Written answers

Thursday, 17 September 2009

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects redundancy payments to issue to former employees of a company (details supplied) in County...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the failure to comply with a Supreme Court order of 30 April 2009, which required that the report...
    • Work Permits
      Question 4: 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 Cork. [31846/09]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if statutory redundancy payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
  • Department of Finance
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 6: To ask the Minister for Finance when funding will be provided to enable the construction of Department of Education and Science offices in Mullingar, County Westmeath to commence; if...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Government's e-tendering website is legally required to be put out to public tender again, in view of the fact that the original contract was...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will provide a public toilet facility at the driving test centre at a location (details supplied) in the interests of...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the second gynaecological theatre at Cork University Maternity Hospital will become operational; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if phase 3 C of Naas General Hospital is included in the Health Service Executive revised capital plan for the remainder of the national...
    • Health Services
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for hearing tests for children in County Kildare at Newbridge and at Tallaght health centres. [31877/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the ideal number of occupational therapists who should be in the Kildare and west Wicklow service based on population levels; and the...
    • Health Services
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment and the number awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the ideal number of speech and language therapists who should be in the Kildare and west Wicklow service based on population levels; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for eye tests in respect of children in Maynooth and Naas health centres in County Kildare. [31884/09]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 9 June 2009, the plans to bring the number of adult and child psychologists up to the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the nursing home support scheme will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31896/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism available to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain an occupational therapy service for their child; and...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the treatment which will be available to residents in Dundalk and north Louth following the decision of the Health Service Executive to...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will...
    • Pre-school Services
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the circumstances in which a school participating in the pre-school scheme may levy additional charges on parents; if extra services...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to funding for community crèches; if the funding will be continued; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport
    • Road Network
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision on the approval of funds for the Murphystown parallel road in Leopardstown, Dublin 18 is expected; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport if work was carried out by consultants for his Department under the heading, Independent Advisor for the Transport 21 Capital Investment Framework...
    • Rail Network
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 9 July 2009, the estimated commencement date of the works planned for the Maynooth suburban rail...
    • Road Network
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport if a determination has been made as to the agency responsible for the funding of a new road infrastructure (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí attached to Coolock, Raheny and Howth Garda stations in Dublin; the number of community gardaí...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have retired and the number who have been recruited since January 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be supported. [31848/09]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the garda strength on 1 September 2009, in each of the garda stations in the Leixlip Garda district and the Naas Garda...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budget for overseas development aid in 2009; the effect of a revision to this amount; the details of expenditure from the budget to date...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on recent meetings between members of the Government and their Northern Ireland counterparts. [31906/09]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the Farrell Grant Sparks report on the level of oversight regarding spending in his Department, in particular on Irish Aid....
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the proposal, emanating from the Department of Finance, that Ireland reduce its number of embassies and network of consulates...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if progress is expected to be made in the matter of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31953/09]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the top ten countries currently most readily recognised for human rights abuses; the action taken or planned at EU and UN level to bring...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo with particular reference to the hardship experienced by the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if procedures have been put in place to ensure that all international aid goes directly to those for whom it was intended thereby eliminating...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which genocide has been reported throughout the continent of Africa in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he, directly or in conjunction with his EU colleagues or the UN has taken action to address the ongoing issues in the...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he and his EU colleagues remain engaged in positively influencing the situation in the western Balkans with particular...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the international community plans to make further positive intervention in the Sudan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he has sought, through the UN and EU, to bring about an observance of basic human rights in respect of prisoners held by...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the Irish Film Board and the work it does; if he will maintain the IFB and guarantee funding into the future to ensure...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Community Development
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the person who is running this organisation; if he will...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Family Support Services
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide a commitment for the retention of funding and services for family resource centre programmes in Mohill,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will respond to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding Clondalkin social welfare office; the steps...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the guidelines for assessing a person under the habitual residence condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [31865/09]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to allow persons who are self-employed but whose means come within the income limits for the back to school allowance to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on introducing a time limit for appeal hearings for persons who are appealing the disallowance of benefit payments where...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average waiting time in processing applications from the receipt of the application to the decision on the claim for means...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Water Charges
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the impact the introduction of water charges could have on families in...
    • Turf Cutting
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the interparliamentary group set up by him on turf cutting on bogs in special areas of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 10 February 2009, the status of an application (details...
    • Licence Applications
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application (details supplied). [31823/09]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the safety precautions which should be provided to every CFL purchaser in order that in the event of damage,...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the establishment of allotments; if planning permission is required; the...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the White Paper on local government reform. [31868/09]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received contract documents for the Castlewarden to Ballygoran water supply scheme in County...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate additional funding to Kildare County Council to enable it to deal with the large backlog...
    • Hare Coursing
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the points made by the campaign for the abolition of cruel sports with reference to an...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make a final decision on the implementation of a special protection order on Dublin Bay; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the application under the remedial works scheme by Westmeath County Council to...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that a single farm payment for 2008 is awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [31928/09]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will overturn the decision to close REPS 4 or at least allow existing participants in REPS 3 to join the scheme in view...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he took a decision to close the district veterinary office in Mullingar, and all services for the counties of...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the schools in Dublin 5 and 13 will be affected by cuts to special needs classes; the cuts that will be imposed on each of these...
    • School Transport
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available for the provision of transport for a student (details supplied) in County Tipperary attending a school outside...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if grants or financial assistance are available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31855/09]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the 18 religious orders who signed the indemnity deal in 2002 with the State have all fully complied with the requests that they...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1214 of 9 July 2009, if there has been progress in sanctioning the recruitment of the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the site for the new permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been acquired; and if he will require...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare will still proceed to tender and construction in 2009. [31872/09]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided to enable the construction of his Department's offices in Mullingar, County Westmeath to commence; if a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide, or if there is, financial assistance or a grant mechanism available from him to families to obtain extra...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding overcrowding in classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the language support teacher allocation for a school (details supplied) in County Louth has been cut from five teachers to...
    • School Management
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether Protestant voluntary secondary schools should be treated in the same manner as schools in the free education...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the statement, the professional who assessed the child is in the best position to advise on the amount of support, included on page...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if departmental guidelines exist governing the pupil-teacher ratio when children are attending sports, school tours and other events...