Written answers
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
- Department of Health and Children
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in reaching agreement on a bilateral arrangement for inter-country adoption between Ireland and Vietnam; when she...
- Hospital Services
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Prospectus Review of Critical Care Services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26307/09]
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether her attempts to tackle the crisis in hospital accident and emergency departments has failed; and if she will make a...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans of the Health Service Executive for long-term residential care and respite beds; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that mental health services offer adequate patient protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Capital Projects
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her review of Health Service Executive capital projects will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26445/09]
- Commissions of Investigation
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish in full the Commission of Investigation Report into Leas Cross Nursing Home; if so, when this will be published; and...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which will be needed in 2009 to pay for supplies of Tamiflu and other measures to address the swine flu pandemic;...
- Medical Cards
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards and doctor only medical cards which have been issued in the first half of 2009; the way that compares...
- Cancer Treatment Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the elements of the cancer control programme which remain to be implemented; the categories of staff which are needed in the eight...
- Civil Registrations
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive sought sanction from her to establish an on-line service to provide certificates of births, deaths and...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she proposes to commence the roll-out of a colorectal screening programme; the way the programme will be funded; and if she will...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the emergency department task force, published in June 2007; if the targets set...
- Medical Cards
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of old-age pensioners have lost their medical card as a result of Health...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Irish Medicines Board is not affected by cutbacks in order that it is facilitated in the orderly and timely...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to address the long waiting times for access to dermatology services; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions which have taken place on the implementation of the Labour Court recommendations on working arrangements of and payments...
- Data Protection
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her policy and Health Service Executive policy that information contained on laptops is encrypted; if so, the reason...
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the contract for the cancer control programme's cervical screening testing, currently held by a company (details supplied) will be...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures undertaken to address the threat of human swine flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26288/09]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a single waiting list for diagnostics is in place in each publicly funded hospital here; if consultants working in such hospitals are...
- Medical Cards
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical cards in June 2008; the number in June 2009; the projected number of qualifying persons in June 2010;...
- Health Service Staff
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Health Service Executive redundancy programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26424/09]
- Community Pharmacy Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive have had discussions with a union (details supplied) on the proposed cutbacks to their...
- Health Service Staff
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contract workers in the Health Service Executive whose contracts will not be renewed as a result of cutbacks; and if she...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive spent some €60 million between 2007 and 2008 on taxis for patient...
- Hospital Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the deadline for the proposed removal of all acute hospital services from Monaghan General Hospital which was last signalled for early...
- Health Service Policy
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the primary concern of policy determined by her or the Health Service Executive is of an economic nature rather than the need to...
- Ambulance Service
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, taking into account that both public and private ambulance service are not currently regulated, to address the situation and...
- Children in Care
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children at risk who have not been allowed a social worker; the number of new social workers who will be allocated for...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the completion of inter-country adoption arrangements with Vietnam, Russia and other countries where...
- Residential Services for People with Disabilities
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ring-fence funding for the implementation of the Health Information and Quality Authority National Quality Standards for...
- Hospital Staff
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated extra cost in 2009 of implementing the new consultant contract; the monitoring system which is in place to ensure that...
- Adoption Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop and improve the air ambulance service in view of her plans to close accident and emergency departments in small...
- Mental Health Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to introduce new legislation to ring-fence funding for mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing isolation beds and other appropriate services for patients suffering from cystic fibrosis; and if she...
- Health Service Staff
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions under way with regard to a voluntary redundancy or redeployment scheme for administrative and management staff in the...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to cancel the intended introduction of the HPV vaccine programme in 2009; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Management Costs
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has requested a reduction in the money spent on advisers, media consultants, bonuses and other costs associated with senior...
- Health Service Research Projects
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to an adjournment debate response of 26 May 2009, regarding foetal alcohol syndrome, the location at which the new research...
- Health Service Funding
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to ensure that funding for new developments in the health services are spent on the purposes for which they have...
- Departmental Reports
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy recommendations contained in the various reports commissioned by her in the past ten years which are being pursued including...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the potential savings to be achieved from the use of branded generic drugs; the steps being taken to achieve these savings;...
- Hospital Funding
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy plans to change the system of funding hospitals to one which takes account of the type and level of activity carried out in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce legislation to ban female genital mutilation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26324/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to develop out-patient services at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway, and at Roscommon Hospital; and if she will make a...
- Health Care Regulation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when private health facilities will be subject to quality regulation and inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Agencies
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is intended to monitor the work that was previously carried out by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency when it is subsumed into the...
- Child Care Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the most recent review of the adequacy of child and family services from the Health Service Executive; and...
- Hospital Procedures (2 comments)
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will have an independent inquiry carried out into the practice of symphysiotomy in hospitals here; and if she will make a...
- Victim Support Groups
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has met a support group for victims of a person (details supplied) who has been struck off the medical register; if so, the action...
- Health Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full primary care teams in place; the number of these teams which operate out of publicly owned premises; and if she will...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois-Offaly area, including Roscrea; if these...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued under the graduate employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to examine the role of community employment schemes; if their place in the system will be increased...
- Company Takeovers
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of interested parties that expressed an interest to her and the agencies under her aegis in...
- Work Permits
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will process the application of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm that she received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if in the context of...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the building energy rating course costs €1,300 with FÁS...
- Employment Support Services
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will introduce a new scheme to support persons in completing their time while unemployed; and if she...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the...
- Department of Finance
- Car Scrappage Scheme
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a new car scrappage scheme to create stimulus in the motor industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the identification of a replacement office relocation for staff who are to move from a building (details supplied); when the...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of contracts covered by EU procurement directives in view of the fact that economic and financial standing is one of the criteria laid...
- Tax Collection
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) was penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26512/09]
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issue raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26523/09]
- Tax Code
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax incentives (details supplied). [26542/09]
- National Monuments
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 27 January 2009, the decision which has been made for the opening hours of the Céide Fields in County...
- Tax Code
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on tax relief for investors to invest in the building of primary and secondary schools; if he has considered such proposals; and if he...
- Auctioneers' Licences
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of auctioneers or house agents that were awarded licences by the Revenue Commissioners in 2008. [26598/09]
- Banking Sector
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the situation whereby many businesses are experiencing difficulties in accessing credit. [26624/09]
- Pension Provisions
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 22 April 2009 if he will provide a report on the progress made by the Revenue Commissioners in ensuring...
- Banking Sector
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the board and management of a bank (details supplied) with a view to this company reviewing its most recent policy of closing...
- Tax Code
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are proposals regarding the taxing of a payment (details supplied). [26709/09]
- Department of Health and Children
- Pre-school Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with respect to the early childhood care and education scheme; the criteria for offering grant assistance; the way this is...
- Hospital Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the services available to cystic fibrosis patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, where...
- Organ Donations
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation governing organ donations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26489/09]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on the waiting list for a heart transplant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26490/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the non-availability of a general practitioner service for medical card holders in an area (details supplied)...
- Children in Care
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to the findings of the Ryan report regarding the neglect of children in care, the cuts in mileage for social workers and...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason arrears due on a domiciliary care allowance claim were not issued from the date of assessment for a person (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an association (details supplied) received funding under the national child care investment programme; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the availability and funding of chiropodist, paediatry services at Loughlinlinstown Hospital, County Dublin, particularity for...
- Health Service Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the public service incentivised early retirement scheme was suspended by the Health...
- Hospital Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the proposed withdrawal of six beds from the acute psychiatric unit at Portlaoise General Hospital and having regard...
- Pre-school Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options open to the parents of a child who will be 18 days above the cut-off limit of four years and ten months on 1 January...
- Medical Cards
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a direct contact person will be made available to the new Dublin-based medical card section for each county; and if she will make...
- Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services being provided at a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; her future plans to extend such services; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12, who is awaiting surgery at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, will have...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has reviewed a briefing note (details supplied); if, in view of the figures presented in this submission, she will confirm if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who are registered at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, and who are on a waiting list for surgery for more than three...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current legal situation with respect to surrogate parenthood; her plans to introduce legislation in this area; and if she will...
- Mental Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in implementing the Vision for Change programme in the Clare mental health services; the position regarding the...
- Medical Cards
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if approval for a medical card will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [26658/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an assurance that there are no current plans to reduce the scale, quality or future development of services at Naas...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of respite care for parents and carers of children and adults with special needs; and if she...
- Hospital Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the future of St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin 6; the extent of negotiations which have taken place with body or...
- Hospital-Acquired Infections
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of MRSA, Clostridium difficile or other similar hospital-based infections identified or suspected throughout...
- Health Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which it is intended to upgrade, improve or replace or extend the facilities there are at the various health centres...
- Hospital Staff
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if adequate accident and emergency staff are available at all hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26694/09]
- Health Service Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff at all levels dedicated to community care throughout the health services in each year from 1996 to date in 2009;...
- Hospital Staff
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital staff at all levels exclusively in the public and private sectors in each year from 1995 to date in 2009; and if...
- Health Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children currently assessed and diagnosed as in need of orthodontic treatment; the number currently receiving treatment;...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds in the public and private sectors available in each year from 1990 to date in 2009; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the operation of the health service annually at present; the cost of the services in 1992; the comparison between the...
- Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected impact of budgetary and service reviews currently taking place throughout the health services on a county basis; if her...
- Hospital Services
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a MRSI scan will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she has received correspondence from the family...
- Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when emergency respite care for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision on an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make representations to the Health Service Executive in order that hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied)...
- Mental Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a comprehensive plan will be put in place for the implementation of the recommendations of A Vision for Change, the report of the...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois-Offaly area,...
- Department of Transport
- Rural Transport Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce new rural transport initiatives with particular reference to the threat to many rural bus routes which will leave many...
- Transport Manager Policy
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport the outcome of the review of his transport manager policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26520/09]
- Integrated Ticketing System
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the implementation of integrated ticketing; the cost to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26648/09]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Visa Applications
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [26501/09]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has read the recently published Trafficking in Persons Report 2009; his views on the report and on the accounts of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria which he applies when determining whether or not to grant a certificate of naturalisation pursuant to section...
- Court Procedures
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in expediting the processing of transfer of exhibits for use in criminal prosecutions from Northern...
- Asylum Applications
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an affidavit from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for naturalisation; and if this affidavit...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from the Vehicle and Operator Service Agency in the UK regarding Irish registered lorries being...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if new legislation will be required to progress the revised Thornton Hall Prison project; and if he will make a statement...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to have the Garda closed circuit television programme expanded to Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [26548/09]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will approve an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [26564/09]
- Court Procedures
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from the Judiciary or from the Courts Service in the past three years on improving the...
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 25 February 2009, if he has received the proposal; the decision he has...
- Garda Vetting Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26595/09]
- Sexual Offences
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether men who buy sex are a crucial link in the chain of exploitation that creates an environment in which...
- Human Trafficking
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protection and support that are available to victims of sex trafficking here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken to date or proposed to stamp out anti-social behaviour throughout County Clare, with particular reference...
- Prison Staff
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy or the arrangements within his Department and the Irish Prison Service in particular to assist employees to...
- Deportation Orders
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will rescind the decision to deport in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for asylum by persons (details supplied); when a final decision can be expected in...
- Visa Applications
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will authorise a person (details supplied) in County Limerick to travel to the UK to renew their Thai passport and...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details on the increasing level of intimidation of jurors and witnesses to Court cases; the approximate...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of post release orders issued annually since 2002 to date in 2009; the number of these orders broken annually;...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost of the witness protection programme since its establishment; and the approximate number of its throughput...
- Gangland Killings
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gangland murders annually since 1998 to date in 2009; the number of these cases of murder in which firearms...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details on the proposed Thornton Hall project; the timeline for development; the aspect of development...
- Courts Service
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional resources will be required for the Special Criminal Court's soon to be extended remit; and if he will make a...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation in the Middle East in which Israel has authorised the construction of 300 homes in the West...
- Passport Applications
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is entitled to an Irish passport; the reason their application was refused; and if he will...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly area, including...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Target Shooting
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his view on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26540/09]
- Departmental Funding
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will support a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [26628/09]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly area,...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26513/09]
- Teangacha Oifigíula
Question 220: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén fáth nach bhfuil dara scéim teanga a Roinne daingnithe go fóill aige cé gur iarr sé ar oifigigh na Roinne...
- Community Development
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will approve funding for plans by an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17 to expand and strengthen...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff in her Department specifically working to encourage the unemployed to avail of education and training...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the entitlements to jobseeker's supports for people who were formerly self-employed; her plans to improve such entitlements; and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly area,...
- Department of Defence
- Community Fitness Programmes
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of community fitness programmes that the Defence Forces are involved in here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26589/09]
- Defence Forces Provisions
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals to source chicken for the Defence Forces from An Bord Bia assured processors here (details supplied). [26669/09]
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly area, including Roscrea; if...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Rights of Way
Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 23 June 2009, if, in view of a judgement (details supplied), it...
- Waste Disposal
Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of all waste presented to landfill that is attributable to food; the percentage that was...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 26 May 2009, if he has received the report of National Rural...
- Electronic Voting Machines
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 23 June 2009, the contractual and other arrangements which were...
- Capital Funding Scheme
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm the timeframe involved for considering an application for post tender approval (details...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the Courtmacsherry Timoleague sewerage scheme, in view of the revised design...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Fisheries Protection
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [26713/09]
- Postal Service
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is duplication in services in An Post and ComReg in the area of postal service monitoring; the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed map outlining the broadband available in an area (details supplied) to include...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Offices
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to restructure his Department in Johnstown Castle, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Waste Management
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the waiting list for inspections under the farm waste management scheme in counties Monaghan and...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Laois is on the transfer list for his Department: their...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the compensation due under the pigmeat recall scheme will be awarded to a company (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Payments
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will expedite a decision on an application for the young farmer installation scheme by a person (details supplied) in...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly...
- Department of Education and Science
- School Transport
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 9 June 2009, the position regarding the need for school bus transport to be provided for...
- School Closures
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools closed on 5 June 2009 to facilitate the holding of various elections; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will re-assess an application in respect of a person (details supplied); if approval will be given; and if he will make a...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the income limits which apply to third level education grants and the maintenance payment levels for students commencing the 2009/2010...
- Education Courses
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve an additional 100 post leaving certificate places for Kerry Education Service in view of the fact that the number...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will meet with Offaly Vocational Education Committee to discuss the proposed re-development of a school (details supplied) in...
- School Staffing
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 16 June 2009, if four language support teachers will be approved for a school (details...
- Gaelscoileanna sa Ghaeltacht
Question 271: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta conas a chinntíonn an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta go gcosnaítear riachtanais, cearta agus mianta ráite na dtuismitheoirí gur...
- Luath-thumoideachas Iomlán
Question 272: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhféachfaidh sé féin, a Roinn agus na húdaráis chuí eile chuige go ndéanfar taighde ar bhonn uile-oileáin ar an...
- Aitheantas Gaelscoileanna
Question 273: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén fáth gur dhiúltaigh a Roinn aitheantas a thabhairt do na seacht nGaelscoil nua agus go dtí seo Gaelcholáiste amháin a bhí le...
- Curaclam na Gaeilge
Question 274: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an ndéanfaidh an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cúrsa comhtháite céimnithe sásúil Gaeilge, mar aon leis an ábhar tacaíochta...
- Ionad Náisiúnta Oideachais
Question 277: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cathain a bheas an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta ag brú chun cinn leis an Ionad Náisiúnta Oideachais i mBaile Bhuirne, Co....
- Canúintí na Gaeilge
Question 278: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an mbeadh an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta sásta cúrsa a chur ar siúl do chúigear as gach Gaeltacht lag chun go mbeidh siad ar...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to comments by him at the time of the closure of 128 special classes that local arrangements could be made, if he will now...
- Educational Projects
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the planned reorientation of the millennium partnership fund by the Higher Education Authority; his views on whether the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants who will be removed from schools from September 2009; the schools affected; and if he will make...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the commitment he will provide to the board of management, teachers and pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant will be approved to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if an official from his Department or the Department of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 9 June 2009 regarding assistive technology grants for a school (details supplied) in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the development of an extension and the provision of extra resources to a school (details supplied) in County...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from his public statement of 26 May 2009, he has received a response to his call to the religious congregations to...
- Gaelscoileanna sa Ghaeltacht
Question 291: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cén beartas atá ag an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta maidir le scoileanna a bhíonn ag múineadh trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; agus...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of civil servants awaiting transfer to locations within the Laois/Offaly area,...
