Written answers

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce policy measures on foot of the recently published report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture,...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the efforts that are being made to integrate forestry with other farming activities in view of the contribution and...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he has introduced to facilitate the development of the aquaculture sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in closing the installation aid scheme, Ireland has forfeited the EU contribution to this scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has established a review group on traceability systems at all meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the fact that farm incomes fell by 11.8% in 2008; his plans to introduce policy measures to sustain employment...
    • Farm Advisory Services
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is assisting farming groups with regard to the establishment of advice clinics for farming families currently under...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if discussions between himself and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government have concluded with...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the benefits of brucellosis free status for farmers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25952/09]
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in relation to the processing of aquaculture licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Meat Processing Sector
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to support or grant aid the small primary or secondary meat processing sector in 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the remaining 25% payment will be awarded under REP scheme four; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/09]
    • Meat Processing Sector
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the benefit for the beef and sheep meat processing industry here arising from his recent investment announcement; and if he...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plan to attract new entrants to dairying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/09]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to announce changes in the payment level for REP scheme three participants; if on the basis of the work...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made with regard to farm waste management inspections and payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Food Sector
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to support local growers' cooperatives to deal with the threat of unfair competition from large...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position with regard to the processing of REP scheme four payments; the outcome of discussions he had with the European...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the efforts he has made to secure EU supports for Irish milk producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25947/09]
    • Sheep Identification Scheme
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated cost of the electronic tagging system proposed for Irish ewes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Food Sector
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the meetings he has had with large retailers with regard to the sourcing and provision of quality Irish brands; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all 17,400 farmers will be awarded their first 40% tranche of payment by 30th June, 2009 as promised by him; and if he...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an assurance that food labelling procedures adequately reflect the status, origin and quality of all...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the role of Coillte in afforestation and the production of bio-mass for energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the World Trade organisation situation; the possibility of an agreement in view of the fact that it...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the plans of the EU Commission to promote the European aquaculture industry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether there is further scope for the use of market management mechanisms to support the dairy sector; and if...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of his June 2009 meeting with the EU Fisheries Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the outcome of the June 2009 Council of Agriculture Ministers in relation to low dairy prices; and if he will make a...
    • Sheep Sector
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to support the sheep industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26043/09]
    • Food Industry
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals he has put forward with regard to improving transparency and costs in the food chain to ensure a fair return...
    • Live Exports
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 20 May 2009, the steps he is taking to support a live cattle trade to Britain;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers entitled to grant aid under the farm improvement scheme; the number of farmers waiting to be...
    • Disadvantaged Areas
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to have a debate in Dáil Éireann on the current EU review of disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consideration which has been given to the CAP post 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25950/09]
    • Statutory Levies
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a list of the statutory levies collected from farmers and the agri-food sector; the amount collected;...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consideration given to the recently published EU Commission Green Paper on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy;...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the 17% cut in REP scheme payments, he plans to reduce or change the terms and conditions of the scheme to...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to address the position of farmers who were ready to apply for the early retirement scheme in October 2008 but...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the public awareness initiatives that are being undertaken by his Department to promote on farm safety and prevent farm...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to the EU Commission with regard to the spend of unused Common Agricultural Policy funds estimated to be...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the cashflow crisis on farms, he is prepared to seek a 100% advance payment of the single farm payment; and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has raised, with the EU Commission, concerns regarding the cod recovery plan in the Irish Sea and the north west; and...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the case for an emergency aid package to assist the fishing industry here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who will receive a REP scheme payment in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the conclusions of the June 2009 European Council in relation to the invitation to the Commission to present...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who applied for REP scheme four by the 15 May 2009 single farm payment deadline; and if he will make...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Germany, France and Belgium, to mention three EU member states have put in...
    • Agrifood Sector
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives that have been taken by his Department to encourage consumers to buy produce in season; and if he will make...
    • Farm Safety
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the stage of the implementation process that the new Farm Safety Action Plan 2009 to 2012 is at; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding allocated to the Agri-Food Research Programme under the National Development Plan; the breakdown of...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many dairy farmers will not be able to meet bank interest bills in the...
    • Sheep Sector
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way the €7 million allocation to sheep farmers from the single farm payment national reserve will be allocated to the...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he will undertake consultations with stakeholders on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the collapse in the dairy markets, the deregulation of the dairy sector should be reassessed; and if he will...
    • Equine Identification Regulations
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the penalties that will be faced by those who breach the new requirements on equine identification as and from 1 July 2009;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will increase the payment rate under the suckler cow welfare scheme in view of the emerging participation rate of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there have been delays in REPS 4 payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/09]
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason county councils are continuing to carry out on farm inspections, which ignore his statement of the 24 April 2009...
    • Agrifood Sector
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the ways in which the economic downturn is impacting on the agriculture industry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit for the Abbeyfeale area and the Newcastle West area of County Limerick; the number...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for the past five years to date in 2009;...
    • Programmes for Government
      Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach if, in the context of the review of the Programme for Government all sections of the programme are to be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Work Permits
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for a work permit on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by her Department during the past three...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions she has had with FÁS concerning the plight of apprentices who are unable to complete their...
    • Company Closures
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the workers who are still employed in Dublin Airport by a company (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied). [25824/09]
    • Business Regulation
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals to remove the bureaucracy that surrounds the setting up of small businesses; and if she will...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in Cork city and county who have received an offer of training from FÁS in the past...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of interest paid by her in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by her...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary is not prepared to pay statutory redundancy...
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to a submission made to FÁS by the City and County Managers Association for...
    • Enterprise Stabilisation Fund
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in north Tipperary that have received money or are in the process of being approved...
    • Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made in developing a comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; when she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 23 June 2009, if any Members of the House of the Oireachtas are...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views in relation to the submission (details supplied); her plans to address the issues raised; if she...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of print jobs carried out for her Department and being provided by companies based outside the...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when payments in lieu of eight weeks notice and in lieu of holidays will issue to the former employees of a...
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 23 June 2009, if she will amend the rules pertaining to entry to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Exchequer Savings
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected Exchequer savings for 2009, 2010 and 2011 from both the civil and public service incentivised career break and early retirement...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the length and value of the contract retaining a firm (details supplied) as legal advisers to the National Asset Management Agency; his views on...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the National Pension Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25659/09]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the failure of some main contractors to pay sub-contracts in respect of public contracts; if it is intended to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the tax refund sought by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare relates to emergency tax...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the flood alleviation scheme in respect of Fermoy, County Cork; if that scheme will commence in 2009; the amount of moneys to be made...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases coming before the Revenue Commissioners in which a solicitor has not paid in full the stamp duty on the transaction of property...
    • Members' Remuneration
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Ministers, Deputies and Senators who took the voluntary pay cut. [25850/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for the past five years to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in devising a scheme to collect a levy or tax within the gambling industry to fund the horse and greyhound racing industry; if it...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised per year for each of the past five years from stamp duty on awards on infant rulings in the judicial system; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders in the North Tipperary constituency who lost entitlement to mortgage interest relief following his decision to...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of Appendix D of the Green Paper on Pensions, he will provide the same information in respect of PRSAs and of RACs for the last year...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers employed in the retail sector and the tax yield by way of income tax, levies and so on; the total tax yield from the retail sector; and...
    • Valuation Orders
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will postpone the issuance by the Valuation Office of final valuation certificates in view of the current economic situation; the impact this...
    • Departmental Allowances
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions relating to delegate's allowance; if those provisions have changed in recent years; if the delegate's allowance is awarded in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish with the Revenue Commissioners whether a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been granted a PAYE credit for themself...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of print jobs carried out for his Department and being provided by companies based outside the Republic of Ireland; the dates of the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a grant or funding application under the dormant accounts fund in respect of suicide prevention for an organisation...
    • Health Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish a new national programme of wet facilities on the basis of a harm reduction approach; and if she will make a...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position for parents of children born during June, July or August 2006 in respect of the new child care grant (details supplied),...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person who is charged with processing applications for the 2009 back to school, clothing and footwear scheme in north Tipperary in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath who have applied for domiciliary care allowance; if approval...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some community welfare officers in County Galway are not accepting applications under...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made with the Vietnamese authorities on agreeing arrangements for intercountry adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if she will...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has not obtained a date for their operation; the further reason they have not been...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal under the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a proposal to change the status of the specialist laboratories at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on facilitating or issuing a directive to the Health Service Executive to facilitate the collection of cord blood by a company...
    • Health Services
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the application in respect of by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25670/09]
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow regarding the early childhood care and education...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when, taking into account the Ryan report and other cases of abuse highlighted in the media she will introduce independent inspections...
    • Children in Care
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on relocating the facility for homeless children to a more convenient location (details supplied) in the Dublin city centre,...
    • Pharmacist Numbers
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pharmacists registered here in March 2008; and the number of pharmacists registered as of March 2009. [25692/09]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by her Department during the past three years; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the money spent by the Health Service Executive on public and private transport for each of the past five years; if...
    • Cancer Treatment Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants, registrars, senior house officers on the breast cancer team in Waterford; the number of cases which have been...
    • Pharmacy Training
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the embargo on recruitment in hospitals and other health facilities to facilitate the training modules of pharmacy...
    • Infectious Diseases
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline in respect of a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin, the number of persons who died solely as a consequence...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the circumstances where the fee of €100 for a visit to a Hospital Emergency Department is waived or considered...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that places for trainee clinical psychology for 2009 are not affected by the recruitment embargo and that they are...
    • Company Compliance
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical group (details supplied) is compliant with the necessary regulations in the Companies Registration Office; if its required...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the problems being experienced by the Health Service Executive and the unions with regards to the introduction of the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a hospital appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help hours will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; when speech and language services and...
    • Children in Care
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons under 18 years of age currently in State care who do not have an allocated social worker; the number of these...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assure a person (details supplied) in County Kildare that their next appointment will not be cancelled; and if she will make...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a matter (details supplied). [25822/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a hospital appointment for an urgent treatment; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo as soon as possible. [25828/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25841/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of interest paid by her in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by her Department for the past five...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [25871/09]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that four children died in workplaces in 2008; if she has had discussions with the...
    • Children in Care
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in residential care who are waiting for psychological assessments from the Health Service Executive; and if she...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to incorporate recommendations made by the Dáil na nÓg council on mental health strategies for young people; and if she will...
    • Children in Care
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all inspections of institutions that cater for children that have been carried out by the Health Information and Qualify...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive staff who work with children and are waiting for Garda clearance; the locations at which these...
    • Children in Care
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of foster homes here. [25878/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will stop the proposed closure of 16 respite beds in Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. [25891/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if 2009 physiotherapy graduates will be given an opportunity to apply for future vacancies with the Health Service Executive in view of...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in publishing the commission report into Leas Cross; if such report, received by her on 10 June 2009, has or...
    • Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospice groups here which are in receipt of grant aid from the Health Service Executive: the amount of aid awarded to each group in...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the possible outsourcing of pathology and blood tests from St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; the...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been in discussions with North Tipperary pre-school providers to determine if the new Government sponsored pre-school year...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim under the nursing home refund scheme will be awarded; and if she will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be re-issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend a service (details supplied). [26109/09]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation at Mallow Hospital, Cork, where a CAT scanner is again lying idle with a radiographer...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, remain on crowded wards and...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projects listed for the Health Service Executive south; and the location of same. [26125/09]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intended start date for fair deal, now that the legislation has passed all stages in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income limits and other conditions that apply to a person, to be deemed eligible to apply for a medical card; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that children (details supplied) in County Sligo who are in need of orthodontic treatment will receive that treatment...
    • Organ Retention
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the independent audit of currently retained organs in all hospitals here which is being carried out following the...
    • Health Services
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in allocating funding to enable day placement for a person (details supplied). [26201/09]
    • Sale of Tobacco Products
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has prepared a compliance cost analysis on the impact of new restrictions on tobacco sales; and if she is satisfied that small...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place or are proposed to secure the future of orthopaedic services in Sligo General Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she and the Health Service Executive recognise autism as a condition in its own right; if a person who is diagnosed as autistic can...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crutches or pairs of crutches purchased by the Health Service Executive in the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the cost...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to relocate the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Portrane; the stage the plans are at; if Fingal County Council and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical appointment for 25 June 2009 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has been cancelled...
    • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the health repayment scheme reimbursement is awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim as a...
    • Health Services
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthodontic treatment. [26237/09]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 19 April 2005, her views on whether to conduct an investigation into vaccine trials carried...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the labelling obligations of fast food outlets regarding the amount and type of nutritional and other information such establishments...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contacts she has had with community pharmacists in respect of her announcements regarding the cost of drugs and medicines; and if...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the long-running industrial dispute between her Department and the Department of Social and Family...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 28 April 2009, the impact of the recruitment ban on acute hospital services and community...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to support services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26305/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a director for mental health. [26409/09]
  • Department of Transport
    • State Airports
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the reduced winter schedule of flights from the US to Shannon Airport; his plans to make funding available to market the US...
    • Road Network
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the cutting of €150 million from the roads maintenance budget is disproportionate, in view of the fact that 71% of road...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for the past five years to...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date by the Railway Safety Commission in relation to the introduction of unannounced testing for intoxicants at Iarnród Éireann;...
    • Rail Safety
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport the nature of the 22 complaints received regarding public safety on railways here; the categories each complaint belonged to; if the complaints...
    • Aviation Safety
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport the relevant expertise and professional qualifications of his Departmental officials in the area of aviation safety management and aviation safety...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Crime Levels
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 895 people were arrested for possession of drugs for sale and supply while...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prison Staff
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an item of the new prison officer uniforms is to be manufactured here; the countries of origin of the new uniforms; and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long term residency for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be decided on for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long term residency for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he...
    • Property Transfers
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the transfer of property between persons (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of complaints of intimidation, threatening behaviour and verbal assault the gardaí have received or...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 for leave to remain in the State...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is eligible for naturalisation; the procedure to be followed in this...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration will be given to self-catering accommodation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare on...
    • Drug Offenders Register
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Part nine of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which provides for a drug offenders' register, will be established; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made for citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was granted naturalisation...
    • Security Industry
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the licensing costs imposed by the Private Security Authority are more...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [25839/09]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the garda resources allocated to areas (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will increase the resources; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for...
    • Garda Vetting Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time it takes for an individual to receive garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on an incident (details supplied); if action will be taken to improve the situation; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the processing of a holiday visa application on behalf of a person (details supplied). [25912/09]
    • Property Services Regulation
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some letting agencies are charging fees of between €80 and €100 to...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have received early retirement nationally and in North Tipperary since the...
    • Garda Training
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he needs a site (details supplied) in County Tipperary to be completed in order to begin a new tactical firearms...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a stamp four will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status regarding an application for asylum by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if, in view of their...
    • Defamation Proceedings
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [26190/09]
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasoning for the Legal Aid Board's intention to establish a model law centre in Dublin City centre; the position...
    • Property Services Regulation
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the National Property Services Regulatory Authority has the necessary legislative powers to conduct its business; and if...
    • Firearms Legislation
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, with regard to the recently published Bill on the use of firearms, he has received correspondence from an organisation...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied). [26260/09]
    • Liquor Licencing Laws
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding legislation and regulations governing deliveries of alcohol to private houses at night-time; if...
    • Court Procedures
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murder trials in which the accused was acquitted on legal, technical or other grounds since 1970; the number...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the White Paper on Crime which was first promised 11 years ago; and when it is expected to be...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received the requisite report from the Voter Education Fund and the Rock the Vote Project in respect of the funding he supplied...
    • Overseas Visits
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish people who visited Cuba in 2008. [25851/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for the past five...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for the past...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a company (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a grant which was approved prior to August 2007; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the grants available for businesses in the CLÁR area in north Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26167/09]
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance he will provide in respect of the proposed new building for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the breakdown of the loans that were given out by a statutory body (details supplied) on a county basis from 1...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a company (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the grant awarded to it in 2007; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available for businesses in the CLÁR area in north Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Birth Certificates
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure equality of access to birth certificates for persons who are adopted and in particular that requests for such...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when rent support will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the progress of same in the past...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by her Department during the past three years; and if she will...
    • Child Support
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to introduce means testing or a taxation method for child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a review of the application for mortgage assistance has taken place in view of new interest rates in the case of a person...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the increase in the number of staff employed in social welfare offices to deal with a backlog due to the increase in the live...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of interest paid by her in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by her Department for the past...
    • Civil Registration
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views, in view of the importance for genealogical research of civil records, on requiring civil registration of death records...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if social welfare offices (details supplied) in County Tipperary have taken on extra staff to deal with the increase in workload;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an oral hearing, or if a decision will be made on an appeal...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to instances where people claim child benefit where neither child for whom the benefit is being...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason it took five months for payment to be awarded in respect of a jobseeker's allowance for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the State for child benefit payment awarded to persons residing outside the State from 2004 to 2008. [26227/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 9 June 2009, if she will confirm that the medical evidence of a consultant...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times Defence Forces helicopters were used to transport Government Ministers in Ireland for 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in tabular...
    • Value for Money Audits
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Defence the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of post primary schools visited by members of the Defence Forces in the 2008-09 school year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for the past five years to...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 67 and 87 of 23 June 2009 and with reference to the pilot scheme for the development of the integrated...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statutory instrument, with details of section and subsection, which covers the minimum bedroom capacity...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 26 May 2009, if the amount of supplementary funding required and...
    • Housing Policy
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details on the forms of equality proofing, rural proofing, environment proofing and public health...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to develop an all-Ireland strategy on homelessness in conjunction with his counterpart in the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a fully enforceable right to maintenance and repairs of social housing within a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will impose a legal obligation on local authorities to refurbish all publicly owned derelict houses...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a national standardised differential rent scheme to ensure fairer rents for all people...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of enforcement orders to prevent dereliction of properties which have been issued by local...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a system of rent control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25764/09]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a statutory all-Ireland traveller accommodation agency, as recommended by the Report of...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will develop a strategy for accommodation in respect of people with intellectual disabilities and for...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure all new social housing is fitted with energy efficient alternative energy sources. [25771/09]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish local area community planning fora on a statutory basis to allow for direct community...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the contract signed by Dublin City Council in relation to the operation of the proposed...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a hen harrier payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if assistance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his...
    • Child Care Facilities
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will require all local authorities to adopt a local authority childcare policy; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a request from a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment will be issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway for the sale of a bog;...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment will be made to a local authority (details supplied) in relation to a grant allocation for 2009....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give assurances that a decision on the possible infill of Dublin Bay will await the publication...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the planned Cork Harbour main drainage scheme. [25930/09]
    • Docklands Development Project
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Cork Docklands Development Forum....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average length of time An Bord Pleanála has taken to issue decisions in respect of appeals lodged in...
    • Fire Statistics
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority rented houses involved in house fires in the past five years; the number which...
    • Capital Grant Schemes
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid under a scheme to projects (details supplied) in County Laois. [26107/09]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the life span of planning permission to longer than five years; and if he will make a...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount made available each year for the past five years to date in 2009 by his Department under the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to introduce legislation to identify households that are not registered with either private...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when full payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of the purchase of...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 24 June 2009, the local authority areas here in which schemes...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a reply will issue on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25738/09]
    • Alternative Energy Schemes
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of homes covered by the warmer homes scheme here; and his plans to expand the scheme. [25770/09]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if grant or assistance will be made available to most persons who wish to purchase wind turbines; and if he...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will guarantee that the National Broadband Scheme will see a broadband service available in every part of...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of natural gas to towns (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive full broadband access; and if he will make a...
    • Salmon Fishing Licences
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of commercial salmon licences issued; the recipients of the buyout of licences; the method in place...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the failure of the Central Fisheries Board to replace or appoint a fisheries protection and...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence received from the European Commission raising concerns on the copyright issue as...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the legality of the decision (details supplied) to amend the terms of the farm waste management scheme; his...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will decide on a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26346/09]
    • Fisheries Conservation
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will identify and explain the options that are available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who fishes...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 4 March 2009, the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to receive their REP scheme three payment which was applied...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not being awarded REP scheme three in view of the fact that they...
    • Farm Inspections
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in relation to farm inspections the farmers or landowners are entitled to prior notice before an inspection takes place;...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of foreshore applications in respect of marina developments which have been made over the past ten years; the...
    • Cattle Identification Scheme
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the circumstances under which he may compulsorily amalgamate herd numbers in respect of farms of land which are owned either...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the appeal procedure to be taken by an applicant of the farm waste management scheme if they are unhappy with his...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions he has had with the Department of Finance with regard to the negotiation of a redundancy package for Coillte...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme 4 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if not, the reason therefore; and...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress being made in maintaining and developing vital jobs and exports through the opening of the national seafood...
    • Live Imports
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that will arise for businesses if the border inspection posts at Dublin...
    • Harbour Authorities
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a harbour master-constable (details supplied) who has been on sick leave will be replaced; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the 2007 Poseidon report has been implemented. [26290/09]
    • World Trade Negotiations
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken to positively influence the World Trade Organisation discussions in favour of Irish and EU...
    • Food Safety Standards
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he has taken in respect of breaches of Irish or EU law in regard to the importation, sale or distribution of food...
    • Food Industry
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that all food, food products or ingredients imported, sold or distributed here are fully compliant with...
    • Animal Numbers
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered here in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Legislation
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied regarding the availability of the testing and traceability facilities available for all foods for human...
    • State Laboratories
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the full scale of laboratory facilities required for or associated with requirements for the food sector are available...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Transport
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to increase investment to upgrade all school bus fleets to ensure children travel safely to and from school; and if he will...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Board
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a late application to the redress board by a person (details supplied) in County Galway cannot be accepted in view of the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide an additional teacher as requested by a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [25620/09]
    • Student Support Schemes
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding college maintenance grants for 2009; the position regarding college fees for 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a deal will apply to persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25649/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the position of a person (details supplied) in County Longford employed under memo V7 in a full time capacity by a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the funding application in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; the funding band which applies to this...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 1616 of 27 January 2009, if he will report on the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by his Department during the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Meath, particularly in relation to going to tender; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to introduce a panel system similar to that used for teachers that could apply for special need assistants; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the term of the limited duration six month framework agreement for construction consultants for schools projects published on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision to provide a special needs assistant to a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made in respect of application for English as an additional language teachers for a school (details supplied)...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the 2,500 additional third level places announced by his Department; if he will clarify if students will...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a third level institution can withhold a student's results because their parents have not paid outstanding fees; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in relation to the extension for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the cost of the extension; when he envisages...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of interest paid by him in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by his Department for the past...
    • Science Facilities
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which received funding in 2008 and to date in 2009 in respect of the construction or refurbishment of a science...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork who is due...
    • Third Level Charges
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for a scheme (details supplied). [26108/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the role of a special needs organiser is solely to allocate appropriate levels of resources to a school rather than to assign...
    • Adult Education
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if any of the 2,500 part-time college places include courses in renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the statutory three-year review of the sectoral plan on disability pertaining to his Department and required under the Disability...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the result of meetings he had on the subject of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 being accommodated on the existing site; when...
    • School Staffing
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in the Tipperary North constituency which will lose a teacher from 1 September 2009; if his attention has been...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available for schools in the Tipperary North constituency to complete attic and wall insulation during the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 23 June 2009, the documents which will provide evidence of independent residency for a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has permitted a school (details supplied) in County Cork to retain certain teaching posts for the 2009-10 school year. [26247/09]
    • Psychological Service
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a child (details supplied) in County Longford will be provided with an educational psychologist's report under the National...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 where the numbers enrolled for September 2009...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the cutback in resource hours for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the implications of this for the special...
    • School Staffing
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of principals and deputy principals who retired their position in each year over the past five years in both primary and...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools here that have their rent paid for by the State; the rent paid in the last year for which figures are available;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding funding for educating children with Asperger's syndrome in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to include a course (details supplied) under the higher education grants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress regarding a future site for a school (details supplied); the location where third and fourth class children from the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rules and regulations regarding entitlement to special needs assistants in primary schools; if there has been a recent change in...
    • School Placement
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of instances in respect of which an appeal to his Department under Section 29 of the Education Act 1998, or other procedure...

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