Written answers

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Contaminated Sites
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in the remediation of the Haulbowline site in County Cork; the cost to date for remediation...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he expects to achieve his stated ambition of a minimum of 2,000 additional homes in 2009 under the leasing...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the national spatial strategy is relevant in view of recent population trends; if he will place the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if under the leasing initiative a lease or rent review is part of each agreement; if a review can be down as...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which his Department, its agencies or local authorities will calculate long-term market value of...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the implementation of The Way Home homeless strategy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water Pollution
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take in the context of the heavily polluted groundwater resources here to address the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities or local authority areas with a brown bin collection service in 2007, 2008...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing units that are currently provided through the rental accommodation scheme; if, in view...
    • Waste Management
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the incinerator in Poolbeg; if he has received a response to his letter to the Dublin...
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to receive the 2008 accounts from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; his views on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when commencement orders will be made in relation to the sale of local authority apartments following the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of properties he estimates to be liable to pay the €200 charge under the Local Government...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social housing applicants currently waiting to have a housing assessment completed; the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the files which have been requested from his Department by the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Part V properties currently under construction; the number of completed Part V developments...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the difficulties faced by building energy rating contractors who have invested significant...
    • EU Directives
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that Ireland has undertaken to implement the European public participation directive...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the market value of a house acquired under the leasing initiative increases substantially in value over...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consultation he had with councillors, elected by local communities, before drafting and publishing the...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people currently recorded by his Department as being homeless; the breakdown of those numbers...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding proposals to introduce new noise pollution regulations, that will provide for noise...
    • Water Services
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the policy suggestion of merging all water authorities into one single water utility State...
    • Local Authority Rates
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures that he will take to alleviate the burden of local authority rates on small and medium-sized...
    • Water Charges
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the opt out from domestic water charges by Ireland in relation to the European Union...
    • Water Quality
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for improvement and upgrading in terms of quality, quantity and storage capacity in respect of the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average number of cases dealt with per day by adjudicators and mediators on behalf of the Private...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the carbon emissions for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people to date who have made a full application under the home choice scheme; the cost to date...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 1053 of 16 September 2009, the legislative error in the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money set aside or spent on the purchase of carbon offsets for flights by Ministers or other...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his statement that there is enough land zoned in parts of the country to provide for...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown by local authority of the number of houses and the number of apartments leased under the...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 17 February 2009, if he has given any further consideration to...
    • Waste Management
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to meet Ireland's need to divert an additional half a million tonnes of biodegradable...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of permanent and temporary staff employed by each local authority in 2007, 2008 and to date in...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 7% of properties registered with the Private...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if houses acquired under the leasing initiative will be distributed for social housing [i]en bloc[/i] or in...
    • Carbon Credits
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money estimated, allocated, owing or spent, by him, on the purchase of carbon credits in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the support to live independently scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Policy on Local Government
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made towards bringing forward the White Paper on local government following the publication of...
    • Contaminated Sites
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 7 May 2009, the further progress that has been made in relation...
    • EU Directives
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the date for farmers spreading slurry in Northern Ireland...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid in bonuses to county and city managers in the years since the bonus payments were introduced;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population
      Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach if there is a timeframe within which the final decision will be made as to the questions (details supplied) that will be included in the 2011 census. ...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress she and the Industrial Development Authority have made in developing the site acquired for...
    • Company Closures
      Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by the task force established following the closure of a company (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Social Insurance
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if the surplus in the social insurance fund has been invested over the past ten years; the returns from these investments in tabular format; and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive the VAT for specialised items of medical equipment when the fund-raising is done through voluntary means; and if he will consider...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish valuers who have been retained to date in 2009 by the National Asset Management Agency; the number of non-Irish valuers...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers who made donations to prescribed charities, schools, sports clubs and church groups for each of the past five years,...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT returns to date for 2009; the way these compare to the receipts for the corresponding period in 2007 and in 2008; if he will provide the...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will have an entitlement to diabetic allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received applications from the Health Service Executive to approve the filling of dental surgeon vacancies in County Meath;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if their appeal will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children with type one diabetes in the south-east region; the location where these are being cared for; the plans for...
    • Hospital Supplies
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date of the last occasion when a tender was sought for the supply of agricultural and dairy produce to hospitals in the south east;...
    • Health Services
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the records requested by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided to them in order to process a social and...
    • Health Services
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available to young people using out of hours hostel accommodation during the day and the locations of each service; the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reinstate a community welfare officer to Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary who currently operates in Templemore, County...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the CT scanner in a hospital (details supplied) in County Tipperary became operational; if the extra staff needed to operate the...
    • Ambulance Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed new ambulance base in a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in progressing...
    • Health Services
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a community nursing unit and elderly day care centre in a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the delay...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the medical card section will be centralised from a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary to Dublin; the number of persons...
    • Health Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take to ensure that in advance of budget 2010 discussions the home care scheme is enhanced in order to ensure that...
    • Health Service Funding
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when this centre is due to open; the services which will be provided;...
    • Health Services
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a commitment that there will be no further reductions (details supplied) in cardiac rehabilitation services; and if she...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason general practitioners in general practice who have retired from the general medical service on age grounds and are fully...
    • Health Services
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children waiting for speech and language therapy; the average waiting time for this service; the number of therapists...
    • Health Service Property
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the sale of health board lands and buildings at St. Brigid's hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, she will confirm that the...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when domiciliary care allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this question will be...
    • Health Services
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [36354/09]
  • Department of Transport
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will continue to fund the provision and continuation of the rural bus service in east Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the extension of the Luas to Bray in view of the media reports that the proposal has been postponed due to the economic...
    • Road Network
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the need to retain all transport links with Rosslare, one of the busiest ports here, particularly in view of several road bottlenecks...
    • Rail Services
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport if the western rail corridor will be extended from Athenry to Tuam and onwards to Claremorris as per the timetable announced when work commenced...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Transport the agreement made with Galway County Council for the provision of staff car parking facilities for staff in his Department at Railway Road,...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Visa Applications
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to visa applications from persons from the Philippines to visit Ireland; the length of time it...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for residency by a person (details supplied) in County Louth. [36009/09]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Spent Convictions Bill which was introduced initially in 2007, but did not complete its passage, will be...
    • Refugee Status
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for declaration of status as a refugee in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of senior Garda officers and non-officers who have applied for or have been granted permission to retire from...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to reviewing Ireland's record on citizenship applications to international comparisons in...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm the terms agreed for the proposed new premises for An Garda Síochána in Q House Sandyford in Dublin 18...
    • Victims of Crime
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [36104/09]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 6 October 2009, if he will arrange for an official from his Department to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 220: 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 Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for residency in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if a...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons appointed as peace commissioners between 1 January and 30 September 2009 inclusive; the place or town of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the budget for overseas aid has been cut by 21.8%; if there is a link between aid and national income; if so, the reason there...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason for the delay in the construction of the new swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway, having provided the grant aid...
  • Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); if there is a general policy on the matter; if there are...
    • Community Development
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the reduction in funding will have on a group (details supplied)...
    • Security of the Elderly
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 6 October 2009, if he will make available a copy of the draft report...
    • Clár Forbartha Áitiúil
      Question 234: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé ar intinn aige deireadh a chur leis an scéim oifigeach forbartha faoi oiliúint atá ar siúl in ionad...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding is available for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare from any of the agencies within his...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36011/09]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are circumstances in which she will reconsider the decision not to pay the December bonus in 2009; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will consider a mechanism to flag to persons that their jobseeker's benefit claim is coming to an end and that they should...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for jobseeker's allowance; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded jobseeker's allowance in view of the fact that they...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rate, in respect of each basic social welfare payment, by which that payment is reduced if the claimant engages and is paid...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money paid into the social insurance fund for each of the past ten years and to date for 2009 in tabular format; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason unemployment benefit was terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Defence the age profile of new recruits into the Defence Forces in 2009; the age profile of new recruits into Defence Forces for each of the past ten years;...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the continuation of the Defence Force mission in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36351/09]
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Defence if Air Corps helicopters are used for ministerial transport; the circumstances under which such travel is approved; the person by whom it is...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress local government has had in increasing housing supply via leasing; the estimated cost to the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will correct the anomaly under section 4(6)(a) of the Local Government Charges Act 2009, whereby an...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide capital assistance funding to a community (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he...
    • Local Authority Court Cases
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the financial implications of court cases involving local authorities; if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application for funding by a voluntary housing association (details supplied) to his...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has hired an economist to conduct an analysis of the contract for the Poolbeg incinerator, Dublin; if...
    • Waste Management
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has for the plastic bag levy; if he has met interest groups on this issue; the revenue that...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority loans that have been recommended for approval nationwide since the affordable...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 967 of 6 October 2009, the number of rental subsidy recipients who...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the provision of the new waste water sewerage works at Athenry, County Galway; the...
    • Air Quality
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of locations here at which air quality is monitored; his views on the findings of such research;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for home choice loans made to or through the various local authorities in the past...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his future plans for the development of the fire services with particular reference to the need to upgrade...
    • Waste Management
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his current or proposed policy in respect of waste management; if he will proceed with the options available...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the degree to which Ireland is currently compliant with the parameters of the Kyoto agreement; and if he will...
    • Election Management System
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the electronic voting technology; if all or any of the equipment has been sold off,...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the commitment by his predecessor during the passage of legislation to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way it is expected that de-zoning of lands proposed for residential purposes will be of benefit to house...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to prevent flooding with particular reference to the need for ongoing drainage...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on selecting County Tipperary for the use of its renewable energy resources following a joint...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the use of smart repeaters in the broadband supply; if these are readily available for private...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Compensation Schemes
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants who applied for the lost at sea scheme; the number who were successful in their application; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment under the REP scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [36012/09]
    • EU Directives
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on extending the period for spreading slurry by two weeks until the end of October 2009 in order to allow farmers...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their installation aid payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposed guidelines for a scheme (details supplied); if he will define a hardship case on same; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of slatted houses built here under the farm waste management scheme on a county basis in tabular form; and if he...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated cost of the proposed transfer of staff and facilities from the Dockgate Centre, Galway to Mellows College,...
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Higher Education
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the strategy group on higher education will report to him by the end of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36013/09]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36016/09]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction a programme of refurbishment and development at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick forwarded to his...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the schedule of accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will be finalised; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application under the emergency works scheme made by a school (details supplied) in County Carlow will be expedited and...
    • Denominational Schools
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Committee on Management for Protestant Schools (details supplied) regarding the...
    • School Transport
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Meath who is availing of the post-primary school transport scheme is entitled to get a bus...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the capital costs owing to Westmeath County Council for the provision of a site in respect of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the refurbishment application by a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made by him in the acquisition of a site for the new second level school at Kinvara, County Galway; the details of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath applying for a higher education maintenance grant; if his...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the approved allocation of post-leaving certificate places in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36363/09]