Written answers
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Department of Transport
- Haulage Licences
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if he received complaints or correspondences regarding the issuing of haulage licences to people with criminal convictions in the past five years;...
- Road Safety
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to recent preliminary figures from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in the UK which found that 36% of...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the Dublin Transport Authority to be fully operational; his views on whether the delay is acceptable in view of the fact that the...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce new transport legislation or regulations to pursue drivers accused of speeding outside the District Court system; and if he...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will include the statutory provision of a passengers champion within the structure of the new Dublin Transport Authority/National Transport...
- Public Transport
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of discussions he has had with Bus Éireann in relation to cutbacks in their services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Traffic Management
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has responded to the concerns of the residents and business people in Dublin city centre on the proposed busgate for College Green, Dublin...
- Air Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on legislation to protect airline passengers from the range of extra charges and levies that are continually being imposed upon them and...
- Light Rail Projects
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated commencement and completion dates for Metro West, LUAS line BX and D, and the Dublin rail interconnector; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation to revise the 1932 bus licensing legislation; the proposed measures the new legislation will contain to reform...
- Rural Transport Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm the amount of money allocated to the rural transport programme for 2009; and if there are plans to reduce the funding or...
- Public Transport
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of written warnings he has given State funded transport operators for anti-competitive practices since 2000 to date in 2009; and if he...
- Rail Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the enhancement of rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20980/09]
- Transport 21
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of projects detailed in Transport 21 which have yet to commence; the number which will not meet the deadline for the Transport 21...
- State Airports
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the Dublin Airport Authority on their €20 million programme of cutbacks which may see the loss of up to 400 DAA jobs...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward the new Road Traffic Amendment Bill; if it will include a provision for the mandatory testing of all drivers involved...
- Transport 21
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport the projects he will prioritise in view of the changed financial circumstances since the publication of the Programme for Government; and if he...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will respond to the Commission on Taxi Regulations submission on long-standing proposals to take over responsibility for the issuing of...
- Public Transport
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress Dublin Bus has made in implementing the recommendations of the Deloitte report on Dublin Bus efficiency; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport when the cycle to work scheme will be fully operational; the amount the scheme will cost to operate in 2009 and for all full subsequent years; the...
- Driving Tests
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport when he plans to publish proposals for a new green driving test; the measures the new green driving test will contain; if he will bring forward a...
- Haulage Licences
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria for awarding a haulage licence here; the restrictions in place for applicants with former criminal convictions; and if he will make a...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recently published National Cycling Policy Framework; the reason there are no deadlines for the achievement of actions on...
- Road Network
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount being made available to Cork County Council in 2009 under the regional and local road grant allocations; the amount allocated under...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure legislation is passed to enable comprehensive transport plans to be included in all future county and city development plans;...
- Rights of Seafarers
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the entry of a ship (details supplied) into Irish waters and the allegations that its crew members are owed thousands of euro...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will respond to the Commission on Taxi Regulation's proposals to introduce a subsidy scheme to increase the number of wheelchair...
- Transport 21
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport the degree to which arrangements have been put in place to encourage a reduction in the cost of all aspects of Transport 21 in line with the...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the introduction of a moratorium on the issuing of taxi plates in view of the escalating crisis in the taxi industry and the need for...
- Light Rail Project
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on Metro North; when infrastructural works will commence for Metro North; if he will confirm that there have been no changes to...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of consultation which occurs between his Department, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and An Garda Sióchána on...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will appoint a new chairman for the Dublin Port Company; if he is considering internal and external candidates for the role; the criteria...
- Rights of Seafarers
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the operation of the port State control in view of the fact that all matters relating to the fiscal entitlements of maritime...
- Rail Network
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport if his recently expressed personal support for phase two and three of the western rail corridor means that the full western rail corridor project...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on proposals to develop a new national airport in the midlands; if he has been briefed on the proposals for same; the contacts he has...
- Light Rail Projects
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding contingency plans for the upcoming big dig for the major infrastructural works necessary for Metro North, the Dublin rail...
- Crime Prevention
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received and reviewed Europol's new document Cargo Theft Report which highlights the way haulage operators are being targeted by...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the changes to the Road Safety Authority's budget under Budget 2009 and the supplementary Budget on 7 April 2009; the impact on his Department of...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committee Meetings
Question 105: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Climate Change met in April 2009 as planned; the timeframe for the next meeting; the schedule for meetings in 2009. [21046/09]
- Nursing Home Fees
Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach if, further to the May 2009 publication of the Consumer Price Index Detailed Sub-Indices, it is possible to provide specific details of the year on year...
- Departmental Payments
Question 107: To ask the Taoiseach the average time as of the end of April 2009 for payments to be made by his Department and each individual agency of his Department to outside businesses in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years. [20960/09]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Surveys
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the business surveys conducted by her Department; the surveys conducted by her enterprise support agencies;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of...
- Small Business Sector
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support a matter (details supplied). [20993/09]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) has not received redundancy payments; and if she will make a statement...
- Company Closures
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on declaring a company (details supplied) in County Dublin eligible under the Employers Insolvency...
- Work Permits
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an employer has indicated that, due to economic constraints,...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of training places supplied through FÁS for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 208 and to date...
- Work Permits
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will postpone her proposed changes to the work permits system to allow for a proper review and...
- Department of Finance
- Communications Masts
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the telecommunications mast beside Letterkenny Garda barracks; the number of commercial users there are; and the...
- Regulations Review
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to repeal section 9 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009. [21041/09]
- Séadchomharthaí Náisiúnta
Question 124: To ask the Aire Airgeadais cá bhfuil an leacht marmair a bhíodh ar crochadh gar don Fháiltiú i Scoil Éanna, Ráth Fearnáin i gcuimhne orthu siúd a fuair bás in 1916, agus...
- Insurance Industry
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [21651/09]
- Tax Code
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the reason a person should have to pay the Government levy on a credit card drawn on a UK bank; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years. [20955/09]
- Museum Projects
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a museum (details supplied) is to be re-opened to the public; the expected timescale of same; and if he will make a...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in his dealings with the banks and building societies, he will insist as part of these negotiations that the banks offer flexible affordable...
- Tax Code
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive their full refund for recent dental work carried out; the further reason they were not told...
- Tax Yield
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenues received from betting tax in respect of the months of January, February, March and April for 2008 and 2009. [21051/09]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish an appeals mechanism for people who believe they are not being treated fairly by financial institutions; if he will use his...
- Pension Provisions
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the rational for excluding class seven pension schemes from the insurance levy while including all other pension schemes; his view on whether this...
- Tax Code
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used by the Revenue Commissioners to determine entitlement to a tax credit for an incapacitated child; the reason intellectual...
- Infrastructural Projects
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if the commitment in the supplementary Budget of 7 April 2009 to explore the proposal by the Construction Industry Federation to fund...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if conservation work will be carried out on Ratoo Round Tower, Ballyduff, County Kerry in 2009 in view of the historical and architectural...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to relocate additional staff to the Revenue office in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has taken steps to ensure that VAT numbers are not being used illegally in Northern Ireland by persons who are not authorised; and if he will...
- Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 whose child will not benefit from the new child care grant...
- Departmental Staff
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied) wanting to make an application under the incentivised...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Meath for the domiciliary care allowance will be decided on; and if she...
- Positive Ageing Strategy
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the objectives of the National Positive Ageing Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child Care Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from persons involved in the ECCE scheme; the views expressed in this regard that the proposed...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 6 May 2009, if there has been further progress in resolving the issue of inter-country...
- Medical Cards
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason full medical cards were refused to persons (details supplied) in County Cork on income grounds when the cards were...
- Hospital Staff
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she is suppressing a nursing post (details supplied) at Killarney Community Hospital, County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years. ...
- Food Safety
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if bottled water is being tested for fluoride. [20977/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 on the grounds of undue financial hardship; and if she...
- Health Services
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the therapeutic programmes and supervision arrangements in place and the staffing level at Grove Lodge, Portrane, County Dublin; the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the personnel among the 113,000 or so employees on the management administrative side who are responsible for paediatric care, that is...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a piece of medical equipment is provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20998/09]
- Medicinal Products
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been guidance issued to the Health Service Executive in relation to the provision of the drug Tysabri to multiple sclerosis...
- Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been told they have to pay for their own orthodontic braces despite the fact that...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 7 April 2009, when a reply will be furnished from the Primary, Community and Continuing...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be supported. [21057/09]
- Child Care Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the recently announced free pre-school year; when the scheme will commence; if it will be open to all pre-schools...
- Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [21085/09]
- Organ Retention
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regarding the report by a person (details supplied) of the independent review of the national audit of human organs...
- Hospital Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will receive an appointment for an assessment in respect of a hip replacement; and if she...
- Medical Cards
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for an assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations or procedures on children which were sub-contracted out to private hospitals directly or via the National...
- Hospital Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the closure of wards in Crumlin children's hospital, Dublin; if, in view of the consequences that this...
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted an appeal in respect of the...
- Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence in relation to surgical intervention in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given access to services at Cheeverstown. [21214/09]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the construction of the replacement of the Central Mental Hospital. [21222/09]
- Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a section of the Health Service Executive (details supplied) will not respond to queries which this Deputy has sent to them....
- Health Service Staff
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the reduction of payments to health professionals as outlined in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public...
- Hospital Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in putting together a plan for the provision of additional cystic fibrosis beds; the timelines for this...
- Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation on children awaiting orthodontic treatment here; if she will introduce a waiting list initiative for orthodontics...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crutches or pairs of crutches purchased by the Health Service Executive in the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the cost...
- Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that funding for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been cut; the amount by which it was cut; if...
- Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an over 70 years medical card review in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for surgery for a knee replacement; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in dealing with an issue of arrears of domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Mental Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the strategy and timetable for the implementation of the new national policy framework for mental health, A Vision for Change; the way...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost to the health services of the five most prescribed drugs including their individual annual cost; her plans to reduce...
- Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that funding will be in place after December 2009 for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is in their...
- Ambulance Service
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, when an ambulance is called to a town (details supplied) in County Carlow, the patient does not have a choice as to which of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a doctor against whom a claim of negligence has been made is allowed to continue to practice while that complaint is under...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set out the actual bed complement that will exist within the Killarney area for the care of the elderly services in the...
- Hospital Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to cutbacks, a phlebotomy service will no longer be available in a hospital...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include haemochromatosis as a life long chronic illness to be covered by the GMS; the reason for not including this to date;...
- Child Care Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 13 May 2009, if she will furnish the facility from which each child has disappeared in each...
- Medicinal Products
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the drug sodium amytal was withdrawn from the market here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21450/09]
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in putting in place a plan for the care of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if an early...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to funding for persons with an intellectual disability; if all existing funding schemes are being maintained;...
- Medical Cards
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlements to a medical card, dental and optical benefits and so on for a 26 year old full time university student living at home;...
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the future of St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin 6; the extent of negotiations that have taken place with any body or...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a permanent public bed will be made available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 in a nursing care facility of their...
- Department of Transport
- Fishing Fleet Regulations
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason there is such a high cost for surveying fishing boats; the way this figure compares with Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has given consent to employ a chief executive officer for the Dublin Transport Authority; and to employ additional personnel to work in the...
- Travel Trade Regulation
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for retaining the travel agents bond at 4%; if he has reviewed the impact on the future economic viability of travel agents of this...
- Road Safety
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent criticism by the chairman of the Road Safety Authority of the Government and himself in terms of the recent cutting of the...
- Haulage Licences
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on facilitating an arrangement for persons (details supplied) to train a lorry driver in acquiring a haulage licence; and if he will...
- Planning Issues
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his confirmation by way of reply to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 6 May 2009 that the two dimensional red safety areas formerly...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years. [20961/09]
- Public Transport
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the protracted delay in the development of an integrated ticketing system for Dublin's public transport network since it was first...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will revoke the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Amendment Regulations, S.I. No. 274 of 1998 with regard to the requirement of cyclists...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to ensure that ballast water does not transport alien species to estuaries here and as a result inland waterways; and if...
- Rail Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport the traffic volumes of rail freight carried in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21292/09]
- Rail Network
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport the access and other charges which are or will be paid by operators, since the opening up of railways to competing operators in 2007, for using...
- Traffic Management
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is his policy to provide funding to local authorities in the Greater Dublin Area, via the Dublin Transportation Office, for traffic...
- Rail Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which it is intended to enhance commuter rail services to each of the towns throughout north Kildare in the context of Transport 21;...
- Health and Safety Issues
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that all heath and safety issues identified in the past 10 years in the public transport area such as bus, rail, ferry and air...
- Public Transport Accidents
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of accidents that have occurred throughout the public rail and bus services in the past 10 years; the degree to which the issues...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport if Dublin Airport has reached maximum capacity; his plans to provide extra capacity at other or existing airports or new facilities at existing or...
- Public Transport
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to address the concerns expressed at the cessation of a number of already established bus services; if his attention has been drawn to...
- Road Network
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport the daily traffic volumes on the M50, M1, M7, M3, and the Port Tunnel; the way these figures compare with daily usage in each of the past five...
- Driving Regulations
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the revised legislation dealing with driver working hours does not disadvantage Irish tour operators and make them...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport whether he has received and reviewed the second greenhouse gas study of the International Maritime Organisation; his views on the way maritime...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Child Abuse
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way a person can report abuse on a social networking site (details supplied); his plans to introduce legislation in...
- Voluntary Work
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the Government's commitment to encouraging community endeavour and volunteerism, he has given consideration...
- Road Traffic Regulations
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent criticism by the chairman of the Road Safety Authority of the Government and the Minister in terms...
- Garda Deployment
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of additional garda assets profilers deployed to Limerick since January 2009; and the number in Limerick at...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people investigated in respect of, and convicted for, witness intimidation each year for the past five years....
- Residency Permits
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a residence card which was approved in 2008. [21019/09]
- Garda Reserve
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the next phase of entrants to the Garda Reserve to be recruited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of the revelations obtained by RTÉ under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 that staff in the...
- Crime Levels
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recorded drug crimes where the suspected offenders were on bail for each year from 1 January 2004 to 31...
- Visa Applications
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for a holiday visa will be granted to a person (details supplied). [21094/09]
- Departmental Staff
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to cut the number of staff in the naturalisation section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service;...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that two people (details supplied) have been charged with the same driving...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision not to grant a certificate of naturalisation to a person (details supplied) in County...
- Noise Pollution
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the problem of house alarms whose setting is too sensitive, resulting in false alerts to...
- Garda Operations
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the garda free telephone service was established; the amount that has been spent on the service in each of the past...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 267: 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 applied for naturalisation; and when this...
- Visa Applications
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, following the decision of the British authorities to make changes in its visa requirements for short-term visitors from...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made and his plans to reduce the amount of illegal drug consumption in prisons here; and if he will make a...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of good behaviour contracts entered into in the juvenile justice system involving children to deal with the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of the garda investigation into an incident in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [21372/09]
- Garda Stations
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the local opposition to the proposed closure of the Garda station at Kilrickle,...
- Garda Equipment
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the information technology section of the Immigration Bureau at Dublin Airport has an Internet...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a document expert employed by the Immigration Bureau of her Department at Dublin Airport to check forgeries;...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 271 to 273 of 19 May 2009, if he will explain the reason the age restrictions for...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected date for a decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will discuss with the Garda Commissioner the question of an area (details supplied) in Dublin 24 being policed...
- Asylum Applications
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
- Human Trafficking
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has investigated the alleged use of ports here for the trafficking or people; if so, the measures being taken to...
- Restorative Justice
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made since the publication of the first report by the Restorative Justice Commission; and the timeframe for...
- Residency Permits
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [21652/09]
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years. [20956/09]
- Passport Applications
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow cannot attain a passport; the steps this person must follow in order to successfully...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of Irish Aid given to the USA in relation to natural disasters, for example towards Hurricane Katrina and so on; and if he will...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action being taken with Ireland's EU and UN partner states to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from prison in Burma;...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Funding
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [20934/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years....
- Sports Capital Funding
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm that his Department is processing an application from a body (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
- Tourism Industry
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he expects tourism to grow in 2009 here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21387/09]
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Ferry Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly ferries will be in operation in 2009; if he will make an announcement that will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the pension agreed between Waterways Ireland and their agent and a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim can...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of areas at which the dial to stop drug dealing campaign has been launched; the number of areas at which...
- Offshore Islands
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of Aughnish Isle, Ramelton, County Donegal; his views on whether it meets all criteria; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past...
- Grant Payments
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a grant will be awarded to a group (details supplied) in County Laois which has been due since April 2009; if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding will be continued for both the wages of the staff and the overheads involved in projects (details...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will continue the embargo on new candidates for employment under the rural social scheme; and if he will make...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with local partnerships community and Leader groups regarding the development of...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will clarify the criteria governing eligibility for domiciliary care allowance and, specifically, the position regarding...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years....
- Social Welfare Programmes
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will address with measured incentives the ever increasing anomaly regarding incentives to work in comparison to the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) will have an application for the jobseeker's allowance decided on; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [21035/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that there is an orderly system of queuing in all social welfare offices that respects the dignity of the...
- Immigration Procedures
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that the information technology section of the Immigration Bureau at Dublin Airport has an internet connection...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was not paid rent in December 2008 and January, February and March 2009...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal regarding persons (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if she is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the final bullet point of paragraph 1.1.2 of Annex F of the Budget 2009 document...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Property
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has lodged an aerodrome safeguarding map in respect of Baldonnel Aerodrome with both South Dublin County Council and An Bord Pleanála with...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years. [20951/09]
- Naval Service Operations
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of boats boarded by the Navy on suspicion of drug smuggling each year for the past three years. [20965/09]
- Defence Force Representative Associations
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 13 May 2009, if he will respond to points raised by PDFORRA in regard to the reply; and if he will make...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Special Protection Areas
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a hen harrier payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Water Quality
Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of safety in fluoride dosing at water supplies both for public and public group water supplies...
- UN Climate Change Summit
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his position on the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen; if he will confirm the persons who will be...
- Housing Grants
Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason capital assistance scheme funding administered by the Health Service Executive through his...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of...
- Animal Welfare
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken following reports regarding the suspected presence of brucella canis in a suspected...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application by Wexford County Council for funding in respect of a strategic land...
- Building Regulations
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the difficulties that homeowners are experiencing in north Dublin and environs with...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount each local authority sought in 2009 in housing adaptation mobility aids and essential repairs...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the position in respect of when owners of properties purchased under local government...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of fully automated water treatment plants here; the number of water treatment plants that it is...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of local authority housing each county council dedicated to people with disabilities; and if...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding for an eight bed unit for an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Local Government Ethics
Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rules and regulations for local authorities in respect of outings (details supplied); the legal position...
- Polling Stations
Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of polling stations, on a county basis, which are wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Archives
Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 6 May 2009, the funding provided to each local authority in each...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to a scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [21122/09]
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made a decision to fund the construction of 10 units of Traveller accommodation at Milverton,...
- Habitats Regulations
Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure the proper regulation of exotic pond plants in shops and gardening outlets;...
- Official Engagements
Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet a delegation (details supplied) from County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a possibility of securing an exemption from the emissions tax for cars based on being elderly,...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 368: 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...
- Planning Issues
Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the operation of Class 5, Part 2, Exempted Development Advertisement, of the Planning...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a person (details supplied). [21361/09]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made a decision regarding the provision of grant aid for the replacement of lead pipes in peoples...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate extra funding to pay grants under the housing aid for older people, the housing...
- Waste Management
Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his report to Cabinet on the waste stored at Haulbowline Island, County Cork; and if he will...
- Serviced Land Initiative
Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the serviced land initiative has been shelved; the implications this will have on planned developments;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of recent studies highlighting the problems with septic tanks, he will introduce a grant for...
- Capital Assistance Scheme
Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if payment due to a project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be issued shortly; the amount...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the grant allocation for restoration works in respect of houses of historical value and interest was...
- Departmental Properties
Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has not received payment under the designated bog...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has written to local authorities in respect of the way local authorities deal with local authority...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the...
- Energy Resources
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has studied a proposal (details supplied); his views on the feasibility of this project; if he will...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made by a company (details supplied) since it secured the contract for the roll-out of broadband...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to address the problems caused by the zebra mussel and potentially by the bloody red...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a telephone exchange (details supplied) will be broadband enabled; his plans for the roll out of broadband...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Agencies
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the rationale in refusing to allow Teagasc contract research staff to take up their posts where the research has been...
- Bovine Disease Controls
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a herd number has not been registered in the joint names of persons (details supplied). [20916/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three...
- International Agreements
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he is taking to ensure research is being carried out on the potential impact of WTO trade talks on the food...
- Departmental Offices
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when it is envisaged that the new district veterinary office for County Leitrim based in Drumshanbo will be officially...
- Grant Payments
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position of a REP scheme application in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Landowner Compensation
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a mediatory process in place to determine the compensation farmers get from the ESB when they sterilise the use...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the representations he has made at European level to ensure that all existing disadvantaged areas are retained and that new...
- Food Safety Standards
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the testing regime in place to ensure that imported meat is growth hormone residue free; if the imported meat will be...
- Herd Number Transfers
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange for confirmation by his Department in relation to the transfer of a single farm payment entitlement for a...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funds currently paid out by his Department in financial aid to the pig sector arising from the recent pork...
- Grant Payments
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their installation aid payment; and if he will make a statement...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a plant (details supplied) in County Tyrone slaughters more than 8,000 pigs...
- Grant Payments
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application under the farm waste management scheme will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make public the reports conducted on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the further...
- Grant Payments
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their premises inspected and receive payment under the farm waste...
- Department of Education and Science
- Third Level Courses
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that it is intended that Cork Institute of Technology will continue to provide a course in speech, drama and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will expand on a works proposal at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if every primary school in County Donegal will be reviewed by the special educational needs organiser in the near future for...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his Department's annual spend on tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use respectively for each of the past three years....
- Special Educational Needs
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that special needs pupils and their special needs assistance currently being accommodated at a centre (details...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the long-standing need for an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to make the facilities, such as multipurpose halls, playing pitches, basketball courts and so on, of those primary and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the need for additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the stage of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 422: 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 a school for a child...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the way a formal appeal regarding a decision made on a higher education grant application can be submitted to his...
- National Education Welfare Board
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to absorb the home school liaison service and Traveller support services into the functions of the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the continuing delay in permitting a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 to apply for planning permission and for...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [21056/09]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a home tuition grant was refused for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; if he will re-consider the matter; and if he...
- Schools Recognition
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Clare will receive full recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21108/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to parliamentary Question No. 172 of 4 March 2009, if a meeting will be arranged for a school (details supplied); and if he...
- School Staffing
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a temporary replacement teacher will be appointed to replace a teacher who will soon be going on maternity...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage of development of a new school (details supplied) in County Wexford for pupils with special needs is at; when it is...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the necessary educational provisions will be made in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Mayo for the academic year...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on his efforts to secure a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the retendering progress and the timeframe for building works at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if...
- Further Education
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of participants in further education for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the breakdown of these...
- State Examinations
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that relevant exam supports are in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
- School Accommodation
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefab buildings being used as classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the cost in 2008 for rental...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an audit of the special needs service has been completed; the recommendations that have been made as a result of the audit; if...
- School Staffing
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the caretaker of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is retiring at the end...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made on the construction project for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under current practice his Department will not appoint a special needs assistant for...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he is taking to upgrade primary schools in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21383/09]
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, following the sod turning by himself, a contractor has been appointed to build the new sports hall in a school (details supplied)...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when allowances including travel allowances are expected to be increased for vocational training opportunities scheme students; and...
- School Staffing
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school secretaries, special needs teachers and school principals who are operating in rooms that are converted broom...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of support available from his Department for a child (details supplied) in County Cork who has recently been diagnosed as...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is a difference in the implementation of the DEIS programme for rural and urban schools in respect of pupil/teacher...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new primary school at Blennerville, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- School Enrolments
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of places for pupils intending to commence secondary education in a school (details...
- School Transport
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision to increase school transport costs to parents, many of whom are facing financial hardship as a result...
- School Curriculum
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a working group was established to address physical education as a subject for the leaving certificate; if this group was...
- School Staffing
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he proposes to take to ensure that a primary school (details supplied) in County Waterford will not lose a teacher in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if special needs assistants will continue to be provided in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a project at a school (details supplied) in County Laois which is at stage 2A will progress. [21648/09]
