Written answers

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Official Protocol
      Question 59: To ask the Taoiseach the protocol for flying the Tricolour at Government press conferences and other events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22136/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 60: To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22673/09]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their statutory redundancy payment. [22515/09]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to restructure the board of FÁS or to replace current FÁS board members; and if she will make a...
    • Export Credit Insurance
      Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce a new short-term credit insurance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for processing submissions by employers who apply for rebate on statutory redundancy; if her...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when payments will be made to a school group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 19 May 2009, the specific EUROSTAT publication she is referring...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made in ensuring apprentices at a company (details supplied) can finish their apprenticeships;...
    • Job Creation
      Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs created in the Information Age Park, Ennis, County Clare in 2007 and 2008 and for the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has submitted an application for funding under the EU Globalisation Fund in relation to workers at a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will intervene with FÁS with a view to providing funding in respect of an architect/technician course...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will receive their statutory redundancy payment; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount her Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a substantive response will issue in relation to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will introduce legislation to regulate franchises; if she is satisfied with the legal provisions to...
    • Work Permits
      Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be refunded the money from their work permit application....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of banking charges paid by her Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these...
    • Work Permits
      Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on the application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies recently grant aided by her Department in the meat processing sector; the number of work permits...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [22962/09]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism available to a person to seek assistance in relation to a new initiative (details supplied); and...
    • Work Permits
      Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on an appeal lodged in relation to an employment permit application by a person (details supplied)...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant aid made available or committed to meat processing companies in the past 12 months; the amount and...
  • Department of Finance
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the site identified as a suitable location for decentralisation in Charlestown, County Mayo, his Department has begun legal...
    • Insurance Industry
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a company (details supplied) that was taken in charge by the State a number of years ago notwithstanding that the title of the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make exceptions to the four year maximum rule for tax refund claims when the Eastern Regional Health Authority incorrectly deducted tax...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 2 December 2008, the progress to date on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidance he gave on applying the higher income levies to income earned over a period, when part of that period was before 1 May 2009; and if he...
    • Pension Levy
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the implementation of the pension levy with regard to a group of workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of banking charges paid by all the Government Departments over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office for Public Works will give due consideration to the funding and rebuilding of a boundary wall (details supplied) in Dublin 11 destroyed...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent media reports that he, as sole shareholder, and his Department had agreed at the recent annual general meeting of Anglo Irish...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/09]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a report from the Financial Regulator following the investigation requested by him into the cost to mortgage holders of breaking...
    • Tax Code
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reviewing the rate of VAT on bands here in the current economic climate as gigs become harder to secure for persons whose only source...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is in receipt of the report on recent flooding in County Kilkenny compiled by Kilkenny County Council; the action the Office of Public Works...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) have in the past received special or preferential loans from Anglo Irish Bank; if any family members of other...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in the matter of the dispute between the Revenue Commissioners and a person (details supplied) culminating in the seizure of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department each year for the past three years on bottled water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22326/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if a pensioner who derives income from a deposit account and has put the account into joint names with their daughter, who derives no benefit, for...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to index section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 in view of the current climate when longer repayment schedules may be needed by...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding for the purchase of decentralisation properties identified as having been approved by Government to proceed in budget 2009 has been or...
    • Procurement Policy
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the turnover threshold conditions being placed on tenders in view of the financial pressure facing many small businesses; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the rules whereby holders of approved retirement funds are compelled to take 3% per annum of their accumulated fund and pay tax...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance when payment of tax refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22456/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT rebate for tour operators will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22476/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the process that applies for cars without VRT that are seized by customs; the location at which these vehicles are stored; if they are used while...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a VAT refund is issued to a company (details supplied) in County Cork. [22767/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on exempting employer personal retirement savings account contributions from the income levy in view of the fact that he allows an...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he sanctioned a post of head of translation unit in the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, recently advertised at a salary of...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons registered with the Revenue Commissioners who have declared their income source as taxi operator, taxi driver or small public...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 3 March 2009, the position in relation to the completion of decentralisation to the town in question;...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a psychology service is being withdrawn from a group (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment for the free pre-school year will be granted to service providers; in particular, if someone commences their pre-school...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a wheelchair for a child (details supplied), who suffers from cerebral palsy and has grown out of their primary...
    • Children in Care
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for the fostering payment will be processed as soon as possible for a person (details supplied). [22618/09]
    • Pension Levy
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is obliged to pay the pension levy despite the fact that they have a private...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff allocated to process the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; the number of staff allocated to process...
    • Water Quality
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the public concern in relation to fluoride concentration in drinking water; if she is proposing the...
    • Children in Care
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the Health Service Executive's child protection services are properly resourced to carry out all their competing...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the backlog in post-adoption placement assessment reports from before 2008; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive the reason the private ambulance service-level agreement has been extended from...
    • Health Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours of home help provided in County Donegal for the month of April 2009; and the projected figure for May and June 2009....
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money owed to the various accident and emergency departments here by persons who have used same in the past two years; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities available for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22093/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to address the unresolved issue of a €9.9 million deficit in the 2007 budget for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will award a doctor-only medical card to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [22097/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was seen as an emergency case in a dental clinic in Athy and advised that they required...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Cork is being expedited; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the discharge policy and procedures and its implementation for geriatric patients from Mid-West Regional Hospital...
    • Health Services
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Dublin will obtain a psychological assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was refused in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the application will be reviewed;...
    • Health Services
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting hearing tests in the Health Service Executive south and the average waiting period for these tests; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status regarding the appointment of a paediatric orthopaedic consultant to Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the hip replacement waiting list in the Health Service Executive south; and the average waiting period; and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide assistance to blind people here by insisting that braille is put on food products and on medicines; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the practice of general practitioners charging patients supplementary fees for blood tests, or other...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 161: 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 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in orthodontic treatment for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who was previously assessed by an...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused mobility allowance and their diabetic and rent allowances were taken...
    • Health Services
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a date for a speech therapy and psychological assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their appointment for a hip operation under the National Treatment Purchase...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 167: 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 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a property (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is owned and operated by the Health Service Executive; if there is a manager or supervisor...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting for a hip replacement; if they will be...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card applications received in relation to people over 70 years; the number granted; the number refused; the number...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision on an application for a new wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22227/09]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the final report of the Health Service Executive-funded adult day services review; if she will publish the...
    • Health Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the occupational therapy available through the Health Service Executive to a child with dyspraxia in Dublin 17. [22242/09]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No: 212 of 26 May 2009, if she will include haemochromatosis under the long-term illness scheme; and...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have their application for the health repayment scheme addressed...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if she will expedite their request; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, sooner than has been...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a digital hearing aid; the cost involved to the individual; and if she...
    • Health Research Funding
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding provided for research into Friedreich's ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22325/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a home care package has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with respect to the medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an MRI scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22346/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 on the waiting list for spine corrective surgery; if she will provide a date...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the breast cancer services in Tallaght, Dublin, are to be moved; if the alternative locations have the capacity to deal properly with...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the report of the cardiovascular health policy group which she established in September 2007 to draw up a new...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the Health Service Executive budget spent on wages and administration when it commenced its operation; and the...
    • Health Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive orthodontic treatment. [22388/09]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received a report, leaked this week in the national media, on the reconfiguration of hospital services in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if complaints have been received by the Health Service Executive from former employees regarding the treatment of residents of a nursing...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has finalised details of the public consultation process on the national positive aging strategy; if so, if she will outline the...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it takes up to five years in some parts of the country to assess couples for adoption from overseas; if she expects that this...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of plans for the development of the mental health day hospital in Roscommon town; the capital allocation for 2009; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the maximum possible home help support is provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22431/09]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent nursing posts and temporary posts in each of the Health Service Executive acute public hospitals; if she will...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the recent 33% increase in car parking charges at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a Montessori school will be finalised and funding advanced to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for assistance towards a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cork who has recently been diagnosed as autistic will have access to all of...
    • EU Directives
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has requested input from the professionally trained nutritional therapists and dieticians on the implementation of the food...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if community welfare officers are compiling data on the numbers of self-employed people applying to community welfare officers for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation at Portlaoise General Hospital, County Laois;...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant an increase in the home help service hours for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22485/09]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the early childhood care and education scheme will, when fully established after August 2010, still allow care services to...
    • Health Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 28 April 2009. [22488/09]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she plans to take to deal with the sale of potentially dangerous stimulant substitutes for a drug substance (details...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grounds upon which a general practitioner can exclude patients from their GMS panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when three community houses (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be fully staffed, in order to allow them to accommodate persons...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the planning status of the proposed co-located hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital; when it will be completed; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of psychologists working in the public sector for the Dublin north area; if she will increase this number to address the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the advanced paramedic scheme will come into operation in the Dublin area in view of the substantial population in this area; and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available under the remit of disability services in south Tipperary; the amount that has been planned in respect of south...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if pre-school providers will be able to qualify for the new free pre-school education year programme if they open four days a week but...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on the new risk equalisation scheme in view of the fact that it is ten months since the Supreme Court struck...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin and the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght; and if she will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adult psychologists and child psychologists currently employed by the Health Service Executive in Kildare and west...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in finalising two medical card application forms which were submitted at end January 2009 in respect of persons...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy for the provision of emergency respite care for persons whose carer and family member has to undergo surgery for cancer, as...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for domiciliary care allowance. [22619/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a date for an operation at St. James's Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid by the Exchequer to a firm of solicitors (details supplied) in Dublin 2 since the health repayment scheme 2006 was...
    • Health Services
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive approval will be given for a package of care in respect of a patient (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [22646/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons currently on waiting lists for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; the estimated...
    • Health Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to open a rheumatology unit in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22650/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when international standards of Duchenne muscular dystrophy care and research will be introduced here in view of the recent commitments...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for a hip replacement operation; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the discretionary payment awarded by the appeals officer on 7 May 2009 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the stroke unit at Sligo General Hospital; the plans for the future development of this unit; the number of patients...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when sections of an Act (details supplied) will be brought before Dáil Éireann. [22752/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown on a yearly basis for the past ten years, in tabular form, of the number of the administrative staff at a location...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown on a yearly basis for the past ten years, in tabular form, of the number of ambulances and ambulance crew at a location...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for assessment at a hospital in Cork city. [22775/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of banking charges paid by her Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is awaiting orthodontic assessment at the Dublin Dental Hospital; if their case...
    • Health Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department provides funding through any of the agencies for which it has responsibility for persons who have to travel to have...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds allocated under the delayed discharge initiative to St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, St. Michael's Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of providers of refuge and support services for victims of domestic violence who are given funding by the Health Service...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, who is waiting for the past two months for heart surgery in St. James's Hospital in...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a definitive date for the release of the report of the vaccine damage steering group; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath can expect to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been referred to Waterford General Hospital can expect to have the procedure...
    • Health Services
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for access to a speech and language therapist in County Roscommon; the number of children currently awaiting a service...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect a decision in relation to their over 70s medical card application. [22985/09]
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will re-designate a sheltered smoking area in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, as a non-smoking area for patients to use in order that...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing the medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered urgent psychiatric services; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 24 February 2009, if the figures provided include children who went missing from State...
    • Foster Care
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children have been transferred abroad by the Health Service Executive to foster care rather than to a residential care institution;...
    • Foster Care
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify what will happen to children who are referred to a foster family under the Health Service Executive emergency place...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time between when a child protection report is made to the Health Service Executive and the report is dealt with;...
    • Social Services
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has begun a process of ensuring that the Health Service Executive allocates social workers to areas in which they are most...
    • Children in Care
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a legal definition for a children's home; the number of children who must be fostered in a home before it is deemed to be a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the children's services which are outsourced to private companies by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the definitions of child abuse and child welfare used by social workers within the Health Service Executive; if different HSE branches...
    • Social Services
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers or other Health Service Executive staff dealing with migrant families who have reported difficulties in...
    • Children in Care
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the predominant reasons children are admitted to care is family difficulties in...
    • Social Services
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the family support services that are not directly provided by the Health Service Executive but are either wholly or partially funded by...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who were admitted to care for each of the past five years as a result of sexual abuse; and if she will make a...
    • Social Services
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has developed a strategy to better co-ordinate the work of the various early intervention teams; the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date on which the Health Service Executive will publish guidelines for hospitals on recognising gay and lesbian relationships and...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children admitted specifically to aftercare for each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will undertake to complete a new SAVI report in conjunction with the relevant organisations; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Children in Care
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce independent inspections for children's care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23099/09]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to facilitate children suffering from mental illness within the health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, in the aftermath of the publication of the Ryan report, there has been an increase in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to the standards advisory group under the Health Information and Quality Authority; if any of this...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide survivors of abuse with well resourced counselling, support and advocacy services as a right. [23105/09]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a submission by a school (details supplied) in County Cork in relation to the operation of the new free pre-school year in...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22103/09]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport the person who has the authority to clamp a vehicle; if there are regulations in regard to the charges they can impose; the legislation by which...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the metro north project including the expected start date; the time line for completion of the project; the funding allocation to...
    • Rail Network
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the rail spur project from the Maynooth line to Dunboyne; the expected start date; the time line for completion of the project;...
    • State Airports
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Transport if, further to the completion of the ERM report on public safety zones at the State airports, he will provide a complete list of all documents,...
    • Public Transport
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the application by a group (details supplied) for a licence to operate bus passenger services between Dalkey and...
    • State Airports
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the pre-tax profits or losses made by Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports in 2007 and 2008. [22237/09]
    • Transport Regulations
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by Irish tour operators that the introduction of the 12 day driver working rule...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason people who have had a public service vehicle licence for many years should now have to sit a new driving test and pay a fee of €250...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent granting of a second extension of the exemption for driving instructors who are not fully qualified as approved...
    • National Car Test
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Transport the minimum time allowed between notification of the national car test and the date set to take the test; the appeals process in place if a driver...
    • State Airports
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 22 April 2009, the situation regarding the provision of full US pre-clearance facilities at Shannon...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses and the number of wheelchair accessible buses that are in service on the Dublin to Athboy, Dublin to Navan, Dublin to Trim and...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport if assistance will be offered to a person with a provisional licence who wishes to obtain a full licence but understands that there is a computer...
    • Ministerial Orders
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 18 October 2005, if he will make available a copy of the Air Navigation and Transport (Compulsory...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all the planning applications to which his Department objected or appealed against within the red zones at the State...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 27 February 2008, if he has plans to increase fines or other enforcement measures for people who...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the legislation and penalties for persons who use parking spaces designated for disabled drivers without the appropriate...
    • Regional Road Network
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason there is no multi-annual funding for EU co-financed regional road programmes; if he will review this situation in the interest of value...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that all ramps and dished footpaths constructed by the Railway Procurement Agency along both Luas lines have been constructed...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he proposes to deal with the concerns of taxi drivers throughout the Dublin region; if his attention has been drawn to the frustrations...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Legal Costs
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to date incurred by the Chief State Solicitor in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • EU Funding
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the moneys unallocated and the corresponding figure for funds not drawn down under the European Fund for the Integration of...
    • Official Languages
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if sign language is treated as an official language by the State; if not, the reason sign language is not an official...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the working group to review the provision of maternity leave and paternity leave was set up; if the working group...
    • Prison Inspections
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of inspections which have occurred in St. Patrick's Institution over the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for subsidiary protection by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who seeks naturalisation. [22154/09]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure that there is equality for people with a disability by providing assistance to blind people here by...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the security costs to his Department incurred in the prevention of incursions by anti-war activists at Shannon Airport in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the time taken by his Department to process applications for naturalisation, it is equitable that persons...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for residency or subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 22 April 2009, if a further copy of the information sought by the Irish...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review on humanitarian grounds the deportation order in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Refugee Status
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath for subsidiary protection...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding available to the gardaí to deal with the issue of trafficking of humans; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the continuing delay in the roll-out of secure digital radio for An Garda Síochána. [22367/09]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 30 April 2009, which detailed the factors and model used to determine the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a decentralisation project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the stage this project is...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to close Garda stations that are manned by one garda in a constituency (details supplied); if not, if he...
    • Garda Training
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the proposed development of land in north Tipperary purchased by a group (details supplied) will become operational...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the ministerial council on integration will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22423/09]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offenders currently held in St. Patrick's Institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22440/09]
    • Refugee Status
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who are awaiting a determination of their refugee status at a reception centre (details supplied) in...
    • Public Order Offences
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times the gardaí have been called to tackle anti social behaviour in an area (details supplied) in County...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22551/09]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the EU family stamp for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and...
    • Criminal Assets
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [22572/09]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); the action this person has to take to advance their application; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if travel documents will be extended in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for temporary residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath in respect of whom a...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken in the case of the asylum application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; when a green card will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make...
    • Road Safety
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the national speed camera programme; the stage the tendering process is at; when the national speed...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the report which was the subject matter of a Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 19 May 2009 was brought before Dáil...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he...
    • Sex Offender Treatment Programme
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the programmes in place in prisons to provide treatment for convicted sex offenders; the details of the programmes and the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be dealt with. [22964/09]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason voicemail facilities are not available on unattended telephones in many Garda stations; and his proposals in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from the Immigrant Council of Ireland expressing concerns about certain aspects of the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the recent sectarian murder and violence in Northern Ireland with the British Prime Minister. [22130/09]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the post-conflict humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka in which thousands of innocent civilians remain trapped in the battle...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent on overseas foreign aid for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22554/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will investigate media reports regarding the execution of gay men in Iraq; if he will raise Ireland's concerns with the Iraqi...
    • Nuclear Safety
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been at least eight radioactive leaks from radioactive waste storage facilities...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Arts Funding
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a person (details supplied). [22131/09]
    • Community Development
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will make particular or specific allocations to address the issues of social deprivation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he will target areas of social deprivation in the context of provision of grants for major sporting and...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his proposals to generate interest and support for the arts throughout urban and rural communities with particular reference to the...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will issue any particular direction or instructions to encourage the tourism industry in the future; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to offer grant aid to the various applicants that have applied for assistance for major and minor sporting and...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he, directly or in conjunction with other relevant Government Departments, has received any indication from local community...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he grant-aided a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the extent of same; if he on behalf of the taxpayer has, or has...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when payment will be made to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the sports capital programme. [22704/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he will make...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Charities Act
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reporting obligations in terms of annual accounts and assets of religious orders under the Charities Act 2009; if...
    • School Closures
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement regarding a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22218/09]
    • Forbairt Fostaíochta
      Question 437: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad monarchana atá lonnaithe i gceantar Bhaile na Finne, Contae Dhún na nGall, agus cad é an líon daoine atá...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the overall budget for the rural social scheme for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the nature of the projects for which grants were secured by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann over the past five years;...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the names of the residents' associations in Dublin 8 who received funding from the south inner city drugs task force...
    • Community Development
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his intentions towards the community development groups; the number of community development projects there are in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position with regard to the decentralisation of his Department to Charlestown County Mayo; the amount that has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he grant-aided a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the extent of same; if he on behalf of the taxpayer...
    • National Day of Volunteering
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the National Day of Volunteering 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22549/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a section was deferred from a grant programme (details supplied); when this decision was made; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding he has provided under the RAPID programme to Cork City Council and Cork County Council for each year from...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will re-instate the system of grants for personal alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22969/09]
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason supplementary weekly basis payment has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the situation of a cap on the issuing of the rent supplement imposed by the Ballymun Health Service...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the time it currently takes for a carer's allowance application to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure that proposed changes to rent supplements will not result in tenants and those depending on such...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when jobseeker's benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal was first received in the social welfare appeals office; the length of time the appeal has been there; the progress...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason conflicting information has been given in a letter (details supplied). [22232/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount her Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent supplement was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if a fresh application can be submitted....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of banking charges paid by her Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a jobseeker's allowance payment. [22910/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for jobseekers benefit; and if she will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Defence the security costs to his Department incurred in the prevention of incursions by anti-war activists at Shannon Airport in the years 2006, 2007 and...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount that has been spent over the past five years in the smelting of leftover shells fired; the location at which this work takes place; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Defence if the review of the strategic procedural and technical issues relating to the proposed establishment of a statutory authority to manage the Curragh...
    • Defence Forces Staff
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Galway had any injury claim against his Department at any time during the period 1972 to 2005; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Defence when the restricted area in the immediate vicinity of Baldonnel Aerodrome was designated by his Department; the Act or regulation that gave effect...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • EU Directives
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on altering the regulations pertaining to the spreading of slurry on farmland; his further views on...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for the sale of a bog...
    • Fire Service
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the remuneration paid to fire fighters by each local authority and city borough; the date of the last wage...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the position in relation to funding recently announced in respect of 2009 housing grant...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken to support a domestic recycling industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the number of people, both permanent and temporary, in each local authority at county...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 26 May 2009, the fully automated major treatment plants funded...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in respect of the appointment of county managers, he will ask the Public Appointments Service which...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been awarded to a council (details supplied) in respect of Agenda 21; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy in relation to the appointment of traffic wardens to deal with traffic management plans here...
    • House Prices
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to introduce amending legislation to require the publication of prices actually secured in house...
    • Building Energy Rating
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial supports available for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick on low income who wishes...
    • National Parks
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of land that he recently purchased in County Wicklow; the exact location of this land; the cost of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage scheme for Mungret, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Air Quality
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the ban on the sale and distribution of bituminous fuel in certain parts of Ireland; if he will...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the exact amount of finance that will be made available by his Department to Athlone Town Council in respect...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on the White,Young and Green report on the former Irish Steel plant at Haulbowline, Cobh,...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a hen harrier payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 515: 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 bog purchase...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare County Council cannot process further housing...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a letter dated 12 January 2009, Sligo County Council...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the statement (details supplied) which suggests that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and...
    • Parking Regulations
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 27 February 2008, the contact he has had with the Department of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person who is responsible for supervising the code of conduct for employees, 2007; and the way it is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a housing project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed new sewerage scheme for Cheekpoint, County Waterford; and if he will make...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been at least eight radioactive leaks from...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Efficiency
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some insulation systems for cavity blocks are not accepted for...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a code of practice regarding electrical contractors, particularly in relation to personnel who are...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when studies on salmon stocks for 2008 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22454/09]
    • Salmon Hardship Scheme
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals in regard to the driftnet salmon fishermen who did not opt for the compensation scheme; and if he...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals in regard to the eel fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22970/09]
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available to people in the Tiaquinn area of Colemanstown, Ballinasloe, County Galway;...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of complaints received by his Department in relation to the publication in 2008 by his Department of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Ennis town was not included in the metropolitan area network programme; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the average cost of a wind farm here; if so, the average cost of a wind farm...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the round trip efficiency figure for the Turlough Hill, County Wicklow, generating facility used in the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding fishing rights (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will clarify the person who...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the exchange in Creeslough, Letterkenny, County Donegal will be enabled to provide broadband in the area;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges;...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are plans to carry out necessary repair work at Portnablagh Pier, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether the State has an obligation to pay interest repayments on farm waste management loans; if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the breakdown of the amount to...
    • EU Directives
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by farmers whereby they could be penalised in their...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by farmers with their cash flow due to the payment...
    • EU Regulations
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on altering the regulations pertaining to the spreading of slurry on farmland; his further views on permitting...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his strategic proposals to ensure the survival and expansion of the native fishing industry here; and if he will make a...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on extending the forestry premium from 20 to 22 years to compensate for the recent reduction in this premium; and...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to carry out remedial work on the grid at Dunmore East Fisheries Harbour, County Waterford (details supplied);...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when farm grants will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22158/09]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 20 May 2009, the reason that the terms of an agreement (details supplied)...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted single farm payment in view of the fact that all requested...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an agency (details supplied) has made recommendations to cut staff; and if he has a role in this. [22244/09]
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will clarify the regulations and obligations regarding the importation from the UK of animals (details supplied); if...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an appeal of suckler welfare scheme payment by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way country of origin labelling of imported meat is verified, and prosecuted in infringement cases; and if he will make...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Teagasc REPS scheme service will become largely inoperable if the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 3 February 2009, when a person will receive their payment; the reason for the...
    • Meat Processing Sector
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are incentives for development in respect of small primary and secondary meat processors in the new grant aid...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a REPS 4 grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will request his officials dealing with the farm waste management scheme to carry out an inspection of a slatted shed...
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to announce the details of the scheme to facilitate new entrants into dairying; if the scheme will be so...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are regulations or guidelines under his remit on the use of commonage lands, specifically by community groups...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has sanctioned the employment of people outside his Department to carry out meat inspections in view of the fact that...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans to close local agriculture offices; if so, which ones and when; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has not been granted their entitlements under the single payment...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be re-examined to determine if the person has qualified...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded their REP scheme payment. [22741/09]
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grant aid available to a person who wishes to plant native trees (details supplied). [22762/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive full payment for all the animals applied for under a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he...
    • Crop Spraying
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to ban crop spraying except before sunrise and after sunset as is the case in England, France and Germany in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a suckler cow grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Meat Processing Sector
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of companies which are beneficiaries of the recent meat investment fund; the number of jobs which each company...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the national fish stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22970/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded a grant. [22997/09]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Capitation Grants
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that is granted per student to schools which have swimming on their curriculum; the amount of money that has been allocated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in the Dublin 15 area which have made applications to have works carried out under the summer works scheme 2009; the...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the latest figures for school retention rates to leaving certificate in Dublin, broken down by Dublin postcode; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will proceed to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22054/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new generic classroom dimensions are based on the revised curriculum or the old curriculum; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Education Needs
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the general allocation classification will be revised in view of the fact that supports given to schools may no longer be in line...
    • School Staffing
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify whether school chaplains in community schools are paid by the State; if this is the case in other types of non-fee...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for capital development which was made in September....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [22109/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been relocated to alternative premises as was intended nearly ten...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with equipment; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Closures
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to re-open a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the cost involved to the community; the time frame for same; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the construction of a school (details supplied); when the school will progress to the next stage of its...
    • School Placement
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist in securing a suitable place in a post-primary school for a pupil (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of companies that were invited to tender for the bundle of schools that included the two new primary schools for Gorey,...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outstanding remedial works at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for which applications for funding have been made to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale envisaged for the provision of the secondary school to serve the expanding population in the area covered by the Dún...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the request from Educate Together to become a patron of second level schools; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason home tuition has not been sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will review this matter in view...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement regarding a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22217/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the priority accorded to the construction of a permanent school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 to replace the dangerous building in...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with respect to the application for accommodation enforcement works at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that in 2008 a school (details supplied) in County Meath was offered temporary accommodation free of charge for the...
    • School Transport
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a school transport service. [22245/09]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the refurbishment works at a school (detail supplied) in Dublin 20; if the application for tenders has been...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools at which he will spend the €48 million for prefab accommodation; if it is open to schools to apply; the procedure in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider his decision to fund the cross-Border autism centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22273/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on changing the date for calculation of teacher numbers from September of the previous year to 31 May of the current year,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will audit a school (details supplied) in connection with an application of directives to be used to reduce special needs...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a reply to correspondence relating to an application for a pension quote will issue to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if placements supervised by the State of persons in foster homes have been covered by the investigation and redress process...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provisions being made to ensure that a unit in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a former orphanage (details supplied) in County Galway did not come under the remit of the redress board. [22348/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received correspondence from persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22351/09]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the terms of the protocols referred to in paragraph 10 of the deed of indemnity dated 5 June 2002 (details...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 26 May 2009 confirming the difference in pupil-teacher ratio for DEIS schools in rural...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth cannot be enrolled in a school in County Louth despite repeated assurances by...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on extending the period for the making of late applications for compensation to the redress board by survivors of abuse in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that appealed the decision of his Department to reduce the number of teachers in such schools from...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the Educate Together philosophy application towards the development of secondary level educational services; and if he...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and locations of schools in north Tipperary whose application for funding under the summer works scheme has been...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size in north Tipperary schools; the pupil/teacher ratio in schools in the same constituency; the way it compares...
    • Strategic Innovation Fund
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will set out the allocation of funds under the strategic innovation fund from its inception; the amount that has been allocated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the assistance of a reader for a person (details supplied) in County Cork with a mild general learning disability...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that his Department's forward planning unit has received an application to erect a new primary school at Rathwire...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 27 May 2009, in respect of the junior certificate school programme demonstration library...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the provision of laptops; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding fees in third level institutions (details supplied). [22491/09]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm having received correspondence from a principal of a school (details supplied) in County Longford, seeking...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason applications by mature students for the Central Applications Office entry process to third level close on 1 May 2009, while...
    • School Transport
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on spreading the times at which school transport fees must be paid over monthly periods, rather than the current twice...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant designated to a child (details supplied) in County Roscommon will commence employment; and if he will...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/09]
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no centralised application process in place for masters degrees, as currently each application made on line to...
    • School Transport
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the school transport fee for students which has been increased so that it is almost doubled to more than...
    • School Maintenance
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for school maintenance; the progress...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the State of property transferred to it (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22566/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 26 May 2009, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a crisis exists in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the situation whereby a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon will lose a teacher from 1 September 2009; if...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will facilitate a school (details supplied) that wishes to use its school lunches budget to retain its special needs assistant,...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explain the purpose of the recent change in the certification of completion of assessments under the scheme for the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the situation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin at which three classes have been merged into two...
    • School Transport
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a school bus service for pupils travelling from Palmerstown, Dublin 20 to a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to persons or families who seek to provide extra curricular activities for children who are dyslexic; the grants...
    • Education Projects
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will re-appoint the learning support resource teacher attached to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Meath is entitled to receive special needs assistance hours for the 2009-10 academic year....
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the case made by a person (details supplied) regarding the award made by the redress board to their spouse, now deceased,...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in allowing permission for a school (details supplied); when it will it be given; and if he will make a...
    • Education Research Schemes
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date on which he received the recommendations of the International Assessment Board in relation to the IRCHSS Government of...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions he has made to provide new school places in Balrothery, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to an inquiry regarding the phasing of a new school development (details supplied) in County Cork from a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the status of the millennium partnership fund as administered by the Higher Education Authority; if the level of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the tender conditions on a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon as per correspondence; and if he will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [22948/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if this is included in the next public private...
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to provide additional assistance to third level students who have to leave home to attend college; and if he will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a school (details supplied) in County Galway which took in 48 pupils in 2008 after...

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