Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Arts Funding
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the planned potential investment in the area of the arts in the forthcoming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timeframe for the completion and publication of the review of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has ratified the reappointment of the chief executive officer of the Irish Sports Council for the next five years; and if he...
- Tax Code
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the recommendations he has made to the Department of Finance with regard to the artists' tax exemption scheme in view of the fact...
- Arts Funding
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide a commitment that funding to the Arts Council will not be further reduced in view of the cuts suffered by that...
- Departmental Staff
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the reduction in funding to his Department, he will reduce the numbers employed in his Department; and if he will make...
- Sports and Recreational Development
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which he, by way of policy, encouragement or direction can influence the preparation in terms of investment, training...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether the structure of the organisations leading the tourism industry are best designed to deliver the strategic...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the ACCESS programme; when the roll-out of the ACCESS 2 programme will be completed; if he will launch a new round of...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if dedicated funding is being provided from his Department towards promoting cultural tourism in 2009 and beyond; and if he will make...
- Departmental Reports
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress that has been made since the publication of the Art and Education report on achieving the goals as stated by the report;...
- Visa Applications
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether visa costs and arrangements are acting as a disincentive to tourists extending their travel itinerary to...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects to bring legislation before Dáil Éireann regarding the amalgamation of bodies under his remit as announced in...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 65: To ask the Taoiseach if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis which are accessible for...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Grant Payments
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants awarded to companies (details supplied) in County Kilkenny by her Department over the past five...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [23490/09]
- Work Permits
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to a person (details supplied); if the decision will be re-examined; and if she will...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review the decision to withdraw the return to education funding provided by FÁS; the reason this...
- Job Protection
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the job protection measures she will introduce; and the proposed changes to social welfare entitlements that...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of workers at a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [23564/09]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the taxi companies used by her Department and State agencies under the aegis of her Department have a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will change the law in order that separate accounts for Ireland would be produced by overseas multiples...
- Company Buy-outs
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason she and the Industrial Development Authority did not support the proposed management buy out at a...
- State Agencies
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the staffing levels at an organisation (details supplied) in County Dublin at 30 April 2007; the current...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the redundancy rebate payment. [23772/09]
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a query in relation to eligibility to participate in a community employment scheme...
- State Agencies
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on providing a public forum, through a website or other means, for new and emerging businesses to...
- Work Permits
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); if this application can be re-examined;...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if the gain made on a financial product (details supplied) is treated as income for the purposes of the income levy. [23471/09]
- Customs and Excise Seizures
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cigarettes and tobacco products seized by customs and excise at Dublin Airport for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the recently announced career break scheme for civil servants to staff employed in the public service; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis which are...
- Pension Provisions
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the cases whereby former public servants, in particular those at University College Dublin or other institutions...
- Tax Code
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been a change in the practice of monthly collection of PAYE and PRSI by the Revenue Commissioners; and if this has implications for the...
- Consumer Debt
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the launch of the Irish Banking Federation and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service operational protocol on consumer debt settlement;...
- Government Contracts
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which payment has issued to main contractors in respect of Government contracts; if delays have occurred which have resulted in failure...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to review the cut in home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received recent communication from the Vietnamese Government regarding the interim arrangement on adopted children. [23479/09]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take regarding concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to nursing home subvention; and if she will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total and individual cost of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations administered to fourth, fifth and sixth year students in...
- Mental Health Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location and number of primary care teams that have been established; the location and number of community mental health teams that...
- Adoption Services
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason potential adoptive parents who have completed the Health Service Executive preparatory adoption courses are compelled to wait...
- Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take regarding the concerns of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Funding
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made to release the funding required to allow commencement of the building of a primary, community and...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will have an operation; if the National Treatment Purchase Fund will pay for the...
- Health Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support services available to people with severe intellectual, emotional or behavioural difficulties once they reach the age of 18...
- Health Service Staff
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to ensure that there are enough community welfare officers recruited to deal with the increase in the demand for...
- Medical Cards
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the impact the proposed centralisation of processing of medical cards will have on applicants in County Louth and...
- Departmental Funding
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding being provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; the details of the funding provided for...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delays at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 12 regarding operations for children who suffer...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the commitment received by this Deputy during an Adjournment debate of 29 April 2009 regarding the roll out of BreastCheck to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the taxi companies used by her Department and State agencies under the aegis of her Department have a minimum percentage of taxis...
- Medical Cards
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [23699/09]
- Health Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23705/09]
- Influenza Incidence
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the international increase in swine 'flu cases; the progress in preparing for the possibility of a pandemic; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the delivery of her commitment announced in July 2008 on the retention of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and...
- Health Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 16 December 2008, the progress made regarding this situation; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if approval will be given to funding on the basis of their application in respect of the meningitis trust for 2010; and if she will make...
- Adoption Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she suggests in order to update and improve the process of adoption here. [23777/09]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a product (details supplied) is provided under the general medical scheme. [23784/09]
- Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the 200 locations of proposed new primary care centres; the location of the 80 due to open by the end of 2010; the nine locations to...
- Hospital Staff
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the embargo on staff in two hospitals (details supplied); the number of staff in each institution that are affected...
- Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied). [23789/09]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current no show rates for outpatient appointments at each hospital; the reasons for no shows; if the time delay between the issuing...
- Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [23799/09]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultation that she has had with the Department with responsibility for disabilities regarding persons with disabilities who have...
- Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons awaiting eye tests in the Cork City and Cork County area; the average waiting period and the number of persons...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is awaiting an angiogram at St. James' Hospital,...
- Department of Transport
- State Airports
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been fully briefed by the Dublin Airport Authority on their proposals of cutbacks of up to €55 million at the DAA; his views on...
- Cycle Facilities
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the key objectives of the national cycling policy framework will be rolled out; when the Sutton to Sandycove cycle track will be...
- State Airports
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of slots available at Heathrow Airport, London, available to Aer Lingus at the time of the Aer Lingus sale; the number that are...
- Public Transport
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport if, arising from his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 9 June 2009, he will explain the terms on which a licence could be granted to a...
- Service for People with Disabilities
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis which are...
- Rail Network
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to re-open the Youghal to Midleton railway line in County Cork; if so, the cost and the timescale for the project; and if he will make a...
- Marine Safety
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new ICCS equipment will be installed at Valentia coast guard station, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23763/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Investigations
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [23531/09]
- Asylum Applications
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; who...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a naturalisation application will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage...
- Residency Permits
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this person has received permission to continue...
- Garda Deployment
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will delegate responsibility for investigating the cause of road traffic accidents where there are fatalities and...
- Asylum Applications
Question 169: 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 7; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make changes to the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill in order to allow sports people to practice...
- Garda Investigations
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if action was taken, further to reply to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 17 October 2006; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights Issues
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the series of economic, diplomatic and legal proposals by the European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma for the European Union to...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action being taken at EU and UN level to address the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis which...
- EU Treaties
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposals for a second referendum on the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23704/09]
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will respond to queries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23537/09]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if capital sports grants will be available for clubs in RAPID areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23800/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications for grant aid from the proceeds of the national lottery or otherwise for the construction or operation of...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the expenditure on sporting or recreational facilities, indoor or outdoor, in each of the past five years to date in 2009; the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of bodies, groups or agencies accountable to his Department; the role and function of each in the context of the economic...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Security of the Elderly
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when payment will issue to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of the purchase of monitoring...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 193: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad réamh-mhonarchana atá i gceantar na Gaeltachta Láir agus cad é an líon daoine atá fostaithe i ngach ceann...
- Bóithre Áise
Question 194: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an méid iomlán airgid atá ceadaithe do bhóithre áise i nDún na nGall don bhliain seo, cad iad na bóithre...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Code
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to protect vulnerable tenants on rent supplement who are being taken advantage of by their landlords by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded the one parent family payment in view of the fact that...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the taxi companies used by her Department and State agencies under the aegis of her Department have a minimum percentage of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the way income was calculated for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, and where the means figure...
- Department of Defence
- Service for People with Disabilities
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Defence if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis which are...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the provision of parking bays at various locations on the Curragh, County Kildare, in view of the number of people who use the plains...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the service land initiative for Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, will be approved; the timeframe involved in...
- Water Quality
Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that in the provision of the new regional water supply for north Clare, all...
- Register of Electors
Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the number of persons on the register of electors who have indicated that their details can...
- Maritime Heritage
Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the excavation, recording and recovery of the late intact medieval wreck of...
- Register of Electors
Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additions that were made to the voting register in each of the county council areas in the past...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in order that the backlog of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding of the disability extension scheme will be made available to Cork City Council for local...
- Residential Tenancy Disputes
Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [23562/09]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a...
- Local Authority Procurement
Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to tender for legal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Planning Issues
Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal obligation of a council to set an adequate bond in respect of a developer to be able to ensure the...
- Waste Management
Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of waste food produced by supermarkets per year for the past three years; and the percentage of...
- National Parks
Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he is allowing non-competitive practices on the lakes of Killarney, County Kerry (details...
- Planning Issues
Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the present planning status of a wind farm (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the findings of the...
- Recycling Policy
Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to Bray recycling centre, County Wicklow, he has received a reply from the council following...
- Water Fluoridation
Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether fluoridation of water poses a threat to the environment; the status of the Fluoride...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Programmes
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the national smart meter rollout; when the current pilot phase will end and the national...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a regulatory regime for the development and operation of geothermal energy here; when...
- Salmon Hardship Fund
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite the audit of the Lough's agency, in order to enable the Agency to make its 2009 salmon...
- Departmental Regulations
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of regulations (details supplied). [23807/09]
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the plans concerning the REP scheme application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary have been...
- Tax Code
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the 2% income levy will be deducted from a forestry payment of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23481/09]
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in issuing an oyster one shellfish licence to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
- Grant Payments
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has sold entitlements to the single farm payment;...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will have an inspection; when they will be awarded the farm waste...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded REP scheme four in view of the hardship being...
- Dog Breeding Industry
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether a dog breeding business which has at least 700 breeding stock is a farming enterprise; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 19 May 2009, if he will re-issue the application form to the applicant; and if...
- Agriculture Appeals
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a meeting will be held for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [23770/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding suckler payments for farmers whose animals are removed from the herd for disease purposes,...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funds paid to pork primary processors, to secondary processors, wholesalers and retailers as a result of the recall of...
- Grant Payments
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who seeks payment under the suckler welfare...
- Farm Waste Management
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange to have an inspection carried out at the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23826/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been awarded their REP scheme payment to date, despite...
- Department of Education and Science
- Educational Requirements
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an exemption from the requirement to have Irish will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and...
- Schools Recognition
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be granted permanent recognition by his Department; the requirements this...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a decision on the appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway and supported by this Deputy in a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that the required funding has been provided for the National Braille Production Unit in order to produce...
- Schools Accommodation
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 26 May 2009 if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a crisis exists in relation...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve the application of the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Oideachas Trí Gaeilge
Question 255: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén beartas atá ag an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta maidir le scoileanna a bhíonn ag múineadh trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; agus...
- Service for People with Disabilities
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the new reckonable income figures and grant rates for higher education grants will be published, whether reckonable income...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the disposal of documents relating to the Ryan commission's recent report into child abuse at institutions; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval will be given to an application for a full time special needs assistant in respect of a pupil (details supplied) in County...
- School Staffing
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision made to reduce the number of special needs teachers from five to two at a national school (details...
- Irish Language
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to revise the circular governing pupil exemptions from participating in Irish in schools; if there was consideration in...
- Early Retirement Scheme
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the incentivised scheme of early retirement, announced in the supplementary budget of 7 April 2009, will apply to teachers in the...
- Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is retained and employed in their current...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to the university of the south east; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the new permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if this special needs assistant...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the review of the application for grant aid for major capital works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, following the appeal by the principal in letters to him on 22 February 2009 and on 1 May 2009, he will reconsider the decision to...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be available for schools for complete attic and wall insulation during the summer months; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given to the provision of an autism unit in a town (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will verify the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied with the manner and pace at which the second bundle of public private partnership schools is progressing; if he...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 9 June 2009, the reason his Department is unable to furnish a copy of the requested...
- School Staffing
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 9 June 2009, if he will provide details of the outcome of the appeals hearings involved...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools at primary and secondary level which are currently at each stage of the school building programme; the breakdown...
