Written answers
Thursday, 14 May 2009
- Department of Education and Science
- State Examinations
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he had been planning to introduce a junior certificate version of the leaving certificate vocational programme or leaving certificate...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the revelation, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Education and Science on 23 April 2009, that fee paying schools...
- Third Level Places
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way he expects the additional 3,500 third level places to come into effect in autumn 2009 in view of the fact that the Central...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding his proposal to build a new secondary school in Kingscourt, County Cavan; the progress made towards same...
- School Patrons
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received the legal opinion which his Department sought in relation to the application by Educate Together to have its...
- School Placement
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the two community national schools operating in north County Dublin, the question on the application form for...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he is taking to support disadvantaged children in the classroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19135/09]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will, in respect of the two community national schools operating in north County Dublin, give details of the academic who has...
- State Agencies
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the merger of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Further Education and Training Awards Council...
- School Accommodation
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils at primary and second level accommodated in temporary overcrowded or prefabricated accommodation at present; the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of special classes and special schools being conducted by the National Council for Special Education began; when the...
- School Staffing
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the projected loss of 2.6 temporary and part-time teachers in secondary schools from September 2009. [19224/09]
- Third Level Institutions
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received the revised draft strategic plan and related budget from the Grangegorman Development Agency which will provide for...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the pupil-teacher ratio in the classroom will be affected by the budgetary cuts as proposed by his Department in...
- Further Education
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will lift the cap on the number of places available in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Grant Payments
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the abolition of grants which were paid to Protestant secondary schools out of recognition that they represent a...
- School Curriculum
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the report of the expert group on future skills needs regarding the level of achievement in maths amongst students here;...
- School Accommodation
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new post-primary schools that will be required from 2015 onwards when, according to the Central Statistics Office, the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to deal with the backlog in applications for the summer works scheme as a result of its cancellation in 2008. [19223/09]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he considered the recommendations and conclusions of the 2005 report of his Department's inspectorate, An Evaluation of Special...
- School Accommodation
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name of all members and their respective organisations which are represented on both the technical group and the steering group of...
- School Placement
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of the two community national schools operating in north County Dublin, questions regarding the country of origin of the...
- Further Education
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is unable to offer first refusal to the further education sector, including the vocational education committees and the...
- Legislative Programme
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the completion of the Student Support Bill 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19254/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the plans to build a new school at Rockcorry, County Monaghan, to replace the current school as promised in...
- Further Education
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 29 April 2009, if the application process for post leaving certificate courses in the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether schools will be required to apply more pressure on parents to partake in fund-raising activities as a result of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explain the length of time criteria for a person who was made redundant on 31 December 2008 and...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on allocating extra resources for training and re-training opportunities for those in employment but...
- State Agencies
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [19488/09]
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, by number and value, the proportion of leases for office accommodation entered into by the Commissioners of Public Works for...
- Departmental Guidelines
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the date of the last update to the rules for tendering processes issued by his Department; if the rules allow for alterations to the process for...
- State Agencies
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 22 April 2009, if his Department is the body ultimately responsible for deciding whether the staff at An...
- Tax Collection
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will enumerate the Exchequer benefits of inheritance tax from the period 2000 to 2008 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of income tax is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19533/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position in relation to Civil Service staff who retired early on ill health grounds; the additional concessions or facilities...
- Tax Code
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is correct that a person (details supplied) should be paying the income levy on income received from an Irish institution. [19572/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the filling of posts by Department which he has been asked to sanction and those which he has sanctioned since the introduction of the embargo on the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide assistance to enable a child (details supplied) in County Cork to avail of personal assistance in order to attend...
- Health Services
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to meet the speech and language requirements in all schools here in 2009 without exception; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [19396/09]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be called to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in respect of brain surgery; and if she...
- Community Care
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are potential funding sources within her Department for a proposed community facilities project (details supplied) in County...
- Health Services
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied). [19426/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain the position regarding a medical card application which was submitted three months ago in respect of a person...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early appointment for an assessment and knee operation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Hospital Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a public long stay bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response....
- Care of the Elderly
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will consider the lease or purchase of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the...
- Health Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and is she will expedite an outcome to the...
- Child Care Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the involvement of Montessori schools in the early childhood care and education scheme (details supplied). [19457/09]
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason capital assistance scheme funding administered by the Health Service Executive has been cancelled; when funding for an...
- Health Service Staff
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 22 April 2009, if her Department is the body ultimately responsible for deciding whether the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the appointment of two cystic fibrosis nurse specialists will be made for the mid-west at Limerick Regional Hospital; and if she...
- Nursing Home Charges
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal position and her policy on demands by care institutions in the State that residents or clients hand over their social welfare...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to demands for large increases in charges for disability services in a reported case (details supplied)...
- Ambulance Service
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding provided, in each of the past five years, for the air ambulance service operating out of Bantry General Hospital in...
- Health Service Staff
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the moratorium on recruitment in the health service is affecting the newly qualified pharmacists taking up their essential...
- Medical Cards
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19545/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card application will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, she will investigate the possibility of placement for them in order...
- Department of Transport
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) can apply for the full licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19456/09]
- Bus Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the position in relation to the continued use of the Dublin Port tunnel by the 41X service run by Dublin Bus; if he will...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has provided funding for the development of Baltimore Harbour in County Cork; the level of funding provided; when he expects work to commence...
- Road Network
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is reviewing proposals from the National Roads Authority for a bypass of Slane, County Meath; his views on the proposals of a group (details...
- Departmental Responsibilities
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport the person who has responsibility for the functions formerly carried out by the National Safety Council and not taken over by the Road Safety...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Young Offenders (1 comment)
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he, directly or in conjunction with other Departments, examined the need for the provision of accommodation for young...
- Sexual Offences
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm the entry on the sex offenders register of the name of a convicted person (details supplied); the date...
- Traveller Community
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are potential funding sources within his Department for a proposed community project (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Investigations
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [19451/09]
- Garda Deployment
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí attached to Coolock Garda station; if a Garda clinic is operating at Clongriffin town square; the...
- Gender Equality
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €4.982 million under the Revised Estimates for gender mainstreaming and positive...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Asylum Applications
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency and family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
- Residency Permits
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason stamp four was not renewed for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Refugee Status
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19526/09]
- Residency Permits
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19527/09]
- Asylum Applications
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he...
- Visa Applications
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 5 March 2009, if it is possible that the application can be made...
- Residency Permits
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a second level student with more than 12 months to their leaving certificate can have their stamp 2A permit changed to...
- Residency Permits
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review again the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for stamp four. [19578/09]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding, and the difficulties being faced by, night clubs since changes to drink hours, extensions, theatre...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of tribunals that are sitting; the date that each was established; the cost to the Exchequer of the legal...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when payment will issue in respect of sports capital grants to a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are potential funding sources within his Department for a proposed community facilities project (details...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the regularity with which payments from England are reviewed in view of fluctuating exchange rates (details supplied). [19425/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in awarding jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [19433/09]
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will roll out the appointment of social welfare inspectors to investigate and prevent fraud; the measures she has...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when restoration of mortgage supplement will be reviewed and restored to the previous level in the case of a person (details...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale behind only allowing a half-rate illness benefit payment in the case of an employee who takes sick leave when a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal will be completed and the result known regarding carers allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Community Development
Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are potential funding sources within his Department for a proposed community project (details...
- Electoral Franchise
Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the electoral franchise to Irish citizens living abroad, in line with the practice in...
- Aquaculture Development
Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he and the national parks and wildlife service support the policy to develop aquaculture as outlined in...
- Environmental Policy
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the position in relation to the rights of householders to have trees on private property...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the responsibilities his Department and the local government system has for accident prevention, such as...
- Planning Issues
Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if legislative provisions apply to a person who wishes to erect advertising signs on movable platforms on a...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the sale of bog land under the special areas of conservation in respect of a person (details...
- Fire Stations
Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application for a new fire station at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tribunals that are sitting; the date that each was established; the cost to the Exchequer of...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the Culdaff exchange, County Donegal, of the DSL broadband via Eircom to Ballyharry will be enabled; if he...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Fisheries Protection
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the actions his forces have taken to combat the plunder and over-exploitation of the Irish Mussel seed resource by UK...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will release funds for the new deep water harbour at Rossaveal Harbour, County Galway. [19581/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a forestry payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the breakdown of the amount to be...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an inspection under the farm waste management scheme will be carried out for a person (details suppled) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in making an organic farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; when payment...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the application under the farm waste management scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); when their...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will evaluate and address safety concerns at Greencastle Harbour in view of funding withdrawals from capital works due...
- Grant Payments
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted REP scheme three. [19496/09]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position with regard to the restructuring of the agriculture offices in Roscommon town; the impact that this will have...
- Grant Payments
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will issue under the forestry premium scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [19555/09]
- Department of Education and Science
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of tribunals that are sitting; the date that each was established; the cost to the Exchequer of legal representation of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed schedule for the commencement and completion of construction of the new secondary school in Gorey, County Wexford; and if...
- School Enrolments
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has granted an exemption since 2005 to a school (details supplied) in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a secondary school (details supplied) in County Offaly will be allowed proceed to phase two of its school building project; when...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will visit a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/09]
- School Staffing
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of permanent wholetime appointments sanctioned in each VEC nationwide over the past ten years; and if he will make a...
- State Examinations
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intercede with the State Examinations Commission to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo is provided...
- School Transport
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if provisions will be made to transport a person (details supplied) in County Cork by taxi; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are potential funding sources within his Department for a proposed community project (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider offering a higher education grant to a person (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the fact that the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the need for a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [19487/09]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the basis on which a higher education grant has been refused in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to meet in full the requirement in respect of special needs teachers and assistants in all schools here with...
- School Staffing
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and location of schools here which are expected to lose teachers in the next two years arising from recent budgetary...
- School Curriculum
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all grant commitments made to various second level schools here towards the encouragement of sciences in the junior and senior...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the schools building programme to reflect the needs of areas experiencing a rapid increase in population; and if he...
- Psychological Service
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to meet psychological needs and assessments as identified by the various school authorities here; and if he will make a...
- Adult Education
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to address the issue of provision of facilities for adult literacy here; the budget for same; and if he will make a...
- School Accommodation
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if health and safety regulations are achieved by all schools here with particular reference to accommodation requirements resulting in...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of incidents of school bullying made known to his Department in the past 12 months; the action taken arising therefrom; if...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take to ensure ready and available access for children at primary and second level whose parents have recently...
- School Staffing
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of submissions he has received from various schools here seeking the provision of extra teaching staff in order to reduce...
- School Accommodation
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will accelerate the school building programme with a view to ensuring the early provision of adequate accommodation and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to extend and improve facilities in mainstream education for children with autism; if he has evaluated precisely such...
- School Accommodation
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which his attention has been drawn to classroom overcrowding at the present time; the action he proposes to take to...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to bring pupil-teacher ratios into line with best practice in other EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the position in relation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; the position in relation to the provision of a...
- School Staffing
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will guarantee that the present complement of special needs assistants will be retained in schools in County Roscommon and...
