environmental protection scheme by persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the appeals process open to a person (details supplied) regarding an authorisation decision in respect of cod fishing in the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in issuing payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has applied under the REP...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that there are sufficient staff in each of the farm development offices serving counties Cavan, Louth and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in issuing payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has applied under...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that in the Government legislation programme, the proposed Bill 37 to consolidate and update existing...
    • Agricultural Training
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding the future of agricultural colleges. [9910/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the farm waste management grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension contributions...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of foreshore lease applications under the Foreshore Act 1933 awaiting determination; the year in each case the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted REP scheme three. [10009/09]
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement regarding the operation of the bio-energy establishment grant scheme and in particular his...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify details regarding the ex-gratia payment to be made to farmers with the final instalment of their farm...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of his negotiations with the banks regarding interest paid by farmers on outstanding loans taken out to finance...
    • Fishing Industry
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the role and function of his Department regarding the monitoring of gross tonnage and registered kilowatts in the fishing...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted their REP scheme three grant; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the application for grant aid to grow miscanthus under the bioenergy scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of payments of REP scheme four for 2008 that have been paid in full and the amount of payments that remain to be...
    • Food Industry
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of jobs provided in each of the counties Cavan and Monaghan through the food industry; if he is satisfied that...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if funding granted under the Fishery Harbours and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme may be used in conjunction...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [10115/09]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way in which the cycle to work scheme has been made available to staff in his Department and agencies under his remit;...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assured that their son, who has autism, has their future assured at their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 29 October 2008, the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made with respect to the location and re-location of primary schools in the Tyrellstown area of Dublin 15; if a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes for children with mild disabilities which will be affected by the recent decision to remove funding for classes...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent on renting temporary accommodation in respect of schools in an area (details supplied) including...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of his meeting with representatives of a group (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding obtaining a site for this new...
    • School Transport
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the doubling of school bus fees; and the number of students who avail of this service by county. [9505/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to an appeal lodged to the appeal board for management staffing by a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there are anomalies in the criteria for an Irish exemption between children progressing to secondary school from private...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will expedite the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Longford, in view of the recent engineer's report, which...
    • School Transport
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who are availing of a scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; the cost of this scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Offaly, which has applied for the replacement of its old building and prefabricated...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the process that schools applying for planning permission have to go through local authorities; if there are plans...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, notwithstanding the energy saving benefits of proper insulation in schools and orientation of classrooms, his attention has been...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken to advance to completion the provision of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists who have been appointed to the National Educational Psychological Service since June 2008; and if he will...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has requested that the Comptroller and Auditor General carry out a forensic audit of third level funding; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for additional or replacement accommodation;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way the decision on a reduction in funding in respect of transition year grants will be implemented; the criteria which will be...
    • School Staffing
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision to cut by 23% the number of teachers being allocated to Roscommon Vocational Educational Committee for...
    • State Examinations
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider the granting of a waiver to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in respect of the leaving certificate;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence (details supplied); the action he will take to address the concerns expressed; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent on renting prefabs (details supplied) in respect of schools in County Kerry. [9702/09]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 26 February 2009, if he will ensure at departmental level that FÁS will, at his...
    • Public Service Pension Levy
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to parliamentary Question No. 35 of 26 February 2009, the way his Department proposes to exempt school secretaries and school...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he proposes to take to facilitate and assist boards of management to renegotiate the rental cost of prefab accommodation...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post-primary school building projects at stage one within his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he has taken or will take in order to establish a condition and analysis survey of all of the 3,200 primary schools here; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools which have gone to tender and construction from the list of 36 such schools that were named on his Department's...
    • Legal Proceedings
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is seeking costs against a person (details supplied) in the Supreme Court; if he will pursue the costs if the Supreme Court...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, notwithstanding the energy saving benefits of proper insulation in schools and orientation of classrooms, his attention has been...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet a delegation from a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9752/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the promised educational needs assessment for east Clare will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9753/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason resource teaching hours were withdrawn from a person (details supplied); if these hours will be restored in view of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 19 February 2009, if he will use his discretion and provide the necessary resources to a...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on recent correspondence received from a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if senior officials of his Department, including the Secretary General, will be located in a decentralised office or in Dublin. [9802/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [9825/09]
    • School Ownership
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools here that are owned by religious teaching orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9834/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take steps to ensure that in view of correspondence enclosed, special needs assistance is provided in respect of a person...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is planned to complete construction of a primary school at Kilfinane, County Limerick. [9897/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department spent on a consultants' report (details supplied); the terms of reference of this project; when the report...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that has been spent on renting rooms or sports facilities for primary schools in south Tipperary every year since 1998; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid by public servants in agencies under the remit of his Department in superannuation and pension contributions in 2007...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of fully qualified chartered accountants and management accountants employed by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the extension and refurbishment programme in respect of a school (details supplied) following the deputation from the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to plans to abolish the faculty of tourism and food at Dublin Institute of Technology, Cathal Brugha...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans in place to provide education, both primary and secondary, to the growing population of children in the general area of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for a new school building (details supplied) in County Mayo; the position regarding this...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the cycle to work bike scheme that was announced under budget 2009 is in operation for teachers through his Department; the way...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there have been changes in the way in which special education needs organisers assess children's need for support; if the funding...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on allocating an extra home school liaison position to serve primary level schools in an area (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name on a county basis of each secondary school that qualifies for DEIS status; the percentage of voluntary secondary schools in...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions being made towards tackling rural disadvantage within his Department at primary and secondary level. [10100/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, of the projected €48 million which his Department will spend in 2009 renting prefabs in respect of temporary accommodation...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make funding available for emergency measures at a school (details supplied) in County Cork to prevent anti-social...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way he proposes to expect to meet the demand for further education and PLC places, in view of the cap imposed by him, and the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the accommodation problem at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Sligo will be provided with €50,000 funding to complete essential works...

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