Written answers
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
- Department of Finance
- Budgetary Strategy
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will circulate his budget strategy memo. [27281/09]
- Tax Code
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance if a decision has been made on the publication dates of the McCarthy review and the Commission on Taxation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- House Repossessions
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to obtain the agreement of other financial institutions to the 12 month moratorium on repossessions agreed by the two major banks. [27892/09]
- Economic Outlook
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent quarterly national accounts of the Central Statistics Office which showed a decline of 8.5% of GDP, and a decline of...
- Banking Sector
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the recent estimation by the International Monetary Fund that losses faced by Irish banks could reach €35 billion by the end...
- Consumer Debt
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent statistics on private sector and consumer debt here and, in particular, on the newly emerging trend which sees...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of Houses of the Oireachtas oversight which he plans for the National Asset Management Agency. [27913/09]
- Banking Sector
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance the action which he will take to ensure that the flow of credit to small and medium sized business will increase; and if he will make a statement on...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the National Asset Management Agency; when he expects that the NAMA legislation will be published and brought before Dáil...
- Heritage Sites
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the restrictions surrounding staffing levels and opening times of visitor attraction sites under the remit of the Office of Public Works for 2009 in...
- Banking Sector
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the charge made in respect of the bank guarantee in the most recent quarter for which he has returns; the rate per cent of covered...
- Tax Code
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance his latest assessment of tax changes in the USA which might adversely affect Irish interests; the initiatives he has taken to try to pre-empt such...
- Public Procurement
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of savings realised from the procurement review; the make-up of these savings; and his plans to make areas of public service delivery...
- Tax Code
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he has brought forward to tax on-line gambling for the purposes of meeting the funding shortfall for the horse and greyhound fund; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether welfare recipients have a higher marginal propensity to consume than persons on higher incomes and that cutting welfare rates...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make institutional changes in the arrangements for financial regulation; if he will publish an assessment of issues in advance of...
- Banking Sector
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the imposition of a smaller mark down on assets transferred to the National Asset Management Agency in order to avoid having to...
- Economic Outlook
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various budgets he has produced in the past 12 months have proven to be on target in terms of accurately projecting revenue...
- Public Service Staff
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on public service employment of the embargo effective from the end of March 2009. [27888/09]
- Banking Sector
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals for recapitalising Anglo Irish Bank; his assessment of the funds involved; his plans for sourcing these funds; and his views on the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns of the acting Financial Regulator with respect to banking staff, management or board members who may be over extended in...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the June 2009 live register figures and the latest quarterly national household survey; if he will provide revised estimates in respect...
- Tax Code
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tax child benefit. [27279/09]
- Banking Sector
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected State capital injection into Anglo Irish Bank over the 2009 to 2012 period; if he proposes to fund such capital injections from the...
- Tax Yield
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the air travel tax in the months from April to June 2009; and the number of journeys subjected to the tax. [27930/09]
- Tax Code
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a property tax on first homes; and the possible level of property tax. [27277/09]
- Unemployment Levels
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest quarterly national household survey which indicates a 104% year on year rise in unemployment to the end of March 2009 and...
- Public Service Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected Exchequer saving for 2009 and 2010, respectively, resulting from the incentivised career break and incentivised early retirement schemes...
- Pre-Budget Submissions
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will pursue a different approach to preparing for budget 2010; and if he will include the Opposition parties in discussions regarding cuts to...
- Freedom of Information
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 to cover the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator, the State Claims Agency, the...
- Banking Sector
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the ease of access to lending, particularly working capital, for small, medium and large businesses here; if he will take...
- Financial Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the cost of sub-prime mortgages; the discussions he has had with the Irish Financial Regulatory Services Authority...
- Banking Sector
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the evolution of the deposit base of Irish banks since the beginning of 2009; the borrowing by Irish banks from the European Central...
- Tax Code
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance when the report from the Commission on Taxation will be put before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [27278/09]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for the extension of the range of assets eligible for transfer to the National Asset Management Agency to include commercial debt,...
- Banking Sector
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has drafted a scheme for the extension of the guarantee scheme beyond 2010; if the premium to be charged will differ from that under the...
- National Archives
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to upgrade the National Archives; the cost to the Office of Public Works for off-site storage of records since October 2008 to date in...
- House Repossessions
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that there is not a surge in home repossessions upon the expiration of the 12 month moratorium agreed with Allied...
- Economic Outlook
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest OECD economic outlook and its forecast that Irish GDP is set to decline 9.8% in 2009 with the budget deficit set to hit 11.5%...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will announce the identity of the next governor of the Irish Central Bank; if he has prepared a shortlist of potential candidates; if he has...
- Financial Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to improve the flow of credit in respect of vehicle purchases when customers with good jobs, a reliable credit history and a...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the findings of the first six month review of the functioning of the bank guarantee; if he will publish this review; if he is satisfied that the...
- Banking Sector
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent court action initiated by a bank (details supplied) to recover some €60 million owed to it; his views on whether further...
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress regarding the recruitment of a new head of financial supervision to act under the auspices of the new Central Bank commission; and if he...
- Banking Sector
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent reiteration by the International Monetary Fund of its recommendation that temporary nationalisation of the Irish banks should...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the person he is consulting with in drawing up the National Asset Management Agency legislation. [27275/09]
- Banking Sector
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will introduce a revised bank guarantee scheme for consideration by Dáil Éireann; if he will narrow the scope of the guarantee for periods...
- Debt Levels
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the spread on recently raised Irish sovereign debt above the benchmark German bonds; if he expects these spreads to ease or to become...
- Tax Collection
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on loss of revenue to the Exchequer, estimated to be in the region of €400 million annually, arising from the illegal smuggling of...
- Banking Sector
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received reports from the banks covered under the guarantee scheme with regard to their lending to small businesses. [27280/09]
- Public Service Contracts
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if the procurement process for the acquisition of a second mobile scanner needed to combat cigarette smuggling has been completed; and the expected...
- Banking Sector
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the lending by the European Central Bank and by the Irish Central Bank respectively to financial institutions covered by the bank guarantee; and if...
- Financial Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the cost of fixed rate mortgages; the discussions he has had with the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he proposes to make savings and reduce expenditure associated with the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the International Monetary Fund's recent assertion that the economic distress currently facing Ireland is the most severe facing an...
- Financial Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that consumers in stable employment and with a reliable credit history are having difficulties in...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Agriculture Sector
Question 100: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people currently employed in the agrifood sector; the number of people employed in the agrifood sector in each of the past ten years; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the corresponding figure for each agency...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which she has carried out an assessment of costs in the private sector in respect of both...
- Workforce Statistics
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the educational profile of the workforce in each county for 2009; the educational profile of the workforce in...
- Employment Support Services
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1 and 2 of 30 June 2009, in regard to the conditions of the temporary...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is proposed to cut community employment schemes programme...
- Visitor Centres
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status at a centre (details supplied) in County Waterford; and the efforts being made to secure jobs at...
- Employment Support Services
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of efforts to secure replacement manufacturing jobs at a plant (details supplied) in County...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in County Waterford to whom FÁS is providing training or other services. [28144/09]
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people in County Waterford currently under the community employment scheme; and the number who...
- State Agencies
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for Enterprise Ireland in each of the past five years; the amount of that budget spent on...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for county enterprise boards in each of the past five years; the amount of that budget spent on...
- State Agencies
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of grant aid awarded by Enterprise Ireland to enterprises for research and development purposes...
- Job Creation
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs funded or part-funded by her for research and development in each of the past five years;...
- Grant Payments
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 21 October 2008, the funds that have been repaid; and if she...
- Forfás Report
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which have been taken to implement the recommendations in the Forfás report of the overview of...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a claim against a company (details supplied) under the redundancy payments acts will be struck out in...
- Employment Support Services
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she will take to protect small businesses here which are being hit hard by the economic downturn;...
- Employment Rights
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; if this number is to be...
- Employment Support Services
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assistance she will provide to a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary to ensure the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to solve the problem of graduate retention in the western region; the partnerships...
- Employment Support Services
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Industrial Development Authority supported jobs in existence in a county (details supplied);...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of public advertising funded by her Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will clarify the situation concerning complaints from the printing industry regarding the level of...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which a company (details supplied) is apparently refusing to take business from customers in...
- Flood Relief
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to alleviate flooding in an area (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28304/09]
- Feachtais Gaeilge
Question 145: To ask the Aire Airgeadais cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bhfeachtas ag duine (sonraí tugtha) chun an leagan Béarla coimrithe d'ainm na tíre (IRL) atá ar...
- Tax Yield
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives being undertaken to address the problem of millions of euro worth of cigarettes being smuggled through ports in Ireland; and if he...
- Customs Service
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual funding provided to the customs service to directly tackle drugs since 2002 to date in 2009; his plans to provide them with greater...
- Flood Relief
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for anti-flood measures in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin. [28685/09]
- Tax Yield
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax contributed by people on professional apprenticeships every year for the past five years; and the amount that the Exchequer...
- Garda Stations
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed development of a new Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a tax free allowance having paid into a private pension fund; and if he will make a...
- Banking Sector
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the failure of the banks to provide a flow of credit to Irish business, particularly, the small business sector;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the corresponding figure for...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to prevent a recurrence of the departure from good banking and lending practice throughout the sector for the past ten years;...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to reduce costs in both the public and private sectors with a view to improving economic performance; the targets set; and if...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the various budgetary cutbacks proposed in the context of recent reviews of public spending have been tested for likely negative...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance when his attention was drawn to the fact that some sectors in the economy were suffering from or creating costs which were likely to affect the...
- Tax Code
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the revenue refund due to a person (details supplied) in respect of rebate on employee's redundancy payment. [28444/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State solicitor's office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the gross cost, including fee and all related items, per square foot for the combined social welfare and Garda station buildings recently...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sufficient resources to undertake the necessary research to ensure that budgetary projections are accurately based; and if he will make a...
- National Development Plan
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission has sent a reasoned opinion to the Government to the effect that the...
- Tax Yield
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of taxation on cigarettes; the various taxation increases over the past 15 years; if this revenue is ring-fenced for health spending; if...
- Public Service Contracts
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation concerning complaints from the printing industry regarding the level of Government agency work, on behalf of the...
- Tax Code
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the approved VAT ranges that are allowed by the EU; if it is open to a member state to only use one VAT rate if they so decide; the VAT take from...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Repayment Scheme
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [28687/09]
- Child Care Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of preschool for children as announced in budget 2009; if her projections and targets will be...
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views that a reduction of 34% to pharmacists is fair and proportionate; her plans to negotiate this with pharmacists; and if she...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the agreement still stands whereby the health care costs of pensioners living here who have paid national insurance in the UK while...
- Pharmacy Statistics
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pharmacists in existence on 1 March 2008; and the number on 1 March 2009. [28124/09]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding schemes available to a voluntary organisation being set up in the Dublin inner city area to provide voluntary care to the...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the €2.1 million cost into the inquiry involving Leas Cross Nursing Home; and the person who was in receipt of €2.1...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed new 50 bed unit for St. Patrick's Hospital, Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28157/09]
- Hospital Procedures
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of angiograms conducted in Waterford Regional Hospital in 2009; and the number conducted every year for the past five years...
- Hospital Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the different departments that are currently in operation in Waterford Regional Hospital. [28164/09]
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that funding is maintained in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [28197/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for renewal of a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [28198/09]
- Pre-school Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on providing schools participating in the free pre-school scheme a higher capitation grant if they employ teachers with higher...
- Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Medical Cards
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is in need of ongoing medical...
- Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a follow-on day service will be made available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make...
- Hospital Procedures
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has to wait 18 months for a scan at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money paid out by the Health Service Executive in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 for the services of public...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to avert the closure of the six bed acute psychiatric unit for older people at Portlaoise General Hospital and the closure of...
- Medical Cards
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been deemed not to be eligible for an over 70s medical card; and if she will...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had a meeting with an organisation (details supplied); the persons who were present at the meeting; the matters discussed;...
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of genetic services provided from the National Centre for Medical Genetics as of June 2009; the reduction in laboratory staff...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of public advertising funded by her Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory advertising; the...
- Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings and the changes made to the 2009 Health Service Executive budget in the Laois-Offaly area by item in tabular form; the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in the Laois-Offaly area on maternity leave whose positions have not been filled in their absence in 2009; the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons with an intellectual disability and a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if all existing funded...
- Pre-school Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis, with regard to the early childhood care and education scheme, on which the cut-off age of four years and ten months on 1...
- Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a contract to provide renal dialysis with an Irish company (details supplied) was not renewed by the Health Service...
- Medical Cards
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who applied for renewal of their medical card in October 2008 will receive a decision;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by her Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's Office for each of the years...
- Hospital Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in each hospital and nursing unit in Laois and Offaly of all types that have been closed or are currently not open...
- Health Service Staff
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists who were to be employed under the Laois-Offaly service plan; the number in place; the...
- Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours of speech and language therapy delivered in Laois and Offaly in the first six months of 2008 and of 2009; and if...
- Patient Advocacy
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals here which have a patients' council or a patient advocate and their contact details. [28618/09]
- Health Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost saving involved in closing down the respite bed unit in Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10; the cost of outsourcing private...
- Ambulance Service
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the level of ambulance cover 24 hours a day seven days a week at a station (details supplied) in County Clare;...
- Health Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the decision to close long term respite facilities at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin and move the services into a roll-over respite...
- Medical Cards
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will clarify the position in relation to the legislation passed restricting the automatic right to medical cards for persons over...
- Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the counselling or advisory services available from her Department or agencies under the aegis of her Department for women who have...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve the accident and emergency units in the Mater and Beaumont Hospitals, Dublin; when same and improved general...
- Medical Cards
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current target timescale for the processing of medical card applications; and if she will respond to the case of persons (details...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of the commencement of the nursing home fair deal scheme, that was passed in the Houses of the Oireachtas; if a person (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the current financial shortfall to the Health Service Executive, if she will stop all unnecessary expenditure on reports and...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds and wards currently out of use at hospitals (details supplied); the number of beds and wards to be closed on a...
- Department of Transport
- Public Transport
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28641/09]
- Regional Airports
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding funding which was approved for the runway extension at Waterford Airport. [28140/09]
- Light Rail Project
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to undertake a feasibility study into providing a light rail system for Waterford city; when this feasibility study will be...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of taxi plates currently issued here; the way this compares to 2006, 2007 & 2008; if he will provide this information on a local...
- Road Network
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason landowners along the R572 between Glengarriff and Castletownbere in County Cork are still awaiting payment for land acquisition by Cork...
- Rail Network
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann has examined the possibility of reopening the Limerick to Foynes port railway for the carriage of freight; their cost...
- Road Safety
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce legislation to make it compulsory for cyclists to wear bicycle helmets, in order to at least provide protection against...
- Air Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport if, the recent passage of the Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009, all scheduled airlines carrying passengers from Ireland to the US will process...
- Duty Free Sales
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent discussions with the US Homeland Security Secretary regarding the US customs and border preclearance facilities;...
- Rail Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Transport if surveys or studies have been carried out in relation to a railway link between Derry and Sligo, through County Donegal; if such a link is being...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to empower the Taxi Regulator or other bodies, to regulate issues such as noise pollution caused by taxis in ranks. [28355/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the corresponding figure for...
- Motor Insurance
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the position in relation to the operation of motor insurers; if there are agreed rules or criteria in relation to premiums,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's Office for each of the years 2006, 2007 and...
- Road Network
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the consequences if UNESCO tells the Government to move the M3, the Dublin-Navan railway and the electrical connector; and if he has...
- Road Network
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason, regarding the current case being brought by the European Commission against Ireland, in the European Court of Justice, for failure to...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to section 70 of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008, if he will amend the provision allowing an...
- Equality Issues
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the review of the equality for women measure access to employment has been completed; if funding will soon be reached;...
- Garda Deployment
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí stationed at Waterford City Station at present and every year for the past five years. [28170/09]
- Residency Permits
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Visa Applications
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process renewal of temporary leave to remain in the State under the Irish born child 2005...
- Deportation Orders
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process applications for revocation of deportation orders under section 3 of the Immigration...
- Asylum Applications
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process applications for subsidiary protection in accordance with the European Communities...
- Visa Applications
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process visas; the number of applications awaiting a decision; the number received, approved...
- Residency Permits
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process EU Treaty Rights, applications for residence by non-EEA family members of EU or EEA...
- Refugee Status
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process travel documents, 1951 convention travel document, issued to persons granted a...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process foreign adoption, immigration clearance letter issued in respect of approved foreign...
- Residency Permits
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average waiting time to process Irish born child pre-2003, family dependents, applications made by non-EEA nationals...
- English Language Schools
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 23 June 2009, his plans to review the conditions for stamp 2A students; when...
- Immigration Statistics
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-EEA nationals registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau as being resident here; the number...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2008; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; and if...
- Garda Stations
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timeframe for the closing of a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the extent of the refurbishment; and if he...
- Departmental Properties
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the sale of Garda houses (details supplied) attached to the Garda College, Templemore, County...
- Road Safety
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details on the proposed introduction of privatised speed cameras nationwide. [28319/09]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for State agency, tribunal or quango consolidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28376/09]
- Court Fines
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the context of people's difficult financial circumstances at this time, he will request the courts to accept payment...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of...
- Crime Statistics
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for Coolock Garda station, Dublin, for 2008 and for the first six months of 2009; and if he will make...
- Garda Operations
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Hawkeye is active; the number of gardaí involved; the amount of stolen goods recovered under this operation;...
- Crime Statistics
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of complaints of intimidation, threatening behaviour and verbal assault the Garda has recorded from 2004 to date...
- Garda Strength
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the analysis conducted most recently on Garda to population ratios; the breakdown by district for 2007, 2008 and to date in...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the approximate number in the prison service escort corps for 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Operations
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to establish Operation Cleanstreet again; if he will provide details of the successes of this operation; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of advertising and public relations campaigns carried out in the first six months of 2009 to promote policies or...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the prisoner capacity of each prison; the number of prisoners held in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Levels
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences committed by persons on bail for each of the years 2004 to date in 2009; and if he will make a...
- Bench Warrants
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants that remain outstanding; his views on the execution of bench warrants; and the action he...
- Garda Communications
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the continuing delay in the roll-out of secure digital radio for the Garda Síochána; his views on recent...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of all detention places for young offenders; the average monthly occupancy rate in each facility in...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to commission a new study on literacy rates among prisoners; the results of previous reports; the cost of the...
- Garda Equipment
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the Garda Síochána firearms stolen, reported stolen, missing or otherwise unaccounted for in each of the...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mobile phones seized in each of the prisons to date in 2009; the measures put in place in each prison to...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, location and date of introduction of BOSS chairs in the prison system here; the approximate cost of such a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána who are regularly carrying out non-front line duties that could be carried...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consultation process for the White Paper on crime; the budget in respect of same; the methods being used for the...
- Crime Prevention
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his knife crime campaign; the organisers contracted to run the campaign; the budget for the...
- Payment of Fines
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of uncollected fines imposed by the courts and the Garda Síochána, including driving related offences, for...
- Garda Remuneration
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the overtime budget spent for the Garda Síochána and the Prison Service for each year since 2004 to date in 2009; and if...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the number of offences resulting in imprisonment (details supplied) for each year for the past five years;...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who applied for naturalisation in 2006 when the fee was...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide this Deputy with the details of the current usage of a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to protect Irish interests under the proposed US tax haven abuse laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas development aid that has been allocated to the United Nations Population Fund for 2009; if the allocation includes...
- Emigrant Support Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with the United States authorities regarding the status of the undocumented Irish residents there; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the corresponding figure...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Funding
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he informed the Gaelic Players Association, at a meeting in June 2009, that the player grants scheme as operated in 2008 will not...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications submitted to his Department as a result of the announcement of the inclusion of the mid-Shannon regions...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made since the date of the public announcement in June 2009 on the provision of a swimming pool in Loughrea in County...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding available to each of the LEADER groups to encourage investment and jobs; the percentage of the...
- State Agencies
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the proposed amalgamation of MFG and Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory;...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will explain the management structure overseeing the National Drugs Strategy and the way in which the National...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when funding will become available for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28683/09]
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the savings she has made from the reduction in rent supplement to the most needy people in society; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she is taking on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to ensure that the pension benefits of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been waiting over five months for their jobseeker's allowance; when...
- Departmental Staff
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people currently employed in social welfare offices throughout County Waterford; the breakdown of these numbers by...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an anomaly exists in relation to a reply given to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28356/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of public advertising funded by her Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the long queues, including queues onto the street for a number of hours, at a social welfare...
- Departmental Staff
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide additional staff to eliminate the long delays in applications being assessed for social assistance in Loughrea...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the corresponding figure for...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Building Energy Ratings
Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of BER inspections undertaken within the social housing sector; if he will confirm that the...
- Capital Projects
Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will permit local authorities to enter into contractual arrangements with the private sector for the...
- Housing Grants
Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocations made in terms of housing adaptation funding to disabled persons for the period 2007-08 in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocations for the protection and conservation of heritage here in 2007-08; the way it compares...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families in County Longford who have been compensated for heritage designated bogs in the...
- Planning Issues
Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring local democracy back into the decision making process for individual planning...
- Register of Electors
Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the applications for funding that have been received from local authorities in County Louth; the dates when...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage scheme for each of the towns (details supplied); if funding will be...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available for social housing (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes in greenhouse gas emissions over the past five years; his targets for each year up to 2020 to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and...
- National Heritage Sites
Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he did not submit the Hill of Tara and the entire revised Ireland's Tentative List of UNESCO sites...
- Planning Issues
Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he did not revoke archaeological licences and halt excavations on the M3, in the Lismullin-Tara...
- Legislative Programme
Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he did not present a new National Monuments Act as promised in the middle of 2008. [28638/09]
- EU Directives
Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the environmental noise directive, Directive 2002/49/EC, has been transposed and implemented; and if so,...
- National Monuments
Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps taken to protect Lismullin, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28695/09]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in response to the findings of the Environmental Protection Agency report Urban Waste Water Discharges in...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amounts paid in respect of private public relations contracts for the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009;...
- Public Service Staff
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff with a degree in environmental science that are employed by local authorities, his...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made following his meeting with representatives of an organisation (details...
- Water Quality
Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in view of the recent Environmental Protection Agency report his attention has been drawn to the crisis in...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for the retention of the Turore stone at its present location at Bullaun, Loughrea, County Galway;...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will arrange to release documentation in relation to a project application by a council (details...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans in place to provide broadband to the rural areas of County Waterford that are currently not served;...
- Community Development
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding being made available to each of the LEADER groups to encourage investment and jobs; the...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has consulted with RTÉ regarding the future of live television coverage of gaelic games in Britain,...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to provide a broadband service to communities who cannot avail of broadband from...
- Television Licence Fee
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the cost of operating the free TV licence scheme is paid by the Government to cost involved for each of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the experience of mobile phone consumers who have large mobile phone bills as a result of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received a request for the State to take over a company (details supplied); the person such requests...
- Electricity Generation
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify a matter in relation to a company (details supplied) selling electricity below that of the...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the availability by way of a map of the broadband service in County Galway; the provider in each area; the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications for installation aid and early retirement scheme that were received after the closing date either...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when harbour development works will begin in Dunmore East, County Waterford; the status of the project; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Sector
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the volume of produce exported in each of the past five years by product category; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Industry
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives he is taking to work with the agrifood industry; the efforts he is making directly or in conjunction with...
- Grant Payments
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to be awarded their REP scheme three payment; and if he will...
- Agriculture Sector
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the geographical concentration of agrifood employment here; the geographical concentration of agrifood employment by sector,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the...
- Grant Payments
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he continues to subject a person (details supplied) in County Meath to unnecessary delay in checking the amended...
- Animal Carcase Disposal
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for an appropriate licence. [28613/09]
- Dairy Sector
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures being taken both at Irish and EU level to assist dairy farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Household Incomes
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average incomes for each of the farming sectors, cereals, dairy, beef, sheep and dry stock for each of the years 2006,...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed development of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 18 June 2009 if he will reconsider the leaving certificate Irish language requirements...
- School Staffing
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect cuts will have on special needs teaching for the 2009-10 academic year in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if there...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for university status for Waterford Institute of Technology. [28154/09]
- Higher Education Sector
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of the third level sector will be completed; and when it will be published. [28155/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans to provide a new secondary school at Derrinturn, County Kildare to serve the north west Kildare area. [28195/09]
- School Accommodation
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided to end the use of prefabs at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [28196/09]
- School Transport
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of his review of school transport catchment boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28249/09]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the progress towards the building project at a college (details supplied) in County Monaghan; his views on the...
- Irish Language
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the proposed development of an Irish language educational facility (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for building works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be...
- School Transport
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that school transport is provided for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial supports available to a person (details supplied) in south Tipperary who wishes to return to education. [28320/09]
- Graduate Retention
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he has taken to solve the problem of graduate retention in the western region; the partnerships that are in place between...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason that service in private post-primary schools in other EU states is not recognised when assessing applications for the award...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the terms of the higher education grant scheme for Dublin City Council and the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of public advertising funded by his Department in 2009; the breakdown between statutory and non-statutory; the corresponding...
- Departmental Funding
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position relating to funding for the Irish Centre for Talented Youth; if he will respond to queries regarding funding from a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent by his Department on legal fees directly to lawyers or through the State Solicitor's office for each of the years...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and the timeframe for completion of...
- Computerisation Programme
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his position regarding the provision of broadband for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for delay in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary has applied for any building works; the timeframe for providing same; and if he...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has applied for major capital funding; the timeframe for...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school building project at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation a bus parking space outside a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary being more clearly marked; when...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the project...
- School Facilities
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures in place to hand over a school from the State to a community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28680/09]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide an exemption for children with special needs from his new arrangements regarding uncertified cover for teachers;...
- School Placement
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a school place in September 2009 for a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in counties Roscommon and Leitrim that are at the pre-architectural planning stage; and the programme of funding and plans...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in County Tipperary that have benefited from the summer works scheme to date since its introduction; if...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costs associated with the calling of statutory meetings of each vocational education committee authority for each of the past...
- Psychological Service
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the situation regarding the assessment of children process; the way children are selected for assessment; if a...
- Child Abuse
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the recently published Ryan commission report, if the redress system will be reopened for new applications in...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school as a replacement for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that a site...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his decision to withdraw special needs supports to the schools affected by his decision in view of the consequences...
