Written answers
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- National Skills Strategy
Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 10 March 2009, when the upskilling co-ordination group last met;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way it is intended to effect the 8% reduction in professional fees in relation to services provided to or...
- Departmental Suppliers
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will honour the commitment to ensure that the State and its agencies pays its bills to business...
- Departmental Staff
Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the arrangements that have been made with regard to remuneration for staff in her Department and agencies who...
- EU Directives
Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the...
- Employment Rights
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour...
- Employment Support Services
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes in training and employment policy she will make in view of the Irish Labour Market Review 2009;...
- Consumer Protection
Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she has evaluated the mark up in respect of some consumer goods on sale here which...
- Job Losses
Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts she has with industrial development agencies with a view to securing alternative employment for...
- Consumer Protection
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action being taken to implement the commitment in the programme for Government that steps would be taken...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the continuing difficulties being faced by small and medium sized companies...
- Job Losses
Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the correspondence she has had with the task force established in the aftermath of the announcement of job...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on providing funds for the expansion of the community employment and jobs initiative schemes; and if...
- EU Directives
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to the implementation of the temporary agency workers directive, agreed at the...
- Business Regulation
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received a request from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to change the law to...
- Foreign Direct Investment
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has had contacts with the new administration in the United States in view of reports that proposed tax...
- Business Regulation
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recently published Grant Thornton corporate governance review; and if she will make a...
- Job Losses
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the net number of jobs created or lost on a monthly basis in each of the past five years to date; her plans to...
- Work Permits
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will implement her review of the work permit system; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Agencies
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the report of the Committee of Public Accounts on FÁS. [13358/09]
- Skills Development
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding she is making available to fund training initiatives for persons in employment; the recent changes...
- Employment Rights
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and in particular...
- Export Credit Insurance
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to an adjournment debate of 24 February 2009 regarding the provision of export credit insurance to...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the administrative costs in comparison to the employment and capital grant budget of each county enterprise...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way it is intended to achieve the general administrative reductions in regard to her Department in respect...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support small businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13185/09]
- Job Losses
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department in respect of each year from 2002 to date in 2009; the...
- Business Regulation
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she plans to introduce a code of practice to prevent retailers from changing contract terms...
- Job Losses
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of a further 230 jobs at a company (details...
- Industrial Development
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of firms expected to be research and development active by the end of 2009; and if she will make a...
- Job Creation
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the resources allocated for employment creation schemes in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents and workplace deaths recorded in each year from 2002 to date in 2009; the...
- Job Losses
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to warnings (details supplied) that some 55,000 construction jobs could be...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 84: To ask the Taoiseach the occasions when the Government Press Secretary made written or verbal complaints since May 2008 to date in 2009 to RTE or another national media outlet...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Company Closures
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of apprentices at a company (details supplied)...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the waiting period for rebate of 60% of statutory redundancy for employers at present; and if she will make a...
- Business Regulation
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanisms available for contractors in the private sector to deal with late payment issues; and if she...
- Job Losses
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on the redundancy and pension terms and provisions for the 300 employees of a company...
- Industrial Development
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she perceives as necessary to ensure, preserve and promote County Kildare as an attractive...
- Job Losses
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in County Kildare in each of the past three years to date; the number of job...
- Job Creation
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to create opportunities for persons in the private sector who find themselves unemployed; and if she...
- Industrial Development
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how she proposes to continue to attract foreign investment with particular reference to job creation in the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken or proposes to take to improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing and services...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the effect of a recent European Court of Justice case (details supplied) on charities law here; the revenue implications of any changes; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will sign off on the proposal from the Department of Health and Children regarding the use of funds from the disposal of mental health...
- Pension Levy
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [13589/09]
- Tax Collection
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the request for a review of tax paid in 2008 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13592/09]
- Tax Code
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the general anti-avoidance measures in the tax code and the way they compare to provisions in Sweden; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate given that they are no longer in employment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Health and Children
- Departmental Programmes
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Tipperary whose approved RAPID funding for 2008 for community projects in...
- Health Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [13579/09]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of women in the country aged 50 to 65 years who are being routinely screened by BreastCheck as at 31 January 2009. [13623/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason staff are declining to accept credit cards at Cork University Hospital in favour of billing patients at their home address,...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for processing of applications for enhanced subvention in the Health Service Executive south; and if she will...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce screening for men over 50 years of age for prostate cancer in view of the fact that recent research in the UK...
- Health Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedure that pertains when a patient requires to be moved from a hospital directly into residential care; the consent required;...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when regulations to give effect to section 16(1)(b) of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008, regarding reducing the risk of...
- Refugee Status
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in relation to their current and residency status; and if he will make a...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if moneys allocated to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal have been exhausted for 2009; if so, the further moneys...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm his plans to introduce legislation to deal with management companies; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Garda Stations
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a new Garda station will be built in a town (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Deployment
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí and patrol cars assigned to a station (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Public Order Offences
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been issued in a county (details supplied) since the introduction of...
- Garda Stations
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13638/09]
- Garda Investigations
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the report from the investigation of the Garda into the events in Tipperary town on St. Patrick's Day 2009 will be...
- Residency Permits
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation regarding long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if phase two and phase three of the dial-to-stop drug dealing scheme will proceed as planned; the locations in which...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the minimum rent payable by a person on social welfare under the rent supplement scheme; and when this was last increased. [13573/09]
- Pension Provisions
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has received a reduced pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 2 April 2008, the number of the 100,000 promised reviews completed in 2008; the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded jobseeker's allowance. [13736/09]
- Department of Defence
- Army Barracks
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will arrange to have a situation (details supplied) in Dublin 7 dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13597/09]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Tourism Industry
Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the request by a council (details supplied) to withdraw the excessive fingerpost sign charges...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 852 and 853 of 24 March 2009, the progress made to date on agreeing...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been provided to complete the sewerage scheme at Kinsale, County Cork including the treatment...
- Election Management System
Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority, including a town council, is entitled to prohibit the proper use of election posters...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the issues raised in a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture Investment Schemes
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the situation regarding grant aid from Enterprise Ireland under the beef and sheep meat investment fund;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 10 February 2009 regarding uncertified sick days, the steps he has taken to...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to section 13 of the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act 1988, he has approved proposals from...
- Grant Payments
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive payment under the suckler welfare scheme. [13610/09]
- Fisheries Protection
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the compensation package in place following the precautionary closure of Kenmare Bay, due to toxins being found in Bantry...
- Grant Payments
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their REPS payment; and when they can expect to...
- Fishing Fleet Protection
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals submitted to the EU Commission in September 2008 to assist the fisheries sector; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Science
- Higher Education Grants
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will release funding to Mayo County Council to pay grants for students' fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the projects or meetings he has engaged in with an organisation (details supplied); the nature of these projects or meetings; the cost...
- State Examinations
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure for hiring examiners who conduct oral exams on behalf of the State Examinations Commission; if examiners will continue...
- School Transport
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the payment per child to the private companies running the school bus programme; the way the payment is calculated; and the economic...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that the two special classes at a school (details supplied) are maintained in September 2009 in view of the fact...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the State Examination Commission in each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether school administration staff are becoming over-worked; the measures he will introduce to deal with this matter;...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views in relation to access to post-leaving certificate courses, in particular for students of disadvantaged backgrounds and in...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in identifying an expanded site in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to locate and construct a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 in view of the condition of the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford have not been awarded the maximum higher education grant for the academic...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis on which the only second level school in Beara, County Cork (details supplied) is to lose its disadvantaged status under the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin and the school's buildings; the timescale of such plans;...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of sites needed for the establishment of new schools following the establishment of the future planning unit within his...
- Departmental Committees
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new schools advisory committee which was established in 1998 is now defunct; the exact position in connection with this...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the band and the point on which rests the application for approval to proceed to construct a new school building (details supplied) in...
- School Transport
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the revision will be completed and published for the school bus catchment areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the crisis in which qualified people in the construction sector are required to re-skill, he will lift some of the...
