Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Investigations
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on allegations that solicitors are acting as criminal intelligence officers for criminal gangs; if...
- Garda Training
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the indoor firearms training range at Garda headquarters was closed down as a result of ricochet and other problems;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans in respect of the establishment of a Judicial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/09]
- Drug Seizures
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity of drugs seized in Mountjoy Prison in 2008 and to date in 2009; the number of places available for drug...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out in compensation in respect of claims made against members of the gardaí in respect of each of the past...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend the law to give unmarried fathers automatic guardianship rights to their children; and if he will make a...
- Community Policing
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received, from the Garda Commissioner, the report of the working group developing proposals for a comprehensive...
- Garda Strength
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the strength of An Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available broken down by full members, those...
- Juvenile Offenders
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of young offenders in St. Patrick's Institution; and the number of young offenders who have repeatedly spent time...
- Debt Collection Industry
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the absence of regulation for debt collectors; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that debtors are...
- Pre-nuptial Agreements
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no action has been taken following the publication of the Report of the Study Group on Pre-Nuptial Agreements in...
- Garda Investigations
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of An Garda Síochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note...
- Detention Centres
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress being made in relation to the development of the new national child detention centre at Lusk, County Dublin;...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being caused to victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings as a result of...
- Licensed Firearms
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of licensed handguns in respect of each year from 2002 to date in 2009; the number of licensed handguns that were...
- Road Safety
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when action number 26 of the Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012 for the roll out of 6,000 hours per month of speed camera...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the law to allow the Criminal Assets Bureau apply to forfeit seized property after two years rather...
- Garda Stations
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation contained in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure...
- Programmes for Government
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to implementation of those sections of the programme for Government under the headings...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the proposed prison at Thornton Hall; the amount spent on the project to date, including the cost...
- Crime Levels
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in which grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices have been...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which criminal gangs have been prosecuted under the new criminal justice legislation since the Acts were...
- Crime Prevention
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the initiatives he has put in place to tackle knife crime; if such initiatives are subject to periodic evaluation; and if he...
- EU Directives
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of EU directives for which he has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the directives that are overdue;...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 22 April 2009, the dates on which the Senior Official and National Disability...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the coordination that exists between his Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs in respect of criminals...
- Sentencing Policy
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average length of a life sentence in Irish prisons; and if, in view of the role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in the...
- European Arrest Warrants
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason suspects subject to European Arrest Warrants were released in 2008 due to processing delays; and if he will make...
- Departmental Reports
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation contained in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure...
- Garda Reserve
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of...
- Departmental Reports
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation contained in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure...
- Crime Levels
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gun murders which have taken place since the beginning of 2009; his views on the spate of such gun murders in...
- Drugs in Prisons
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the disclosure contained in the annual report of the Inspector of Prisons that almost half of inmates in a...
- Court of Appeal
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans in respect of proposals to establish a new Court of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31454/09]
- Departmental Reports
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation from the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that the Office...
- Criminal Investigations
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the success of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being imposed on migrants who are granted long-term residency here arising...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a newspaper article (details supplied); his views on its opinion; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes to...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the warning contained in the annual report of the Inspector of Prisons that overcrowding in some prisons is so...
- Garda Training
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent on renovating Templemore Garda College, County Tipperary, in each of the past five years; the percentage...
- National Disability Strategy
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 25 February 2009, if the strategic document outlining the vision, mission and...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the calls made by the European Commission for more refugees from conflict zones to be admitted into the EU; the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to the Members of the Government, members of...
- Drug Seizures
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and value of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, and of other drugs here during 2007, 2008 and to date in...
- Civilianisation Programme
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the creation of 900 civilian posts within the gardaí has resulted in the release of only 144 garda personnel for...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his definition of a Stateless person; the extent to which this is in accord with International agreements and regulations;...
- Crime Levels
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the financial institutions to prevent so-called tiger robberies; if new security measures...
- Criminal Records
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new procedures planned by the gardaí to ensure that officers do not access people's criminal records for anything other...
- Equality Laws
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent complaint lodged with the European Commission by the Equality and Rights Alliance that Ireland is in...
- Garda Investigations
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the new instructions which have been issued to members of the gardaí arising from those recommendations of the Monageer...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers who have been tested and prosecuted for suspected drug driving in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date...
- Crime Levels
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the crime figures for the second quarter of 2009 published by the Central Statistics Office...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 74: To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full within 15 days, within 30 days...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of small and medium enterprises here; the number of SMEs here as a percentage of total companies...
- Job Losses
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outflow of jobs from the internationally trading foreign owned base since 2000; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the Exchequer for the rental of property for FÁS in Waterford City in each of the past five...
- Employment Rights
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all of the outstanding issues relating to the exploitation of workers by an organisation (details supplied)...
- EU Directives
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if in the context of the transposition of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC, which has to be passed into law...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to improve supply chain finance here, particularly in respect of contractors and suppliers to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will comment on her initiative, announced in May 2009, ensuring that all Government Departments pay...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of entities here that have applied for the RCM micro-credit pilot facility, managed by the European...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of payments made by her Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment. [32499/09]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names, backgrounds and positions of the chairpersons of AnCO and FÁS since 1968. [32557/09]
- Redundancy Payments
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the entitlement to redundancy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Job Initiatives
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job clubs here; the number of clients they have dealt with individually with a breakdown for...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the agreement in place in relation to taxation and income levy on the gratuity of retained firefighters; the way the health levy is applied to this...
- Communications Masts
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy on the erection of communication masts at Garda stations; if the masts require planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged Northern Ireland customs officials in discussion about vehicle registration; if so, if he will report on these...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency is accompanied by a guarantee from banks that stocking loans will be...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 16 September 2009, the date on which this lease (details supplied) is due to expire. [32398/09]
- Disabled Drivers
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism which is open to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to appeal the decision not to grant them a primary certificate; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of purchasing and training sniffer dogs for use by the security and customs services in each of the past five years; and...
- Road Signage
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason adequate signage has not been provided by the Office of Public Works for a hall (details supplied) having been previously requested; the...
- National Debt
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate and forecast on the level of the national debt for each year from 2008 to 2013; the cost of servicing this debt from the Central Fund...
- State Banking Sector
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [32072/09]
- Cigarette Smuggling
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to combat the illicit trade in cigarettes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is estimated that the loss in...
- Court Accommodation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed upgrades and restoration to Doneraile Court in County Cork by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if a report (details supplied) has been submitted to the Office of Public Works from Mayo County Council. [32116/09]
- Tax Code
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance the commencement date of the Government levy on cheque books; the revenue that has been collected since its inception; the purpose of same; and if...
- North-South Trade
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in lost trade to Northern Ireland since the introduction of Budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- State Banking Sector
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will use the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency to secure guarantees from banks that temporary credit arrangements and...
- Vehicle Compounds
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to ensure that vehicles seized by the Revenue Commissioners are not damaged or destroyed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the decentralisation of offices of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to Carlow; when construction of the new...
- Tax Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the taxation of public sector retirement gratuities; his views on whether the imminent taxation of gratuities is driving experienced...
- State Banking Sector
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress regarding the investigations into wrongdoing at Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32373/09]
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital adequacy ratios of each of the credit institutions covered by the bank guarantee scheme; his views on the level of tier one capital...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made regarding the proposed reform of the financial regulatory superstructure here; the details of these plans; and if he will make a...
- State Banking Sector
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will appoint a High Court inspector to Anglo Irish Bank to conduct an investigation into procedures and operations at the bank which led...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the valuation methodology for the transfer of assets to National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32381/09]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown, by asset class, by institution and by geographic location of underlying security, the level of impairment...
- State Banking Sector
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the private firms who provide, or have provided, legal, regulatory or financial advice to him in relation to the ongoing banking crisis since August...
- Pension Provisions
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the estimate provided by the Comptroller and Auditor General in their recent annual report that the total public sector pension...
- Commission on Taxation
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if any payments, payments in kind or reimbursements were made to members of the Commission on Taxation; if sums remain outstanding; if he will...
- EU Funding
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the EU structural funds allocated to Ireland, broken down by region, for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; if any of these funds...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the adequacy of access to finance and working capital for small and medium enterprises, particularly for micro-enterprises with fewer than ten...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full within 15 days,...
- Flood Relief
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [32543/09]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the recipients of National Lottery funding for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the amount given in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flood Relief
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided to ensure that necessary works will be carried out at Ardfinnan, County Tipperary to address the flooding problem and...
- Tax Code
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a P45 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32587/09]
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a back to school clothing and footwear allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Pension Provisions
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, as discussed during the Finance Bill 2009, she is making provision to exclude a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, who has no...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a back to school allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
- Health Service Funding
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to further cut funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in view of the 3% budget cuts imposed since...
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a nursing home subvention application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
- Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [32048/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the approval of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [32115/09]
- Hospital Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an earlier date for a hospital appointment at Naas General Hospital; and...
- Child Care Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a grant will be approved in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Muscular Dystrophy
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) further to a commitment made by her in the course of a Dáil...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the National Treatment Purchase Fund will base its pricing structure for beds in nursing homes; if there will be room for...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Vietnam recently agreed to process 20 packs that were in Vietnam after the former bilateral agreement on adoption had lapsed;...
- Hospital Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for embalming in all hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32178/09]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the introduction of legislation on the regulation of sunbeds; her plan for future use of sunbeds; and if she will make...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason orthopaedic footwear is not being approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32190/09]
- Medical Cards
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up a dedicated inquiry line to assist with medical card queries, in view of the recent changes to the handling of...
- Health Services
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32194/09]
- Ambulance Service
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Dublin ambulance service, as set out in the 2008 Annual...
- Health Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a five day placement with language support is not available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [32207/09]
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if breast cancer services will be retained and secured at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, in view of the hospital's status...
- Hospital Charges
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 7 October 2008, the steps she will take to include the classification of haemochromatosis...
- Water Quality
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if recommendations have been made by the consulting engineers engaged by her in the audit of fluoridating supplies to ensure compliance...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the date and venue of the meeting expected to take place before the end of September 2009 between her and Vietnamese...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a medical device to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32363/09]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in relation to Health Service Executive sanctioned projects, the number of consultancy contracts that are on-going; the number of these...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 16 September 2009, if she can clarify a statement made (details supplied) in relation to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of payments made by her Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full within 15...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the licence of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to Vietnamese adoptions; and if she will make a...
- Suicide Incidence
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her response and that of the Health Service Executive to the number of cases of suicide here; and the numbers of same for each of the...
- Community Care
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assistance available at night time for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32492/09]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a person (details supplied) in County Mayo with an art assist machine; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if continued rehab care will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will provide a long-term...
- Hospital Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants in each public hospital here; the number of non-consultant hospital doctors in each public hospital here; the...
- Hospital Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a third geriatrician will be appointed for the mid-west region; if support staff will be appointed to work as part of the new...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment (details supplied) will be made; the reason for delaying this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 9 June 2009, the status of the mental health day hospital capital project in Roscommon...
- Hospital Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when hip replacement surgery will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a psychological assessment and or an E.E.G. scan; and if she will make a...
- Community Care
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when provision will be made for a weekly nurse visit to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card renewal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when primary medical certification will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Allowances
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a review of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 will be undertaken;...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recipients of National Lottery funding for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the amount given in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Transport
- Rural Transport Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a commitment that the budget for rural transport will be retained. [32002/09]
- Road Network
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Transport if a report (details supplied) has been submitted to his Department from Mayo County Council. [32117/09]
- Parking Regulations
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to regulate the private clamping industry in view of the aggressive clamping (details supplied) that is taking place; and if he will...
- Road Network
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport the process that will apply to 2010 grant applications in respect of roads programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32180/09]
- Maritime Safety
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact all commanding officers of State ships and a large proportion of Naval bridge watch-keepers hold...
- Public Transport
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on an application for a bus licence by a person (details supplied) in County Galway to run a workers bus from...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full within 15 days,...
- Public Transport
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will approve and issue licences to Bus Éireann following submissions made by it for route changes in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Irish Language
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the failure to recognise Irish sign language as an official language breaches the 1998 British-Irish...
- Asylum Applications
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of payments made to members of the presenting officers panel to attend hearings of the Refugee Appeals...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [32047/09]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people over the age of 18 years awaiting issue of their naturalisation certificate as of 15 September 2009;...
- Civil Marriage
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will carry out an investigation into the request for family reunification by a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the legislation for the abolishment of upwards only rent reviews will be implemented. [32352/09]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Garda reservists must resign from the reserve before applying to join the Garda on a full-time basis; and if he...
- Asylum Applications
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Residency Permits
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in...
- Garda Training
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of successful applicants who have resigned from the regular Garda Síochána during their training and probation...
- Residency Permits
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date of a residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make...
- Travel Documentation
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- EU Enlargement
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on accession discussions being held between Iceland and European Union. [32070/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full within 15...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there has been a reduction in the building costs of projects (details supplied) in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in view...
- Arts Funding
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of a grant (details supplied); the steps that have been taken by Athlone Town Council to progress the initiative since...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if outstanding legal difficulties have been resolved in relation to an application for a National Lottery grant from a sporting club...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full...
- Arts Funding
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number, cost and nature of the projects funded by Culture Ireland in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32541/09]
- Tourism Industry
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to reduce costs to the hotel and catering industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32572/09]
- Sport and Recreational Development
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding available to his Department from the proceeds of the national lottery or other sources for the provision of...
- Arts Plan
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his policy towards the promotion of the arts at local level directly or through intermediary bodies under the aegis of his...
- Film Industry Development
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the extent to which his policy proposes to assist or encourage the film industry with particular reference to the use of this...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the recipients of national lottery funding for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the amount given in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved the child dependant increase and qualifying spouse...
- Community Development
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the future plans for the community development projects; the current number of such projects; the funding allocated...
- Employment Rights
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the employment rights of staff of community development projects in the event of a project being closed down; and the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the community support for older people grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Inland Waterways
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that he has received correspondence (details supplied) dated 10 January 2008; if in this context,...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recipients of National Lottery funding for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the amount given in tabular form; and if...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the back to education allowance. [32001/09]
- Family Resource Centres
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of funding which has been cut from the budget of the family resource centres here; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will confirm receipt of an appeal of a refusal of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32027/09]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people who have exhausted their jobseeker's benefit and are awaiting the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be finalised in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason she has not applied the pension insolvency protection scheme to the pension scheme of a company (details supplied); and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the health circumstances and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 21 and 159 of 25 June 2009, if the number of facilitators stands at 70; the locations of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made in the appeal for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of properties in Cork city and county to which her Department contributes rent supplement payment; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the appeal for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a guardian's payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of payments made by her Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason disability allowance was not approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [32423/09]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a master's degree is covered under the back to education allowance; if not, her plans to amend the regulations in view of the...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had in the past 12 months with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform or the Garda on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a positive response....
- Employment Support Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of grants, loans or other financial assistance available to unemployed persons to purchase a taxi licence or to...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a back to school allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an carers allowance appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved in view of the new...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of maintaining Lifford and Rockhill Army barracks, County Donegal, since their closure. [32161/09]
- National Lottery Funding
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Defence the recipients of National Lottery funding for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the amount given in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines under which local authorities operate when revaluing shared ownership homes on an annual basis...
- Pension Provisions
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the local government superannuation scheme is open to members of the retained firefighters workforce; and...
- Homeless Persons
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to improve the coordination of funding for homeless services between his Department,...
- Election Management System
Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person responsible for the compilation of the marked register and its distribution to local election...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway concerning the sale of a bog to his...
- Housing Grants
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [32071/09]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application for funding for the Fethard and Burncourt water supply scheme, County Tipperary;...
- Election Management System
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Local Election (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999, in which successful...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the €3 million contribution from the social housing...
- EU Directives
Question 322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the application of the nitrates directive legislation, particularly its application...
- Waste Management
Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of prosecutions and the level of fines imposed on non-compliant companies in respect of packaging...
- Planning Issues
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of planning charges that have not been collected by each local authority in view of the published...
- Wildlife Conservation
Question 325: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of requests received from persons (details supplied) regarding a licence; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 326: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of outstanding debt in respect of each local authority including the amount of finance required to...
- Tax Code
Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the exemptions that are available to persons under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 second home tax;...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recipients of National Lottery funding for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the amount given in tabular...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of broadband in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Food Industry
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the sales growth of the agrifood sector over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32021/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reconsider an alleged overclaim by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Question No. 537 of 7 July 2009, if he will consider further cases in which farmers were making arrangements to...
- Grant Payments
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan. [32127/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a mechanism for an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [32132/09]
- Grant Payments
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be approved for REP scheme four payment; and if he will make a statement...
- Banking Sector
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether unwillingness in 2009 by banks to extend credit to farmers is damaging the cattle trade here; and if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position of a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32189/09]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in...
- Milk Quota
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow can expect to have a decision made on their milk quota application. [32501/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a REP scheme four application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has evaluated the submission by an organisation (details supplied) on alternative savings to the Special Group on...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason adequate resources in line with best practice and established precedent have not been provided for a person (details...
- School Transport
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a situation in an area (details supplied) in County Waterford in which a number of secondary school...
- School Accommodation
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the report of the pilot project to create an inventory of school accommodation in County Kildare which was...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the eight new primary schools, containing 2,800 school places and the one new post primary school with 350...
- School Accommodation
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the full inventory of school buildings stock which is due to be developed by late 2009; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is policy to contact schools directly which his Department anticipates will require expansion and development; if so, the...
- School Accommodation
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; his proposals for an extension to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a contractor has been appointed to construct a new school building (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if so, the name of the...
- School Staffing
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the final report of the National Council for Special Education on the review of special needs assistants in...
- School Placement
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will arrange for a school placement in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when construction will commence on the new school at a location (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Oideachais Gaeltachta
Question 370: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an féidir leis a rá nach gcuirfear i bhfeidhm aon cheann de na moltaí oideachais atá déanta i dtuarascáil Mhic Cárthaigh go dtí...
- Schools Amalgamation
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the recommendations of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure to amalgamate small schools; his...
- Education Centre Network
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will commit to maintaining the three education centres that accommodate all of the Gaeltacht schools (details supplied); and if...
- School Enrolments
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to regulate enrolment policy for primary schools to ensure enrolment policies do not discriminate against...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria a person must meet to qualify for the top up third level education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 17 June 2008 when the long term projection assessment in respect of a school (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of payments made by his Department since 19 May 2009 to suppliers and other contractors which were paid in full within...
- School Transport
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding school transport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital expenditure on schools and other buildings envisaged as vital to maintain the ongoing basic operation of the...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding allocated to a company (details supplied) in County Cork for work in DEIS schools in 2008, 2009 and projected...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who qualified from St. Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, Dublin, with a bachelor of education degree...
- School Staffing
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and addresses of primary schools where a teaching post was suppressed due to his decision to increase the staffing schedule;...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and addresses of schools in which a special class for children with mild general learning difficulties was suppressed...
- School Staffing
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers retired from primary schools in each month from January to August 2009; and if he will make a statement...
