Written answers

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps Operations
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of air ambulance and other emergency missions flown by the Air Corps in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the type of aircraft involved; the...
    • European Council Meetings
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the concept of the European military Erasmus initiative contained in a recent General Affairs and External Relations Council...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Defence if work will commence in 2009 on renovating and converting C House, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin 6, to single officers' quarters in order to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of formal meetings he has had with the Permanent Defence Forces representative associations, RACO and PDFORRA, respectively, since first...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to proceed with plans for the replacement of the [i]Asgard II[/i] with a new steel hulled vessel; if estimates are available as to the...
    • Defence Forces Medical Corps
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received advice from the Chief of Staff or the director of the Defence Forces medical corps on the use of laser eye surgery; when the...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces serving in Chad will be awarded a UN MINURCAT medal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17887/09]
    • Military Medals
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department is still issuing certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed 1916 and War of Independence medals; the number issued in 2008 and to...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence when the report of the consultants appointed to review the medical services of the Defence Forces will be published; if he will implement the...
    • Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cases submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces in each year since that office was established; the number of...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the fixed and rotary wing air transport support that is available to the Irish battalion in Chad; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian employees working for his Department or the Defence Forces under short-term contracts; the number of such contracts that will...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the refurbishment programme for the [i]Creidne[/i]; if he will confirm that the vessel will be available in May 2009; and...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that no recruitment to the Defence Forces will take place during 2009; the strength of the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Defence the major equipment purchases planned for 2009 and 2010; the progress being made in sourcing new equipment and vehicles; if the global economic...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Defence the number recruited to the Reserve Defence Forces to date in 2009; the number of potential recruits in the enlistment process prior to 27 March...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress he expects to make during 2009 in regard to the acquisition by the Naval Service of modern new replacement vessels; if the plan will be...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Defence the expected number and location of overseas Defence Force deployments in the next 12 months, whether under the aegis of the UN, EU or joint...
    • Defence Forces Promotions
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the representative organisations about the implications for morale of the ban on...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps which are being taken to provide for additional personnel numbers in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Defence if the use of dietary and body building supplements by Defence Forces personnel in Chad has been prohibited by military authorities; if personnel...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of call-outs made by the bomb disposal unit in the greater Dublin area, the Munster area, the Connaught-Ulster area and the Leinster area...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Defence when the task force on emergency planning last met; the items discussed; if there is a programme of simulated exercises in place for 2009; the nature...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cash in transit escorts provided by the Defence Forces during 2008; the amount of personnel hours involved in these operations; the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of hours flown by all aircraft including fixed and rotary wing as part of the ministerial air transport service in 1996 and 2006; and if...
    • Drug Testing Programme
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Defence the changes he has made to the Defence Forces drug testing programme; the number of personnel tested under the programme in 2008 and to date in...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Defence if reports that Irish troops serving in Chad have been ordered not to play football or other sports due to the risk of injury and that troops are...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to increase naval and air surveillance in view of the need to combat drug trafficking or other criminal activity which may become...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the 67% increase in the Estimates for his Department in respect of consultancy services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Corps Operations
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of hours flown by the Air Corps aircraft on all training and operational duties in 2008; the breakdown of these flying hours and the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Defence the value for money and policy reviews to be undertaken by his Department in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17785/09]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and type of Air Corps aircraft used by the ministerial air transport service; the way the hourly direct and total costs are calculated;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 115: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has commissioned internal or external reports in relation to his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department in the past five...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the cost to the Exchequer of the annual budget of the National Centre for Partnership and Performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17669/09]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Funding
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund which was launched two years ago under Regulation 1927/2006 is...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of running the Science Foundation Ireland administration since it was established; and if she will...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary for payment of redundancy from the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to make it mandatory for all employers to have appropriate personal insurance cover for all of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the administrative arrangements in respect of the graduate placement scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to provide compensation for employees injured at work when the employer goes into receivership...
    • Official Travel
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies from Kildare South that have accompanied her or An Taoiseach on the trade missions...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if progress has been made in regard to the sale or use of Industrial Development Authority lands in south...
    • Science and Technology Sectors
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the latest estimate of the value of science and technology focused companies to the economy here; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in her Department, including their grades and responsibilities, charged with promoting...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a redundancy payment issue referred to her Department by the Labour Relations Commission in the name of a...
    • Company Closures
      Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the proposals in relation to a company (details supplied). [17534/09]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the role that exports produced by foreign companies located here play in the Irish economy; her...
    • Export Services
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the resources that have been expended on the Enterprise Ireland initiative on exporting construction services...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken to achieve the 25% reduction of administrative burdens placed on business as included in...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that have been taken in the retraining of construction workers in line with the projected future...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the multinational community will be incentivised to intensify (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken in relation to the revision of the arrangements for the taxation of intellectual property...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the manufacturing forum as set out in Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable...
    • Science and Technology Sectors
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific measures that have been taken to increase public and industry wide focus on commercial...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there has been significant progress in the survey of collaborations and co-operation between enterprise...
    • Skills Development
      Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken since the publication of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times the advisory council of business leaders set out in Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, in view of the economic climate, there are only three FÁS job clubs in the south east; and if...
    • EU Funding
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when moneys will be available in Limerick from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to assist with...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual expenditure on external legal costs by her Department in each of the past five years; the annual...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when full redundancy payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [17995/09]
    • Retail Sector Developments
      Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the media reports that a company (details supplied) intends to start...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to establish the office of retail ombudsman to deal with disputes between retailers and suppliers,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to bring forward fair trade legislation; when it will be published; and if she will make a...
    • Retail Sector
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the growing concerns among food suppliers here regarding the abuse of...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for statutory redundancy payment by a person (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken since the publication of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal 2009 to 2014...
    • Coastal Erosion
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the funds that have been provided in 2009 for works to combat coastal erosion in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [17676/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate a transfer for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is special tax treatment of foster parents; if foster parents are entitled to special tax credits or other payments; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the request for a refund of tax following unemployment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing people in financial difficulty through loss of employment or income to access a proportion of their AVC or PRSA contributions...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo is issued with a tax clearance certificate for 2007 by the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to recruit seasonal guides for Office of Public Works sites here; the number employed on a permanent basis at each site; the number...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a tax refund under MED1. [17539/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to reprioritise capital investment programmes towards more labour intensive projects and provide examples of projects...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps already undertaken to protect mortgage holders in banks participating in the guarantee scheme as set out in Building Ireland's Smart...
    • Tax Code
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps have been taken since the publication of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal 2009 to 2014 to...
    • Public Procurement Policy
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to deliver centralised and specialised procurement as set out in Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to achieve a unified public service labour market since the publication of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A...
    • Tax Code
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance when, arising from his budget announcement of changes in pension related deductions for public servants to ameliorate the impact on lower paid...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not received the 20% refund due to them on fees in respect of a postgraduate diploma;...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 3 February 2009, the loss to the Exchequer arising from cross-Border shopping in 2008 and 2009; if he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance his intentions in relation to the Shannon tax scheme; if he will extend the duration of same; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on external legal costs by...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans through his negotiations with the banks to assist people who wish to transfer from fixed rate mortgages to variable rate mortgages...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment of the seasonal guides and other seasonal employment at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly and other historic sites open to the public...
    • Tax Code
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the income levy rate that will apply to someone on €40,000 who worked for the first four months of the year but takes maternity leave for the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of his plans for the banking sector, specific effort is being made to ensure relief for persons on fixed rate mortgages who incur...
    • Tax Code
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the entitlement to mortgage interest relief and the relevant thresholds and rates of relief that apply in the circumstances in which a couple are...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18082/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [18122/09]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18170/09]
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in relation to the driver and passenger with a disability tax relief...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the bilateral agreement with Vietnam on adoption will expire; if she is negotiating a new agreement with the Vietnamese...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive employees are entitled to apply for the early retirement scheme outlined in the 7 April 2009 budget; the way...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken at airports, ports and all other points of entry into the State in relation to screening for the swine flu...
    • Health Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not being given the required three home help visits per day as advised by...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse her decision to extend the grant aid of €150,000.00 to a centre (details supplied) in order to maintain the...
    • Community Development
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to alleviate the pressures on private pre-school operators when they are forced by the budget proposals...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for domiciliary care allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to improve the length of time it is taking to process nursing home subvention applications in Waterford city and county;...
    • Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health and Children on the orthodontic services published in 2005. [17391/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had their medical card rescinded, despite no change of circumstances; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when St. Joseph's ward in Crumlin children's hospital, Dublin, will re-open. [17417/09]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to replace the contract and agency nursing staff in Crumlin children's hospital, Dublin, with permanent staff in view of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a renewal of their medical card and if she will reinstate same. [17421/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an orthopaedic outpatient clinic appointment at Cork University Hospital;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the long-term charges that are appropriate for persons with a disability who are in long-term care, bearing in mind that...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the matter of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a psychological assessment or electroencephalography; and if she will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if or when she will review the refusal of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected cost in the event of long-term admission to Maynooth Community Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered urgent psychiatric services at St. John of God Brothers, Stillorgan,...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on waiting lists for the BCG vaccination in each primary community and continuing care area; the steps which are...
    • Health Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [17530/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [17531/09]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 22 April 2009 regarding the national review of autism services, if she will provide the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of a new national positive ageing strategy, which was committed to in the programme for...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive the criteria for the allocation of calls to private ambulances for patients who...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on maternity leave from the Health Service Executive; the numbers expected to take maternity leave in 2009; if the...
    • Health Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will get an MRI scan and appointment for an ongoing medical condition; and if she...
    • Health Research
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the action plan for health research will meet its upcoming deadline; and the main conclusions. [17607/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of an Alzheimer care centre, respite and long-stay and in-home facility for a group (details...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fund the provision of a bus service for women in County Donegal to travel to Belfast for BreastCheck programme services; and...
    • Disability Statistics
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that, as per the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 28 January 2009, it is planned to include a question...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifications necessary for providers to be eligible under the new pre-school programme; her views on the difference between...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the report of the inquiry into the deaths of persons (details supplied) in view of the fact that it has been...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the circumstances in which it is envisaged that a private operator in receipt of the capitation grant would be entitled to levy parents...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding her Department or the Health Service Executive made available to an organisation (details supplied); if this money...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who had a serious car crash resulting in severe brain injury, should have to...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to support the call by a group (details supplied) for a national bowel cancer screening programme; her...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the five vacancies for speech and language therapists in County Mayo will be filled; if she will confirm that speech and language...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason commitments and timelines given by her Department and the Health Service Executive are not being adhered to and are...
    • Patient Transport
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 8 July 2008, if she will provide the corresponding figure in respect of 2008; and if she...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the latest available figures for ambulance turnaround times at each acute hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she is requiring the transfer of breast cancer patients from an actual centre of excellence, albeit non-designated, at...
    • Patient Transport
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on taxis for transporting patients in County Louth for each year since 2005 to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cavan, whose medical card is due to expire at the end of April 2009, is entitled to a renewal;...
    • Health Services
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a paediatric and occupational therapist assessment will be undertaken at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, for a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual expenditure on external legal costs by her Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on external...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the context of a growing need for Alzheimer care in Galway city and county, including respite, long-stay and in-home provision,...
    • Health Services
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the situation whereby the Health Service Executive is moving patients from a six week period for chiropody services...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a paediatric unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17988/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Clare on medical grounds; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain the reason an allowance payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been reduced. [18003/09]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will refer a person (details supplied) in County Cork for surgery under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [18010/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the access of out-of-hours general practitioner services to patients' critical medical histories in view of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth. [18032/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a situation whereby children attending Cork University Hospital are to be left without a paediatric dietician...
    • Health Services
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding provided in 2008 and allocated for 2009 to every service provider in the country involved in providing intervention...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of nursing support provided by the Health Service Executive to a centre (details supplied) in County Laois for 2009; if this...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the early childhood care and education scheme (details supplied). [18080/09]
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been asked to pay the €100 hospital charge by...
    • Health Services
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment. [18092/09]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 31 March 2009. [18093/09]
    • Patient Transport
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the taxi service for Mater Hospital, Dublin, outpatient appointments; the reason this service has been...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the tender documents for St. Vincent's cystic fibrosis unit, Dublin, will be published; when she expects the work to start and be...
    • Health Services
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services and facilities currently available for people with severe eating disorders; if she will provide funding for persons...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm having received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); her views on whether the inclusion of...
  • Department of Transport
    • Taxi Regulation
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the income of the Taxi Regulator; if she has informed him of her intentions regarding this money; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has developed initiatives to improve accessibility for older people in rural and urban areas to public transport; the details of these...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Irish Aviation Authority document of November 1997 entitled Policy in Advising on Planning Applications and Appeals and in particular...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps that have been taken to reprioritise capital investment programmes towards more labour-intensive projects, and to provide examples of...
    • State Airports
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposed funding plans for Dublin Airport between now and the expiry of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable...
    • Port Development
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the allocation of the €300 million to €600 million to commercial sea ports here since the publication of Building...
    • Road Network
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been reached on the north-west gateway initiative, as set out in Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the Association of County and City Councils' representations in relation to the Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008; and if he will make a...
    • Road Signage
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will outline, in tabular form, the budget for regional road signage in each local authority area for the years 2008 and 2009; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on external legal costs by...
    • Shipping Industry
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Transport the action being taken to co-ordinate action with other Departments on the development of Irish shipping in view of the new EU ruling on the lower...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Transport when the EC regulation 1371/2007 on rail passenger rights which has to be transposed by the end of 2009 will be transposed into Irish law; and if...
    • Public Transport
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport the process and analysis by which the price increases of 10% in bus, rail and Luas prices from 1 January 2009 were arrived at; his views on moving...
    • Road Network
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport the State investment, capital and current, in the road infrastructure in 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17972/09]
    • Rail Network
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Transport the State investment, capital and current, in the rail infrastructure in 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17973/09]
    • Public Transport
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport the State investment, capital and current, in public bus and coach transport in 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Airports
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of air passenger journeys through Irish airports in 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17975/09]
    • Travel Trade
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the review of the Travel Trade Act being carried out by his Department; the next steps in the process; and if he will make...
    • Public Transport
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the establishment of consumer representative panels for Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a detailed response to a previous parliamentary question. [18048/09]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the State's use of Mount Trenchard in Foynes; if it will continue in its existing use; the future...
    • Discrimination in the Workplace
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the initiatives he has put in place to guard against age-related discrimination in the workplace; and if he will make a...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the legislation governing joint policing committees to allow representatives from the Health Service...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be provided with free legal aid; and if he will make a statement...
    • Community Policing
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [17411/09]
    • Equality Authority
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the Deloitte and Touche report on the Equality Authority; when the report reached him; when he will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the allocation of enhanced disability services funding; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some...
    • Road Safety
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras on national primary, national secondary, regional and country roads; the number of cameras...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 631 of 27 January 2009, the progress made on the drafting of the Legal Costs Bill...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for residency and family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will approve an application for a temporary travel document in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report in relation to ongoing matters between the gardaí and a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • European Arrest Warrant
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which his attention has been drawn to the details of the hearing at Liverpool Crown Court in June 1995,...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [17533/09]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; when a decision...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a bonus was paid to management in the Legal Aid Board; the amount of bonus given per manager; the total amount given;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the processing of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to reduce costs and delays in the legal system since the publication of Building Ireland's...
    • Business Regulation
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken to achieve the 25% reduction of administrative burdens placed on business as included in Building Ireland's...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath who seek completion of their naturalisation...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amounts of the illegal drugs heroin, cocaine and cannabis detected in each Garda division for the years 2004, 2005,...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place to review anti-social behaviour order legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17666/09]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a decision in relation to their legal aid case; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be decided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Garda Training College
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person who in Templemore Garda College, County Tipperary, is in command of domestic and catering staff at the Garda...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to expedite an application for long-term residency by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application submitted in 2005 by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17795/09]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for residency of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) who was repatriated from a prison in England and is serving the remainder of their...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí serving in specialist units such as immigration, detective branch, public service vehicle and crime...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [17991/09]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for citizenship; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has on other occasions availed of...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he is taking to protect documents in the care of the Registry of Deeds in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Procedures
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the ports, airports, border crossings which are approved points of entry to the State; the same which have a 24 hour Garda...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times a year confiscated caches of illegal drugs seized by the gardaí are destroyed; the location where the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who has been able to avail of temporary travel...
    • Road Safety
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the practice of newspaper sellers selling newspapers to motorists as they walk up and down at main junctions;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify the position in relation to an application for citizenship from a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to the application for leave to remain or stamp four in the case of a person...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the immediate granting by the World Health Assembly of observer status to Taiwan in view of the outbreak of a new...
    • Departmental Committees
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the consultative mechanism on the economic work of embassies has formed; and the steps it has taken to carry out its mandate. [17616/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of personnel working in his Department; the number of ambassadors; the average length of time they have spent in his Department...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on external legal...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18041/09]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18042/09]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of the €148 million capital allocation for 2009, intended to develop sporting and cultural infrastructure and enhance...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the locations at which, following the reduction of 4% in the budget for grants for sporting bodies and the provision of sports and...
    • London Olympics
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if discussions have taken place with the British authorities with regard to the London Olympics 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on external...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the vulnerability of older persons and the importance of providing security services to isolated older...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if grants will be available from his Department in 2009 in CLÁR areas for group water schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of moneys grant aided by Údarás na Gaeltachta to companies (details supplied) from the year that each...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will take steps to restore the funding in respect of panic buttons for older people; if, in this context, he...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will increase rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the means assessment system, which places a notional income on commercial property, in view of the 7 April 2009...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent support has not been granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on paying participants in FÁS community employment schemes and FÁS training allowances through the social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of back to work allowance, back to enterprise allowance, back to education allowance, community...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is the case that the common travel area agreement has not been renewed and therefore a person is no longer granted credit...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the system in place to ensure that persons who have left the country do not continue to receive child benefit or early childhood...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to means test child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17740/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be awarded in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the annual expenditure on external legal costs by her Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the legislative provisions under which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was awarded only half rate mortgage interest...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in regard to the transfer of community welfare office staff from the Health Service Executive to her Department; and...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the penalties applying where a landlord declares a certain rent for the purposes of a rent supplement application but seeks a...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the provision of a social welfare office for Balbriggan where unemployment is in the thousands and where...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when jobseeker's benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Defence the measures which have been taken to improve the capabilities of the Reserve Defence Force in line with the RDF review implementation plan; his...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Defence the annual tests that Defence Force regulations require members of the Permanent Defence Force to satisfactorily conclude each year and the number,...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Permanent Defence Force by rank who have retired or resigned to date in 2009; and the number of personnel by rank who...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Defence the terms of reference of the value for money exercise recently announced for the Reserve Defence Force; the methodology being employed; the person...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Defence the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on external legal costs by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants by rank or grade in his Department who are availing of work sharing and flexi-time arrangements as a percentage of the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the decentralisation of elements of his Department to the Curragh, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Defence if the quality of accommodation has been improved for the office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of claims submitted by PDFORRA and RACO respectively under the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme since 1 January 2008;...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact of the embargo on employment on the Reserve Defence Forces; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that people who have...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish the contents of the survey he commissioned into the salvaging of the [i]Asgard II[/i]; if he has received enquiries from...
    • Military Archives
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Defence if suitable accommodation will be provided for military archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18117/09]
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding members of the Reserve Defence Forces who wish to serve abroad; if he expects that such personnel will be able to serve...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made on providing a workplace child care facility at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Defence the recent discussions he has had in the context of European defence and security issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18160/09]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that adequate and modern safety equipment is available to all members of the Defence Forces in accordance with current or future...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Defence the full extent to which the Army, Navy and Air Corps are involved in the national emergency plan; the Government Department or sector which has...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which it has been found possible to allow the Naval Service train with other UN and EU forces in the context of likely future...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Defence the expenditure to date on decentralisation projects by his Department and agencies and organisations under his responsibility, in the period from...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost per soldier of the moves associated with the closure of a number of Army barracks and property to date, since the announcement of the...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Regional Development
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the strategic corridor frameworks for the Atlantic gateway cities as set out in Building Ireland's Smart...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will facilitate the employment of life guards on beaches here by granting an exemption to the...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to grants in respect of improvements for the elderly in view of the fact that...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will grant permission to a local authority (details supplied) to borrow funds to carry out capital...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown, by county, of the funding which is being made available by his Department in 2009 for the...
    • National Monuments
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 10 February 2009, the discussions since that date with the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will bring forward legislation to implement the €200 charge on non-principal private residences;...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query from a person (details supplied). [17535/09]
    • Waste Management
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contact he has had with An Bord Pleanála outlining his policy regarding waste management and in...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to facilitate the building of retirement villages and introduce purpose-built neighbourhoods for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17581/09]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17582/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to reprioritise capital investment programmes towards more labour intensive...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of the €560 million that has been invested in water services in 2009 as set out in Building...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the analysis of sectoral programmes for the national spatial strategy has been completed; and the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is expected that the Gweedore sewerage scheme in County Donegal will progress to tender stage; and if...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17671/09]
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 21 October 2008, the position regarding the proposed...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will exempt fire services recruitment from the moratorium issued by his Department to local authorities...
    • National Monuments
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the publication of a draft management plan pertaining to the Clonmacnoise, County Offaly,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status with regard to the proposed new sewerage scheme at Summercove, Kinsale, County Cork; when he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of funding he has provided to support the disabled persons grant scheme in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and...
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received confirmation of the independent valuation of the Irish Glass Bottle site in Poolbeg,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason funding has been withdrawn and when funding will be made available in respect of a sewerage system...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide full details of the scheme whereby local authorities can lend directly to persons who are...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the penalties applying when a landlord declares a certain rent to the Private Residential Tenancies Board but...
    • Local Authority Archives
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to protect documents currently in the care of the local authority archives throughout...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application for funding has being made by a local authority (details supplied); if matching funding...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there will be a recommendation from his Department to amend the retail planning guidelines to enable...
    • EU Directives
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to remove regulatory burdens associated with the nitrates directive; and if he will...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide information on radon levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the employment of the seasonal guides and other seasonal employment at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are details at present on the knowledge society strategy as set out in Building Ireland's Smart...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plan to switch 10% of road vehicles here to being fully electrically powered by 2020 as set out in Building...
    • Digital Hub
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures, as set in policy by the publication Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in respect of the metropolitan area networks of high capacity fibre optic cable; the name of each...
    • Carbon Storage
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the fact that work has commenced on a project to assess the carbon storage potential in the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a standard for renewable energy products in view of the fact that grant assistance is...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the technical difficulties residents of the village of Cong, County Mayo,...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps that have been achieved to increase the focus on the opportunities arising out of research in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of schools that have been furnished with 100 Mbps broadband capability; the number that will receive...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific energy efficient equipment that is eligible for companies to buy that is covered by the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the country will have full access to broadband in all areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17371/09]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to restore the young farmers installation aid and farm retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the deadline for farmers whose existing REP scheme three plans expire during 2009 from 15 May onwards, due...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to be awarded their farm waste management grant; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17541/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to a forestry premium for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be granted as...
    • Sheep Census
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of sheep that were registered in the sheep census carried out in December 2008; the number of breeding ewes here...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will allocate the additional moneys to lowland sheep farmers, which has arisen from a surplus on the CAP budget, and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REPS 4 payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Licences
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on allowing those applying for a fishing licence to pay for their annual licence in monthly instalments in view of...
    • Aquaculture Licensing
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an unlicensed experimental cod farming site is being operated in...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason part-time teachers working in vocational education committee adult education courses who work on a non-guaranteed term...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to ensure the provision of a special needs assistant in school for a child...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when finance will be made available to allow an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to proceed; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a new school building application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department has contributed to the discover science and engineering programme for each year since its establishment; the...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he is taking to encourage greater awareness of science and technology among the public and students; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in his Department, including their grades and responsibilities, charged with promoting science and technology; and...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive permanent recognition in view of the fact that the appropriate numbers...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of a refurbishment project at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the project will move to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason grant aid for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views in respect of a submission (details supplied); the mechanism available to the parents of the child to address the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the provision of a second level gaelscoil in Maynooth, County Kildare, or general area; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a higher education grant will be approved in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has stamp four status...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to ensure early intervention for preschool children with special...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the entire spending on vocational educational committee education here; the number of teachers and non-teachers employed in the VEC...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that has been spent by his Department on architectural fees for school building projects over the past five years; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been a review of educational provision for people affected with all types of autistic spectrum disorders including...
    • School Staffing
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to the employment of teachers, he will clarify the reported position whereby job sharing will no longer be offered to...
    • EU Directives
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has studied the European equal treatment directive and the implications it may have for enrolment policies and recruitment...
    • Adult Education
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has set up a training programme on computer literacy for persons over 50 years of age; and if not, when such a programme will be...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding has been taken from a special needs school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if research was carried out to...
    • Education Programmes
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken since the publication of Building Ireland's Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal 2009 to 2014...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the prioritisation of mathematics through the discover science and engineering programme as set out in Building...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 20 May 2008 and No. 216 of 20 February 2009, the amount of money discharged by Athlone...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans to develop a new school (details supplied) in County Louth; and when he expects construction to commence. [17646/09]
    • Education Centres
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided by him to each of the 21 education centres here for the years 2007 and 2008; the proposed amount for 2009; and if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number, in respect of the SLSF scheme for primary education and the PPDS scheme for post-primary education, of teachers out of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of running the Higher Education Authority in each year over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number, in respect of his announcement in budget 2009 to merge HETAC, FETAC and the NQAI and his decision to establish the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which is seeking an appointment under the developing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has reviewed the appeal made by a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow with regard to the abolition of the school's...
    • Adult Education
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason senior Traveller training centres are facing phasing out over a period of ten to 15 years with the trainees integrated into...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath who suffers from autism will continue to have the necessary and beneficial help of a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will list, on a county basis, the amount per school that has been spent on prefabs over the past five years. [17721/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve an additional Traveller resource teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals for the development of existing and new post-primary schools in the new constituency of Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff employed by the State Examinations Commission; the number of staff at each grade; the salary bands of each grade;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied) in County Cork on the school building programme; the stage of the process it is at; when...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual expenditure on external legal costs by his Department in each of the past five years; the annual expenditure on external...
    • School Transport
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the hardship that proposed increases in school transport charges will have on rural families whose...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for a permanent extension has been received from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the position...
    • School Transport
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a bus route will be extended approximately one mile to accommodate a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 16 December 2008, if a school (details supplied) in County Offaly has been included on...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has encouraged third level institutions to specialise in specific areas in science; his strategy in promoting greater expertise...
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on introducing an e-book initiative at primary and second level to reduce the cost and weight of school books; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if in view of the circumstances and the urgency of the necessary...
    • School Discipline
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reporting arrangements that apply in second level schools to the National Education Welfare Board or otherwise in respect of the...
    • English Language Supports
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of migrant children in receipt of language support in each of the past five school years at primary level, including...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if tender documents have been received by his Department in respect of the construction of a new school at Loughegar, Mullingar,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the position regarding the review of the special needs assistant system taking place; when the findings are due to...
    • School Staffing
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the initial allocation of teachers in community schools, comprehensive schools and voluntary secondary schools to...

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