Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of Transport and Marine regarding the introduction of random drug...
    • Rural Development
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has discussed the decline of rural services with other Departments; his views on whether recent budgetary...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has completed his review of the Community Supports for Older People Scheme; when he plans to reinstate the...
    • Substance Misuse
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action taken to date to highlight the dangers of the use of cocaine and heroin as a result of recent reports...
    • Stráitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge
      Question 129: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i leith sainmhínithe nua ar cad is Gaeltacht ann; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided under the Dormant Account Fund scheme since its inception to date in 2009; the...
    • Job Losses
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the contacts he has had with Fóras na Gaeilge with a view to securing alternative employment for the 10 workers who...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Finance and the Office of Public Works regarding the proposed...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has concerns regarding the value for money aspect of Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent of the financial cuts imposed by him in 2009; the effect this has had on the respective services...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, under the schemes or funding available to him, he has created or is proposing to create initiatives to either...
    • Stráitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge
      Question 140: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na scéimeanna teanga agus Gaeltachta atá faoi scrúdú agus á measúnú ina Roinn faoi láthair; agus cén uair...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had or proposes to have meetings with Waterways Ireland as to funding or budgetary matters regarding...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to resume the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34216/09]
    • Foilseacháin sa Ghaeilge
      Question 145: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén uair a bheidh nuachtán Gaeilge ar fáil do phobal na Gaeilge arís; agus an féidir leis a gheallúint, anois agus...
    • Community Development
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all groups operating under the LEADER funding programme are functioning and available for grant applications; and...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the structure of the new Office of the Minister for Drugs; the number of people it employs; the person to whom local...
    • Community Development
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of applications received for the provision of funding under the CLÁR programme for the past two years;...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to his announcement of 22 September 2009 regarding the extension of the dial to stop drug dealing scheme, the...
    • Community Development
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main features of the plan announced by him on 18 September 2009 for the integration of the local development...
    • Irish Language
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in regard to the securing of efficiency savings in respect of An Foras Teanga; and if he will make a...
    • Substance Misuse
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had consultations with the Department of Health and Children or health organisations such as the World...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to amend the range of areas that come within the scope of the Official Languages Act 2003 as proposed...
    • Immigrant Integration Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role of his Department in migrant integration issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33468/09]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main feature of the new National Drugs Strategy 2009 to 2016 launched on 10 September 2009; the additional...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding allocated under the agencies of his Department to recreational or sporting clubs in each of the past...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent report produced by an organisation (details supplied), showing that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which the CLÁR and RAPID programmes have been affected in 2009 by budgetary cutbacks; and if he will...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Statistics
      Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach the details for the first quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2007 of the persons aged 15 to 19 years, 20 to 24 years, and 25 to 29 years showing the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 168: To ask the Taoiseach the annual cost to his Department of Ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the event and the expense for same in each of the past...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 170: To ask the Taoiseach the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and resignations for 2006, 2007,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34320/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement to a staff...
    • Earnings Statistics
      Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the quarterly data on hourly wage rates, hours worked and average earnings since the first quarter of 2007 in respect of each category of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Support Schemes
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the European Union support schemes (details supplied) that are currently being accessed by Irish financial...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the future of the jobs initiative scheme. [33194/09]
    • Prompt Payment System
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will set up a reporting function for small and medium enterprises to report Departments that do not...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a non-paper forwarded by the UK Government to the European Commission in...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual cost to her Department of Ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will respond to a query regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [33110/09]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the projects operated under the FÁS job initiative programme, if she will...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment number of people in Cork City and County who have received an offer of training from FÁS in the past three...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of the six unoccupied Industrial Development Authority units in Waterford that are being leased;...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the private training providers contracted by FÁS to give hairdressing and related training courses in the...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding or assistance available to an unemployed person who wishes to take part on a training course...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a statutory redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • EU Directives
      Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans in respect of the Services Directive, Directive 2006/123/EC; if she will bring it before Dáil...
    • Hazardous Substances Regulations
      Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if guidelines or regulations have been issued by her Department relating to the control of unattended petrol...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees issued with RP9 forms by employers in the construction industry; the length of time...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of community employment schemes operating in Dublin 6w; the number of people who are participating...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to implement the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditures proposals on cutbacks in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average salary of all staff employed by FÁS, broken down by grades for each year from 1997 to 2008; and...
    • Nutraceutical Sector
      Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investment the she is making in the nutraceutical sector; the percentage of gross domestic product...
    • Competition Authority
      Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the Competition Authority by a leading economic consultancy (details...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the service which is provided by the FÁS services to a business department at Rossa Avenue, Cork in regard...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of experts' and consultants' reports her Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) will receive the revenue refund due to them on the redundancy payment they...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to her Department and each agency under the aegis of her Department for early retirements,...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people currently awaiting statutory redundancy payments as notified to the National Employment...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost and location of each property rented by the Industrial Development Authority in each county in each...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy rebate payment in view of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34314/09]
    • Importation Policy
      Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 16 September 2009, the reason the €41 million worth of imports...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of occasions on which her Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34425/09]
    • Work Permits
      Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work authorisation granted to a non-EU citizen which is valid until November 2010 could be used up to...
    • Industrial Properties
      Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Placement Programme
      Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on expanding the terms of the work placement programme to enable persons on jobseeker's benefit to...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34508/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the pension top up and discretionary payments made to a person (details supplied) were made under the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of checks made on imported Israeli goods in 2008 to verify that the goods were not from an illegal settlement. [33058/09]
    • Preferential Trade Agreements
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the list of illegal settlement postcodes drawn up by the EU to ensure that Member States do not offer preferential trade agreements to produce...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 22 September 2009, his plans to undertake a review and renegotiation of rental payments to achieve value...
    • Bank Transfers
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties and charges faced by businesses paying suppliers and contractors based outside the single euro...
    • Illegal Cigarette Trade
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Exchequer lost €500 million due to the illegal cigarette trade in 2008; his further views on whether Customs are...
    • Commission on Taxation Report
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposals contained in the taxation commission's report with regard to charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Yield
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue which would be raised on a 2010 and full year basis by discontinuing tax relief on service charges in view of the relevant...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will consider developing a building (details supplied) as a tourist attraction; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the complexity of the taxation and relief system here in order to reduce the ability of those with access to the best advice...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on his assertion in a newspaper (details supplied) on 13 September 2009 that Irish banks have not been able to attract...
    • Private Sector Investments
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether international investors would be prudent to invest in commercial property here and development land in view of the fact that...
    • Tax Code
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance the logic behind the tax on life insurance and assurance policies introduced recently; and his views on removing it or removing it for those...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event and the expense for same for each of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the excise duty charged per bottle of wine and particularly on wine sold in restaurants or hotels and consumed with meals in view...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take regarding credit unions with regard to a new approach to financial regulation in view of the request that regulation be...
    • Court Accommodation
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed extension to Waterford Courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33124/09]
    • Road Network
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the proposed closure of the Castleknock gates of the Phoenix Park for up to two months; the work which is to be carried out; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to sporting clubs, which were granted tax exemption status and which are abusing the conditions under which the...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised to date from the airport travel tax announced in budget 2009; the amount expected to be raised in a full year; if an...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have availed of the early retirement scheme as announced by him in 2009 in tabular form; the sectors of the public service...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of debt service payments made in the past 12 months on the €77 billion which it is proposed will be purchased; the value of interest, of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact to date in 2009 of the embargo on public service recruitment on public service numbers; the number of persons who have left the public...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the clearing time of five working days being operated by banks for cheques lodged; if there is irregularity involved with...
    • National Monuments
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 168 of 7 July 2009 and previous related questions, the extent to which the outstanding and contentious issues have been...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on giving the Financial Services Ombudsman the discretion to name institutions which have a bad record of handling consumer complaints....
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to assist former employees of a company (details supplied) in regard to the difficulties they have encountered with their pension...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure the start up of infrastructure capital projects to a value of €6.5 billion in the year 2010; the preliminary work...
    • Tax Code
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax payable when a person donates land to a registered charity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33425/09]
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has applied for a tax clearance certificate will receive same; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33465/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 94 of 9 June 2009, if he will clarify if payments made prior to the change in the 7 April 2009 supplementary budget...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to promote independent and impartial financial advice by banning commission for money managers in order to prevent product providers from...
    • Tax Code
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the salmon hardship fund payments are subject to taxation as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 128 of 22 September 2009, the financial and budgetary implications of contracts concluded by the National Treasury...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the report of a pension appeal conducted by the Department of Transport and Marine in respect of the impaired pension of a person...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of members of the Judiciary who have opted to pay the public sector pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33497/09]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Finance the rights of people with endowment mortgages who may face a shortfall on the amount of money promised at the outset by the originating institution;...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Finance the public interest directors who have been appointed to banks (details supplied); the amount of salary paid to each of the directors to date; the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33507/09]
    • Employment Status
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners have changed the status of persons who carry out translation services from self employed non PAYE workers to...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if their application has been considered; if their application...
    • Tax Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to abolish tax individualisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33553/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Finance if a Book of Estimates will be published in advance of budget day 2010; if not, when this practice ceased; the reason for not publishing same as in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to apply the 80% capital gains tax on windfall gains to lands compulsory purchase ordered by the National Roads Authority for motorway...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to deal with the actions of persons who, as alleged in paragraph 5.5.6 of part 10 of the Commission on Taxation report 2009,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Finance when a grant will issue to persons (details supplied) under the rural renewal scheme who have gone through all inspection stages and have received...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of complex derivative products within the €77 billion being acquired; and the types of derivatives involved. [33731/09]
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the premium which is proposed for credit unions to cover the cost of the Government guarantee of deposits up to €100,000; if he has developed an...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue which would be raised on a 2010 and full year basis by reducing the threshold for application of the minimum effective tax...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Finance if, during the period 1992/1993 when mortgage interest rates were increasing rapidly, pressure was put on financial institutions to enter into an...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are conducting an investigation at any of the meat plants in respect of sheep imports and the payment of the flat rate...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query regarding property (details supplied) in County Cork which may be held by his Department under the State Property Act...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Finance the mortgage default rate and the foreclosure rate here since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33858/09]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax paid by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in each of the past three years; if the person is entitled to any tax rebate for the...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will elaborate on his recent comments in relation to commercial property yields; the information which allowed him to definitively say that...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of State capital injections to date into Anglo Irish Bank since it was nationalised; the level of further capital injections expected in...
    • Commercial Property Yields
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent evidence of trends in yields on commercial property here; his further views on the refusal of some property owners to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a VAT refund on micro wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33936/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and resignations for...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [33979/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement in each of the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Finance if he sanctioned the payment of a pension top up or discretionary payment to a person (details supplied) on their retirement or resignation; and if...
    • Tax Code
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Finance if a taxi provided by an employer (details supplied) to bring employees to work when no public transport is available constitutes a benefit in kind;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on public bodies using public time and resources to lobby against recommendations in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Finance if a study has been undertaken to assess the return to the Exchequer if a wealth tax was introduced here; and if such a study has not been...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by the Exchequer in 2008 in pension tax reliefs. [34437/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be saved if all discretionary tax reliefs were standardised. [34438/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Finance the return to the Exchequer if the health levy was increased by 3% on persons earning in excess of €100,000. [34440/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Finance the remaining property based tax reliefs. [34443/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be saved by the Exchequer if mortgage interest relief for landlords was abolished. [34444/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the issue of re-introducing a tax on betting at race meetings. [34447/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the National Pensions Reserve Fund. [34449/09]
    • Tax Code
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Finance if the €200 charge in respect of a non-principal private residence is tax deductible from rental income; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Finance the properties rented, owned or leased by his Department in Dublin 1; the rent paid per annum; if car parking is leased or rented; if so, the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence from a union (details supplied) seeking a resolution to the industrial relations dispute between the union and...
    • Secretarial Allowances
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the use of the special secretarial allowance (details supplied); the action he has taken on this matter; if he...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of payments made in overtime in special shift allowances in the main categories of public service employment in each month since January...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist with regard to the procedure applicable to the dismissal of a public servant or a chief executive or an employee of a...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Services
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33101/09]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied). [33117/09]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding food labelling and particularly the labelling of Irish products; if her attention has been drawn to a practice of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query from a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [34046/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Support Scheme
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a commencement order will be signed in respect of a scheme (details supplied). [32963/09]
    • Child Abuse
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the introduction and implementation of mandatory reporting in cases of suspected child abuse; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been determined in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred by a hospital (details supplied) to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2007, 2008 and to date in...
    • Health Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any consideration has been given towards establishing a pilot family nurse partnership (details supplied); her views that such a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has met the Attorney General regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if she will report to the Houses of the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [33021/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited. [33031/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an initial consultation; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reopening an infectious disease hospital or part thereof, to contain a major outbreak of the swine flu or to cater for...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost to her Department of Ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the event and the expense for same...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospice beds in County Mayo; the locations of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33092/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33114/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied)in County Cork; if, in view of the industrial dispute which is delaying the processing...
    • Health Services
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages approved in the Health Service Executive south area; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to build on the success of prostate cancer awareness week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33211/09]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant urologists employed by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33212/09]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for a public patient to gain access to prostate cancer services; the average waiting times which have been...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the applications of couples here adopting from Ethiopia if Ireland fully signs up to the Hague Convention...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to empower public hospitals to reclaim funding from health insurers in situations in which private patients have been admitted...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the amount paid by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for procedures in private hospitals equates to the amount paid for the same...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Care
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide funding for a suitable supported residence in the community for people ready to move on from the Central Mental...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the new unit for cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the estimated cost of the full roll out of the human papilloma virus vaccine; if she has completed a cost benefit...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in appointing a third geriatrician to the Limerick region; if, in sanctioning this appointment, she will sanction the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if same is being assessed on the over 70s criteria on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the crisis in undermanning of the special needs assistants service in County Kildare, she will direct the Health Service...
    • Health Services
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33296/09]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the nursing homes support scheme, a fair deal, which was to be introduced in July 2009; when same will be...
    • Community Care
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the disability day care services that are available to adults in the south Dublin area; the number of places which are available in each...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card review for persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Longford has been informed that they should receive treatment in early 2010; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment in Counties Longford and Westmeath; if the facilities in the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for hip replacements in respect of persons in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken with the Health Service Executive to resolve the continuing dispute at a nursing home (details supplied) in...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce amendments to the early childhood care and education scheme; if it is intended to address the many anomalies that...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts in the Office of Tobacco Control occupied by staff on fixed-term contracts; and when those contracts end. [33360/09]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a commitment that the accident and emergency department in St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33422/09]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a bilateral agreement or the drafting of such an agreement on adoption in Russia by Irish parents; the issues still...
    • Children in Care
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken since the publication of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse 2009 to deliver on the implementation...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the national average waiting time for an MRI scan; the longest waiting time for an MRI scan here; the length of the waiting list in each...
    • Health Services
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the facilities being put in place to assist persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a lump sum was not awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon by the Health Service Executive on their...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the lands and buildings of psychiatric institutions which have been disposed of since January 2006; the amount raised from the sale of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the setting up of the Health and Social Care Professions Council, registration boards for certain designated...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) who was in full-time employment with the South Eastern Health Board and the Health Service Executive for...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Hague Convention is expected to be ratified; the reason the Adoption Board is not checking the law compatibility of other Hague...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide assurances that medical card services will continue to be delivered effectively to the residents of Tallaght, Dublin...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a plans for the development of a major new children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site, Dublin; and if she...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to deal with the breakdown of the speech therapy service in County Mayo in view of the fact that there is no national panel to...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to deal with the situation in County Mayo in which children are unable to be screened in respect of speech and language...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the contents of the MoLISA report. [33548/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has not heard back or has not been granted a medical card despite having applied for...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has not paid arrears of €8.6 million to Dublin City Council in relation to the provision of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be supported. [33592/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the appeal. [33595/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow was told in July 2009 that they would be eligible in August...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a receptionist has not been appointed to the Birr community nursing centre, County Offaly, in view of the fact the position...
    • Health Services
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the security provided at the Birr Community Nursing Unit, County Offaly; the Health Service Executive budget from which it...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to reconsider the centralisation of the medical card administration, in view of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for an appointment with a consultant dermatologist in Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals here which have consultant posts which do not exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33635/09]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason phase 2B of Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath is not completed after 12 years; and if she...
    • Health Services
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Pregnancy Counselling Services
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the existence of unregulated crisis pregnancy agencies here; if so, the steps she proposes to take to...
    • Health Services
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of home care packages in the Cork region in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33687/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if home help and other assistance will be approved;...
    • Health Services
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be made with a psychologist for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if domiciliary care allowance...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will commence building of the new National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire for spinal cord...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 9 July 2009, the service available for persons caring for mentally ill relatives; if there...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 8 July 2009, the position regarding persons with an intellectual disability and...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process undertaken in relation to the appointment of four regional directors of the Health Service Executive; if candidates from...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an increasing number of children and teenagers have had to stop their private...
    • Health Repayment Scheme
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have their application for the health repayment scheme addressed and responded to...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cuts that have taken place at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, in 2009; the number of wards that have been closed; the number of...
    • Health Services
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the counselling and advisory services available from her Department or agencies under her Department for women who have lost a baby...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions which have been made to process the increased number of applications for the back to school clothing scheme in view of...
    • Community Care
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will validate the continued investment (details supplied) in inpatient treatment despite the fact that community care has been...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of experts' and consultants' reports her Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a public nursing home bed for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33930/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the entitlement to a medical card of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to her Department and each agency under the aegis of her Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and...
    • Health Services
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [33977/09]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the payment of a child care grant to a group (details supplied) in County Cork. [33984/09]
    • Health Services
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 22 September 2009, when a reply will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Staff
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 16 September 2009, when a reply will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 16 September 2009, when a reply will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33999/09]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position in relation to bed closures at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork and if she will request a...
    • Health Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to replace a speech and language therapist providing services to a school (details supplied) in County Offaly;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when steps will be taken by the relevant Departments and agencies to ensure that adequate and appropriate accommodations will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [34024/09]
    • Ambulance Services
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the All Ireland Air Ambulance Service which is located at Ballydwyer, Ballymacelligott,...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to move the life-saving stroke unit out of the Midlands Regional Hospital; if so, the facilities she envisages will remain...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of providers who have applied to participate in the new scheme to provide free pre-school year of early childhood care and...
    • Health Services
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing staff employed in the each Health Service Executive area in 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and their grade employed in her Department for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a speech therapy assessment will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [34317/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occasions on which her Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is appropriate that the State should accept money from an international charity (details supplied) whose funds...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in having a medical card approved on renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • Ambulance Services
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2008 report in relation to the Dublin ambulance...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in reducing the cost of medicines and medical devices here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, for...
    • Health Services
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new child and adolescent psychiatric beds which will be in place by end of 2009; the new child and adolescent psychiatric teams...
    • Capital Programme
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital projects that are underway or are in the design or planning process under her Department; if attempts have been made to...
    • Health Services
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given policy direction to the Health Service Executive on the areas in which it should focus on budget cuts for 2010; if she...
    • Departmental Statistics
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a system in place to record the length of time patients are waiting for outpatient appointments after having been referred...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a public bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter. [34476/09]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Care
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help or community service assistance will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if travel costs can be recouped in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34492/09]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grounds on which persons with autism or Asperger's syndrome are not included in the national intellectual disabilities database; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34505/09]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Louth in view of their medical condition; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that waiting times for cardiac procedures at Crumlin children's hospital are increasing due...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to discontinue the nursing home subvention scheme, to change the eligibility criteria for receiving nursing home subvention...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is admitted for an operation at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and...
    • Health Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding provided by her or the HSE, on a yearly basis in a tabular format, since a facility (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Transport
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent CSO survey shows that 50% of rural households reported difficulty in accessing public...
    • Public Transport
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Transport the average subsidy per DART passenger for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32932/09]
    • Road Safety
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation to ensure that all heavy goods vehicles are required to retrofit cyclops mirrors in view of the recent death of...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Transport the meetings which took place with his Department's officials and a local authority following an incident (details supplied) in County Donegal; if...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Transport the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the event and the expense for same for each...
    • Rail Services
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason Donegal is not being included in the strategic rail review which would link Derry to Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Development Projects
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33269/09]
    • Rail Services
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Transport if a matter (details supplied) will be supported. [33272/09]
    • Public Transport
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding a specific route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33299/09]
    • Road Network
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be made available to improve access to primary road routes for motorists from Tay Lane, Newcastle, County Dublin and Tandy's Lane,...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to deal with the concerns of persons involved in the taxi industry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is a...
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of a recent accident, he will instruct the relevant authorities to provide for traffic calming measures without further delay on the...
    • Road Network
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received confirmation of the successful tender for the Ballinagar Bridge in County Kerry from Kerry County Council; and if he will make...
    • School Transport
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will arrange financial assistance for the transport of a child (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Network
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding an application by a local authority (details supplied) for an improvement grant. [33826/09]
    • Traffic Management
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has no plans to regulate the clamping industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33830/09]
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will re-affirm his commitment to provide the line F — Luas for Lucan; if he will commit to provide this project by the scheduled date of...
    • Public Transport
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will approve an application for grant aid submitted by a group (details supplied) under the smarter travel project scheme to facilitate the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department of early retirements, termination of contracts and resignations for...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34091/09]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34321/09]
    • Road Safety
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to change the regulations in regard to motorcycles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34322/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on...
    • Air Services
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will meet with the management of Aer Lingus regarding the conditions which have been placed on customers who form part of group bookings via...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Transport if each company under his remit has a policy on whistle-blowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34459/09]
    • Public Transport
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is being asked to cease operating a school bus service; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Residency Permits
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for residency for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of section 49 prosecutions here for 2007 and 2008 which were detected at checkpoints and so on; the number which...
    • Commercial Leases
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in the introduction of the ban on upward only commercial rent reviews as provided for in the Land...
    • Prevention of Corruption
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has been placed at number 16 on the Transparency International...
    • Road Safety
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to date of rolling out the national speed cameras programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34172/09]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to protect good Samaritans and volunteers from being sued following the report by the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of goods vehicle checkpoints or individual officer interventions at the roadside mounted by the Garda Síochána...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he plans to appoint a legal services ombudsman as provided for under the Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009; and if he...
    • Data Protection
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend the Data Protection Act 1988 to enable the publication of specific house sale prices; and if he will...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason requested information in regard to health issues has not been supplied to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-European Economic Area students with stamp two permission who had been attending English language schools...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people refused naturalisation in the previous two years based on the fact that they accessed social welfare....
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a determination will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has resided here since 2004...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of motorists who have been prosecuted for dangerous overtaking of cyclists by the Garda in each of the past five...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 7 July 2009, if he will instruct the Garda to provide an answer which has not...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied). [33022/09]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application under humanitarian grounds for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the event and the...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 must renew their Garda National Immigration Bureau card every month; if...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if a review...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consent to a new refugee application to be submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship and family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [33259/09]
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 22 September 2009, the breakdown of the maintenance costs including...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [33293/09]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who retired from the Longford division since the commencement of this Government's term; if they have...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was refused free legal aid; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence in regard to a person (details supplied); if he will give favourable consideration to...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are any plans to open a Garda station in Palmerstown, Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provision in Civil Partnership Bill 2009 for the rights of the children of parents who would have a registered civil...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legal Services Ombudsman
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given to the need to introduce an independent, statutorily appointed regulator of the legal profession;...
    • Travel Documentation
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange for the issue of temporary travel documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when all documents submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare when they made their application through his...
    • Road Safety
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of road traffic collisions which have taken place in the Dublin city area between cyclists and heavy goods...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in having a passport stamped in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if, in...
    • Firearms Licensing Laws
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33616/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Offaly is on the transfer list for his Department; their...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the next intake of trainee Garda will take place at Templemore college, County Tipperary; the number of trainees who...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if the...
    • Controlled Substances
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure in place to issue licences to hold narcotics for the purpose of training sniffer dogs; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide temporary travel documents for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been living here for ten years and who applied for...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Further Education and Training Awards Council qualifications equivalent to the leaving certificate are not...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for residency was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of...
    • International Agreements
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [33980/09]
    • Crime Levels
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases in which there have been arrests and charges proffered in respect of drug related crimes in the Athy...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources being deployed to combat drug related crime in County Kildare in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences recorded in each Garda station within the Kildare division in regard to the use of illicit...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of court convictions for the use of illicit substances recorded in the Kildare division in respect of each...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the further documentation required for an application in respect of a residence card by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve who are working in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of learner drivers who have been detected and charged for driving without a qualified accompanying driver and L...
    • Complaints Procedures
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal and other associated costs incurred to date in 2009 by the commission in relation to Complaint no. EE/2008/034...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people, since 2005 to date in 2009, who have been convicted of drug offences and have re-offended in each...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda vetting certificate will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [34178/09]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 under the subsidiary protection under the European...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34318/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff who have been dismissed for misconduct, poor performance or failing to fulfil the terms of their...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if antique guns with no pin will be exempt from the gun licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34373/09]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of the visa figures from the Moscow office in terms of English language teaching students, university...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the case of an application for residency or leave to remain by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when certification of naturalisation will be forwarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected position in relation to the application for leave to remain or stamp four in the case of a person...
    • Garda Recruitment
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be supported. [34511/09]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 749: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the proposal in the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 to fine and jail registrars who object to civil partnerships is...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place for the protection of citizens from sex offenders who enter the State; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • International Agreements
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is his intention to sign the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; if not, the...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of people who have applied for the intern work and travel programme which provides for a 12 month visa for Irish citizens to work...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether it is consistent policy for Ireland to oppose the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank while at...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event and the expense for same for...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his policy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33615/09]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to increase Ireland's policy coherence for development following the critical remarks about Ireland's level of policy coherence...
    • International Co-operation
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to encourage further co-operation with Argentina following the recent conference at Farmleigh House; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) will be supported. [33982/09]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34316/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will observe the commitment to spend 0.7% of GDP on overseas aid by 2012; if he will commit to maintaining the current level of...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost associated with temporary accommodation that was required to facilitate the decentralisation of the Department of Arts,...
    • Arts Council
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number employed in the Arts Council in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32935/09]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total amount expended in the per cent for art scheme in each year since 2000; the amount of funding from the scheme that went...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will reopen the Sports Capital Programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that building tender costs are down...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event and the expense for...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if it is planned to have a new capital sports programme in 2010; the level of funding in the programme that is committed to projects...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 25 March 2009, his plans to increase funding for regional marketing; and if he will...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33817/09]
    • International Co-operation
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to encourage sport co-operation with Argentina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33880/09]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the payment of a sports capital grant to a club (details supplied) in County Cork. [33941/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34309/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and location of volunteering centres here under active citizenship; the number of volunteers participating...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the events and...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 792: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the high risk to older people living alone, he has reconsidered the interruption to the elderly...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the lack of funding for youth and community groups to engage in media training, in view of the fact that...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he will take in relation to the selling of a substance called snow, a legal substance being sold as bath...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the harbour dues owed from late 2003 and early 2004 to date in 2009; the grant moneys paid for the same period; if...
    • Stráitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge
      Question 798: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil moladh an Ghrúpa Speisialta ar Uimhreacha na Seirbhíse Poiblí agus Cláir Chaiteachais maidir le scéimeanna...
    • Community Workers
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people who are employed as community workers, family resource centre workers, community action network...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department of early retirements, termination of...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the resources committed by him in each of the past three years in combatting drugs in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of rural development funding paid out here the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; the proportion of this money...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of people currently working on rural social schemes on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34311/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he proposes to increase or improve funding to community based groups involved in the fight...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding accruing to his Department on a monthly basis in each of the past five years to date from the...
    • Community Development
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of the RAPID programme in each year since its inception; the extent to which the various activities under...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 831: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason she will not publish the National Carers' Strategy; the total cost of same; the reason for not publishing the strategy...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will apply the disability criteria on employment to the new decentralised public offices that will open at a location...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for exceptional needs payment will be awarded in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of tax revenue which would be raised on a 2010 and full year basis by abolishing the employee PRSI ceiling in view of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application for rent allowance; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of the social welfare bill in each month since January 2008 to September 2009. [34580/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded their jobseeker's allowance. [32938/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 846: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24) who recently lodged an appeal; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 850: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Irish citizens refused welfare payments in the first six months of 2009 based on failure to satisfy the habitual...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 853: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an appeal application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 854: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will withdraw the directive to community welfare officers that they must wait until after a local authority has fully...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 855: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in having applicants' appeals in the cases of refusal of applications for various allowances...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 856: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the length of time it is taking to process applications for allowances and benefits administered by her Department; the reason...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 857: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps being taken to ensure that persons seeking to access social welfare offices here can have shelter while queuing; since...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 858: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the annual cost to her Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event and the expense...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 860: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33123/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 862: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her view on the possibility for inclusion of the pension scheme of a company (details supplied) under the pensions insolvency...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 864: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a centre (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be supported. [33270/09]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 865: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applicants awaiting jobseeker's benefit for more than five weeks, more than 10 weeks and more then 15 weeks in the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 869: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a claim for disability allowance by a person (details provided) in County Tipperary. [33318/09]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 870: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her proposals to introduce a pension protection fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33319/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 871: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a date and time for an oral hearing; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 872: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a mortgage interest supplement application for persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be decided; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 873: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 875: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to widows pension; if so, if this entitlement arises from social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 876: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [33482/09]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      Question 877: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if payments will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the benefit owed to them will be...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 878: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in considering an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will ensure that...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 882: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when unemployment assistance or benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 883: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal against a decision not to grant mortgage interest relief in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 886: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if rent allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, who has been in rented accommodation for...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 888: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reconsider her decision not to allow a company (details supplied) to be included in the pension insolvency payment...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 889: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who applied for disability benefit in...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 891: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of experts' and consultants' reports her Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 892: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if changes have been introduced to the habitual residence clause whereby persons claiming social welfare payments and child...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 893: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to her Department and each agency under the aegis of her Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 895: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an oral hearing for a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 899: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the length of time it takes to process an application for jobseekers allowance and jobseekers benefit in areas (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 900: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when renovation and upgrade works will take place at a Social Welfare office (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 902: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [34077/09]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 908: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [34319/09]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 909: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the one parent family payment appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be heard in view of the fact that...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 910: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of occasions on which her Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 912: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo had their illness benefit removed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 914: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 916: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide this Deputy with copies of the minutes of the board meetings of the Family Support Agency that took place in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 917: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare against the decision to refuse their application for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 918: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the termination of one parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 922: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she expects an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary to be finalised; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 925: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the extent of underfunded company pension schemes in the private sector; if she proposes State intervention to...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 927: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of Finance regarding the situation whereby artists may get a large sum of money...
  • Department of Defence
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 928: To ask the Minister for Defence if all available Defence Forces physical education sports facilities and equipment could potentially support the delivery of physical education in...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 930: To ask the Minister for Defence the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event and the expense for same for each of...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 931: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of security and maintenance of Longford Army Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33354/09]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 932: To ask the Minister for Defence the way he justifies awarding lucrative contracts to Israeli companies when the country has been accused of war crimes in a recently released United...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      Question 934: To ask the Minister for Defence the funding which has been allocated for the building of new offshore patrol vessels; when construction will commence; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Co-operation
      Question 935: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to encourage cooperation between the Defence Forces with Argentina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33879/09]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 936: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 937: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and resignations for...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 939: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34312/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 940: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment on retirement...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Housing Grants
      Question 942: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [33283/09]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 943: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the return to the Exchequer if the tax on second homes were raised to €1,000. [34432/09]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 944: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount it has cost to set up and operate a project (details supplied) in County Mayo since it...
    • Tax Code
      Question 945: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider a circular letter to local authorities to allow the introduction of a waiver scheme for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 948: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be awarded their payment; the reason for the delay...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 949: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered implementing a rate subsidy scheme to allow local authorities to reduce rates in...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 950: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the drying of clothes on balconies in apartment complexes; if appropriate facilities for drying...
    • Designated Areas
      Question 951: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision on the implementation of a special protection order on Dublin Bay will be made in view of the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 953: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual cost to his Department of Ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the...
    • Departmental Audits
      Question 955: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the audit of community facilities being conducted under active citizenship has been completed in respect...
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      Question 957: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the new National Biodiversity Plan to cover the period 2008 to 2012; and if he will...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 958: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the €1 million required for the planning and design stage of Limerick regeneration will be...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 959: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to introduce regulations to implement the recommendations of the Working Group to Review the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 960: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm the status of the principal directive at issue, and the general subject matter of any...
    • Waste Management
      Question 961: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities have completed the register of contaminated sites; if any local authorities have not...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 962: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in relation to the Cork Docklands project; the funding available for this project; the...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 963: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to Haulbowline Island, County Cork; his plans to deal with the toxic waste at the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 965: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on suspending Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007, in view of the effect it is having on...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 966: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if planning permission is required to convert a car park into a commercial car park. [33303/09]
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 967: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will examine the manner in which the rental accommodation scheme is being operated in County Kildare;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 968: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received a file from Galway County Council concerning the Loughrea/Kilrickle water...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 970: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to include a post code for each electoral area on the electoral register; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 971: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are guidelines or legislation in place to ensure that a grant scheme approved by a local authority...
    • Election Management System
      Question 972: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason people who are successful in local election are given an extra seven days to make their...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 974: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in agreeing the scheme of letting submitted by Dublin City Council a number of years...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 975: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is EU or Exchequer funding available for developing designated bog areas; the amount of such funding...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 976: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to provide adequate funding to the local authorities in the Waterford constituency for housing...
    • Water Charges
      Question 977: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if properties such as churches and attached church halls that are registered as charitable organisations are...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 978: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he will accept an appropriate assessment linked to an application for a waste water treatment...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 979: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations or legislation in place to assist local authorities in the taking over of housing...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 982: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is discretion on the part of local authorities to grant rates exemptions to non for profit...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 983: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome to the bonds lodged with local authorities if developers do not adhere to the planning permission...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 984: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence on the provision of the Freshford wastewater scheme in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 985: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to the proposed increase in the charge for plastic bags, when he will increase this charge; will...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 987: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 988: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 991: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements,...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 993: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on implementing a noise legislation Bill; if it is proposed that this bill will give neighbours...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 994: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the late fee clause under the Residential Tenancy Act 2004 and provide for an exemption...
    • National Parks
      Question 997: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date to designate the Liffey Valley area, in County Dublin as a National Park; the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 998: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a housing policy issue (details supplied) in County Cork. [34066/09]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1001: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding which has been approved for three regeneration projects in the Cranmore area...
    • Election Management System
      Question 1002: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the registration for postal voting for the referendum of 2 October 2009 (details...
    • Library Projects
      Question 1003: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will instruct Sligo County Council to reopen the library facilities in Ballymote in view of the fact...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 1004: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34315/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1005: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 1008: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the proposed planning legislation which will define exceptional circumstances as stated...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 1009: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will intervene and allow the purchase by the State, of a small portion of raised bog, designated as a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 1010: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average cost to his Department, of standard three bedroom homes delivered in County Kildare by Kildare...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 1012: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the plans for the future funding or provision of a social or old age housing complex...
    • Waste Management
      Question 1013: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that waste is correctly labelled when exported; the inspections that take...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1014: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place to extend the granting of planning permission period, in view of applicants finding...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the village of Kiltormer, County Galway, needs a second provider of broadband in view of the fact...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the recipients of the salmon hardship scheme; the persons who have been paid to date in 2009, excluding those...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 1018: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 1019: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [33229/09]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to attract inward investment into a digital content centre, in view of the fact that the education...
    • Postal Services
      Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the new postal code will be based on Irish language abbreviations (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason an entire house must be refurbished in order to qualify for the Sustainable Energy Ireland grant...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will readdress the issues outlined in Parliamentary Question Nos. 1062 and 1063 of 16 September 2009....
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position with regard to the renewable energy feed in tariff scheme in place to promote offshore wind...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of reports by experts and consultants commissioned by his Department during 2008; the cost of each...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in deciding whether the European economic recovery package can be used to...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34310/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 1033: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a proposal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of energy generation; and the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      Question 1034: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the ongoing State case regarding Gweebara, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulatory processes for the construction of 250 kW generators; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Food Industry
      Question 1037: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives he has taken to promote indigenous agrifood products domestically; the initiatives he has taken to promote...
    • Food Labelling
      Question 1038: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the criteria in place in order that an agrifood company can label and market its products as Irish; the percentage of Irish...
    • Food Industry
      Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the numbers in employment in the food processing sector in 2009; the numbers in employment in the food processing sector in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a forestry payment cannot be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick on foot of their...
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average age of a dairy farmer here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1044: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 1045: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 30 June 2009, the progress made regarding the processing of aquaculture...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1046: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding persons who availed of the farm retirement scheme, implying the surrendering of their herd number;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1047: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive his forestry premium payment. [33020/09]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 1048: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the annual cost to his Department of ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event and the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33281/09]
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 1053: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in processing payment of retirement pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1054: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details provided) in County Cork will be awarded their installation aid grant.; and if he will make a...
    • Bovine Diseases
      Question 1056: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make arrangements to have work undertaken in an area (details provided) in County Cork to eradicate a problem....
    • Organic Farming
      Question 1057: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied ) in County Limerick. [33667/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1058: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their disadvantaged area based payment; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Development
      Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will permit an association (details supplied) in County Louth who have proof of ownership of a vessel, to participate...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1061: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants due to be issued with their 75% REP scheme four payment later in 2009; the total value of payments...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will increase the option for farmers under the REP scheme three who are currently on a 170 kg limit to 250 kg limit...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1065: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 1067: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 1091 of 16 September 2009 when a foreshore licence will issue in respect of a project...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1069: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme four payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [33935/09]
    • Animal By-Products
      Question 1070: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has assessed the impact which exclusive control of the rendering material from cattle processing plants can...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1071: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to restore the REP scheme to its original form in view of the situation with many farmers in disadvantaged areas;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1072: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1074: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the payment of a farm grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33997/09]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1076: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a REP Scheme four application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will confirm...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 1079: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34308/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of occasions on which his Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 1082: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the costs associated with the provision of her Department's offices in Ennis, County Clare and in Limerick; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 1083: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to receive their REP scheme four payment; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1084: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was issued with a demand letter for an overpayment of...
    • Beef Exports
      Question 1085: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 23 June 2009, if he will review the decision to exclude this premises from the...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • School Staffing
      Question 1086: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people employed in the English language school industry. [32977/09]
    • School Transport
      Question 1087: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rules regarding the school transport scheme whereby children of the same family are not allowed onto the bus at the same stop;...
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      Question 1088: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the recent Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse which reported a number of months ago. [33449/09]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 1089: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be assisted. [34426/09]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1090: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare for a placement for primary education for their son;...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who was unsuccessful in securing a placement on a...
    • Adult Education
      Question 1092: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide the funding for a course (details supplied) in view of the fact that funding for same has been withdrawn. [32936/09]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      Question 1093: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are shortfalls as per his Departments guidelines in relation to the delivery of physical education in secondary schools at...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1094: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide an assurance that schools competitions across different sports will not be adversely affected due to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1096: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the 43 locations here that have been identified in the recent study for additional primary school provision for 2010, 2011 and 2012...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the registration of Educate Together as a second level patron; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been refused transport to a special school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guarantees available for parents of pupils with serious special educational needs in post primary schools that their child will...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [32987/09]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to reforming the residency requirements for the student grants system; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for a special needs assistant in respect of a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [33023/09]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 1108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the grant for a secretary and caretaker come at the end of March when the school year is almost over; his views, in view...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a full time special needs assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • School Hygiene
      Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the finance of some primary schools is so precarious that they can no longer afford...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 1113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost to his Department of Ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagement; and the event and the expense for...
    • School Funding
      Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a commitment that in future education decisions that the Protestant faith school will return to a situation where...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools here which offer a modern language, normally in fifth or sixth class; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the condition of the roadway leading to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he has...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of retired teachers substituting at primary and secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33136/09]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made regarding the approval for a new second level college at Croom, County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      Question 1119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pilot project which has been developed with regard to the use of schools after hours under active citizenship; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made by him in relation to school (details supplied) in County Cork since August 2009; if construction work is on course...
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in view of recent developments (details supplied), he will make a decision in regard to the application of Waterford Institute of...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decision taken by County Louth Vocational Education Committee to award a full adjacent third level trainee...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status with regard to the proposed construction of a new school at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when he expects...
    • School Transport
      Question 1126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 21 October 2008 and correspondence (details supplied), if he will clarify if the LUAS...
    • Higher Education Authority Funding
      Question 1127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget of the Higher Education Authority recurrent funding for 2009; the budget for HEA recurrent funding in each year for the...
    • Higher Education Funding
      Question 1131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the initiatives that are in place to support international students in higher education; the funding that is in place to support...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he is taking to support media training for young people in view of the fact that this is an area that offers potential for...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who has completed their first year at university, and wishes to take a break from the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide funding to students who are continuing Further Education and Training Award Council courses in tourism and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if it will be included in the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 1136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in view of correspondence (details supplied), he will establish a distinct redress scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33312/09]
    • School Transport
      Question 1138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when persons (details supplied) will be provided with school transport which was applied for in July 2009; and if he will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers in temporary positions in counties Longford and Westmeath during 1 September 2008 to 23 September...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1140: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prefab classrooms throughout the counties of Longford and Westmeath; the cost of same to the Exchequer; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria that a person (details supplied) in County Longford must meet to qualify for a third level maintenance grant; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school building project (details supplied) in Co Longford ; if approval and funding will be given as a mater of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the staffing details of the inspectorate at both primary and post-primary level including the number of inspectors at each grade in...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1147: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers who began probation during the 2008/2009 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Records
      Question 1152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding his plans to introduce a database of primary school pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rented school accommodation at primary level including the date of installation, annual rent and supplier name and details for...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the 7,000 additional pupil places in September 2008 in 26 new schools using off-site construction including the name...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the eight new primary schools and one new post-primary school planned for September 2009 as reported in the Annual...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who qualified as primary teachers in Northern Ireland who were appointed to temporary positions in primary...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1187: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to ensure that all teaching positions in primary schools whether temporary, permanent or substitute will be...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 1188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers who trained in another jurisdiction who undertook the Scrudú Cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge during the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 1191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views, in view of the hardship caused to families by his decision to discontinue the free books scheme for necessitous pupils in...
    • School Discipline
      Question 1192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the Section 29 appeals undertaken in each of the past five years including the outcome of these appeals; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 1193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school bus routes in an area (details supplied) will proceed to tender; if so, the timeframe involved; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the planned development of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and when he expects construction to...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 1199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the tasks, duties or activities the standard teaching contract for teachers stipulates; the breakdown as to the amount of hours...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo will commence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that he...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 1203: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the returns in tabular form from each individual vocational educational committee regarding the number of applications received for...
    • School Transport
      Question 1204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to provide a 45-seater school bus from the Dunmore East area of County Waterford to enable 10 children to attend...
    • School Placement
      Question 1205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a second level place will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      Question 1206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the pick up point for children will be relocated by approximately 500 metres in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 1207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has made available his area based analysis and forecasts for future school place demand as identified through his new...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the sketch design for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been approved, in view of the fact that this...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      Question 1209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33608/09]
    • School Staffing
      Question 1210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers, language assistants, special needs assistants and other school staff which have been let go, or who have not...
    • School Management
      Question 1211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 2 July 2009, if concerns expressed in the whole school evaluation at a school (details...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made towards the acquisition of a site for a post primary school at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when construction of a new school will commence at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied that the provision of innovative modular buildings is an efficient and effective way of providing classrooms; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 17 September 2009, the areas of expertise in which third level primary degrees of all 84...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 1221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Special Education Appeals Board as provided for in Section 26 of the Education for People with Special Educational Needs Act...
    • School Staffing
      Question 1222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teaching staff in each primary school in Dublin 6W at the beginning of the academic year 2008/2009; the corresponding...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for the future of the Social Personal and Health Education programme at post primary level; if he is committed to ensuring...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of class sizes for each primary school in Dublin 6W for the current 2009/2010 academic year; the number of schools with...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 1238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) which was sent to him on 23 September 2009 concerning issues pertaining to...
    • Teachers' Pensions
      Question 1239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is entitled to opt out of payment of widows and orphans contribution made through...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1240: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made on the provision of funding for a school (details supplied) at a new site in Ballinteer, County Dublin; and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 1241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 is placed on the list of schools awaiting approval for refurbishment; and if he will make...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the recent statistics published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a technical team from the school planning section of his Department will visit a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in...
    • State Examinations
      Question 1245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the grant for schools starting the leaving certificate applied programme will be re-instated; if assurances will be given that the...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a refund or a continuation of fees; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 1247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 1248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to the needs of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin that is seeking a permanent building since 2005....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 1250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied) whereby a pupil with Asperger's syndrome is not being facilitated...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the rule that disbars Irish citizens from the higher education grant if they have been over one year out of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and...
    • School Transport
      Question 1254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim is facilitated with transport to their school; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in providing a new general purpose room for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 1258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital he estimates would be required to set up the proposed Australian model of third level fees, in which students...
    • Home-School Liaison Schemes
      Question 1259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rate per hour under the home tuition scheme paid to qualified primary teachers and qualified secondary teachers and to other...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated to the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009. [34044/09]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 will receive funding for essential renovation works; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions his Department has had with officials in South Dublin County Council regarding the need for a new site for a school...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1264: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a student who has previously dropped out of a third level college course can enter a new third level course and apply for grant...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 1265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide the number of students in the second level education system in the 2009-10 school year; the number of students...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 1267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [34313/09]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 1269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff who have been dismissed for misconduct, poor performance or failing to fulfil the terms of their contract from...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Fáilte Ireland has advised that it will no longer grant aid students on the...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the information available to him since the second report on homophobic bullying in schools was published on the number of whole...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 1272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to the on-line claim system for teachers, there has been a breach, or any allegation of breach, of security on the...
    • School Transport
      Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34472/09]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 1275: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a higher education grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 1276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding was allocated for additional support staff for personal assistant services to Carlow Institute of Technology; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that primary education is put on a protected status during this economic climate. [34512/09]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34513/09]
    • School Services Staff
      Question 1279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish an interim standard national rate of pay for school secretaries that would apply until such time as negotiations...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 1280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take steps to put in place appropriate safety measures at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 1282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the report or data he cited, other than the OECD report mentioned, in regard to his claims in a section of his submission to the...

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