Written answers
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
- Department of Education and Science
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 26 February 2009, when the contract for his Department's new payroll system was first...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse his decision to suppress classes for children with mild learning disabilities in a school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which he and his Department officials have had discussions with the authorities of the various primary and post-primary...
- Third Level Fees
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department is considering a capital assets test for means test purposes with regard to the reintroduction of third level college...
- Schools Recognition
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools recognised by his Department in 2008 at both primary and post-primary level; the number of schools expected to be...
- School Accommodation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question 524 of 10 March 2009 the reason boards of management are responsible for acquiring temporary school...
- Student Councils
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to parliamentary Question No. 27 of 26 February 2009, the reason his Department only understands that student councils have...
- Third Level Fees
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the graduate tax that has recently been proposed. [12270/09]
- School Staffing
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the implications of the proposed staffing cuts for vocation education committee schools in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provision he has made in the case of direct funding school building projects for the payment to suppliers of equipment and...
- School Staffing
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools that have been allowed keep more than two staff in English as an additional language programme, under the exceptional...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the restructuring of a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Education
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he is taking to assist persons, who have recently been made unemployed, to re-enter third level education; and if he will...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the practice of early immersion education. [12272/09]
- School Staffing
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the implications of the proposed staffing cuts for post primary schools attended by pupils from...
- School Curriculum
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the walk tall and personal health programmes; if there are cut backs proposed to the programmes due to the...
- Student Councils
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 26 February 2009, if his attention has been drawn to the view that some student councils...
- Third Level Fees
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will announce his plans for third level funding reform. [12268/09]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is having discussions with the vocational education committees and their representative organisations with a view to...
- Property Transfers
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 26 February 2009, the identity of the property that was transferred from his Department to...
- Departmental Reports
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 26 February 2009, if the terms of reference have been finalised for the high level steering...
- School Accommodation
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will survey the remaining schools with regard to their usage of prefabricated buildings. [12267/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when work will commence on the extension in respect of a primary school (details supplied) in County Dublin which was sanctioned by his...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if provision will be made to change the existing scheme in relation to third level maintenance grants, which prevents students who...
- School Patronage
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 26 February 2009, if he will request his Department's inspectors to pay an individual visit...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new schools his Department estimates will need to be built over the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 in order to meet the...
- School Staffing
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on reversing the decision to halve the numbers of teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal from two to one...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the restructuring of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that the home-school community liaison services for schools throughout the country will not be reduced or withdrawn...
- Further Education
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has imposed a lower cap on the number of students in a college (details supplied) in County Cork; his views...
- Education Grants
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a letter (details supplied) regarding the impact of the financial cuts imposed on the Protestant voluntary secondary...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Immigrant Support Services
Question 82: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with the US President Mr. Barrack Obama in Washington in March 2009; if he discussed the case for the undocumented Irish in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are job opportunities becoming available in the Trim, County Meath area; if such vacancies are...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary level against which redundancy compensation will be calculated in the event that an employer first...
- National Skills Strategy
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the activities, membership and resources assigned to the interdepartmental steering committee onl lifelong...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of redundancy rebate payments and payments from the insolvency fund in 2008; the cost of redundancy...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name of the aviation expert who is advising her in relation to the future of a company (details supplied)....
- Departmental Agencies
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and location of offices the Industrial Development Authority operates in North Tipperary; if there...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing bus owners (details supplied) avail of the VRT category C rate if they can prove that they are providing a service in their...
- Garda Stations
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide additional office accommodation for the Garda at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in benchmarking the availability of credit from banks which are to receive State recapitalisation; if this procedure...
- Insurance Industry
Question 94: 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 they...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the bonuses paid to senior executives and management at the six banks covered by the State guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Yield
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VRT in February 2009; the comparable figures for 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12442/09]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to seeking agreement from the institutions which have benefited from the bank guarantee that they will review the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will tax or levy the Defence Forces gratuity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12448/09]
- Arts Funding
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements with respect to the sponsorship of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra for the 2008-09 season; when these arrangements were...
- Tax Yield
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify his recently reported comments regarding the increase in the headline VAT rate by 0.5% in budget 2009; the amount this increase...
- Tax Collection
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance when a P45 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/09]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance his priorities in 2009 in respect of the allocation of funding to appropriate and qualifying bodies, groups or agencies from the proceeds of the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, his Department has requested that an audit be carried out to establish the assets the bank...
- Tax Code
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal to tax text messages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10531/09]
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding the sports capital scheme received from the national lottery in each of the past five years; the reason the scheme could not...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the programme of school medical examinations is up to date in all respects; if children diagnosed have received adequate follow-up...
- Medical Cards
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if payments are made to general practitioners in respect of their patients who are medical card holders when the patient is admitted to...
- Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason more than 2,000 children attending schools (details supplied) in County Cavan have no dental screening service or adequate...
- Health Service Staff
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a newspaper article (details supplied); her plans to address this situation; if she has communicated with the Medical...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the fair deal as outlined in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 to come into operation for people on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Information and Quality Authority staffing structure and pay rates for persons due to be involved in the inspection and...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial assistance she will provide to an organisation (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to submit the application for planning permission for the new 50-bed unit at St. Patrick's Hospital, Waterford; and...
- Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Dublin who has been assessed by the Health Service Executive orthodontic services as...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all ward and bed space or other units at Peamont Hospital, Newtown, County Dublin are occupied; the nature of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the reconfiguration of hospital services in a hospital (details supplied) in County Tipperary taking into consideration...
- Department of Transport
- Park and Ride Facilities
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding available from his Department to fund park and ride projects in the greater Dublin area and elsewhere; the organisational...
- Driving Tests
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will continue with plans to open a driving testing centre on Main Street, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. [12445/09]
- Light Rail Project
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of public servants, external consultants or other staff employed on a full or part-time basis on the metro north project; the amount of...
- Pension Provisions
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport the latest actuarial assessment of the common pension scheme for Aer Lingus, the Dublin Airport Authority and a company (details supplied). ...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Departmental Agencies
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to publish the Deloitte & Touche report on the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of visa applications in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Garda Operations
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will seek from the Garda authorities confirmation of the number of warrants in respect of addresses in Dublin...
- Residency Permits
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the application submitted to the general immigration division on behalf of a person (details...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile phones seized in each of the prisons here in 2008 and to date in 2009; the measures put in place in...
- Garda Operations
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the revenue generated by the Garda Síochána from on-the-spot fines in 2006, 2007 and 2008; the follow up for persons who...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs involved in establishing a joint policing committee; the person to whom the costs are borne; and if he will make...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the costs associated with becoming a community garda; the salary of a community garda; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Reserve
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of garda reservists in each quarter for the past year; the costs of the Garda Reserve in 2007 and 2008; the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the Garda Inspectorate to publish the report on garda rostering; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual salary of a juvenile liaison officer; the associated costs of such a post; and if he will make a statement on...
- Juvenile Liaison Service
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost since 2004 to date in 2009 of the juvenile liaison programme; the breakdown of these costs; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of the establishment of regional armed response teams; the approximate cost of such a team annually; and if...
- Courts Service
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 649 and 329 of 27 January 2009, if he will provide details of the costings of the...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual allocation to the Probation Service since 2003 to date in 2009; the extension of services that have occurred...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if accommodation and medical assistance will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status in the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long-term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be dealt with; if same...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken to date by him at European level and in the United Nations with regard to the expulsion by Sudan of humanitarian...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [12409/09]
- Tourism Industry
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the decline in tourism from the US to Ireland; the implications of this decline for the mid-west region; his plans to...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of each office to his Department in tabular form in respect of a company (details supplied). [12485/09]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures in place to ensure that the fuel allowance is no longer paid when a person is admitted to long-term nursing home...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some pensioners in receipt of the contributory State pension are in receipt of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on correspondence (details supplied). [12449/09]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial supports his Department will make available to the local authority to undertake remedial works...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his Department has given authorisation to county councils to receive applications under the green...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when works will begin on the sewerage scheme for Hospital, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
- Fire Stations
Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application for funding in respect of a new fire station facility (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the methods he will use to satisfy himself that the upload, download and latency standards described by himself...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to ensure that farmers affected by the failure of his Department to honour its contract with farmers...
- Departmental Staff
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 10 March 2009, when the district superintendent post will be filled to cover...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 22 November 2007, No. 123 of 1 July 2008, No. 34 of 30 October 2008 and No. 104...
- Grant Payments
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount that he expects his Department to owe to the farming sector in delayed payments by the end of 2009, the end of...
- Forestry Sector
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the implications for the forestry industry and Coillte Teo of Budget 2009 and the further Budget on 7 April 2009; and if he...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken to renegotiate Ireland's fishery policy in the European Union; the progress made with Ireland's...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to repeal the criminal sanctions against fishermen found to be in breach of regulations in the Sea Fisheries and...
- Grant Payments
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all farmers who applied for farm improvement grants have been informed that their application is being processed or have...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the presentation by the Commission and exchange of views discussed at the Council of EU, Agriculture...
- European Council Meetings
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the exchange of views and discussions at the Council of EU, Agriculture and Fisheries, meeting on 23 of...
- Grant Payments
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted their tuberculosis reactor compensation grant; and if he...
- Circus Animals
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of animals exported into Ireland for use in circuses here in 2008, including the species, the number, their...
- Department of Education and Science
- Departmental Personnel
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he has failed to provide this Deputy with information stating the number of retired officials and inspectors from his...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been identified for a post primary school to service the Stepaside/Kilternan area of County Dublin; when this site will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of the new facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the upgrading and refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare are expected to be completed in full; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for permanent facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; his plans to...
- School Accommodation
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is adequate to meet current and future...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date he received an application for major capital funding from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when same is...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to maintain or increase the number of special needs assistants and teachers here in 2009; and if he will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he proposes to take to alleviate classroom overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12358/09]
- Psychological Service
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the budgetary cuts are expected to impact in respect of psychological assessment requirements at all schools here;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is intended to offer improvement in speech and language or other special needs teaching facilities in 2009 having particular...
- School Accommodation
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average length of time for children to be accommodated in prefabricated or temporary structures at all levels here; if particular...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date he received an application for major capital funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when same...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which it is intended to continue to provide financial support and assistance to ensure the continuation of the operation...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a funding proposal regarding a proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has...
- School Transport
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a solution has been found to the school transport problem in relation to travel to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the re-tendering process undertaken to permit construction works at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Drug and Alcohol Education
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent annually since 2006 to date in 2009 on alcohol and drug awareness sessions in schools; the number of schools that...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an education grant refund of €900 will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- School Transport
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide assurance that the existing levels of school transport will continue without disruption; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on foot of the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 21 May 2008 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
