Written answers

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

  • Department of Health and Children
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if capital funding will be made available to public nursing homes to enable them to upgrade their facilities to meet the new Health...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the VHI has acquired its reserve fund, as obliged under EU competition; if it is regulated by the Financial Regulator in time for the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her plans to introduce a Health Service Executive voluntary redundancy programme have been abandoned; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the State drugs bill through the use of generic medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13132/09]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; if she will include Huntington's disease; and if she will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of income declaration forms received by the Health Service Executive regarding the over 70 years medical card; the sanctions...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new consultants appointed to date in 2009; the number of such posts that have been advertised; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the people who are regarded as having full eligibility to repayment of long stay charges under the Health (Repayment...
    • Child Protection
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to protect vulnerable children at weekends in the absence of social work cover; if she will ensure that such cover...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether in the current economic climate pay increases for consultants can be justified; if she will review this matter; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason 1,200 children and adults in Cork, Limerick and Kerry have been recalled for a review of their hearing tests dating as far...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to centralise the administration of medical card applications; the way this will affect the assessment of people whose income...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the front-line services that will be affected due to the Health Service Executive funding shortfall of €1 billion; and if she will make...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new long stay beds for older people planned for 2009; the locations of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13093/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in reducing the waiting lists and times for rheumatology; the number of patients on waiting lists; and if she...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that will be taken on foot of the report (details supplied) to reduce the State drugs bill; if the Health Service Executive...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding being made available to the rape crisis centres nationally; the percentage increases per centre from 2008 to 2009; and if she...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated full cost per year for the roll-out of bowel screening; when the national bowel screening programme will commence; and if...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the co-location hospital plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13165/09]
    • Health Promotion
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in reducing the level of alcohol advertising associated with community and sporting events nationwide; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of specialist consultants per county treating persons suffering from diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to suspend the roll-out of the cervical cancer vaccination programme for 12 year old girls; and if...
    • Community Care
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will protect the budgets for community care in order that elderly and disabled persons currently receiving a reasonable level of...
    • Health Services
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients currently receiving IVF treatment through the Health Service Executive; the average cost involved per patient; and...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a new inter-country adoption arrangement will be concluded between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the review of adult critical care services completed in January 2008, that identifies the need for 100 additional intensive...
    • Medical Laboratory Services
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of laboratories that will be cut and the staff reduction from same under recently announced plans to rationalise medical...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of the new national children's hospital, that is estimated to cost in the region of €1 billion,...
    • Medical Consent
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has sanctioned the Health Service Executive advising HSE and medical nursing personnel that legally consent is only needed from...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the Health Service Executive to measure accident and emergency waiting time from the time of arrival, rather than the...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the dependence on methadone treatment to address problems of drug addiction; if policy changes are planned in this regard;...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in designating and implementing modern hygiene practices in hospitals in order to reduce and eradicate MRSA; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time periods and number of children seeking speech therapy in each Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the general practitioner manpower crisis to ensure that primary care can continue to deliver a same...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a decision from the European Commission with regard to the new health insurance levy; and if she will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the new charge levied against nursing home beds for inspection far exceeds the cost of conducting inspections and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of chiropodists employed by the Health Service Executive per county; the waiting times for elderly people wishing to avail of...
    • Health Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the funding provided for the expansion of the home birth service in the Dublin area will be protected in 2009; the plans to provide...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding spent on nursing home subvention per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13062/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for orthodontic treatment for children under 16 years of age in each Health Service Executive region; and if she will...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the juvenile residential facilities for substance abuse available here; her plans to improve these services; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken to ensure that all hospitals, including practices and procedures therein, are brought up to the standard of excellence in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made to reduce the waiting lists for patients waiting to access dermatology services; the number currently waiting;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the cost to date spent on administering this fund; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has established a mechanism to protect funding for new developments in the areas of mental health, disability, palliative care,...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage the roll-out of the BreastCheck screening programme is at nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13083/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in developing specific fully staffed cystic fibrosis units in designated hospitals; and if she will make a...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the proposals for a new food labelling system being finalised by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial state of hospitals nationwide; the number which will over-spend their allocated budgets; and if she will make a statement...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the difficulties the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill poses to farm families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11962/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new physiotherapy posts expected to be created in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13071/09]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the most recent figures for children diagnosed with ADHD per county; the cost of administering appropriate medications to those...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers currently employed in each region; if there are plans to make further staff and resources...
    • Health Services
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plan and time frame to implement the recommendations of the report on maternity services in the Dublin area; and if she will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him, his Department or to a public body...
    • National Statistics
      Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the number of offences involving the possession of a knife annually for the past five years; the detection rate in respect of each of these crimes; the...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach the oversea visits, excluding attendance at EU Council, he will make before 31 December 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13422/09]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Export Credit Insurance
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding export credit insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12980/09]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will ensure that the Revenue Commissioners will reimburse employers the 60% rebate of statutory...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a process for interdepartmental co-operation on the WTO negotiations between her Department and...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will introduce additional measures to support redundant apprentices; and if she will make a statement...
    • Work Permits
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the application by a person (details supplied). [12943/09]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on changing the qualifying conditions to participate in community employment schemes in view of the...
    • National Statistics
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide this Deputy with a list of the ten largest employers in the Dáil Éireann constituency...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the concerns among employers at the diversion of funding for training for...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the late payment survey has been completed; if so, the findings of the survey; if not, when the survey is...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will detail for each individual craft apprenticeship provided by FÁS, the annual and total cost per...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will assist the persons (details supplied) in County Cavan who were unfairly dismissed and won their...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the shortest period and the longest period for companies who have made employees redundant to receive their...
    • EU Funding
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the State will be making an application to the globalisation fund arising from recent announcements by a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional FÁS training places will be made available following her decision to cut jobseeker's benefit...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of holding the recent Lisbon referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12981/09]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to reform the financial regulatory system going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12797/09]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings or correspondence he or his officials have had with the chief executives of the six largest retail banks here; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on changes in property taxes here; and the measures which will be taken going forward. [12800/09]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the most accurate figure for the amount of deposits guaranteed under the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners report on reforming taxation here is due. [12802/09]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him, his Department or to a...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he chose to announce new financial regulatory measures to a newspaper (details suppled) in March 2009 before presenting them to Cabinet;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the facilities and properties constituting a community hall under the Valuation Act 2001; if this covers GAA and other sports clubs and their...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he will formulate strategic objectives for the Anglo Irish Bank board in view of the fact that he is the only shareholder. [12847/09]
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a €30 note; if he will make a case to the European Central Bank for the creation of a new €30 note; and if he...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance when payment of rebate of stamp duty will issue in respect of a person (details suppled) in County Tipperary. [12874/09]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance when flood relief work will be carried out to the River Pill, Piltown, County Kilkenny as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a scrappage scheme for motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12933/09]
    • Pension Levy
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if contract research staff in universities are eligible for exemption from the pension levy in view of the temporary nature of their employment and...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he and the banks met in order to negotiate the bank guarantee; the persons who attended these meetings and in what capacity; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of the tax reliefs available in respect of tuition fees in 2008; the amount claimed by individuals in respect of courses they...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received correspondence or a report from the Financial Regulator or Central Bank in relation to any matter since 2000 to date in 2009; if...
    • Pension Levy
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied); the plans or support mechanisms in place or proposed by him to overcome the problems stated; and if...
    • EU Directives
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made on the implementation of the payment services directive; the procedures which must be followed to ensure that all the PSD...
    • Pension Levy
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pension levy is being imposed on city and county councillors' representational allowance in...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that Anglo Irish Bank has been nationalised, the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 in respect of the public...
    • Tax Code
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that property transfers between partners who have been living together for years and have children are...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been informed or if he has inquired if any of the financial institutions covered by the Government guarantee have paid bonuses to their...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest due on previous Government bonds due in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [13303/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on raising a carbon tax on gas at the point of production in order that all gas produced here, whether used at home or abroad, would...
    • Pension Levy
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if the public service pension levy is being collected in a way that the liability is evenly spread over the full year to allow families plan their...
    • Tax Code
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the tax relief on medical expenses is not available to people with large health care bills aged...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the system in place to allow for transfers of service office staff between Departments; the way swaps are currently organised; if a centralised...
    • Pension Levy
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will furnish a reply to a commitment given in the Houses of the Oireachtas on 25 February 2008 to provide the figures on the cost of including...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a P45 issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13431/09]
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a nursing home place and subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [12793/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthopaedic operations being carried out by each surgeon at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore per week; and if she...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 4 February 2009, the number of children under the age of 18 with autism in the Dublin...
    • Health Services
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [12841/09]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the nursing home support scheme; when she envisages the scheme being implemented; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [12859/09]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a review of the disability services sector which was announced in January 2009; the persons who sit on this committee; if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason South Tipperary General Hospital has not been included in the HealthStat initiative; when it will be included; and if she...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be reached in respect of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) qualifies for domiciliary care allowance; if they have been assessed to determine special needs; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect to receive treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12913/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a group (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [12921/09]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 24 February 2009. [12925/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a hip operation. [12928/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is failing to receive an appointment with the occupational therapist; and the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive the reason the allocation of the transport of private medical insured patients...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the long-term policy and plan for upgrading nursing homes; the criteria used for closing nursing homes; the consultation process with...
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive's plans for the retention or removal of services for the Dóchas Breast Care Unit, Drogheda, County Louth;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has sought or received any report on the deployment of occupational therapists who work for the Health Service Executive; if her...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing an over 70s medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [12994/09]
    • Community Care
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive additional home help hours. [13011/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the report (details supplied) on the outcome of mediation undertaken at her request in the case of three consultant...
    • Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied) and that the family wish to return to Ireland; the treatment...
    • Child Protection
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement in response to the call by a group (details supplied) for 24 hour social work services in respect of...
    • Health Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence sent to her by the Irish Human Rights Commission, dated 23 October 2008, in which it recommended that she...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a national co-ordinator is appointed who has the appropriate authority and knowledge to deal with the health...
    • Health Levy
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is aware that retired teachers who will not benefit from a medical card are required to continue to pay a 2% health levy while...
    • Youth Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the recent sudden decision to end the work of the teaching panel in the City of Dublin Youth Services Board; the...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the registration or notification procedures in place to track the number of people with private health insurance; if regular...
    • Health Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will centralise the processing of the medical card scheme, drugs payment scheme, ophthalmic scheme and immunisation scheme to a...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the cuts to the National Office for Suicide Prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13329/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department, in view of the economic recession, has carried out a re-evaluation of the decision that new primary care centres...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to ensure that funding allocated to the Health Service Executive for spending on disability services is spent...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to prevent the planned removal of acute medical services from Monaghan General Hospital as planned later in 2009;...
    • Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of dentists attached to the Kildare-west Wicklow area of the Health Service Executive; if there is a waiting list for dental...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the centralisation of the medical card system; the location at which the new headquarters will be; the position of the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Roscommon County Hospital was not included in the Health Service Executive performance league; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medical assistance or funding will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13457/09]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of research currently in hand or proposed in respect of incidence of autism and Asperger's syndrome; how this compares with...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how she will make nursing home or similar accommodation available to older people at an affordable cost in view of the economic...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of doctor-only medical cards issued since the inception of the doctor-only medical card scheme; the number withdrawn in the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of permanent nursing staff throughout the health services; the extent to which this figure has fluctuated in each of the past...
    • Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children assessed and adjudged to be in need of orthodontic treatment in each of the past five years to date; the number...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the ambulance service is fully and adequately equipped in terms of ambulances and all medical equipment...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all facilities proposed in respect of Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare are in operation in accordance...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13471/09]
  • Department of Transport
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him, his Department or to a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport if the National Roads Authority, his Department or the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform retain all funds accruing from speeding or...
    • Rail Network
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [12924/09]
    • Company Closures
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a query regarding a company (details supplied). [12964/09]
    • Road Network
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money which was available in 2008 to local authorities on a county basis in tabular form for local and regional roads. [12974/09]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to correspondence from an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12977/09]
    • Transport 21
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects under Transport 21 which will commence in 2009; the projects to be completed in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the roads projects that are subject to Department of Finance approval before the National Roads Authority can proceed with the projects; the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the installation of closed circuit television by location in County Louth; the success to date of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 10 March 2009, when he will make a decision in the case of a person (details...
    • Courts Service
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to commence sections 13 and 14 of the Courts and Courts Officers Act 2002 to extend the jurisdictions of...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cell capacity of every prison here in tabular form. [12857/09]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recorded incidents in which a knife was involved annually since 2003; the number of detected recorded...
    • Refugee Appeals Tribunal
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a tender competition was recently held to appoint presenting officers to attend hearings of the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a further temporary travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for family reunification or residency in the case of a person (details...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four or travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status or leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the mother of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was granted naturalisation; when an extension of the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the asylum application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the National Roads Authority, the Department of Transport or his Department retains all funds accruing from speeding or...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the visit of his Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, to Nigeria; and if he will make a statement...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of deportations in each of the past five years; the number of persons deported in each year; the estimates in this...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding the application made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for naturalisation....
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the next phase of new Garda recruitment and training will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases which have been referred to the confidential receiver for An Garda Síochána; the number which have...
    • Closed Circuit Televisions Systems
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the areas in which closed circuit television cameras are used for crime fighting in the Dublin 17 area; his views on...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations in County Donegal; the number of gardaí based in these stations; and the hours that they are...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; when this...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [13037/09]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons prosecuted for the supply of alcohol to under-age persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13051/09]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and the number of gardaí there are nationally per head...
    • Prison Service
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will publish the results of an internal Irish prison service inquiry into an incident in May 2007 when a telephone...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [13216/09]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of suspected offenders arrested for possession of drugs for sale or supply who were granted bail in each of the...
    • European Arrest Warrants
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on representations he has received regarding an alleged miscarriage of justice in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for citizenship from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and when he...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí attached to the new Kildare Garda division; the stations in which they are stationed; the...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda mountain bikes attached to each station in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress on constructing a new prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin; and when it is planned to have this project...
    • Court Procedures
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his position regarding the maintenance payments by fathers (details supplied). [13416/09]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the cause for the refusal of subsidiary protection under the European regulation, S.I. No. 518 of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Passport Applications
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of applications that have been made for a passport for children born here since 1 January 2005 to date in 2009 on the basis that...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him, his Department or...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of An Taoiseach's discussions with President Obama regarding Irish immigrants in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the overall expenditure made in respect of aid activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the years 2008 and 2009. [12854/09]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support persons (details supplied). [12920/09]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the United States Government regarding the policy of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services of...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures, in view of the ongoing allegations of war crimes being carried out by the Israeli army in its recent war in Gaza, he will take...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him, his...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will direct the Irish Sports Council to pay grants to GAA inter-county players in 2009; if the necessary funding has been made...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding is available from his Department via community alert for the installation of closed circuit television...
    • Community Development
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff employed in the new cohesed Leader partnership companies in each city and county; the cost...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to...
    • Community Development
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a scheme (details supplied) will be reintroduced in 2009. [12856/09]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Insurance
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps being taken to lift the PRSI ceiling. [12803/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum amount of mortgage interest, aside from exceptional cases, the Health Service Executive considers to be reasonable to...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Code
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, she will address the anomaly whereby cohabitation with another person is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted jobseeker's allowance. [12858/09]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the habitual residency requirement does not apply to residents of Northern Ireland who seek to claim welfare payments...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a payment has been reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12945/09]
    • Social Insurance
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of individuals for each PRSI class who have made more than 156 reckonable contributions over the past four years, 195...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional tough measures being taken to deal with welfare fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13384/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of welfare claims processed electronically; the amount saved on welfare payments processed electronically; the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him, his Department or to a...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department is acting as the ultimate guarantor of payment on behalf of Dublin City Council with...
    • Pension Levy
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pension levy is being imposed on city and county...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action being taken by him to incorporate proposed new regulations governing dog breeding establishments...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rules and regulations on housing associations that must be passed on to tenants of these associations....
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has not adopted a national action plan for green public procurement despite the fact that such...
    • Library Projects
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the correspondence and meetings that have taken place between his Department and Meath County Council in...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason every tyre has to be registered for recycling purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount that was spent as an initial outlay on electronic voting machines; the amount that is being spent...
    • Community Policing
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of establishing the joint policing committee for local authority areas in accordance with circular...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenancies currently registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if there is a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications received under the home choice loan scheme; the number of applications approved to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to modernise the legislation governing landlord and tenant relationships; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount which is to be made available to each local authority for remedial housing works in 2009. [13193/09]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [13203/09]
    • Local Authority Grants
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in issuing funding under the conservation grant scheme to Roscommon County Council;...
    • Election Management System
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of electronic voting machines stored at each location; the address, owner, cost of storage and the...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps taken to ensure the welfare of circus animals. [13417/09]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be a national roll out of high definition television in view of the fact that many operators in...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a salmon counter has been purchased for the River Boyne; the cost of same; when and where on the River Boyne...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of people employed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland; the cost of running the BCI in 2007...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REPS 4 payment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded. [12786/09]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the ratio of administrative costs to EU agriculture grant aid for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreshore Applications
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to the use of valuers from the private sector in relation to foreshore applications arising from...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for REPS 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when they...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide the legal paperwork of an estate (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12946/09]
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that available cod quota will be prioritised for allocation to those fishermen who lost their salmon...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded REPS 4. [12973/09]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the height elevation at which it is suitable to plant a commercial crop of timber above yield class 14 to 22; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted their REPS 4 grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Official Languages
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the Constitution should be amended to recognise Irish sign language as an official language; and if he will make...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if moneys will be made available to restore the support services grant to fee-paying Protestant schools considering many of these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an agreement between his Department and a school (details supplied) in County Wexford that a permanent structure to...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the status of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will give the school full recognition so it can...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of limited companies with agreements for the provision of the full-time services of a single individual to him, his...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if alternative options for budget cuts were discussed before cutting special needs education in view of the fact that the estimated...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an appeal in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Offaly who was refused admission to a school; and if he...
    • School Staffing
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the staffing allocation to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2009 to 2010 school year; and if an appeal has...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explain his decision to suppress the second special class in a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow when in the...
    • Home Tuition
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when home tuition will commence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the cap on the number of post-leaving certificate, PLC, places; his views on whether in the current economic climate...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there has been a delay in issuing the details of the higher education grant scheme by his Department; if his attention has...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the schools at each stage, one to four, of the school buildings programme. [13006/09]
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the opening of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13055/09]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to an application to his Department under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) in...
    • Legal Proceedings
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will implement the determination of the Labour Court in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for...
    • School Staffing
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the impact of the changes in the employment rules for teachers introduced in the 2009 Estimates on a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of bringing to tender stage the tendering process of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in 2007 including...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that has been spent per year, over the past ten years, on the rental or purchase of prefabs in a school (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there are continuous delays with regard to the building programme at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; when...
    • School Management
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will decide on a request for a meeting with him from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the enrolment of a child at a school; the advice he would give in this case;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm the receipt by his Department of an application for a new school by a school (details supplied) in County...