Written answers

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence the breakdown of the consumable costing €14.334 million which is to be spent under subhead G on defensive equipment in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Military Neutrality
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact on the Defence Forces of the guarantee in regard to military neutrality obtained from the EU in relation to the Lisbon treaty; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the way the €30 million reduction in Defence spending announced in the 2009 budget will be achieved; the instances in which plans to acquire new...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report on the provision of a crèche facility at the Curragh, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence if the fuel shortage issue for the Irish mission in Chad has been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24824/09]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the fitting of safety devices to troop carrying trucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24714/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs incurred in relation to the army barracks closed in 2009 to date; the breakdown of the costs per barracks and per heading, including...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence the investigation which has been held into an incident in Kilworth Camp, County Cork, at which an officer working as a safety umpire during a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence the grades or levels in respect of the 15 posts to be lost in his Department at which the cuts will take place; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sail Training Programme
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the refurbishment programme for the [i]Creidne[/i]; when it will be available for training purposes; and if he will make a...
    • Army Medical Corps
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the timescale for the implementation of the PA Consulting Group Report on the Defence Forces Medical Services; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the progress of the Defence Forces mission in Chad. [24689/09]
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress he expects to make during 2009 in regard to the acquisition by the Naval Service of modern new replacement vessels; if the plan will be...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces will continue to lease helicopters to support the Chad mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24838/09]
    • Irish Red Cross
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had discussions with the chairperson of the Irish Red Cross regarding the future of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Chaplains
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence the breakdown of the denominations of the chaplains and officiating clergy paid for by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs anticipated in the physical move of the headquarters of his Department to its new decentralised headquarters; the expenditure to date on...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a final report into an incident involving an Air Corps helicopter in Killarney, County Kerry on 2 March 2009; the findings of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian employees working for his Department or the Defence Forces under short term contracts; the number of such contracts which...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval Service as of 1 January 2009; the anticipated numbers in each case at 31 December...
    • White Paper on Defence
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to prepare a second white paper on defence for the period 2011 to...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence when the report regarding the service of the Defence Forces with the UN in 2008 will be laid before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces have made any proposals or suggestions regarding the future of the former ISPAT site at...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the integrated reserve; the number in each respective rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/09]
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislation he expects to publish during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24711/09]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Defence if Ireland will be contributing to or participating in the Operation Atlanta mission to tackle the problem with pirates off the coast of Somalia; the...
    • Cash in Transit Escorts
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cash in transit escorts provided by the Defence Forces during 2008; the amount of personnel hours involved in these operations; the...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence if, as chairman of the Taskforce on Emergency Planning, his plans to continue the programme of major simulated exercises; when the next major...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of paid training man days available to the Reserve Defence Forces in 2008 and 2009; the number of man days he expects to be utilised in...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding participation by the Defence Forces in EU battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24704/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Defence the expected breakdown of the €4.372 million in professional, consultant and specialist fees in the medical treatment of military personnel; and if...
    • Cyber Warfare
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence the action taken by him to bring the national capacity for defence against cyber warfare up to the required standard; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to upgrade coastal air and sea surveillance in line with best international practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Promotions
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding promotions which had reached the medical stage on 27 March 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24717/09]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of claims currently initiated by serving or former members of the Defence Forces in respect of post traumatic stress syndrome arising from...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects the discussions with representative associations regarding the future of border duty allowance to be brought to a conclusion; and if...
    • Defence Forces Retirement
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will comment on the recent retirement of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24663/09]
    • Asgard II Replacement Vessel
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to proceed with plans for the replacement of the Asgard II with a new steel hulled vessel; if estimates are available as to the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Quarterly National Household Survey
      Question 94: To ask the Taoiseach the number of employed people living here aged over the age of 55 years; the number of unemployed people living here aged over 55 years; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown in tabular form of the gender and age profile of persons who are currently in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance; and if he...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first six months of 2009 to...
    • CSO Data Requirements
      Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the requirements which the Central Statistics Office places on small businesses; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the length of time criteria for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was made redundant on 31...
    • Banking Sector
      Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, the owner of two fishing trawlers who has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount that was spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials travelling abroad to meetings for each...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs clubs here; the number of clients they have dealt individually with the breakdown for each...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to statutory redundancy; and if she will make a...
    • Work Permits
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to proposed changes in the work permits system; if she is in receipt of...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of overseas visits by her and her predecessor for each of the past five years; the months in which...
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Work Placement Programme announced on 27 of May 2009 has been filled; the number of applications...
    • EU Funding
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, as indicated in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 June 2009, she has submitted an...
    • CSO Data Requirements
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the process of identifying the information obligations imposed on businesses has been completed; if so,...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of her Department have carried out advertising...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the last trade mission to Israel took place; her plans for a new one; and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are members of community employment scheme boards of directors;...
    • Job Protection
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the discussions regarding the protection of some jobs at a company (details supplied) in County...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 3 February, 2009 the position regarding the issues; and if she...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Collection
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 22 April 2009, the number of applicants who made a claim for a tax refund on becoming unemployed who...
    • Tax Code
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders who lost entitlement to mortgage interest relief following his decision to abolish mortgage interest relief for those...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made towards developing legislation to reform the regulation of financial services here; when such legislation will be published; and...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the Financial Regulator which found that 41% of bank branches were not adhering to the Irish...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the processes and reporting that are in place to ensure section 44 of Statutory Instrument No. 411, whereby covered institutions are required not to...
    • Registered Nursing Homes
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [24455/09]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query from a person (details supplied). [24489/09]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding each decentralisation project which has not been suspended or completed; the number of public servants decentralised to date...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if approval will be given for a statutory post (details supplied); the reason for the delay in approving the post; and if he will make a statement...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the assistance he will offer to persons wishing to switch from fixed to variable rate mortgages, in view of the reported excessive breakage fees...
    • Tax Code
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to remove the imposition of VAT on the cost of swimming lessons for primary school children as part of their curriculum. [24539/09]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected costs of the potential development of office accommodation (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a tax deferred incentivised disability savings plan similar to the plan introduced in Canada in 2008 to enable families...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [24612/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/09]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided to ensure necessary works will be carried out in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary to address the flooding problem in order to...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [24880/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would accrue from a €5 increase in stamp duty on ATM cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24896/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT can be claimed on the cost of a prefabricated building donated to a school by the local community. [24919/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, in regard to the incentivised early retirement scheme, footnote five of appendix A suggests that a public servant who pays the D1 class...
    • Tax Code
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposals made by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry to support the industry at the present time, with particular regard to...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the deposits from banks on the Anglo Irish Bank balance sheet as at 31 March 2009, in particular, the ten largest counterparties...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first six months of...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Kilmainham Gaol visiting committee has not been re-established over the past three years; when he proposes to re-establish the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 27 January 2009, the figures for 2008 and the estimated figures for 2009. [25031/09]
    • International Agreements
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the action he must take for ratification of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who earn more than €80,000 per annum; the number of those who are couples who are jointly assessed rather than...
    • Bank Recapitalisation
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money, to date in 2009, he has invested in the banks; the amount per bank; and the amount of this money that has come from borrowing...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [24417/09]
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details attached) in County Kildare will qualify for the free pre-school year, as announced in the recent budget; and if...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, in view of her instruction to the Health Service Executive in February 2009 that no new commitments and contracts were to be entered...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of functioning drug detoxification beds here; the average waiting time to access these beds; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [24416/09]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has revoked the adoption mediation licence of Helping Hands; and if so, the reason for such a decision. [24419/09]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the arrangements for Long Term Residential Care of the Elderly (details supplied) and the future plans for the 64...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) who was referred by their General Practitioner to the Cork University Hospital Neurology Department in...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has a requirement for medical products, can expect to be issued with them; and if...
    • Recognition of Disabilities
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason chronic pain is not recognised as a disability; her plans to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork will not receive a contribution towards their prescribed new digital hearing aid....
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if information leaflets regarding swine flu cases are being delivered to every household; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm her commitment to adequate staffing of front-line services in the health service; her recruitment strategy that will...
    • Health Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [24469/09]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24474/09]
    • Medical Council
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the Medical Council's handling of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her Department was first contacted in relation to allegations of assault, abuse and inappropriate behaviour against a person...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money paid to a person (details supplied) in pension payments since retirement; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Council Investigations
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to prevent a person (details supplied) having access to vulnerable children here or abroad; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has been waiting for more than six months for their...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), the reason a full reply has not issued to date from the Health Service...
    • Children in Care
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 27 January 2009, the number of children per year in each Health Service Executive...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details on the special incentive career break scheme in the Health Service Executive; the eligibility criteria for the scheme; if...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed new ambulance base in a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in progressing...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the figure that has been paid out for 2007, 2008 and 2009 in the national childcare investment programme; the figure that is planned for...
    • EU Directives
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the European working time directive for non-consultant hospital doctors; the manpower implications...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment at Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been waiting over...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a medical card will awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 as a matter of urgency; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of transport other than the acute ambulance service to the Health Service Executive in the past year for which figures are...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a medical card; and if she will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if patients with scoliosis awaiting surgical procedures can be dealt with by the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if having regard to the recovery by the Health Service Executive of 9,264 over 70s medical cards as part of a date quality exercise,...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Longford under the health repayment scheme, where the appeals...
    • Health Services
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to pursue the phased opening of three houses intended to house 17 residents of a care centre (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cutbacks that are proposed at a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway. [24620/09]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 28 April 2009, if the Health Service Executive has presented the revised submission; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [24625/09]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Children's Hospital has been included in the list of Health Service Executive capital projects which have been stopped;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently no paediatric occupational therapist available within primary care...
    • Health Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria applied by the Health Service Executive in cutbacks to women's refuge services; if a particular amount is allocated per...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discharge services which will be available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is soon to undergo surgery; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider reversing a cut in home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the circumstances that...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to regulate the area of cosmetic and plastic surgery and the qualifications of surgeons carrying out procedures in this area....
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider including a medicine (details supplied) under the general medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme. [24722/09]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the commission of inquiry into Leas Cross Nursing Home, County Dublin; if she will provide a copy of...
    • Data Protection
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the disclosure that the Health Service Executive breached its commitment to the Data Protection Commissioner and State code...
    • Health Services
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the application for a nursing home bed by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the date on which planning permission was obtained for the recently opened maternity unit at Cork University...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment date for an operation at Tullamore General Hospital, County Offaly; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the income limits and other conditions that apply to a person living with their parents to be deemed eligible to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent annually by the health promotion unit of her Department and the Health Service Executive on underage drinking...
    • Health Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assistance supports which have been offered to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the lifelong monthly payments received by the 32 acknowledged thalidomide survivors will continue to be awarded...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Adoption Bill 2009 to be enacted; and if she will ensure that a bilateral intercountry adoption agreement is in...
    • Health Services
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, can expect to be called for a procedure; and if in view of the seriousness and urgency of...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to respite at a hospital (details supplied) in County Wicklow which will be shut down due to cutbacks; if this...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of her Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first six...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra pre-school hours will be assigned to a child (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Drug Addiction
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of addicts here in each of the past five years; the number who are in receipt of treatment for their addiction in...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with respect to a scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Sevices
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who has an operation on 9 March 2009 is waiting for treatment; and if she will make a...
    • Children in Care
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of residential beds for children the Health Service Executive has within its own services; and if she will make a statement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation compelling unit information and pregnancy warnings on alcohol beverage labels; the reasons for the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure the retention of all acute services at Wexford General Hospital, including accident and emergency services; if she...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to secure the reopening of a ward (details supplied) in County Dublin, as the closure has resulted in a severe...
    • Care of the Elderly (1 comment)
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if sheltered housing schemes in which elderly residents reside will be included in the inspection regime under the proposed Nursing Home...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of women general practitioners in the general medical scheme, by local health office area. [25042/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, she will confirm there are more than 500 patients awaiting in-patient treatment for...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will list in tabular form the various procedures carried out by the National Treatment Purchase Fund since its inception to date...
    • Departmental Representations
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on a meeting (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25054/09]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of the nursing home subvention in each primary, community and continuing care area; the rate of payment...
    • Health Service Reform (1 comment)
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the guidelines entitled Procedure for Obtaining Consent for Non-Emergency Treatment/Service from Parents of Children and Young...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if staff from a section (details supplied) in County Mayo will be replaced while they are on leave. [25201/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an extended medical card will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the early retirement scheme for public sector workers is being extended to Health Service Executive Staff; if so, when this will take...
  • Department of Transport
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the rural transport Initiative in County Donegal is to be suspended; when it is expected that the scheme will be...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied regarding the strength of the air and sea rescue services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/09]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the request by Dublin Port for permission to fill in 52 acres of Dublin Bay as a strategic infrastructure of...
    • Air Accident Investigations
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [24452/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of transport including subsidy to his Department in the past year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent announcement by Aer Lingus of the curtailment of its winter schedule to the US; the implications of these cutbacks for...
    • Driver Licensing
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will replace the paper based driver's licence with a plastic credit card shaped licence with the capability to store important driver...
    • Air Services
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport the meetings and communications he has had with the board or individual directors of Aer Lingus in the past 24 months; the issues discussed; the...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 28 April 2009 and bearing in mind the principle of legality, if he will confirm whether it was his...
    • Harbour Authorities
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport the implications of the Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008 for local authority members; the reason for the reform of harbour boards; when he expects...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first six months of...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Equality Legislation
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Pobal will be in a position to open the second strand of the first phase of Equality for Women Measure; the date by...
    • Drug Treatment Court
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to review the Drug Treatment Courts following the report of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the action he must take...
    • Alcohol Advisory Group
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify the effect and impact of the new voluntary Code of Practice On The Display And Sale Of Alcohol Products...
    • Film Classification
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has a proposal to introduce new procedures reviewing the role and function of assistant film classifiers; if he will...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [24430/09]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for residency on humanitarian...
    • Probation Provisions
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied) who were in prison in the United Kingdom and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied). [24460/09]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [24501/09]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 4 December 2008, if the contract has been signed; when work will commence on...
    • Residential Institutions
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will rescind the arrest warrant for a person (details supplied) who escaped from an industrial school; if not, if he...
    • English Language Schools
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concerns raised in correspondence regarding English language schools (details supplied). [24519/09]
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he foresees that further recruitment to An Garda Síochána will get underway; and if priority consideration will be...
    • Firearms Legislation
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24616/09]
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding the request for provision of ongoing drugs rehabilitation treatment in respect of a...
    • Firearms Legislation
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24730/09]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person wishing to renew his or her stamp four residency must be in full-time employment; if he will consider persons...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers who left Reception and Integration Agency accommodation in 2008 and failed to notify the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications by unaccompanied minors deemed withdrawn by the Office of the Refugee Applications...
    • Illegal Immigrants
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding provided to a non-governmental organisation (details supplied) in 2008 for the care of trafficked victims; the...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a group (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24791/09]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time taken to serve a warrant for arrest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24889/09]
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of goods and property seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past six years to date in 2009; and if...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of roadside checkpoints undertaken by An Garda Síochána in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide one additional public order van and two additional garda marked vehicles to Coolock Garda station,...
    • Forensic Science Laboratory
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide additional resources and funding to the Forensic Science Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of boats currently available to the Garda water unit; the additional resources he will provide to the unit; the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Cellar is active; the amount of drugs seized under the operation; the number of persons arrested and charged...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will have the person's remains...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the applications of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform whether his attention has been drawn to the continuing anti social behaviour issues in the north central Dublin area; if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) regarding an application for naturalisation; his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of legislation making it an offence to have sex with a child under 18 years of age in exchange for money or some...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent developments in Iran following presidential election results on 12 June 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consular Services
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the experience of a person (details supplied); if he will advise how they will remove the refusal stamp from their passport;...
    • International Agreements
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the delay in finalising the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam; the consequences of this delay for the families...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was born in England to Irish parents requires a copy of their marriage certificate in...
    • Judicial Investigations
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter (details supplied). [24613/09]
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take to have a person (details supplied) transferred to another prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he last met with the Japanese Ambassador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24905/09]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first six...
    • International Agreements
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position he has taken with regard to the upgrading of EU relations with Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25091/09]
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of grants available for the development of swimming pools by local authorities; and the details of all such grants made...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the performance of the US market for tourism in 2007, 2008 and for the first quarter of 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first...
    • Olympic Games
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there are plans to use the facilities at Irishtown Stadium, Dublin, for visiting international Olympic teams prior to the 2012...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will give approval to the application from Westmeath County Council for funding in order to allow a centre (details...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals with regard to decentralisation for Charlestown, County Mayo; if his Department is considering moving...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when payment of an approved Gaeltacht House Grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo....
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the problems with national heritage cemetery sites caused by the prohibition of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of subsidy and grants for transport to support communities in the last year for which figures are available;...
    • Community Development
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 22 April 2009, if he has made a decision on including the extra area and...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to control the activities of so-called headshops, in which mind altering drugs (details supplied) are sold...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the communications he has had with Pobal in relation to the budget cut in support moneys for the local development...
    • Community Development
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the full range of benefits and services which will arise from a decision (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a further inspection will be carried out on a house (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding a grant. [25030/09]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects to publish the National Substance Misuse Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Child Support
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will respond to a query from a person (details supplied). [24487/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to introduce a system in which persons entitled to free travel who cannot avail of public transport for hospital...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures in place for members of the public to make a complaint regarding suspected social welfare fraud; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24750/09]
    • EU Funding
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of EU funding received for programmes administered by her Department or by agencies under the remit of her Department...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of her Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress in including a company's (details supplied) pension scheme in the newly announced pensions insolvency payment scheme...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will appoint social welfare inspectors to investigate and prevent fraud; if she will expand on the measures she has...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide a full breakdown of the increased income from holding; and the capital they refer to for a person (details...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of groups that are using the military football grounds in the Phoenix Park; the way other local clubs looking for training or match...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of press conferences and policy launches which were held by him in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the cost of hosting each one; if he...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Defence if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first six months of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the Defence Forces food supply contract which was awarded to a company (details supplied), if it has been ascertained if...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Defence if the planned decentralisation of Defence Forces headquarters to the Curragh, County Kildare will proceed as planned; the progress that has been...
    • Defence Forces Training and Equipment
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that all Irish troops based at home or abroad including the Navy and Air Corps are trained to the highest international...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Army, Navy and Air Corps reserve; if same has increased, decreased or remained the same in each of the past five years to date...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the development and participation in EU or UN sponsored RAPID response forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of women promoted in the Defence Forces in the past 12 months by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25236/09]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Defence if further requests have been received for the deployment of more Irish troops on various EU or UN peace keeping or peace-enforcement missions; and...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which all military installations decommissioned in 1998 and 2008 have been disposed of; if not, their current use and associated cost;...
    • National Emergency Plan
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the national emergency plan is capable of dealing with all emergencies that may arise; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Permanent Defence Forces are sufficiently equipped in terms of military hardware to deal with all or likely...
    • Air Corps Strength
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to increase the strength of the Air Corps; his further plans to upgrade or replace equipment including air craft; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the technology and equipment for the air corps has been upgraded in line with modern military requirements with a view to...
    • Defence Forces Accommodation
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Defence if all military quarters are up to international standards; his plans to address outstanding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to initiate legislation in order to allow flexibility for people who have fixed rate local...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has resolved the issue whereby approximately €73 million in development levies were collected by...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the clawback condition on the affordable housing scheme; and if this will be applied...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to introduce legislation to have the qualification age for presidential candidates lowered...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the necessary funding will be made available to South Dublin County Council to enable them to complete...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provisions of the telecommunications antennae and monopole support structures guidelines for planning...
    • Electronic Voting Machines
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 19 May 2009, in relation to the storage of voting machines in...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Freedom of Information request (details supplied) submitted to his...
    • Election Management System
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/09]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are legislative restrictions on local councils for the number of private housing units leased for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Burncourt Waste Water Treatment, County Tipperary, which was planned in the...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 27 November 2008, if he will report on the development of the...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24780/09]
    • Rural Housing
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the sustain rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a cut in allowances awarded to outdoor staff of Galway County Council and a cap on travel are in place due...
    • Fire Services
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the additional fire appliances he has provided to Dublin Fire Brigade for each year since 2002 to date in...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the life of a planning permission to longer than five years; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if grant assistance is available to home owners who wish to restore and repair private dwellings of a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to amend the Planning and Development Acts to provide for the mandatory...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the amount of litter in our cities, towns and villages and throughout the countryside; if he has...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 10 February 2009, the details of the discussions since that...
    • Building Energy Regulation
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that landlords who have been issued a low building energy rating are not obliged to...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent UN report that claims that climate change is resulting in more...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Salmon Fishing
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals he has in regard to the reopening of salmon fishing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive full broadband access; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Sustainable Energy Ireland are insisting on contractors having insurance indemnity of €5 million;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how persons in areas not covered by the national broadband scheme can obtain the service; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the cost implications regarding the provision of an electricity interconnector between...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising...
    • Home Energy Saving Scheme
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the minimum grant available under the home energy saving scheme has to exceed €500 in view of the...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will re-negotiate the deal which involved the State selling off the rights to gas off the west coast; and...
    • Home Energy Saving Scheme
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if changes were made in the conditions attached to the home energy savings scheme or the website presentation...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to an application for farm retirement for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24395/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under a scheme have been awarded. [24422/09]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if those aquaculture licences which were automatically renewed under section 19A of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act , 1997 as...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his contractual arrangements with a company (details supplied); the value and duration of the contracts entered into; the...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will intercede on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to ensure that they are allowed to lease their...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide copies of all REP schemes payments made to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo from 2002 to 2007...
    • State Agency Staff
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of employees employed part-time and full-time by Coillte in each of the past five years; the number of...
    • State Agency Contractors
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of contractors employed by Coillte in each of the past five years; the works undertaken by such contractors; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will give a breakdown of the...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he is taking to ensure that meat passing through the large meat processing plants is 100% traceable; and if he...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 27 May 2009, when he will communicate his response in writing; the legal advice...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the national reserve for 2008 and 2009; and when...
    • Export Permits
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason his officials cannot provide export permits to traders (details supplied) for Saturday sales at a mart in County...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will make a decision on an application (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a company (details supplied) received over €136,000 in grant aid from Bord Iascaigh Mhara through the National...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans on the future grant aiding for salmon aquaculture companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24938/09]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for a number of salmon farm licences (details supplied) in the western region which are assigned to five separate...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grants for aquaculture activities, including salmon farming which have been allocated by his Department or any agency...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the final stage of payment in respect of an applicant under the REP scheme four will be awarded; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the regulation, legislation or claim under which an estate (details supplied) is being negotiated with by his Department for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason that County Cork has the slowest record of payment in relation to the farm waste management scheme; and the steps...
    • Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the procedure and standard mechanism for disposing of carcasses of dead animals in view of changes brought about under the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 153 and 154 of 17 June 2009, the terms of reference of the research being carried...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was not awarded payment for all the animals...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has been charged the pension levy. [24682/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing a school (details supplied) which on the basis of September 2008 figures will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the reason the file was missing for three and a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposed start date for the building of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether there are adequate secondary school places in the Lucan area of County Dublin; the population projections his...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the extension of a college (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Cork is to lose a mainstream teacher based on pupil intake figures for 2008 which are set to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application under the school building programme by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be supported. [24453/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places which will be available in a second level school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the catchment area for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a home tuition grant was refused for a child (details supplied); if he will reconsider this case; and if he will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision to cut three teachers and a classroom assistant from a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim;...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to reintroduce third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24506/09]
    • Traveller Education
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 612 of 6 May 2009, if he will approve an additional traveller resource teacher for the school;...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1077 of 24 March, 2009, the timetable for enacting part five; when section 42(5)(b) of the Act...
    • School Transport
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of transport, including school transport, in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a contractor has been appointed to construct a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if so, the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 23 April 2009, if the delay in agreeing a memorandum has been resolved; if they involve...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recognition status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if he will recognise that this is the only multi-denominational...
    • School Transport
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the school transport programme in respect of south Tipperary for the new school year in September 2009. [24592/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval has been given for the refurbishment and extension of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the extra...
    • School Management
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 28 May 2009, if he will provide the name, address and roll number of each primary school...
    • State Examinations
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to ensure that undue pressure is not put on leaving certificate students who have to sit, in some instances,...
    • School Transport
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person can purchase a one way ticket for school transport in view of the fact that in many cases secondary school students are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) will be supported. [24623/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of principals and deputy principals who have informed his Department of their decision to retire from their position to...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that those schools who were previously given approval to put in place the LCVP course from September 2009 have now...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the circumstances, the special needs...
    • School Staffing
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications that have been received by the 1 June 2009 deadline for the early retirement scheme announced in the 2009...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received correspondence from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will provide...
    • School Staffing
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will change the criteria of the appeal board to allow for a more flexible approach to be taken in determining appeals brought by...
    • School Management
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in the context of the new lease arrangements between his Department and the trustees of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the lease made between his Department and the trustees of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when the lease...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has carried out an audit of the number of students with special needs in schools here; if so, if this information has been...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has carried out a study into the admissions policy of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24754/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown by band of the number of schools at each stage of the school building programme in separate tables for primary and...
    • English Language Schools
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to regulate English language schools and further education establishments for immigrants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a building project (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24788/09]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 14 May 2009, the reason a document dated 4 March 2009 from the Revenue Commissioners is...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his policy regarding the steady increase in college registration fees over recent years; his views on a ceiling beyond which this...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has made arrangements with an outside agency to ascertain the number of prefabricated buildings in schools here; if so, the...
    • Alternative Centres of Education
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by centres (details supplied) for official recognition as alternative centres of education as...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of adequate accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the announcement of 18 May 2009 pertaining to the National Education Welfare Board's boost in personnel; if the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the decision on the allocation of a special needs assistant to a child (details supplied) in County Clare; if they are...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application from a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for additional classroom accommodation; when he...
    • School Staffing
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant another classroom teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal that will have 35 infants enrolled in the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if agencies, boards, quangos or other bodies within the remit of his Department have carried out advertising campaigns in the first...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if special needs assistance will be retained at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [24999/09]
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that operate the Stay Safe Programme. [25016/09]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the action he must take for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to the Adjournment Debate of 19 May 2009 regarding schools building projects if he will respond to the issues raised; the...
    • School Management
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will outline other instances and schools which in the past have been identified by his Department to fall into similar problems...
    • School Staffing
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision to cut teacher numbers at a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the impact...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is envisaged that a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will proceed to construction; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      Question 542: 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...